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Retrograde step

Sir, — The decision of the Maharashtra Government to ban the book by James Laine on Shivaji is a retrograde step.

P.R. Krishna Narayanan,

Kochi

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Sir, — Books are banned by weak governments to buy peace with fanatics. It does not augur well for a secular and sane culture in the country.

T.S. Rao,

Visakhapatnam, A.P.

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