Monday 17 February 2014

'The Hindus' vs. The Hindus

Hamare shikshak, Wendy Doniger, ki kitab, 'The Hindus,' Hindustan me pratibandhit hai! Kitni dilchasp hai, yeh bat. Wendy aur UChicago ki ucchi pad ke kaarn (meri ray me) Western media (NY Times, BBC, etc) is ghatne se ek bara misal bana rahe hai ki 'Hindustan me kitne dharmik censorship hoga,' aur 'Hindutva rajnete kitne shakti hoge.' Aur yeh thik hai. Lagbag sach hai. Lekin mujhe lagtaa hai ki is Hindustani censorship batchit ke sath Ameriki censorship ke vishey bolna bhi zaruri hai. Bolte bolte hai ki 'Bakvas hai ki Hindutva log kitab pratibandh karte hai!' shayad ham bhul jate hai ki Europe aur Amerika me, itihas mai sur aajkal bhi, Isai log aksar kitab pratibandh karte hai (aur jalate hai aur 'pulp' karte hai). To mera arth yeh hai ki ha, censorship ek bara samasya hai, lekin sirf Hindustan ke liye nahi, pure duniya ke liye, Amerika ke liye bhi. 

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