"Hinduphobic" Amazon bans author Saurav Dutt's "Modi and Me: A Political Reawakening" book for its "Hindutva themed literature"

NewsBharati    06-Feb-2023 11:30:37 AM
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New Delhi, Feb 6: It seems like the "so-called secularism" can now seen on e-commerce platforms such as Amazon. In the latest such incident, Amazon has banned author Saurav Dutt's "Modi and Me: A Political Reawakening" book for its ""Hindutva themed literature".


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This came after the author took to Twitter expressing concerns about it. "This is the message received from @amazon @AmazonKindle BANNING my book on @PMOIndia because it's viewed as 'Hindutva themed literature'."
 
Slamming the e-commerce giant, he said, "This is no game, they're out for us."
 
 
In the message, Amazon wrote, "We've found that your account is related to a KDP account that we previously terminated for selling the book "Modi and Me: A Political Reawakening" which was the subject of complaints for allegedly spreading communal dissension and triggering customers because of Hindutva themed literature."

 
"Amazon KDP takes the customer experience seriously and titles such as this are subject to action if several complaints are raised about content that can upset or antagonise, which yours was seen to fall within. As stated in our Terms and Conditions, if we terminate an account after complaints of this nature, you are not allowed to establish a new KDP account," it declared.
 

"As a result, we are terminating this account effective immediately and you may not open any new KDP accounts. As part of the termination process: We will close your account
• You're no longer eligible to receive any outstanding royalties for the book 'Modi and Me: A Political Reawakening'
•You'll no longer have access to your accounts. This includes, editing your titles, viewing your reports and accessing any other information within your account • All of your published titles will be removed from sale on Amazon," it concluded.
 
Notably, Saurav Dutt is Columnist, author and TIME and Esquire magazine featured political commentator 

In this book, Saurav Dutt "provides a comprehensive study of how and why Narendra Modi's India offers a powerful and unsparing bulwark against anti-Indian and anti-Hindu sentiment in a country fractured by minority vote-bank politics, national-populism and ethno-religious division by left-wing supremacist ideologues, specifically tackling the emerging threat of Hinduphobia both in India and beyond."
Soon after this development, several netizens called out Amazon for showing double standards, biased and being Hindupohobic.