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Is banning Taslima's book the answer?

December 03, 2003 19:02 IST
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Bowing to pressure groups, the West Bengal government banned Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen's book Dwikhandito (Split in Two), which purportedly hurts the sentiments of Muslims.

Is the government's action justified? Should literary works be banned because one or the other section is likely to be offended?

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