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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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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The obscure, 226-year-old law Donald Trump plans use to deport foreign nationals
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Backstory 2024: When I trekked two hours in Himachal for an interview
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2024 Jawad Memorial Prize for Urdu-English Translation: Read the winning poems
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‘Mornings With My Cat Mii’ joins other Japanese novels that confront the absurdities of modern life
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‘Modernity, Print and Sahitya’: A well-researched book about how Odia literature shaped its culture
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1971 surrender photo removed from Army chief’s office, replaced by Mahabharata-inspired painting