
Kolkata: Opining that banning books is a sin, popular novelist Chetan Bhagat on Saturday said that the people should appreciate the diversity of opinion in our society. "Different people have different views. We must appreciate that. Nothing is absolute in this world," Bhagat said at the Kolkata Literary Meet. While talking about the freedom of speech and expression in books written on religion, he said, "there should be no ban...

09:05 PM, Jan 29, 2012

The book, 'Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India', by Joseph Lelyveld has found itself in a pool of controversy with state governments of Gujarat and Maharashtra banning it while the author himself is defending his book, saying that he never called the Mahatma a racist and a bi-sexual. ...

10:45 AM, Mar 31, 2011

Guj HC said govt didn't practice care, caution or prudence in imposing ban. ...

09:28 PM, Sep 04, 2009

The ban on Jaswant Singh's book has been challenged in the courts. ...

09:35 AM, Sep 02, 2009