Srinagar, Aug. 7 -- Banning the books will not erase historical facts and the repertoire of lived memories of people of Kashmir, said Kashmir's chief cleric and Hurriyat chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today. Mirwaiz was responding to a Jammu and Kashmir government notification that declared 25 books - including works by Arundhati Roy and A.G. Noorani - as 'forfeited', alleging they distort facts, glorify terrorism, promote secessionism, and radicalize youth. A notification issued on August 5 by the Principal Secretary of the Home Department, Chandraker Bharti, by order of Lieutenant-Governor Manoj Sinha, said, "These books found to excite secessionism and endangering sovereignty and integrity of India, thereby, attracting the provisions of S...