Interesting take on the book withdrawl

by Penguin publishers here
it is possible that what Wendy Doniger and other such authors write is drivel - for example see this

Holi [is] the spring carnival, when members of all castes mingle and let down their hair, sprinkling one another with cascades of red powder and liquid, symbolic of the blood that was probably used in past centuries. (the now defunct Microsoft Encarta)Krishna goads human beings into all sorts of murderous and self-destructive behaviours such as war in order to relieve "mother Earth" of its burdensome human population. (A lecture in 2000 entiteld The Complicity of God in the Destruction of the Human Race) Rama had a fear of following his sex-addict father Dasharatha’s footsteps, which made him betray his own sexuality, which in turn made him abandon Sita. Ganesha’s large belly is a proof of the Hindu male's enormous appetite for oral sex. (Paul Courtright, in his book on Ganesha) 

I mean these are seriously ridiculous statements - that should not have been taken seriously. But by banning a book of this nature - you are allowing for the author to achieve notoriety - if the book was actually  in public domain people would recognize her/his lack of academic rigor and evaluate the book for what it actually is - drivel.

But, of course, I also see the authors point - the hue and cry that comes up when the right asks for a book ban is slightly understated when it comes to a ban of minority related books - not everybody but in general. Again, it is critical that there is a uniform application of law and everybody gets to voice their opinion (irrespective of whether it is useful/correct).