What they said to us taslima nasrin, on banning of The Hindus “Like free speech, human rights are universal. Writers should have the right to write what they like.” current affa i r s 26 Price of Excess With the Goa police chargesheeting ex-Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal under the new sections of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013, is it time to ask if one law can fit all crimes, or should there be gradation according to severity of crime? Also, a column by Vrinda Grover. 14 congress Old Guard vs New Guard 16 bjp The UP Strategy 20 media in the northeast An Estate Under Assault business 44 Kejriwal vs RIL Will Arvind Kejriwal’s FIR against Reliance change anything on the ground as far as gas interests are concerned? What will be the fallout of AAP’s allegations against the Ambanis? features 50 Banned Wagon Reminded of their own tribulations with the pulping of Wendy Doniger’s work The Hindus: An Alternative History, six authors whose books have been banned for the subject they have reflected upon share their sentiments on what it feels like to be the victim of intolerance Rammed through in the Lok S abha, and treading an equally contentious passage in the upper house, India’s 29th state is born out of turmoil and over the resignation of Andhra Pradesh chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy. The T Partition Cover Story 32 Regulars 04 leters 10 Polscape 64