I don't think Books should be banned. At all. I would not like anyone telling me what I should read and what I dare not.

The states bear absolutely no right to ban any book.This is in clear violation of the basic Freedom of expression. If we are to mend and manipulate laws as per our convenience then why do we have such laws in the first place.

no, i think a state government has better things to do, rather than banning books.in a democratic country, every citizen holds the right to express his/her views. and now a days, books are a very good medium of doing that. if yashwant singh has expressed his views against patel or nehru,it is his views.we r not bound to agree with him.but it does not provide us the right to ban a book...it is like a talibanistic act, which can not be tolarated in a country like india.i pledge to politicians and government to concentrate on developement, rather than preaching us moral lessons. we r educated than many politicians, and we know how to handle ourselves...what to do, and what to read...their opinions r not needed...

Did we learn anything from partition? This is down to our disinclination to study history and make sense of interpretation of events in the light of our own experiences. Thought policing is a futile exercise and only good that it may do is people who will not otherwise read such books will be tempted to read it and better informed about the book !! If historian find the arguments are not supported by facts or the facts that need to be taken into account are grossly glossed over to advance a particular theme of an author, let such wise men bring out a tome. This will certainly keep politicians from becoming irrelevant and engage their time and resources to make others enlightened and in the process makes some accretion to their corpus of funds needed to look after them in the sunset of their life. Why grudge this and ban books except as an advertisement for the banned books?

There was no harm in circulation of the book,every body has right to express his views.You have made it popular and probably that is what Jaswant Singh wanted.when you are not in power you need money to survive.The topic is of historical importance.Let historians respond.Iwould put it the other way,if there was no partition,what would have been the fate of India with the pseudo politicians crying for minority rights and more concessions.People should and politicians in prticular should analyse the wisdom of Mr.Jinnah,how pitiable is Pakistan.The division was inevitable.

In case of Mr. Jaswant Singh , it was out of total frustration that BJP prompted Modi Government to ban the book.
Legally it was wrong but politically, this is what happens all over!
Banning is the show of might/power...whether right or wrong! and that's why courts have to decide the validity.