India, Jan. 14 -- A discussion on a book titled 'Babur: The Quest for Hindustan', which was scheduled to take place at the Bhopal Literature and Art Festival (BLF), was cancelled after concerns of protests over it.

Following this, architect-turned-author Aaabhas Maldahiyar, in a post on social media platform X, said the session had been cancelled after some organisations issued serious threats "on the basis of baseless allegations". The organisations had allegedly issued threats to burn the book and damage the shops selling it.

The book is second in a series, with the first volume titled 'Babur: The Chessboard King'. While the first book had looked into the Mughal emperor's early life and Central Asian campaigns, the second one focuses ...