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'Why drag the government into it?': BJP's Ram Madhav on Sonia Gandhi's book

September 05, 2026 1:00 pm

Senior BJP leader Ram Madhav described the controversy over Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s unpublished memoir as a matter ‘between the author and the publisher’.

'Talks went from cordial to rough': Sonia Gandhi's exit from Penguin book deal

September 01, 2026 3:33 pm

No external pressure, claims publisher; changes related to themes of PM’s term, China, RSS, plight of minorities.

Penguin drops Sonia Gandhi's memoir after she rejected 'changes, deletions'

August 28, 2026 3:22 pm

With Penguin India out, several Indian publishers are now in the fray and HarperCollins is reported to be close to finalising the agreement to publish and distribute the book in India.

The Good Girls: New book revisits 2014 Badaun rape-murder case

January 12, 2021 7:20 pm

According to publishing house Penguin, the book, which is a result of "six years" of painstaking investigation, dares to ask: "What is the human cost of shame?".

Rajdeep Sardesai’s book on a watershed general election is audaciously early

November 10, 2014 11:20 am

Sardesai also does a good job of balancing out two other manifestations of Modi: the development guru and the Hindu chauvinist.

Doniger’s book On Hinduism put on hold

March 11, 2014 3:19 am

Dina Nath Batra warned that unless the book is withdrawn by March 10, 2014, he would take legal action and also launch an agitation for the same.

Letters to the editor: Undiscerning law

February 28, 2014 12:41 am

Lower courts have often been tardy in applying that test, even though higher courts have generally stood by serious authors and artists.

Law for bad behaviour

February 21, 2014 11:05 pm

Section 295A of the IPC opens the door for bullies to walk in

Dishonesty on Doniger

February 21, 2014 8:52 am

Self-proclaimed liberals and proponents of free speech are selective in their protests

The Hindus controversy: 'Angry' Wendy Doniger says Indian law true villain

February 12, 2014 1:43 pm

If legal means of publication fail, Internet has other ways of keeping books in circulation: Doniger.

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