The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy is organising a public discussion with Jairam Ramesh , Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), Former Union Minister, Senior Visiting Fellow, The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy, and author of To the Brink and Back: India’s 1991 Story (2015), on July 29, 2016 (Friday), at 5.30 p.m. at Kasturi Srinivasan Hall, The Music Academy, Royapettah, Chennai. Jairam Ramesh will be in conversation with Mukund Padmanabhan , Editor, The Hindu, on 25 th Year of Reforms: A Retrospective of What Happened in June-July 1991 , followed by interaction with the audience. This Background Note is prepared by The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy to set the issue in context. Click here to download the Background Note [PDF 3.20 MB]
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Ruling in favour of a Tamil author, Perumal Murugan, the Madras High Court, on July 5, 2016, dismissed petitions which included seeking the forfeiture of all copies of a Tamil book, titled Madhorubagan, and its English translation, One Part Woman . The novel, set in Tiruchengode, a town in Tamil Nadu, describes the agonies of a childless couple. As the Judgment sums it up, "In essence, the novel seeks to relate the travails and tribulations of a childless couple and the barbs of the society against it, while the couple seeks to battle it out against social and familial pressures. Somewhere, the family pressures gain an upper hand and what transpires to assist procreation is the troubling area of the story." Petitioners had alleged, among other charges, that the novel was "blasphemous, outrageous, defamatory, offensive and morally unacceptable." The original Tamil novel was written in 2010 and released in January 2011, at the Chennai Book Fair. The English translation was released in 2013. Both versions won critical acclaim. However, Perumal Murugan's troubles started later, in December 2014, when "voices were raised against him that he had defamed Tiruchengode town and the womenfolk and the community." The controversy pushed the author to living in virtual exile, issuing an unconditional apology, and subsequently, posting his own obituary as a writer on his Facebook page. A Bench of the Madras High Court, comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana, observed: "If you do not like a book, simply close it. The answer is not its ban." The full text of the judgment can be accessed through the following link: Resources: Perumal Murugan Judgment by Mr. Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Chief Justice, and Mrs. Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana, Madras High Court. [PDF 676 KB] Source: Madras High Court
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