![]() ![]() ![]() The upcoming book shot to overnight fame when a poster announcing its launch on Augwent viral on Twitter. ![]() This old question has resurfaced with the social media call to demand accountability from Bloomsbury India for their decision to publish Delhi Riots 2020: The Untold Story written by Monika Arora, Sonali Chitalkar and Prerna Malhotra. How should one account for speech that is considered divisive, hateful and inflammatory? MCD workers clear burnt vehicles at Chand Bagh, in New Delhi on Sunday, March 1, 2020.(Sanchit Khanna/HT PHOTO) The original cover when the book was being published by Bloomsbury India The implication is that freedom should be absolute, not subject to conditions or restrictions. Originally meant to celebrate the beliefs of the French philosopher she was writing about, this statement is now routinely invoked in discussions about freedom of speech in India. “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it,” wrote author Evelyn Beatrice Hall in a biography called The Life of Voltaire (1903). ![]()
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