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.

From the memoir: A longtime Indian Railways employee remembers her first posting at a remote station
Business memoir: Manish Vij chronicles his entrepreneurial journey through his startup LetsBuy
In Kerala, the disastrous ripple effects of seabed sand mining
BTech placements plunge by over 10 percentage points in more than half of IITs since 2021-’22
Haryana removes Eid-ul-Fitr as gazetted holiday, cites end of financial year
How Hindutva’s politics of renaming burdens Indian Muslims with imaginary historical guilt
‘Whenever I write a word / it lacks the meaning I intended’: An anthology of translated world poetry
Strong earthquake jolts Myanmar, damage reported in Thailand
What volunteering at food distribution drives taught a citizen about the lives of children in slums
Why India has the worst amputation epidemic in the world
The Central Board of Film Certification’s war on strong language continues.