Kishwar Desai | Question, not cancel, Kipling; murky twist to Diana plot claim
Deccan ChronicleRudyard Kipling’s racism has been the worst kept secret in India — and possibly in the UK too, where, undoubtedly, his poetry and literature continue to be read. Thus English Heritage may have done the wise thing by not removing the blue plaque it had placed for controversial authors like him and Enid Blyton on the streets where they lived in London — and instead updated the websites where the reference appears, giving their work the correct and critical contemporary context. It is a complex problem — that requires a more widespread debate even in India — where many English authors continue to be read, quoted and treated as heroes, unquestioningly. As Freedom Day recedes from the immediate future — old stories of Princess Diana’s death have resurfaced.
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