Khaufpur March 13, 2007
Preview copies of ‘Animal’s People’ have been circulating among the movers and shakers in the Mantralaya. Sources close to Chief Minister’s office termed the tome, penned by journalist Indra Sinha as “a filthy and vile poison, full of bad language and sexy frolics” and informed that action would be forthcoming to ban it from sale in the state.
But Khaufpur survivors’ organisations have stuck up for the memoir of the street kid, Jaanvar, known as Animal in the novelised story. “No political forum can go against it, and if it does, legal action may be initiated. Such a move is against the freedom of speech and expression and against the Constitution and democratic values. These kind of intimidatory tactics are used by Khaufpuri politicians out of timidity and intolerance because they realise the civil society’s strength and support to the International Campaign for Justice in Khaufpur, especially of eminent persons.”
