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Tue, 02 Oct 2012 20:54:00 +0000

India's Sikh community has condemned J.K. Rowling's recent novel, "The Casual Vacancy," for describing one of the female characters, Sukhvinder, as "mustachioed, yet large-mammaried" and portraying her as a "hairy man-woman." (Traditionally, followers of the Sikh religion are forbidden from cutting or trimming their hair).

India’s Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), a Sikh group, has spoken out regarding the depiction. The Daily Mail reports:

J.K. Rowling grows up — and gets knocked down

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:54:00 +0000

How did you deal with the stunning revelation, in Ian Parker's 9,000-word profile of J.K. Rowling in this week's New Yorker, that the author is not as warm as Rubeus Hagrid, as confident as Albus Dumbledore, or, alas, as brave and smart and accessible as her iconic hero, Harry Potter? Did it, as Gawker's Caity Weaver put it, "make you [not] want to hang out with J.K. Rowling," whose first adult novel, "The Casual Vacancy," is released on Thursday (and is, of course, already a best-seller). Were you as shocked as the Daily News, which announced that the author "is making no excuses for the very grownup prose and plotline" of the new book? Or did you feel a peculiar sense of satisfaction, knowing that the multimillionaire creator of one of the most beloved children's book series of all time comes off as an awkward, insecure woman who asked for – and was refused – quote approval on the story?

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J.K. Rowling grows up — and gets knocked down