The editor and publisher of a top English-language Indian daily were arrested and briefly detained in Calcutta after the paper, The Statesman, reprinted Johann Hari's article from U.K.'s Independent, entitled, appropriately enough, "Why should I respect these oppressive religions?" As
reported by the BBC, the editor, Ravindra Kumar, felt compelled to apologize for an "editorial misjudgement."
Hari quotes me. Does this make me an accomplice?
Published on February 11, 2009 15:47