AG Noorani’s ‘The Kashmir Dispute 1947–2012’; political scientist Sumantra Bose’s ‘Kashmir at the Crossroads’ and ‘Contested Lands’ are among the banned books ...

Indian officials say the books promote violence, secessionism. But critics say the move is aimed at silencing scholars.

Those who were allegedly trafficked and forcibly converted were legally adults, but the state thinks they cannot change their minds at will, and they may be forced to do things. Meanwhile, the Supreme ...