Holy *bleep*

'The Argumentative Indian' has come under censor board's scanner & being asked to make few cuts

Ever since Pahlaj Nihalani took over as its chairman, Censor (Scissorhands) Board has been making news for demanding ridiculous and arbitrary cuts in films and documentaries. Unsurprisingly, it has gone ahead and done so yet again.

This time round, its target is The Argumentative Indian, an hour-long documentary about economist and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen. Uncomfortable letting words like “Gujarat”, “Hindu India”, “Hindutva view of India” and, believe it or not, “cow” pass, the censor board has asked the director to bleep them out. 

Understandably, the director is stumped — and furious. More so, with a board official turning around