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
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed