Ask.com states that in 1997, the author was summoned to India's Supreme Court. This was the beginning of the banning of the book "The God of Small Things." The Court claimed that the book had occasional sex scenes, involving a Christian woman and a low-caste Hindu servant. The book was never officially banned but it was challenged.
Also, to defend against a claim that the book's brief and occasional sex scenes, involving a Christian woman and a low-caste Hindu servant, corrupted public morals. The book came close to being banned, but was never actually banned. After the court session that Roy went through she went on to writing her second book.
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