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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

THE AUGUST BEGINNING

THIS IS MY FIRST BLOG!  IT'S TO GOING TO BE READ BY MANY( I HOPE SO WHILE CHUCKLING INSIDE!!) IT IS NO LONGER GOING TO REMAIN IN THE PAGES AND LANGUISH WAITING TO SEE THE LIGHT OF THE DAY. The literature of the seven continents or say the world literature has been fascinating me since the second year of my undergraduate degree. I love discussing and relating the pieces of writings with the affairs of the world.  My aim behind starting a blog is to chisel and give direction to my unshaped ideas. My writing is a medium to connect with the outside world- THE NETIZENS! I want to kindle the light of literature in every remote corner. I want it to share as much space as the news of reel life celebrities or a fiery political debate in any household.  I have always tried to push beyond the drawn boundaries of literature. I am from India, but my purview isn't Indian Literature only. My eyes and ears stretch to the literature of seven continents.  Writing fascinates me. The creation of a