The Central Board of Film Certification’s war on strong language continues.
What the censors cut: ‘Nil Battey Sannata’, ‘Santa Banta Pvt Ltd’
Our guide to what you were not allowed to watch or hear in the week’s releases.
Reading
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1‘Sikandar’ review: Film that champions organ donation is in dire need of a brain transplant
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2A new book recounts how Lal Bahadur Shastri improved third-class train travel as railway minister
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3A woman’s place is in the kitchen – except if she’s a chef in the male-dominated culinary world
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4Sajni Mukherji (1945–2025): Beloved literature professor at Jadavpur University and a friend to all
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5Pramoedya Ananta Toer: Hundred years of a fearless Indonesian literary icon
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6Why India has the worst amputation epidemic in the world
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7The world of Lalla: A journey into the heart of the 14th-century Kashmiri mystic poetess
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8Third term for Trump? How the US president could sidestep the constitutional bar to remain in power
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9How the ghats of Banaras became a defining image of the ancient city
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10‘A warning to all’: What Rajiv Gandhi wrote in the guestbook of a WWII memorial in Belarus
