This is shocking, and ineffectual, for all the reasons that you so eloquently lay out!  Perhaps you can console yourself that your own books are in excellent company! :-) 

Best,
Dominik


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On Fri, 8 Aug 2025 at 12:10, Piotr Balcerowicz via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

Dear List Members,

I would like to draw the attention of those of you who also follow current developments in India to the latest official ban on 25 books, which was signed on 5th August, and announced on 6th August:

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/arundhati-roy-noorani-jk-bans-publication-25-books-kashmir-propagating-secessionism-10174625/

And this was my first reaction to the ban, which includes two of my monographs:

https://thewire.in/government/burning-knowledge-my-book-is-among-those-banned-by-the-jammu-kashmir-administration

This has already resulted in the actual seizure (euphemism for ‘state stealing’) of the titles in a number of book stores in Jammu and Kashmir.

Best regards,

Piotr Balcerowicz


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