Lots of disclaimers in Raman Raghav 2.0, in case you thought that drugs were good for health.
What the censors cut: ‘Raman Raghav 2.0’, ‘Independence Day: Resurgence’
Your guide to what you were not allowed to watch or hear in the week’s releases.
Reading
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1How the Sassoons of Bombay became one of China’s wealthiest families
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2‘No Pausa’ walks with women on long road through menopause
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3A book of real-life accounts from the Indian Air Force honours those who took part in the 1962 war
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4Proposed Waqf Act amendments strike a discriminatory note for Muslim charitable organisations
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5How the Sri Lankan civil war made its way into a French film about an undercover cop
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6Family history: A writer investigates why her great-grandfather chose to sail to South Africa
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7How the 1958 Mundhra scam exposed the nexus between LIC, the bureaucracy and rogue businessmen
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8Booker Prize review: Desire, suspicion, and obsession comprise the emotional core of ‘The Safekeep’
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9November global nonfiction: Start a new month with these recent books, including Orhan Pamuk’s
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10Hounded around the world, the first ‘man-made man’ took refuge in India
