Alankrita Shrivastava’s Lipstick Under My Burkha went to war with the censor board before its release. The movie managed to secure certification, but it hasn’t emerged unscathed (even the moans have been affected). Munna Michael and Dunkirk too have suffered nicks this week. In Munna Michael, for instance, the “cracking sound of bones” has been deemed offensive.
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Centre changes election conduct rules days after HC tells EC to provide poll documents to petitioner
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Interview: East India Company to Big Tech – how corporations think about knowledge
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How WhatsApp became the world’s ‘everything app’
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1971 surrender photo removed from Army chief’s office, replaced by Mahabharata-inspired painting
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What a meeting with a woman entrepreneur in Kolkata taught a German diplomat about women in India
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The obscure, 226-year-old law Donald Trump plans use to deport foreign nationals
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Shirish Patel: The urban planner who looked beyond the vanity of Mumbai’s privileged
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Actor Allu Arjun’s home vandalised in Hyderabad, eight arrested
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‘Modernity, Print and Sahitya’: A well-researched book about how Odia literature shaped its culture
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‘Mornings With My Cat Mii’ joins other Japanese novels that confront the absurdities of modern life