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Hinduvulu (The Hindus) Wendy Doniger, translator Ashok Tankashala, 345 pp, Rs. 275 \nThis is a book by American Indologist Wendy Doniger which the mainstream history being (in the author's view) written from male Brahminical and white Orientalist perspectives. Doniger instead portrays the history of Hinduism from the point of view of women, dogs, horses and outcastes. In February 2014 it was the subject of litigation in India bny right-wingers for "deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage the feelings of any religious community". As a result of the lawsuit, the book was withdrawn from the Indian market by its Indian publisher, prompting widespread concerns about the state of free speech in India. \nWendy Doniger O'Flaherty (1940- ) is an American Indologist whose professional career has spanned five decades. A brilliant scholar of Sanskrit and Indian textual tradition, she has authored several books in the area. \nTranslator Ashok Tankasala is a senior journalist and editor and has written and translated several books. \n \nhttps://play.google.com/store/books/details/Wendy_Doniger_Hinduvulu_The_Hindus?id=-bQoEAAAQBAJ


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