New DelhiPenguin India withdrew from publishing Sonia Gandhi’s memoir over cuts she refused.
It is the third such withdrawal, each removing a book on Hindu nationalism or communal violence from Indian shelves.
India’s defamation and hurt-sentiment laws make the publisher, not the state, absorb the legal risk of a ban.
HarperCollins India will publish the memoir instead, on November 10.
How each outlet framed it
- New Lines Magazine leans critical
- exposes rejected edits on Gandhi's Modi critiques: India-China ties, RSS activities, 'Jersey cow' slur—irony of Penguin publishing Modi
Sources: New Lines Magazine