Wendy Doniger

• Opinion: Dinanath Batra's Loony Toons

  He is committing intellectual fraud, writes Shobhaa De.

• 'Told Smriti Irani History books Must Change', says Man Behind Ban on Wendy Doniger Book

  Activist-author Dinanath Batra, who invited massive criticism for having American scholar Wendy Doniger's book pulped on grounds that it insulted Hindus, is now rooting for changes in school history books.

• 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.

• Another book by Wendy Doniger under attack

  Another book on Hinduism by American indologist Wendy Doniger has come under attack from the same Delhi-based group which had compelled the publishers of an earlier work by her to withdraw the title.

• 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?

• Opinion: Op-ed: Does it make sense to pulp books?

  So another book has died a premature death in India. Or, has it? To be precise, it is only a half death, for the book's digital edition continues to be available to electronic users. A banned book often generates intensely greater curiosity than a book in normal circulation.

• 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.

• Authors, historians denounce Penguin's withdrawal of Wendy Doniger's book 'The Hindus'

  A group of authors and historians has denounced the withdrawal of American scholar Wendy Doniger's book on Hinduism, calling it a "campaign to drown all questioning voices and prepare the ground for a chauvinistic and communal presentation of history and culture."

• 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.

• Opinion: Op-ed: Wendy Doniger failed most by her publisher

  "Hindu right, like Hinduism itself, has multiple narratives".

• 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.

• Hindus urge Penguin USA to withdraw book on them

  Hindus living in the United States have urged the Penguin Group to "immediately" withdraw noted scholar Wendy Doniger's book on the community, alleging that it has numerous errors in its historical facts and Sanskrit translations.