No profanity and “reduced kissing by 50%”.
What the censors cut: ‘Do Lafzon Ki Kahani’
Your guide to what you were not allowed to watch or hear in the week’s releases.
Reading
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1Five of the best international nonfiction books of 2024 – according to expert readers
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2The best films we watched in 2024
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3The best Indian web series of 2024, led by ‘Raat Jawaan Hai’
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4‘There was no loss, no gain’: This new book is an essential guide to understanding Ghalib’s couplets
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5A Hindu festival called Christmas: Encounters between a non-practising Hindu and Roman Catholicism
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6‘Baby John’ review: What a way to end the year
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7Haruki Murakami and the challenge of translating Japanese’s many words for ‘I’
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8The ten best international novels of 2024 – according to literary experts
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9An 83-year-old short story by Jorge Luis Borges portends a bleak future for the internet
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10In Bangladesh, a concert shows how creative freedom could transform the beleaguered nation
