Wendy Doniger: Academia, hacism and Hinduphobia

The theatric over Penguin’s decision to pulp Wendy Doniger’s “The Hindus: An alternative History” is amusing as an astonishing number of her Indian supporters (Doniger refers to them as native informants) and other gullible liberals continue to marshal around the flag post of free speech. In the comical fury and thunder, the real issues have been sidelined in the best traditions of Indian public discourse.