Following on from his success in getting Wendy Doniger's book off the Indian market, the RSS and Mr Batra have now attacked Sekhar Bandyopadhyay's excellent textbook on modern South Asian history, From Plassey to Partition.

With the change of government in Delhi publishers too are increasingly reluctant to take on the RSS and its censorship mechanism whilst the mainstream media is also pushing the news to the margins. 

In this context of a spreading culture of silence and self-censorship, please help spread the news of this new attack on academic freedom in India. Below are a few links to media reports of the controversy including the report in the RSS mouthpiece, The Organiser threatening "agitation" if their legal challenge fails. 

Please forward these to fellow academics if you can