What of the liberals' responsibility to a nation of sick and hungry  , asks SIDDHARTHYA SWAPAN ROY, in this rejoinder to Salman Rushdie

While Rushdie's shadow was cast over the Jaipur Literary Festival, other writers grappled with questions of censorship, dissent and freedom of expression.  SAMIK DASGUPTA has this report.

The Delhi University academic council's decision to drop A.K. Ramanujan's essay, 'Three Hundred Ramayanas', from the prescribed readings for BA students,  is a shameful act of academic compromise, bemoans APOORVANAND

Even a bad book has a right to exist. This decision rests only on one aspect: do we as an open, democratic society remain confident of responding to books by engaging with them or do we wish to surrender that right to forms of governmental control?  asks TRIDIP SUHRUD.

A groundswell of opinion is building up against the move by the Mumbai University’s Vice Chancellor to withdraw Rohinton Minstry’s book ‘Such a long journey’ from the curriculum for undergraduates.  A Free Speech Hub report

Judicial pronouncements in three recent cases on book bans and curbs on books for allegedly causing enmity or communal disharmony have upheld freedom of expression in different ways,  making for an interesting study in contrasts, says GEETA SESHU

The Maharashtra government has not shown any evidence that the publication of the book would foment enmity,  said a Bombay High Court judgement delivered by Justices F.I. REBELLO, V K TAHILRAMANI and A S OKA

Political expedience forced the Marathi Sahitya Sammelan to sidetrack an important discussion on freedom of expression.  It was a tragic omission given that the Sammelan has become a victim of interference in literature, feels VIDYADHAR DATE.