The Bombay High Court has rejected the petitions challenging the film certification granted to the film, Aarakshan. In this judgment, the Bench, relying on the Supreme Court judgment in the Jagjivan Ram case, has said that …
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The RSS on censorship
A remarkable opinion published in the Organiser, mouthpiece of the RSS, has vigorously opposed censorship generally, and the ban on Joseph Lelyveld’s book on Gandhi in particular. It is not everyday that one hears of …
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Watching films blindfolded
This is a piece I wrote for the latest Himal Special issue on censorship.Given that it is for a magazine I had to restrict the historical account of law and visuality, but hope to develop …
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Gujarat Government’s unsustainable ban on Jaswant Singh’s book
Despite the huge controversy that the book has led to within and outside the BJP, the Gujarat Government may have no case at all to ban Jaswant Singh’s book on Jinnah. The text of the …
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