Activist Teesta Setalvad, a session on whose book has been cancelled by Oxford Bookstore, today hit out at its management, terming it as an act of "self-censorship". The popular bookstore here has cancelled the session that was scheduled to be held tomorrow, citing "volatile" situation in the city in the wake of back-to-back student protests. We are dealing with forces that cannot tolerate dissent of any kind, particularly political dissent," Setalvad told PTI. In a mail to LeftWord Books, the publisher of her latest memoir 'Foot Soldier of the Constitution', Oxford Bookstore had raised the spectre of "disruption" by "external elements" to justify the cancellation. When contacted, the Oxford management said it would not issue any public statement on the issue.

Source: dna March 05, 2017 13:29 UTC