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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‘Send millions of Indian peasants to Brazil to eradicate poverty and starvation’
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Why is India’s middle class so silent about the slowing economy?
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Foxconn halts equipment, manpower from China to Indian iPhone factories
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The murky, unregulated world of psychological counselling in India
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The close and steadfast friendship between Soumitra Chatterjee and Uttam Kumar
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Readers’ comments: TM Krishna’s concerns are valid but he misses uniqueness of Carnatic music
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‘A subject that is guaranteed to make you universally disliked’: Pankaj Mishra on writing about Gaza
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Four new tarantula species identified in Western Ghats
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AAP accuses BJP of trying to eliminate Arvind Kejriwal, claims attack on his car
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‘Writing is a pleasure, an obsession’: A publisher’s tribute to MT Vasudevan Nair