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Ban the book

In the Line of Fire should be banned in India. India lost many soldiers in the Kargil war to capture its own land and Gen. Musharraf is regarded as the architect of the war.

As he is the President of a neighbouring country, official India has to continue dealing with him. But the manner in which he has glorified the Pakistani operation in Kargil is an insult to the Indians who lost their lives in the war. Books that have been considered blasphemous and have hurt a community's religious feelings have been banned in the past. Certainly a book that is blasphemous to patriotism can be banned too.

Sushil Mehra,
Bangalore

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