Bad Books List

And the books they loathed? Unsurprisingly, not everyone was willing to risk their necks. But here is a short list of those who dared and bared:

Khushwant Singh:

The Alchemist

Girish Karnad:

Magic Seeds

William Dalrymple:

From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting the Middle East

Anita Nair:

Kingdom of the Golden Dragon

Siddhartha Deb:

Magic Seeds

And the others' excuses:

Mark Tully:

Amit Chaudhuri:

Pavan K. Varma:

Ram Guha: