The Jharkhand government has banned 'The Adivasi Will Not Dance', a collection of short stories by Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar . The campaign to vilify Shekhar's work has been gathering force, with trolling, open letters, Facebook parody pages, threats and effigy burning. "All of them, without exception, said the story was painful, disturbing and sad, which made them reflect on the difficult, complex lives our Adivasi women live. "As one of the few Santhal women to have read his books, I thought this particular story was deeply moving and depicted the reality for some of our women. That's why I opposed this harassment," says Ruby Hembrom , founder of the publishing house adivaani, dedicated to Adivasi writing.

Source: Times of India August 13, 2017 01:23 UTC