Hindus, Hinduism; Sense, Sensibility; hurting sentiments…
On February 11, Penguin settled out of court and withdrew an eminent piece of research. The reason? It ‘offended’ the sensibility of ‘some Hindus’. On February 12 paper the Times of India carried two articles; one each from Arundhati Roy and Ramchandra Guha. Each has a clear tone of appeal; be it to the publisher or be it to politicians. There is however, another element that is being ignored and it is time this element stood up to be counted. I refer to the average Hindu. De