The restriction of Priyanka Pathak-Narain’s book Godman to Tycoon: The Untold Story of Baba Ramdev by the Delhi high court, has opened up the censorship debate once more. We ask authors and publishers their opinions on the matter.

A local court in Delhi has restrained the publication of Priyanka Pathak-Narain’s book Godman to Tycoon: The Untold Story of Baba Ramdev. The basis for this was a defamation complaint, which was launched on Ramdev’s behalf. The publishers of the book, Juggernaut Books, have said that the order was given by the court without even hearing out the author’s side of the story. While the publishers have obeyed the court order, they have also announced that they would defend the case in the courts so that they can reverse it.

This has caused uproar among literati and publishers alike. While some argue that the publishing house is cultivating leftist and anti-establishment sentiments, others have spoken about how difficult it is to publish anything that has to do with even the remotest anti-establishment sentiments. Chikki Sarkar, founder and publisher of Juggernaut books, also tweeted that it is getting “harder and harder to get press around books that are seen in to be anti govt in any way.(sic)”