Shiksha Bachao Andolan Samiti last week demanded that the Aleph Book Company stop sales and pulp all remaining copies of Doniger's book, "On Hinduism," published in 2013.
Dina Nath Batra, who led the charge against Doniger's previous book, claimed the contents of "On Hinduism" were, like the previous work, "malicious and offending.”
"She has used derogatory terms for Hindu deities, which hurts the sentiments of devotees," Batra charged.
"It is part of a conspiracy hatched by the children of (Karl) Marx and (Thomas) Macaulay to tarnish the image of Hindu culture. There are certain pseudo-secularists who are behind this conspiracy," he added.
Doniger's 2009 book, " The Hindus: An Alternative History," was pulped by Penguin following a row over its contents. She was accused by SBAS of using "derogatory” content that is “offending to Hinduism" besides misrepresentation of facts.
Atul Kothari, co-convener of SBAS, claimed the publisher had agreed to pulp “On Hinduism,” and that the group would take legal recourse if the book was not withdrawn.
"We have been given an oral assurance by the publishers that the sales of the book will be stalled. The publishers have been given a week's time to provide an assurance in writing, failing which, SBAS would... move the judiciary," Kothari said.
The publisher, when contacted, however, declined to comment on the issue.
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