Ahmedabad: Jaswant Singh's controversial
book on Jinnah is selling like hot cakes in Gujarat after the
state High Court lifted the Modi government ban on it.
Bookstores managers said that the book ‘Jinnah:
India-Partition-Independence’, has generated a lot of
interest among readers and the demand is soaring by the day.
Crossword, a chain of book stores, has sold over 100
copies of the book in the city since September 4 when the
ban was lifted.
"Within two to three days of lifting of the ban, we have
sold around 100 copies. We have ordered more copies of the
book and people have been inquiring about it," book sales
coordinator Himanshu Shah said.
Another city based book store Landmark has placed new
orders for the book as they have run out of stock.
The Gujarat government had banned Singh's book on
August 19, two days after its release, accusing the book of
portraying Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in a derogatory manner and
claiming that the contents of the book would promote enmity
between different groups.
"During the ban, many people had enquired about the book,
but we could not sell due to the ban. But as soon as the
ban was lifted, we sold the entire stock," manager of Landmark
Store Dharmesh Bhatt said.
Bureau Report
First Published: Monday, September 07, 2009, 18:27