The Hindus An Alternative History

• Author Dinanath Batra, Who Had Book Pulped for 'Insulting Hindus', Will Be Read In Gujarat Schools

  An activist-author who was widely criticized for having American scholar Wendy Doniger's book pulped on grounds that it insulted Hindus, will soon be part of the reading list in Gujarat schools.

• Opinion: Mani-Talk: Wendy Doniger and Salman Rushdie, separate and not equal

  As one who continues to support Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's mid-80s decision to ban the import of Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses, how do I reconcile my horror at what is being done to Wendy Doniger with my solidarity with Rajiv on Satanic Verses?

• Authors angry over Penguin pulping Wendy Doniger's book 'The Hindus', legal notice sent

  Days after Penguin decided to pulp American author Wendy Doniger's book 'The Hindus: An Alternative History' following an out-of-court settlement, at least two authors hit back asking the publisher to withdraw their books, nullify their contract and pulp their books too in protest.

• Have to respect law, however intolerant: Penguin India on destroying Wendy Doniger's 'The Hindus'

  Amid outrage over its decision to destroy American scholar Wendy Doniger's "The Hindus: An Alternative History" following a legal settlement with a fringe group, Penguin India today broke its silence and defended its capitulation but highlighted that the Indian law made it difficult to uphold free speech.

• Wendy Doniger 'angry and disappointed' after book on Hindus pulped in India

  American scholar Wendy Doniger said she was "angry and disappointed" that all copies of her book "The Hindus: An Alternative History" will be pulped in India after a legal row that has ignited fears about free speech.

• Disturbed about India's worsening political climate: Wendy Doniger after row over her book

  American scholar Wendy Doniger, whose book "The Hindus: An Alternative History" will be destroyed by its publisher Penguin as part of a legal settlement with a fringe group, has said she is "deeply troubled" by what this means for free speech in India and its "steadily worsening political climate."

• Penguin to destroy copies of 'The Hindus': Deeply troubled by what it foretells for free speech in India, says Wendy Doniger

  With publisher Penguin India recalling all copies of American scholar Wendy Doniger's "The Hindus: An Alternative History" to be destroyed as part of a court-backed settlement with a group that called the 2009 book "insulting to Hindus", Ms Doniger says she is angry and disappointed but is glad that in the age of the Internet, it is no longer possi...

• Penguin to destroy copies of Wendy Doniger's book 'The Hindus'

  All copies of American professor Wendy Doniger's book "The Hindus: An Alternative History" published by Penguin will be recalled and destroyed as part of a settlement, reports say.