Thursday, March 12, 2015

Politics, sensitivity lead India to rush to ban books, films

FILE – In this March 3, 2015 file photo, British filmmaker Leslee Udwin addresses a press conference on her documentary film "India's Daughter," about the Dec. 16, 2012 gang rape in a moving bus, in New Delhi, a film whose screening the Indian government halted. Over the last year, India has banned at least two books, as many films, one state has banned eating beef, and the film censor board issued a list of words they consider unacceptable for the delicate ears of adult Indians. The bans show that this country of 1.2 billion continues to grapple with a complex tangle of deep sensitivity and a political process deeply entwined with religious and caste communities. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File) NEW DELHI (AP) — A British documentary. A YouTube comedy clip. A book on Hinduism. Each offended some segment of Indian society, and each was banned or suppressed as a result.








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