Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Besieged Wordsand Strategies of Control; 1 The Writer and the State:The Indian Literary Tradition; 2 Censorship Laws and Colonial Roots; 3 Banned in India: Books Denied to Indian Readers; 4 The Bhasha Fights: Censorship inRegional Languages; 5 Of Shame and Silence:The Emergency 1975-77; 6 The 'Democratization' of Censorship:Books and the Indian Public; Index; About the Author
Summary
This book offers a comprehensive account of the censorship of literature in India since Independence and the recent trends in literature banning.
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