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1. “Intellectuals slam ban ........... Gandhi Book” news article Times 1/4/11
1. “Intellectuals slam ban ........... Gandhi Book” news article Times
Dear Sir / Madam,
1. On Feb. 2004 the book on Shivaji Hindu King in Islamic India by James Laine banned due to severe opposition by the fascist party the Shiv Sena. The Maharashtra government laid down in front of the fascist tendency bow her head in front of Shiv Sena and banned the book through a notification in 2004. Though there is a long list of the books those have been banned in India, wherein new addition included “Great Soul Mahatma Gandhi & His Struggle with India”, by Joseph Lelyved.
2. An appeal was filed in High Court Bombay, after the incidents of loot & arson at the book seller stalls and looking at the hooliganism of Shiv Sena against the book, Shivaji Hindu King in Islamic India by James Laine the judgement favours the Author. There was no reason to move in Supreme Court. The Government of Maharashtra challenged the Bombay High Court verdict in Supreme Court. It shows the inability of the Government of Maharshtra, how she played in the hands of fascist’s party the Shiv Sena. Because it was the Shiv Sena’s demand.
Reacting to the Bombay high court's judgement which goes in favour of US scholar James Laine's book Shivaji: A Hindu King In Islamic India , Saamna said, "It is the government, which has to rule, not the courts.'' Sena chief Bal Thackeray reacts in the Samana he is the editor of the newspaper.
ON July 9, the Supreme Court Bench comprising Justice D.K. Jain and Justice H.L. Dattu widened the horizons of free speech by lifting the ban on James W. Laine's book Shivaji: Hindu King in Islamic India, published by Oxford University Press in 2003.
3. The largest number of banned books is in the category of critical analysis of India on the whole, Indian foreign policy, or Kashmir, Gandhi assignation and Hindu gods and goddesses. Lists of books banned.
4. Any book published on worldly personalities and based on the facts should not ban, that is the thoughts of the authors and freedom of speech. Only the books published on religion and spiritual personality with an intention to humiliate the particular religion and religious personality should be banned.
5. It is the shameful act of the Gujarat Government to put a ban on book; it is certainly not a democratic act of the Gujarat Government. Gujarat Government always remains forward to commit unconstitutional and undemocratic acts.
6. Though, the Gujarat Government has been elected by the people democratically, but totally un-democratic, un-constitutional way. At the time of every election in Gujarat Narendra Modi taken Political Mileage to consolidated Hindu votes. Publicly create panic and shows the phobia of Islamic Terrorism, police personnel picked up innocent, illiterate, poor Muslim youths on the false tag of terrorism beat them up mercilessly to confess the crime, rest of the work completed by the News papers headlines & Media reports electronic and print. Without doing through enquiry media started writing rubbish about innocent Muslim youths. Narendra Modi represented himself as the patriotic agent of Gujarat and those who have nabbed by the police as Islamic Terrorists, and people cast vote to the saffron colour the fascist party.
7. It is a request not to ban the book Great Soul Mahatma Gandhi & His Struggle with India”, by Joseph Lelyved and allow the book to sell in open market.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
Zuber Ahmed Khan
