25 Mar 2010 | Index Index, minipost, Uncategorized
Author Murzban Shroff has been charged with obscenity and making “prejudicial” remarks to “national integration” in his novel Breathless in Bombay. The latter charge is based on the use of the word “ghati”; a defamatory term for Maharashtrians, people from the Maharashtra region in western India. Following Shroff’s hearing at the Bombay High Court on Friday, Justice BR Gavai ordered that police not to take any “coercive action” against the author during the ongoing investigation but he granted the prosecution three weeks to file a reply.
8 Oct 2009 | Index Index, minipost, News and features
Plans to make a movie about the romance between Jawaharlal Nehru and Edwina Mountbatten may be halted by the Indian government. It has refused to allow filming in the country if there are any scenes that show India’s first prime minister and the wife of the last viceroy holding hands, kissing or saying the word love.
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25 Aug 2009 | Comment
A renowned play has fallen victim to India’s desire to prevent disparate groups from offending each other, writes Salil Tripathi
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25 Aug 2009 | Index Index, minipost
Maqbool Fida Husain, hailed by many as India’s Picasso, has been told his paintings will not be displayed at the India Art Summit, the countries biggest art extravaganza for the second year in a row. The 94-year-olds paintings have drawn criticism, as well as lawsuits, from hard-line Hindus who are angered that some depict Hindu goddesses in the nude. The Muslim artist went to exile in Dubai three years ago. Read more here
