Does this suggest a conscious marketing strategy as the book is already widely and easily available in India? 
I guess their home-page (http://www.mlbd.com/) does feature the book even if you click on it in India?
Jan Houben


On 19 May 2014 04:47, Dipak Bhattacharya <dipak.d2004@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Colleagues,
I am all praise for the noble sentiments expressed. We may, perhaps, also add the name of Jeanne Corbin (France and Canada) among the fighters against Hitler. She did not leave an autobiography but one may consult Louise Watson (1976) on Annie Buller. Unfortunately the relevant writings are considered taboo in some Western countries.

What strikes me as discordant is that the Indian version of the MLBD Newsletter, April 2014 does not have any advertisement on the Mein Kampf. It is necessary to assert if the MLBD authorities in India are aware of its appearance in the UK. I enquired but have not yet got a reply. But there are neo-Nazis in the West.
Another point. There are quite a few in the book business who promote the Mein Kampf. They are of course, free to do so. But List members and their organizations shoiuld be careful of Amazon etc.
Best wishes and greetings.



On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 10:51 PM, Jan E.M. Houben <jemhouben@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear list members, 
An indological publisher claiming to  be a "leading Indian publishing house on Sanskrit and Indology" and the first to win a Padma award for outstanding community service through publishing (accorded to Shantilal Jain in 1992), has a scientific reputation which it can choose to maintain or throw away. 
To decide to add an isolated non-indological book to the indological and new age books published and marketed world-wide is a free choice and it makes a free statement.   
Especially if this isolated non-indological book happens to be Mein Kampf (already widely available and widely read in India since 1928) -- rather than giving the word to real heroes of the period such as Anne Frank (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diary_of_a_Young_Girl) or the non-violent resistance group the White Rose (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rose). 
Although it contains many unverified points "(citation needed)", it may be instructive to have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mein_Kampf
Mein Kampf may be tucked away toward the bottom of p. 10 of MLBD Newsletter vol. XXXVI No. 4 (April 2014), it appears most prominently on the Motilal homepage where it cannot be missed: http://www.mlbd.com/. 
Jan Houben