IT'S SEPTEMBER ALREADY- BANNED BOOKS WEEK( SEPT 28- OCT 2)
INTRODUCTION September like every month is full of literary events. To name a few- on the 6th, we celebrated 'Read a Book Day'; Roald Dahl's birthday was on the 13th; Hobbit day was on 22nd, and such others. I wanted to write on all. But I could write only on one due to time crunch. I selected an event called the Banned Books Week celebrated in the last week of September. But why was the last week of the month singled out? What was the intent behind the celebration? - all these questions and several others cropped up in my mind. Let's take a look at it one by one. BEFORE THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND- A NOTE ON BANNING AND CENSORSHIP "You can't do this! I won't let you." That's how banning sounds like. You don't need to drink gallons of lessons on human psychology to figure out what's banned is the most attractive. The louder the uproar, the more limelight it gets. Freedom like power can be used for the good as well as abused. Drugs are ban