A love-making scene from Carol has been excised for India, and cuts for The Revenant and Aligarh too.
What the censors cut: ‘Aligarh’, ‘The Revenant’, ‘Carol’
Our guide to what you were not allowed to watch or hear in the week’s releases.
Reading
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1‘The way a sari is worn is a living dictionary of India’s stories’: Cultural historian Malvika Singh
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2Fiction: Two Indian institutions are keen to produce silicon, but someone wants to spoil their plans
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3‘Gods, Guns and Missionaries’: A thorough study of how Hindu identity was shaped by colonialism
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4From Pune to Delhi, riverfront projects are all the rage. But evidence shows they harm rivers
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5‘Golwalkar’: MS Golwalkar’s single-minded pursuit of a Hindu Rashtra and the forces that aided him
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6The psychology of making a change to your life – and sticking with it
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7Srinagar: Police remove posters urging tourists to respect local culture amid calls for liquor ban
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8Germany’s firewall against the far right has crumbled – the consequences are immeasurable
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9‘Wonderland of Words’: Shashi Tharoor’s ‘seriously funny’ book on the quirks of the English language
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10‘They will beat me again’: What led to the death of a young man in Jammu village?
