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Mumbai University drops TYBA Marathi poem #Censorship

 Drushya Naslelya Drushyat The poem forms a part of the syllabus of the third year BA course (inset) Manwar’s book Drushya Naslelya Drushyat Kranti Vibhute Updated: Sep 30, 2018, 06:30 AM IST In the face of objections by student activist groups… Continue Reading →

MIFF: Selection jury protests exclusion of Film on Kashmir #Censorship

Namrata Joshi MUMBAI, Directors request Information and Broadcasting Ministry to reconsider decision to deny exemption certificate At the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2017, the members of the Indian Panorama selection jury took on the Information and Broadcasting Ministry… Continue Reading →

Read the story taken down by TOI, as BJP found it embarrassing #Censorship

Read Below is the  story carried by the Times of India‘s Jaipur edition criticising the Narendra Modi government’s Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana on September 14, 2017, was taken down from the newspaper’s website within hours of publishing. The story by Rosamma Thomas… Continue Reading →

Why we should not support a ban on Pehredar Piya Ki , or of any other show #Censorship

You can’t cry foul at channels censoring Game Of Thrones or not giving a film certificate to Lipstick Under My Burkha because you like their storylines, even if the government doesn’t Rajyasree Sen A still from ‘Pehredar Piya Ki’. Almost… Continue Reading →

Baba Ramdev seeks Ban on Godman to Tycoon #Censorship

B The book traces the arc of self-styled godman and business tycoon Baba Ramdev’s (above) life A Delhi court’s interim injunction on sale of ‘Godman to Tycoon’ was passed without representation from the publishers and author. Yoga guru Ramdev is… Continue Reading →

India blocks access to the Internet Archive Wayback Machine #Censorship

By  Nikhil Pahwa  In what is an inexplicable instance of censorship, India appears to have blocked access to the Internet Archive (also known as the Internet Wayback Machine). The block seems to be new, and is currently propagating. We checked, and on visiting… Continue Reading →

Pahlaj Nihalani lists the *exact* cuts in Amartya Sen documentary #Censorship

Here are the six words that Pahlaj Nihalani has ordered to be removed from the film: Criminalities India Hindu Cow Used, these days Banal While there has been an intellectual uproar over the cuts ordered by the Central Board of… Continue Reading →

Kashmir and the Virtual War #Censorship

  As yet another social media ban hits the Valley, HT meets young men and women who, despite the risk involved, film protests and upload the videos to tell their version of the Kashmir story In a move that has… Continue Reading →

The Female Gaze Makes CBFC Uncomfortable #Censorship

English  Alankrita Shrivastava Despite being denied a Censor Board certificate, filmmaker Alankrita Shrivastava’s feminist film Lipstick Under My Burkha has been winning laurels in the film fraternity. “I feel if the intention of the board is to discourage people like me for making films like… Continue Reading →

Facebook bans image of Bologna’s nude statue of Neptune #Censorship

Josephine McKenna, in rome 3 JANUARY 2017 • 6:25PM Facebook has apologised after conceding it “incorrectly” banned a photograph of the naked sea god Neptune and sought to have an Italian art historian remove it from her web page. The… Continue Reading →

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