Profanity remains a target of the Central Board of Film Certification. Also, temples.
What the censors cut: ‘Sarabjit, ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’
Our guide to what you were not allowed to watch or hear in the week’s releases.
Reading
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1Why Nawab Wajid Ali Shah appointed his lovers to important positions in his court
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2A restaurant menu from 1935 is a reminder of how much Bombay has changed
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3A book on Delhi’s histories recounts how Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya’s shrine became a pilgrimage site
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4How did Surat become the setting for an 18th-century French story?
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5‘I Want to Talk’ trailer: Abhishek Bachchan plays a terminally ill man reassessing his life
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6‘Iru’: A biography in motion about anthropologist Irawati Karve, who lived life on her own terms
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7‘Keep your eye on the prize’: Director Mira Nair shares the lessons she learned along the way
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8In her autobiography, Bangladeshi writer Noorjahan Bose remembers her mother’s skilful cooking
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9Start the week with a film: ‘Valu’ is a side-splitting comedy with a brilliant cast
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10For the millions of Indians travelling abroad, food lessons from Gandhi, Vivekananda and Mamata
