Rohinton Mistry’s award-winning 1991 novel, Such a Long Journey, has spurred a debate over university censorship after the novel was removed from the University of Mumbai’s  bachelor’s of arts syllabus after protests and book burnings, reports The Hindustan Times and The Times of India. The state government has promised to look into the issue, after faculty members and other students complained that the book was dropped without the appropriate process. The university’s vice-chancellor used emergency powers to remove the book, which student politicians affiliated with the conservative Hindu political organization Shiv Sena had criticized for its portrayal of politicians from the party. Previously, the Shiv Sena party was instrumental in the state’s ban of James W. Laine’s book about the Maratha king Shivaji—the 17th century ruler whose name the party evokes. Mr. Mistry, a Canadian citizen of Indian origin, said he was “dismayed” by the vice-chancellor’s “expeditious decision” to yield to the party’s demand, according to the Indo-Asian News Service.