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This is the Catchup on 3 Things by The Indian Express and I'm Flora Swain.Today is the 26th of September and here are the headlines.India and China are learnt to have made “significant progress” in narrowing their gap on pending issues along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. This includes exploring the contours of a possible solution that factors in their respective pre-April 2020 positions while agreeing to address existing issues in Arunachal Pradesh, The Indian Express has learnt. Sources said this might imply that Indian troops, whose access to certain patrolling points along the LAC were blocked either by Chinese troops or due to the implementation of the buffer zones created in the backdrop of disengagement at specific friction points, might be close to accessing them again.THE CBI is probing the sale and disposal of biomedical waste as part of its alleged corruption case at Kolkata's R G Kar Medical College Hospital, the epicentre of a political firestorm after last month's rape and murder of a medical intern there. A little-known company, SNG Envirosolutions, could hold one key to this in the manner it grew to handle up to 70% of waste from government hospitals across the state, including at RG Kar, without owning a single waste treatment plant, in violation of its contract's terms, an investigation by The Indian Express has revealed.Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut has been granted bail, hours after a magistrate's court in Mumbai convicted him in a defamation case filed by Medha Somaiya, the wife of former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya. Raut's sentence was also suspended for 30 days, granting him time to file an appeal. Lawyer Vivekanand Gupta, representing Medha Somaiya, said Raut was found guilty under Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) by the magistrate court in Mazgaon. The court has sentenced Raut to 15 days imprisonment and a fine of Rs 25,000, Gupta said.The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) today informed the Bombay High Court that its revising committee suggested some cuts for the Kangana Ranaut film Emergency before its release. The CBFC was responding to a plea by co-producer Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited, which alleged that the CBFC was “illegally” and “arbitrarily” withholding certification for the film. It is directed and co-produced by BJP MP Ranaut, who also plays the role of former prime minister Indira Gandhi.After the lawyer representing Zee Entertainment sought time to take instructions to decide whether the cuts should be made, a bench of Justices B P Colabawalla and Firdosh P Pooniwalla posted further hearing for Monday, September 30.Unknown miscreants have vandalised the BAPS Hindu temple in California's Sacramento, desecrating it with a hate message, the BAPS Public Affairs said. BAPS Public Affairs said in a post on X, “Less than 10 days after the desecration of the @BAPS Mandir in New York, our Mandir in the Sacramento, CA area was desecrated last night with anti-Hindu hate. We stand united against hate with prayers for peace." Wednesday night's incident comes after the desecration of the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Melville, New York, on September 17.This was the Catch Up on 3 Things by The Indian Express.
Have you ever wanted to own a professional soccer team? Our guest, Chris Ewing of Caledonian Braves FC, joins the show to explain how you can buy into his club! We're super excited for our incredibly unique interview with Chris Ewing, chairman of Caledonian Braves FC in Motherwell, Scotland, to discuss his new club! Founded only in 2019, CBFC is the newest team in Scotland and is also the only fan-owned club in the entire country. We ask Chris about the challenges of running the team and find out how we can get involved as owners ourselves. Christian and Alexis also analyze the USMNT's 4-0 win over Ghana, break down the latest news surrounding the Italian betting scandal, and comment on Al Hilal's unhinged graphic about Neymar's injury. Would you want to own part of Caledonian Braves? Let us know what you think in the reviews! Want to learn more about Chris Ewing and Caledonian Braves FC ? Head to https://wefunder.com/cbfc for information on how to get involved! Exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/SoccerCooligans This is where we put everything we shouldn't say
Have you ever wanted to own a professional soccer team? Our guest, Chris Ewing of Caledonian Braves FC, joins the show to explain how you can buy into his club! We're super excited for our incredibly unique interview with Chris Ewing, chairman of Caledonian Braves FC in Motherwell, Scotland, to discuss his new club! Founded only in 2019, CBFC is the newest team in Scotland and is also the only fan-owned club in the entire country. We ask Chris about the challenges of running the team and find out how we can get involved as owners ourselves. Christian and Alexis also analyze the USMNT's 4-0 win over Ghana, break down the latest news surrounding the Italian betting scandal, and comment on Al Hilal's unhinged graphic about Neymar's injury. Would you want to own part of Caledonian Braves? Let us know what you think in the reviews! Want to learn more about Chris Ewing and Caledonian Braves FC ? Head to https://wefunder.com/cbfc for information on how to get involved! Exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/SoccerCooligans This is where we put everything we shouldn't say
Bollywood star Akshay Kumar is set to reprise his role from the hit comedy OMG for its sequel Oh My God 2. The film is scheduled to release on 11th August, however, the CBFC is yet to clear the film or its trailer for release. According to reports, the censor board believes that the film contains content that could potentially hurt religious sentiments. The trailer was initially planned to release alongside the premiere of Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, however, those plans are currently on hold.
The highly anticipated Karan Johar film Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani is set to hit theatres this weekend. Starring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt in lead roles, the film revolves around the unexpected love story between a well-read journalist and a flamboyant man. The film also features an ensemble cast of Dharmendra, Jaya Bachchan, and Shabana Azmi among others. It has now been revealed that the CBFC has given the film a U/A certification after several cuts, and it will feature a runtime of 2 hours and 48 minutes. Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani releases in theatres on July 28.
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Director Anubhav Sinha's Bheed—out now on Netflix in a badly mangled form—attempts to condense India's pandemic experience into one location and a handful of characters. We discuss the filmmaker's tendency to use his characters as a mouthpiece, his decision to present this movie in black and white, and his use of symbolism to capture the pandemic experience. We also list down the troubling cuts imposed upon the film by the CBFC, and what precedent this sets for the future. — Hosted by Akhil Arora and Rohan Naahar, The Long Take is fully bootstrapped. Please consider donating if you enjoy our work. The Long Take is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Gaana, JioSaavn, Overcast, Stitcher, RadioPublic, Google Podcasts, and wherever you get your podcasts. Follow The Long Take on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. Write to us at thelongtakepod@gmail.com. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-long-take/support
In 2016, when the NYS DOH put out a request for application to receive the Creating Breastfeeding Friendly Communities (CBFC) Grant, the Rockland County Lactation community united to support and work together for this initiative. At that time, 86.6% of new mothers in the state initiated breastfeeding, but only 56% were still breastfeeding at six months, and of those, only 17% were exclusively breastfeeding. Patti's organization felt that connecting and supporting breastfeeding families beyond their hospital stay could make a big difference. The CBFC initiatives goal was to include physician practices, daycares, worksites, and public locations in the effort to support breastfeeding families for a longer period. Listen to find out how Patti and her practice made a change in the amount and type of education and support they were offering to their patients and how they involved their whole community in the effort. Consider if your area could benefit from a similar initiative! Patrícia Soriano Guzmán is an Allied Healthcare Professional specializing in Perinatal Support services. She has pursued advanced education with leading organizations, first in Lactation followed by Perinatal Mental Health, Prepared Childbirth, and Infant Development. Patrícia is currently an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant® at Montefiore Nyack Hospital and is responsible for outpatient Clinical Lactation services provided in English and Spanish, as well as leading several perinatal-related programs and events. Since 2020, Patrícia has been featured as guest speaker for a variety of virtual events, and most recently, led a 20-Hour Lactation Education training as the sole-presenter of 11 live, interactive sessions for 89 healthcare workers. This program was part of the NYS DOH Creating Breastfeeding-Friendly Communities initiative. Listen and Learn: Why families need continued support outside the hospital at all touchpoints Where parents are likely to connect with those who can support them How NYS increased the knowledge and skills of community-based organizations, primary care providers, childcare directors and staff, and employers How out-of-hospital facilities or programs signed up for participation in the program What Patti did to help implement the first obstetric practice in the area to achieve NYS DOH 10 Steps to Breastfeeding-Friendly Designation How Baby Cafes and similar types of gatherings helped Resources & Mentions: Creating Breastfeeding Friendly Communities (CBFC) (ny.gov) Get in touch with Patti: Send her an email at psguzmanibclc@gmail.com or Info@perinatalsupportgroup.com Related Products from InJoy: Understanding Breastfeeding Curriculum Practices to Increase Exclusive Breastfeeding: Core Concepts eCourse Practices to Increase Exclusive Breastfeeding: Managing Common Challenges eCourse
India Policy Watch #1: What Do Successive Defence Budgets Reveal?Insights on burning policy issues in India— Pranay Kotasthane(An edited version of this article was published in Hindustan Times on 13th Feb)Another defence budget zoomed past us on Feb 1. Since then, analyses have focused on how the defence spending for the coming year departs from the last year. Some have waved a red flag as defence spending has fallen below 2 per cent of GDP for the first time in many years. On the other hand, the defence ministry's post-budget press release emphasised a 44 per cent increase in operational spending, which is expected to “close critical gaps in the combat capabilities and equip the Forces in terms of ammunition, sustenance of weapons & assets, military reserves etc.” The ministry also highlighted that the capital outlay for modernisation and infrastructure development has risen by a seemingly handsome 57 per cent over the last five years. How, then, do we make sense of these conflicting narratives?Comparing allocations with those in the previous year gives us a confusing picture. Every interest group can pull up a number from the budget to suit their pre-formed narrative. Taking a step back from these narratives, this article will show that this was another run-of-the-mill defence budget, just like the previous one was. Nothing in it indicates any significant change in the defence posture. Unlike Japan, which has announced a doubling of its military spending in the next five years, India's approach is about gradually improving the operational efficiency of the armed forces.Looking under the hoodThis article looks at the defence expenditure over the last six budgets to make sense of the numbers. To put numbers into context, let's use an earlier year (FY16). FY16 is a useful reference point as it predates two major developments: China's visibly aggressive posture on the border and the budgetary commitments arising from the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme. Three observations follow from such an analysis.One, not only has defence spending fallen as a proportion of GDP, but it has also fallen as a percentage of government expenditure. In other words, defence has slipped in priority relative to non-defence functions (Figure 1). Two, the China challenge hasn't led to any spectacular change in the composition of defence expenditure. Defence spending can be divided into four major components: salaries, pensions, capital outlay, and others. As Figure 2 shows, capital outlay was being squeezed by rising pension expenditure over the last few years. For two consecutive years (FY19 and FY20), more money was spent on pensions than on capital acquisition and modernisation. The balance has now been marginally restored since FY21, after the Galwan crisis flared up.Crucially, the rises in pension and capital expenditures have come at the cost of operational and maintenance expenditures, including ammunition stores (under the Others category). It is hence not surprising that the latest budget is trying to arrest this decline in combat capabilities.Three, this period has been relatively better for the Indian Navy in terms of capital expenditure. Since the procurement of new platforms happens over multiple years, a temporal view is useful in analysing how capital outlay is split between the three armed forces. Figure 3 suggests that the big change in the last four years is in the capital outlay for the Indian Navy, with the FY24 figure having doubled in absolute terms since FY20.The Big PictureBy connecting these dots over the last five years, the picture that emerges is this: the government seems confident that China can be handled without a substantial rise in defence expenditure. The latest budget serves as a bellwether indicator for this claim. It was the first budget of the post-pandemic period, at a time when the economic prospects for India had improved considerably. The government achieved better-than-expected buoyancy in income taxes and GST in the current financial year, while the cooling of global fertilizer prices has led to a decline in the projected subsidy bill. Consequently, the government, for the first time in many years, had some fiscal room to play with. It has used that space to increase the overall capital outlay to Rs 10 lakh crore, almost three times the outlay in 2019-20. Despite this increase in the overall capital outlay, the defence budget resembles the middle overs of a one-day cricket match.From a financial savings perspective, there have been just two important changes over this period in the defence domain. The first was the announcement of the Agnipath scheme. It might reduce the pension burden, but these savings will reflect only after a decade-and-a-half. Other proposals, such as theatre commands, haven't come to fruition yet. The proposal to create a non-lapsable fund for modernisation — a proposal the union government gave an in-principle agreement way back in Feb 2021, still hasn't found a mention in the latest budget.Probably, the defence budget is the wrong place to infer India's strategic posture against China. Perhaps, the government considers other tools of statecraft—diplomatic, economic, or non-conventional—more suitable for the purpose. This point needs deeper reflection. The discussions over the roles of these tools of statecraft currently operate under mistaken assumptions. Attempts at getting India into an anti-China alliance are spurned at the altar of “strategic autonomy”. The opponents seem to assume that India only needs to equip its armed forces with greater firepower. For too long, many parliamentary standing committees and defence organisations have gone hoarse trying to convince the government that defence expenditure should be raised to 3 per cent of GDP. If anything, the change is in the opposite direction.The defence budget trends are a reminder that the government does not prefer using the military instrument to outflank China. At best, it wants to equip the armed forces such that China's incursions can be matched or repulsed. Given that there's no significant increase in allocations for the Navy and the Air Force, it also means that the government is not considering an increased presence in the South China Sea. So, the military is being equipped to plug a vulnerability and not to gain an asymmetric political advantage over China. This line of thinking probably makes sense. There's no point in matching China's defence spending dollar-for-dollar. After all, the Indian armed forces are more adept at fighting at high altitudes. But this line of thinking should also make it apparent that India must develop capabilities in domains other than those involving force to inflict pain on China. The government should build a political consensus that closer relations with China's adversaries are not a matter of choice but an imperative. That we need to double down on economic growth and technological upgrading if we are to constrain China's hand in other domains. It also means that we shouldn't be indiscriminately banning China's investments in India; a better approach would be to make their companies in non-strategic domains more dependent on the Indian market. We will then have more tools in our kit to deploy if the situation on the border worsens. Each of these posture changes needs an updating of our priors and payoffs. For that to happen, it is necessary that the government comes clean about China's incursions. Pretending that all's well might give us false comfort, but they will also dissuade the strategic establishment from confronting the tough trade-offs in non-military domains. Without this pivot, we would merely rely on hope as a strategy. India Policy Watch #2: Through The Looking GlassInsights on burning policy issues in India— RSJWe talk about the arbitrary powers of the state on these pages often. Now, we cannot grudge the state's sovereignty because we have voluntarily handed it that power. One argument that follows from this is that such power is often prone to be used arbitrarily. And that's a problem for the citizens. The typical solution we have offered on these pages over time is to restrict the domain of the state to a narrow set where it can make the maximum impact or to design its incentives in a way that makes the state act with accountability. Now, these are good design principles. We could use them to create structures and institutions that are strong and independent that could hold their own against any arbitrary use of power. But are these enough? A natural question that should follow is how do we know things are working in practice like they were meant to? How do we get authentic information about how the state is conducting itself? How do we confirm that it is not subverting the institutional design that is in place to control its powers? These questions lead us to the other pillar of a well-functioning democracy - transparency. It is a topic we haven't discussed enough on these pages. Transparency is a moral good, and it is vital for a healthy democracy. Darkness stunts democracy. It needs light to thrive. In the early part of the 20th century, the US Supreme Court judge Louis Brandeis famously remarked, “sunlight is the best disinfectant” while making a case for a transparency imperative. Or, if we were to go further back, Bentham, often credited to have done the most original thinking on transparency, summed it up with - the more strictly we are watched, the better we behave - a principle he put at the heart of his advocacy for an open government. So, what has triggered my early morning ruminations on transparency? Well, there are two reasons. Here's one. The Indian Express reports:“The Supreme Court said it did not want to accept in a “sealed cover” the Centre's suggestions on who could be the members of a committee the court had proposed to assess the market regulatory framework and recommend measures, if any, to strengthen it in the wake of the Adani-Hindenburg affair. It refused to accept any suggestions on names from the petitioners as well.Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, who headed a three-judge bench hearing a clutch of petitions on the Hindenburg Research report and its aftermath, told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, the court wanted to maintain “full transparency”. The court would appoint a committee of its own that will promote a sense of confidence in the process, he said.”CJI Chandrachud said, “We would rather not accept the sealed cover suggestions from you for this reason; in constituting a committee which we want to do, we want to maintain full transparency. The moment we accept a set of suggestions from you in a sealed cover, it means the other side is not seeing them. Even if we don't accept your suggestions, they will not know which of your suggestions we have accepted and which we have not. Then there may be an impression that well, this is a government-appointed committee which the Supreme Court has accepted even if we have not accepted your suggestions. So, we want to maintain the fullest transparency in the interest of protecting the investors.”Bravo. The Chief Justice was almost channelling Bentham there, who famously wrote, “secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government.” I mean, what even is a sealed cover in a matter that concerns millions of ordinary investors? Why should there be secrecy in the name of experts and their recommendations? A sealed cover is a strange invention. It gives the sheen of a fair and independent process to what is essentially a subversion of a democratic principle. It ranks up there among one of the great Indian coinages. The top spot, of course, is forever occupied by ‘mild lathicharge'. And now, onto the other reason for all this talk on transparency. This was the headline-grabbing news of this week in India - “Weeks after its documentary taken off, BBC gets I-T knock”. Here's the Indian Express reporting on this with many quotes from “unnamed government sources”:“The Income-Tax Department surveys at the premises of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in Delhi and Mumbai on Tuesday (February 14) were conducted in view of the BBC's “deliberate non-compliance with the transfer pricing rules” and its “vast diversion of profits”, government sources said.The surveys were looking into “manipulation of prices for unauthorized benefits, including tax advantages”, sources said.The BBC has been “persistently and deliberately violative of transfer pricing rules, it has “deliberately diverted a significant amount of the profits”, and has not followed the “arm's length arrangement” in the allocation of profit, the sources said.”A very garrulous source there with a lot of information. I don't want to ascribe motives to the tax raids yet. There's enough in the timing of these ‘surveys' to raise suspicions. The I-T department has been used to settle political and other scores for decades. It speaks poorly of our institutional strength and independence. But that's not the issue we are discussing today. The question is about transparency. Does anyone know why the surveys were carried out? The sources have cleverly given some reasons, but what stops the department from giving an official reason for them? Is it because it is likely that if they give the official reason, there will be further questions on the arbitrary nature of the actions? So, it is best to share nothing officially, selectively leak information to the media to paint the BBC in poor light and get away with harassment that then sends a message across to other foreign media outlets. Because even based on the merits of what the sources have said, it is difficult to justify a two-day survey. To quote the same news report:“Transfer pricing issues are very common for foreign companies but survey/search actions against them are not common. Assessment is usually opted for but is not the only route through which such cases can be approached. If tax officers want to do a survey/search, then transfer pricing issues can get covered.However, it is an approval-driven process with prior approvals required within the tax department before carrying out survey action. They would be having some information against the company and there might be a history of non-compliance too,” a Delhi-based tax expert said. A notice preferably is issued to a company in an assessment exercise by the tax authorities flouting transfer pricing rules before undertaking any such action, experts said."It shouldn't surprise anyone that political actors don't like transparency. It adds to their burden of accountability and increases the political costs of any missteps, deliberate or otherwise. So, how should the citizens keep up the demand for transparency in a democratic setup? After all, for the citizens to be involved in the governance process, they must have access to the government's information, plans and intentions. Also, there is a line beyond which too much transparency could be counterproductive. Too much information, too early in the process, could mean stalling the plan as interest groups jump in and skew the decision-making process. I have outlined three frames that one could use to think about transparency in a democracy.First, it is in the long-term interest of political parties to seek transparency in a democratic setup. For those in the opposition, it is about making the incumbent party in power more accountable. For the incumbent, too, there's always the uncertainty about the future when they might not be in power. In such a scenario, it is better for them to have stronger laws on transparency for their own access to government information, which they can use to hold others accountable. A lack of certainty about future electoral prospects for any party is a feature of a good democracy. It is in this environment most transparency laws are made. In India, too, the RTI came about because of grassroots activism and a broad consensus among the political class led by the party in power then. However, it is important to note that the Overton window was right during that time when getting re-elected was an exception. It meant the political actors were keen to have access to information in future. In that sense, any period when transparency is suppressed in a democracy is a good surrogate for the power of the party in power. In India, the RTI laws allow for access to a significant amount of government information. The problem is that there is a gradual erosion of its ambit as the dominant political class comes to view it as an irritant. The only way to counter this is for the citizenry to continue using the RTI tool to its fullest extent. The more people know the tool's power, the harder it will be to blunt it. Second, it is important to devolve transparency to state and local governments. This is where the political uncertainty is still high in India, which means there's an incentive for political actors to support transparency moves to guarantee their own access to information in future. This is also the space where petty corruption is still rampant. One of the challenges of RTI in India is that most of the activism here is focused on big-ticket issues. The opportunity to bring sunlight as a disinfectant and its payoffs are the highest at the local level of governance. Separately, there are also specific areas in the private sector that could do with improved transparency. This is tricky territory, and let me be very specific about this. There's a significant amount of information that's collected, often without explicit consent, from the citizens by the private sector, which is then monetised in various ways. The mechanism by which their information is used and the extent to which the private sector, especially the social media platforms, benefits from it are not transparent to the citizens who are the customers. If your attention is being monetised through multiple trackers and personalised ads, it is only fair you must know the rules of the game and agree to play it. This is still a white space of policymaking in India. Lastly, the oft-cited risk of policy waters being muddied because of transparency, where various interest groups will lobby for their positions and slow down the decision-making process, is a bit misplaced. Those in favour of transparency do not argue for the innards of policymaking being put out for display. That process requires stakeholder mapping and seeking inputs in a way that's been documented by various policy thinkers. We have written about the eight-step process of policymaking on these pages on multiple occasions. The issue of transparency is important in two areas. First, the implementation and measurement of a policy proposal. How did a policy fare compared to its promise? Were the public resources and efforts prudently used? Was there a clear understanding of why something failed? Access to this information is important for the public and experts outside the government to hold the government accountable and improve future decisions. Second, the size of the state in India often means it is the biggest, often the sole, customer in multiple sectors and its decision on setting the rules of games in these sectors, awarding contracts and its performance in managing its budget should be available for public scrutiny. Again, this doesn't mean the government should vet its decisions at each stage with prevailing public opinion. Rather it must be able to explain its process and the rationale for decisions openly and transparently. The practice of sealed covers or I-T surveys and raids without a clear reason isn't new to India. What's new is the somewhat strange support for these actions by the mainstream media that are being fed by the ever-bizarre theories cooked by the partisans on social media. BBC isn't doing a documentary on Gujarat because China is now funding it. Nor is there a leftist cabal that's busy bringing Adani down one week and using BBC the next to show the government in a bad light. This playbook is reminiscent of the Indira era of the mid-70s, where in the name of national interest, we buried transparency and accountability. It took us decades to get out of that mire. Learning from history is free, but most of us fail the eventual test.PolicyWTF: Casually Banning Films Committee, RepriseThis section looks at egregious public policies. Policies that make you go: WTF, Did that really happen?— Pranay Kotasthane Last week, I came across an excellent report by Aroon Deep in The Hindu that explains how the Central Board for Film Certification (CBFC) is going way beyond its usual stance of “demanding” cuts of scenes showing sexual content, violence, or abusive language. Instead, the CBFC now also has a perspective on dietary preferences (demanding that mention of “beef” be struck off), foreign policy (demanding that references to ex-KGB officers, China, and Pakistan be removed), and even corruption (how can a filmmaker dare depict a police officer accepting a bribe?). Seriously, what an omniscient body.Despite its activism, the Censor Board hasn't impressed the extremists. One Hindu group leader has called for creating a ‘Dharma Censor Board' “to review Bollywood films and keep a check on any anti-religious content or distortion of facts about Sanatan Dharma.” In his words:“Our experts will see a film when it is released and if we find it suitable for people belonging to Sanatan Dharma, we will issue a certificate. At present, films passed by the censor board set up by the government have been found carrying scenes that hurt the sentiments of people. We have repeatedly asked for a religious person to be included in the censor board but this demand has not been accepted. This is why we had to constitute our own board.”While it sounds absolutely absurd at face value, there is a liberal way out to assimilate this conservative critique. We covered it in edition #122, and I want to re-emphasise those points.In 2016, my former colleagues Madhav, Adhip, Shikha, Siddarth, Devika and Guru wrote an interesting paper in which they recommended that film certification should be privatised.Deploying the Banishing Bureaucracy framework, they wrote:The CBFC be renamed the Indian Movie Authority (IMA) and that the primary purpose of the IMA would be to license and regulate private organisations called Independent Certifying Authorities (ICAs) which will then certify films.So, the Hindu group can very well have its own ICA, which will rate the movie on its Sanatana Dharma compliance score. But…The certificate granted by ICA will only restrict what age groups the film is appropriate for. This is the only form of pre-censorship that is necessary in today's age as all other restrictions on film exhibition should be applied retrospectively. The choice of ICAs available for producers to approach will render the question of subjectivity moot as the producer can switch to another ICA if unsatisfied with the certificate. The IMA will set the guidelines for the ICAs to follow and will be the first point of appeal.In other words, this solution reimagines the CBFC as a body that grants licenses to independent and private certification organisations called ICAs. These ICAs must adhere to certain threshold criteria set by the CBFC. Beyond these criteria, some ICAs may specialise themselves as being the sanskaari ones trigger-happy to award an “A” certification, while others may adopt a more liberal approach. In the authors' words:This will allow the marketplace of ideas to draw the lines of what kind of content is fit for what kind of audience with the government still being capable of stepping in to curb prurient sensibilities.This solution has the added benefit of levelling the playing field between OTT content and films. Currently, the CBFC has no capacity to certify the content being churned out on tens of streaming services. By delegating this function to private ICAs, the government can ensure adherence to certification norms.In essence, just as governments can often plug market failures, markets too can sometimes plug government failures. Reforming our ‘Censor Board' requires giving markets a chance.There's much more detail in the paper about grievance redressal, certification guidelines, and appeals procedure. Read it here.HomeWorkReading and listening recommendations on public policy matters* [Podcast] Over at Puliyabaazi, we discuss technology geopolitics with Anirudh Suri, author of The Great Tech Game.* [Paper] Laxman Kumar Behera's take on the defence budget.* [Paper] This paper has a fantastic framework for understanding policy failures and successes. This is a public episode. 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"Shah Rukh Khan的“ Pathaan”：印度認證委員會建議更改有爭議的歌曲 印度中央電影認證委員會（CBFC）已“建議更改” Yash Raj電影的“ Pathaan”，這是超級巨星Shah Rukh Khan的捲土重來的電影，還主演了Deepika Padukone和John Abraham。 cont" "啟動AD- #TheMummichogBlogoFmalta Amazon Top和Flash Deals（會員鏈接 - 如果您通過以下鏈接購買，您將支持我們的翻譯）-https：//amzn.to/3feogyg 僅在一次搜索中比較所有頂級旅行網站，以在酒店庫存的最佳酒店交易中找到世界上最佳酒店價格比較網站。 （會員鏈接 - 如果您通過以下鏈接購買，您將支持我們的翻譯）-https：//www.hotelscombined.com/?a_aid=20558 “因此，無論您希望別人對您做什麼，也對他們做，因為這是法律和先知。”“ #Jesus #Catholic。 “從受孕的時刻，必須絕對尊重和保護人類的生活。從他生存的第一刻起，必須將一個人承認為擁有一個人的權利 - 其中每種無辜者都是無辜的權利。”天主教教堂的教理2270。 墮胎殺死了兩次。它殺死了嬰兒的身體，並殺死了母親的科學。墮胎是深刻的反婦女。它的受害者中有三個季節是女性：一半的嬰兒和所有母親。 流暢的馬耳他無線電是馬耳他的第一號數字廣播電台，演奏您的輕鬆最愛 - Smooth提供了“無混亂”的混音，吸引了35-59個核心觀眾，提供柔和的成人現代經典。我們操作一個流行曲目的播放列表，並定期更新。 https://smooth.com.mt/listen/ 馬耳他是一顆地中海寶石，等待被發現。馬耳他擁有文化和歷史，娛樂和放鬆，冒險和興奮的獨特結合，也是出國留學的理想之地。實際上，它擁有世界上最優秀的學習機構。 -https：//www.visitmalta.com/ 關注電報：https：//t.me/themummichogblogdotcom Tumblr：https：//www.tumblr.com/themummichogblogofmalta blogspot：https：//themummichogblogofmalta.blogspot.com/ 論壇：https：//groups.google.com/g/themummichogblog Facebook：https：//www.facebook.com/groups/chinesecommunitymalta 結束廣告" "12月12日在印度爆發了過度爆發，當時發行了歌曲“ Besharam Rang”（實際上是無恥的色彩）。這首歌的一部分以橙色泳裝和汗襯衫為特色。有些人將橙色視為藏紅花 - 與印度統治印度民族主義黨BJP相關的顏色。綠色是傳統上與伊斯蘭相關的顏色。印度在兩種宗教之間有著悠久的公共衝突歷史。 來自多樣性的更多 沙特阿拉伯的Neom Media Hub引誘了第一部寶萊塢電影《敦刻》，由沙魯克·汗（Shah Rukh Khan）主演，書本肥皂“異常” Prasoon Joshi會談授權下一代印度電影人才，協作分類過程 寶萊塢超級巨星沙魯克·汗（Shah Rukh Khan）將由沙特阿拉伯的紅海國際電影節授予 12月14日，人民黨統治的印度中部中央邦的內政大臣納羅坦達姆·米甚拉（Narottam Mishra）告訴媒體，這首歌中的服裝是“令人反感的”，它是用“骯髒的心態”拍攝的，並警告過。這部電影可以在該州被禁止。在該州其他地區發生了抗議活動，可汗和帕杜科尼的相似之處被印度教組織在該國其他地區燒毀。 電影《 Jhoome Jo Pathaan》的另一首歌於12月22日發行，沒有引起任何爭議。 Yash Raj Films提交了“ Pathaan”，該電影應於2023年1月25日發布給CBFC進行認證。週四，CBFC主席Prasoon Joshi發表了聲明。 ”“ Pathaan”按照CBFC指南進行了應有的徹底檢查過程。該委員會指導製造商在戲劇發布之前實施電影中的建議更改，並在戲劇發行之前提交修訂版。”喬希說。 喬希補充說：“ CBFC始終致力於在觀眾的創造性表達和敏感性之間找到適當的平衡，並相信我們總是可以通過所有利益相關者之間的有意義的對話找到解決方案。” “儘管該過程正在適當地遵循和實施，但我必須重申我們的文化和信仰是光榮，複雜和細微的。而且，我們必須小心，它不會被瑣事所定義，而瑣事將焦點從真實和真實的角度移開。就像我之前所說的那樣，創作者和觀眾之間的信任對於保護最重要，創作者應該繼續努力。” 作為回應，Mishra讚揚了CBFC的決定，並表示電影製片人和演員必須牢記“捲軸生命會對現實生活產生影響”。 綜藝已與Yash Raj電影聯繫起來發表評論。 可汗被稱為寶萊塢的偉大浪漫之星之一。然而，他最近幾部電影的表現不佳在票房上表現不佳，而他最近作為獨奏英雄的發行在2018年為“零”。此後，他在“ Laal Singh Chaddha”和“ Brahmastra第一部分：Shiva：Shiva”中有客串。 由Siddharth Anand執導的“ Pathaan”是製片人Aditya Chopra的間諜宇宙的一部分，該宇宙還包括Salman Khan和Katrina Kaif主演的“ Tiger”特許經營權，以及由Hrithik Roshan和Tiger Shroff主演的“戰爭”。 同時，“ Besharam Rang”在YouTube上產生了超過1.44億次觀看次數。 https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/shah-rukh-khan-pathaan-indian-094827315.html "
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The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issued a notification in June seeking comments on proposed changes to the Cinematograph Act, 1952. The most controversial feature of the draft Amendment Bill is that it allows the Union government to call for the re-examination of any film. If passed, this would mean that even after a film is certified and cleared by the Central Board of Film Certification, the government can reverse its decision or ask for the film to be reexamined. This is the latest in a slew of changes for filmmakers in India. In April, the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal was dissolved by the Ministry of Law and Justice. Previously, if the CBFC did not certify a film or asked for changes that filmmakers did not agree with, they could go to the FCAT for redressal. Now they will have to move to the High Courts. On this episode of The Suno India Show, Suryatapa Mukherjee spoke to filmmaker Leena Manimekalai about these developments for the Indian film industry. Despite receiving awards and acclaim in film festivals, Leena has repeatedly run into trouble with certification. These new changes, she says, have cast doubts on her future as a filmmaker in this country. Additional reading: Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill 2021 Shyam Benegal Committee Report 2016 Justice Mukul Committee Report 2013 See sunoindia.in/privacy-policy for privacy information.
Amendments to the Cinematograph Act of 1952 could completely change the way Indian cinema is produced and released. Why is the government trying to supersede the CBFC and take matters into its own hands? We discuss with film industry veteran Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Kaushik Moitra, Partner at Bharucha and Partners, and independent filmmaker Rushabh Nagraj. Credits: Cinecurry Classics, ETernal ET., MOJO Story, The Wire, India Today, Amazon Prime UK, Netflix India.
This is an editorial from the 'The Hindu' newspaper. The episode is on the artical of newly proposed bill for amendment in CBFC law.
The Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2021 is stirring up the film fraternity in India. Among other things, it seeks to empower the government to sidestep the Central Board of Film Certification and become a "super censor" that can re-examine film certifications if there are any complaints against them, even after they have already been passed by the CBFC. The government released the draft Bill on 18 June into the public domain with this new contentious provision, and a few other proposals on age reclassification for viewers and film piracy. The general public has been given two weeks' time till Friday, 2 July, to submit their comments. A group of people have already shot off a letter to the government saying that “the amendments giving powers to the central government to revoke a film certificate must be dropped". Celebrities like Kamal Hassan and Vishal Bhardwaj have also vocally criticised the move on social media platforms and urged people to raise their voices against it. But why does the government want to be the super censor? What is the intention behind this move? And what do people from the film industry have to say about it?Tune in! Producer and Host: Shorbori Purkayastha Guests: Sanjay Gupta, Filmmaker, Producer and Screenwriter Mayank Tewari, Screenwriter Karan Tripathi, Legal Consultant, The Quint Editor: Shelly Walia References: More movies undergo CBFC cuts now than five years ago Music: Big Bang Fuzz Listen to The Big Story podcast on: Apple: https://apple.co/2AYdLIl Saavn: http://bit.ly/2oix78C Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/2ntMV7S Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2IyLAUQ Deezer: http://bit.ly/2Vrf5Ng
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While excellent newsletters on specific themes within public policy already exist, this thought letter is about frameworks, mental models, and key ideas that will hopefully help you think about any public policy problem in imaginative ways. Audio narration by Ad-Auris.Global Policy Watch: A Mint With a Role- RSJThe People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has been trialling a form of digital Yuan for the past year. Last week the trials entered their second phase. (Umm, they seem to have more phases for this than for developing their Covid vaccines).The Wall Street Journal woke up to the digital Yuan (paywalled) last week with this article that starts off like a Marquez novel:“A thousand years ago, when money meant coins, China invented paper currency. Now the Chinese government is minting cash digitally, in a re-imagination of money that could shake a pillar of American power.” What’s not to like an article that begins with hyperbole? But there’s some grain of truth there. Before we go further we need to make sense of sovereign digital currencies or what’s now being called Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC). What’s Money?Like we have written in an earlier post, money performs three roles for us: it is a store of value, it is a medium of exchange, and it is a unit of measure. Through it we save for the future, pay for goods and services and measure the value of very different things using a common unit. These roles mean anything that aspires to be a currency (the usable form of money) should have a relatively stable value over time and should be widely acknowledged as a store of value and unit of account among people. If it does so, the network effect takes over after a while and it becomes a widely used currency. Throughout history, a key feature of a sovereign state was its control over the supply and circulation of money that’s used within its boundaries. The royal mints, after all, have been around for more than two thousand years. As modern nation-states emerged through the 19th and 20th centuries and as global trade increased, central banks emerged to manage the monetary system and provide financial stability. There are three forms of money in any modern economy: Banknotes: These are physical paper currency notes issued by the central bank that we all use in our everyday lives. This is a direct promise by the central bank to pay the holder of the note a specified sum of money. This promise is printed on all currency notes.Bank Deposits: Ordinary people and businesses don’t hoard banknotes to conduct their business. They deposit their money in commercial banks. These deposits are stored in electronic form by these banks. The banks offer two services to their customers. They convert these deposits to central bank money in the form of banknotes when you demand it at an ATM and they offer to transfer your money to someone else through a payment system that exists between banks. Unlike banknotes, your deposits aren’t risk-free. They aren’t backed by any sovereign guarantee. A bank will be able to convert your money into banknotes only if it is solvent and it is able to honour its commitments. We have seen instances of a bank failing to do so in India (Yes Bank, PMC etc).Central Bank Reserves (“reserves”): Commercial banks have their own accounts with the central bank where they deposit their funds. These deposits are used by banks to pay each other to settle transactions between them. The reserves are the other form of central bank money apart from banknotes. These are risk-free and therefore used for settlements among commercial banks. Where does CBDC then fit in?Simply put, a CBDC is a digital form of a banknote issued by the central bank. Now you might think we already use a lot of digital money these days. Yes, there’s money we move electronically or digitally between banks, wallets or while using credit/debit cards in today’s world. But that’s only the digital transfer of money within the financial system. There’s no real money moving. The underlying asset is still the central bank money in the form of reserves that’s available in the accounts that commercial banks have with the central bank. This is what gets settled between the commercial banks after the transaction. This is an important distinction. We don’t move central bank money electronically. But CBDC would actually allow ordinary citizens to directly deal with central bank money. It will be an alternative to banknotes. And it will be digital. CBDC: The Time Is NowSo, why are central banks interested in CBDC now? There are multiple reasons. One, cryptocurrency that’s backed by some kind of a stable asset (also called ‘stablecoin’) can be a real threat as an alternative to a sovereign currency. Stablecoins are private money instruments that can be used for transactions like payments with greater efficiency and with better functionality. For instance, the current payment and settlement system for credit cards in most parts of the world has the merchant getting money in their bank accounts 2-3 days after the transaction is done at their shops. A digital currency can do it instantly. For a central bank, there could be no greater threat to its ability to manage the monetary system than a private currency that’s in circulation outside its control.Two, in most countries, there’s an overwhelming dependency on the electronic payment systems for all kinds of transactions. As more business shifts online and electronic payment becomes the default option, this is a serious vulnerability that’s open to hackers and the enemy states to exploit. A CBDC offers an alternative system that’s outside the payment and settlement network among commercial banks. It will improve the resilience of the payment system. Three, central banks need to offer a currency solution for the digital economy that matches any form of digital currency that could be offered by private players. Despite the digitisation of finance and the prevalence of digital wallets in the world today, there’s still significant ‘friction’ in financial transactions all around us. You pay your electricity bill electronically by receiving the bill, then opening an app and paying for it. Not directly from your electric meter in a programmed manner. That’s just an example of friction. There are many other innovations waiting to be unleashed with a digital currency. Central banks need to provide a platform for such innovations within an ecosystem that they control. CBDC offers that option.Lastly, digital money will reduce transmission loss both ways. Taxes can be deducted ‘at source’ because there will be traceability of all transactions done using CBDC. It will also allow central banks and the governments to bypass the commercial banks and deliver central bank money in a targeted fashion to citizens and households without any friction. The transmission of interest rates to citizens for which central banks depend on commercial banks could now be done directly. While these are the benefits of a digital currency, there are other massive macroeconomic consequences including the loss of relevance of bank deposits that we have with our banks. A CBDC that offers interest would mean we will have a direct deposit account with the central bank. This will mean a move away from deposits in banks to CBDC with the central bank. Also, the nature of a bank ‘run’ will change. Today a bank ‘run’ means a rapid withdrawal of banknotes from a bank by its depositors who are unsure of the solvency of the bank. This takes time and is limited by the amount of money available in ATMs. In a CBDC world, the ‘runs’ will be really quick and only constrained by the amount of CBDC issued by the central banks. Depositors will replace their deposits with CBDC pronto. This secular move away from deposits will increase the cost of funds of commercial banks. They will have to depend on other sources of funds than the low-cost deposits that customers deposit every month in the form of salaries to them. A reduction in deposits will reduce the availability of credit in the system. This will have a repercussion on the wider economy. It will also mean greater demand for reserves from the central bank by the commercial banks to provide credit to their customers. Central banks will increase their reserves and their balance sheets will become bigger. In summary, central banks will become more powerful. China’s Digital Yuan Play For these reasons, I believe CBDC is inevitable in this decade. Central banks will have to contend with the competition of cryptocurrency and the needs of the digital economy. They will find a mechanism to create a ‘platform-based model’ where the central banks create CBDC using a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) or a centralised ledger model while allowing private players to provide interfaces for customers to deal with this ledger. They will have to provide some level of comfort on privacy to their citizens by separating the transaction layer of CBDC from the core ledger. But for China, the benefits of a digital Yuan do not just stop there. Beyond these benefits, a CBDC is a boon for a surveillance state as it turns into an ‘eye in the sky’ for every transaction happening in the economy. For China where all banking is owned by the state, the secular shift from deposits of commercial banks to CBDC is also a lesser problem. And most importantly, China is looking at leadership in CBDC to replace the US Dollar in global trade. A digital Yuan is the most feasible option for it to challenge the entrenched ‘dollarisation’ of the physical currencies around the world. 88 per cent of global trade is done using the US Dollar and it is what sustains the Dollar as the global reserve currency. For China to replace the US as the future global superpower, it will have to find ways to make Yuan the reserve currency. An early lead in adopting CBDC for domestic and cross-border payments is a great option to make a real fist of it.China’s early trials in this space will force a response from other large economies on CDBC. The interoperability of sovereign CBDCs and how quickly the US is able to put together a CBDC alliance that counters China will be interesting to watch. In the meantime, I expect the current Chines regime to overplay its hand here like it has been usual for it in the last few years. Expect China to play hardball with the digital Yuan in global trade. This will be an interesting space in geo-economics to watch. PolicyWTF: Casually Banning Films CommitteeThis section looks at egregious public policies. Policies that make you go: WTF, Did that really happen?— Pranay KotasthaneMost film certification authorities in democratic republics categorise movie content according to age-appropriateness and nothing more. But India’s is an exception. The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) — commonly referred to as the “Censor Board” — also plays the role of a film editor. The CBFC is empowered to ask filmmakers to drop certain scenes. Not just that, the CBFC in its wisdom can just plainly refuse to certify a movie. In such cases, filmmakers have the option of appealing to the reviewing committee of the CBFC. If even that fails, they could hitherto appeal to a 5-member Delhi-based tribunal called the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT). This tribunal has now been shut down through an ordinance along with eight other tribunals. The stated intent is that this move will streamline legal recourses. Filmmakers will now have to appeal to High Courts directly and wait for the law to take its own (long) course. In other words, “tareekh pe tareekh, tareekh pe tareekh, tareekh pe tareekh…”You would have already guessed why this is a PolicyWTF. Higher transaction costs, the existing burden on our High Courts, lack of state capacity, yadda yadda yadda. You can read these arguments here, here, and here. I won’t go there.Instead, let’s address the larger PolicyWTF - the CBFC itself. As long as it is a government-appointed body with the power to play the role of a film editor, absurdities will continue. It is for this reason that the Shyam Benegal Committee in 2016 recommended that the CBFC’s powers to modify and change movies should be taken away and it should purely function as a certification body. Exactly what was needed. But it was also exactly what the government wouldn’t allow. And so, five years after that report, we still have a CBFC which is rubbing its hands to also edit OTT content. Moreover, the percentage of films without any cuts fell to its lowest levels over the last 100 years in 2016-17. And now, even the FCAT has been shut down. Clearly, film censorship is going in a direction opposite to what previous committees have recommended. So, is there a solution to this meta policyWTF? Yes, turns out markets can help here. In 2016, my former colleagues Madhav, Adhip, Shikha, Siddarth, Devika and Guru wrote an interesting paper in which they recommended that film certification should be privatised. Deploying the Banishing Bureaucracy framework, they wrote:The CBFC be renamed the Indian Movie Authority (IMA) and that the primary purpose of the IMA would be to license and regulate private organisations called Independent Certifying Authorities (ICAs) which will then certify films. The certificate granted by ICA will only restrict what age groups the film is appropriate for. This is the only form of pre-censorship that is necessary in today’s age as all other restrictions on film exhibition should be applied retrospectively. The choice of ICAs available for producers to approach will render the question of subjectivity moot as the producer can switch to another ICA if unsatisfied with the certificate. The IMA will set the guidelines for the ICAs to follow and will be the first point of appeal.From Privatising Film Certification: Towards a Modern Film Rating Regime, Madhav Chandavarkar et al, Takshashila Discussion Document.In other words, this solution reimagines the CBFC as a body that grants licenses to independent and private certification organisations called ICAs. These ICAs need to adhere to certain minimum threshold criteria set by the CBFC. Beyond these criteria, some ICAs may specialise themselves as being the sanskaari ones trigger-happy to award an “A” certification while others may choose to adopt a more liberal approach. In the authors’ words:This will allow the marketplace of ideas to draw the lines of what kind of content is fit for what kind of audience with the government still being capable of stepping in to curb prurient sensibilities.This solution has the added benefit of levelling the playing field between OTT content and films. Currently, the CBFC has no capacity to certify the content being churned out on tens of streaming services. By delegating this function to private ICAs, the government can ensure adherence to certification norms.In essence. just as governments can often plug market failures, markets too can sometimes plug government failures. Reforming our ‘Censor Board’ requires giving markets a chance.There’s a lot more detail in the paper about grievance redressal, certification guidelines, and appeals procedure. Read it here. PS: A couple of days after the FCAT was shut down in India came the news that Italy on the other hand has abolished all film censorship and moved to a self-certification system instead. Saluti! A Framework a Week:Tools for thinking about public policy— Pranay KotasthaneDr Yuen Yuen Ang is one of the most insightful writers on China’s economy. Her first book explained how China managed to escape poverty. Her second book, China’s Gilded Age: The Paradox of Economic Growth and Vast Corruption has a framework on corruption that’s relevant to us in India.Created based on China’s Gilded Age: The Paradox of Economic Growth and Vast CorruptionThe framework classifies government corruption on two axes — “who in the government engages in corruption?” and “does the money giver get anything in return?”. Four types of corruption result from this categorisation as shown above.Ang claims that in most East Asian economies, the dominant mode of corruption is “access money” — bribes given to political elites with an explicit quid pro quo arrangement. On the other hand, the dominant mode of corruption in India is “speed money” — bribes given to low-level bureaucrats for property registration, a driving license, and so on. Though it intuitively sounds right, I take this result with heaps of salt as it is based on a survey measuring perceived corruption from the eyes of just 15 experts from the countries discussed. Nevertheless, I found the framework interesting. A typology of corruption is a great idea. The book claims that with rising income levels, corruption doesn’t vanish but just gets institutionalised in the ‘access money’ quadrant. To drive the point home, Ang connects these four types of corruption to four kinds of drugs. In her words:“all corruption is bad – they are all drugs – but petty theft and grand theft are like toxic drugs [or drinking bleach, a term suggested by Jordan Schneider]; speed money is like painkillers; access money is like anabolic steroids – they help you grow rapidly but come with serious side effects that accumulate over time.Access money functions as an incentive system for politicians and capitalists to work together, especially when massive infrastructure, involving huge sunk costs, is required for an emerging economy to take off. Access money overpays capitalists to do this, through cheap loans, subsidies, state backing, and in return you get feverish growth that lifts 700 million people out of poverty.”That’s neat storytelling!HomeWorkReading and listening recommendations on public policy matters[Article] Stewart Paterson’s white paper on the Hinrich Foundation site: The digital Yuan and China’s potential financial revolution.[Article] Shyam Benegal on his tryst with CBFC. Money quote: ‘With Bhumika, there were no cuts, no obscenity. According to the censor guidelines, there was nothing that was transgressed, yet it was given an A certificate. I asked, why? They said, the subject of your film is adult. Get on the email list at publicpolicy.substack.com
7 Different types of film certificates given by CBFC
Swastika Mukherjee, and Susan Moffat Walker his therapist, open up about Sushant Singh Rajput's death. Abhishek Bachchan tweets about his father's condition. Ample shows based the armed forces are being produced and some of them have been accused of “distorting the image of the Indian Army". The RM has directed CBFC to take NOC from the ministry before release.
Polyglot Prasoon Joshi is a poet, lyricist, author, advertising icon, screenwriter and CBFC chairman. In conversation with actor and theatre person Vani Tripathi Tikoo, he speaks of his ideas on culture, cinema and social narratives as well as his abiding love for classical music.
Phil and Russ explain their extended absence and react to the Philadelphia Union's playoff elimination, Jim Curtin's tactics, and the team's future going forward. They then break down what's gone wrong with Real Madrid, Barcelona's form without Messi, Borussia Dortmund's unbeaten run, whether Bayern München has the ability to reclaim the top spot in the Bundesliga, Manchester City's great start, the talent gap in the EPL, Cristiano Ronaldo leading Juventus, and Gonzalo Higuain's unceremonious departure. The guys finish up with some TV rights discussion including the alleged piracy of league games by the Saudi network beoutQ, Bein Sports being dropped by Comcast and DirecTV, B/R Live's app, and ESPN+ takeaways. Plus, Twitter questions! Check out the other shows on the Crossing Broad Podcast Network including: Crossing Broadcast: A Philly Sports Podcast, Crossed Up: A Phillies Podcast, Snow the Goalie: A Flyers Podcast, and It's Always Soccer in Philadelphia. Please subscribe to the show ([iTunes] [Google Play] [Stitcher] [RSS]), leave a 5 star review, and follow us on Twitter: @PhilKeidel @JoyOnBroad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
CBFC Podcast #4 featuring special guest and former US Men's National Team coach Bob Gansler to preview the World Cup final and look down the road to WC 2022 and WC 2026.
CBFC Podcast #3 featuring a wrap-up of the Round of 16 games at World Cup 2018 as well as special guest John Trask, head coach of the UW-Madison men's soccer program. Recorded at the Great Dane Pub & Brewing Co.-Hilldale location.
Phil and Russ recap the storylines from group play and preview the knockout stage bracket. Please subscribe to the show ([iTunes] [Google Play] [Stitcher] [RSS]), leave a 5 star review, and follow us on Twitter: @PhilKeidel@JoyOnBroad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
CBFC Podcast #2 featuring a wrap-up of the first round of World Cup 2018 games as well as special guest Andrija Novakovich, of the US Men's National Team. Recorded at The Highbury in Milwaukee, WI.
The first installment of the Charles and Boro Football Chat; reflecting on the weekly drama of World Cup 2018.
Phil and Russ break down: (1:00) Examining the World Cup field and FIFA rankings (5:30) World Cup programming note (6:00) Is there any sporting event better than the World Cup? (11:00) Group A “The home team and VAR” (15:00) Group B “Firing Spain’s manager two days before the WC” (22:00) Group C “Can France take advantage of their talent?” (28:00) Group D “Messi’s legacy” (45:00) Group E “Overcoming 1-7” (48:00) Group F “The Group of Death” (57:00) Group G “Three lions and a former dark horse” (1:06:00) Group H “Why’s Japan here?” (1:18:00) Recapping our Group Stage picks (1:22:00) The Unified bid from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico Please subscribe to the show ([iTunes] [Google Play] [Stitcher] [RSS]), leave a 5 star review, and follow us on Twitter: @PhilKeidel @JoyOnBroad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Phil and Russ are joined by former Philadelphia Union beat writer Kevin Kinkead to discuss: Feelings on the international break (1:40) The negative impact of the international break on domestic leagues (2:35) How much time players need to jell (4:30) The USMNT/Jonathan Gonzalez debacle: Part 1 (6:10) USSF's inability to identify raw talent from inner cities (7:30) The financial implications of playing competitively (9:30) Zlatan Ibrahimovic's signing with LA Galaxy (12:25) LAFC v. LA Galaxy stadium disparity (18:00) DC United's stadium issues (20:00) Zlatan's signing v. MLS retirement stigma (21:30) USA v. Paraguay (27:00) The USMNT/Jonathan Gonzalez debacle: Part 2 (29:30) Spain v. Argentina (35:45) South American teams in the World Cup (38:00) England v. Italy (42:00) Mbappe & Pogba's redemption game (45:00) Chelsea v. Tottenham (45:50) The job Rafa Benitez has done at Newcastle United (48:00) West Ham United v. Southampton (48:50) La Liga preview (51:10) Napoli and Juventus battling for first in Serie A (53:00) A meaningless "Der Klassiker" and Bayern's inevitable Bundesliga title (54:50) Please subscribe to the show, leave a 5 star review, and follow us on Twitter: @PhilKeidel @JoyOnBroad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Don’t have time to keep a tab on news throughout t the day? CNN News18 brings you the day’s top news and newsmakers in less than 3 minutes! Here are today’s top picks: States can’t ban Padmaavat, Karni Sena threatens agitation **SPORTS** The bane of match-fixing has reared its head again and this time it has tried to bring Indian football in its clutches. A couple of players from the I-league club Minerva Punjab were approached by bookies to fix matches in exchange for Rs 30 lakh in each case. One of the players is Indian while the other is a foreigner according to the owner Ranjit Bajaj. The club has reported the matter to the AIFF and the AFC and will also be filing an FIR. **ENTERTAINMENT** Former CBFC chief Pahlaj Nihalani has hailed the Supreme Court decision to lift the ban imposed by Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Haryana on the release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s period film Padmaavat. Describing the Supreme Court's judgment as a “historical” decision for the film industry, Nihalani told News18.com, “It's completely wrong that some people are trying to ban the film even after it has got clearance from the CBFC. There's a Cinematography Act of 1952 which clearly says that if a film gets a certificate from the CBFC then it's the job of the state to take care of the law & order situation. And I think Supreme Court has given the judgement according to that.” Nihalani further said the Supreme Court ruling is an eye-opener for all those organisations that held protests against the film and that “it’s the responsibility of the state government to provide full security for a safe release of the film. **TECH** Microsoft on Wednesday announced that its 2-in-1 detachable Surface Book 2 is coming to all Surface markets, including India. Pre-orders for the 15-inch Surface Book 2 began on Wednesday in countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany and Britain. "Later in the year, 13-inch and 15-inch Surface Book 2 will be rolled out to China, Hong Kong and India, among others," Microsoft wrote in a blog post on Wednesday. **Auto** Maruti Suzuki has officially opened the bookings of the 2018 Swift for a token price of Rs 11000. The new Swift will be launched at the 2018 Auto Expo in February and will be offered in 6 colors, including 1 new orange paint. This is the 1st time that the Maruti Swift will be offered with an automatic gearbox. A total of 4 variants, 2 each for petrol and diesel will get the AGS gearbox, while the rest 4 will come with manual gearbox.
Don’t have time to keep a tab on news throughout the day? CNN News18 brings you the day’s top news and newsmakers in less than 3 minutes! Here are today’s top picks: Aijaz Ahmed Mir says militants’ deaths shouldn’t be celebrated, Martyrdom of security forces saddens me too, says MLA ENTERTAINMENT:- Weeks after CBFC suggested to change the name of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's magnum opus Padmavati to Padmaavat, the makers have officially accepted the suggestion. The makers have changed the name on all social media sites, namely Twitter and Instagram, and are expected to change the same in the official poster, trailer and released songs as well. SPORTS:- Cameron White will fancy playing his first one-day international in three years after replacing the injured Chris Lynn in the Australia squad for the five-match series against England beginning on Sunday. A calf injury to explosive batsman Lynn opened an unlikely door for 34-year-old White, who played the last of his 88 ODIs in 2015 in Hobart. Melbourne hosts the first one-dayer between the Ashes rivals, before the series moves on to Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth. TECH:- Smartron has expanded its smartphone portfolio with the launch of t.phone P. The smartphone comes as the third offering by the company and features a full metal body and a massive 5000 mAh battery. The company claims to have focussed on the build quality, performance as well as aesthetics of the smartphone. Priced at Rs 7,999, the smartphone will be up for sale starting January 17, exclusively on Flipkart in a Flash sale at 12 pm.
Don't forget to come back on Thursday for a BONUS episode! To listen to us online you can visit: BollyProject.com Don't forget to subscribe to us on iTunes and leave a review and rating! You can tweet us at: https://twitter.com/bollyproject Like us on: https://www.facebook.com/TheBollywoodProject/ If you have business inquiries you can email us: bollyproject@gmail.com #Bollywood #FarhanAkhtar #ShahRukhKhan #AnushkaSharma #SidharthMalhotra #JacquelineFernandez #AadarJain #AnyaSingh #AliaBhatt #DeepikaPadukone #PriyankaChopra #VarunDhawan #KritiSanon #RajkumarRao #ArjunKapoor #ParineetiChopra #AkshayKumar #SonamKapoor #ShahrukhKhan #AnushkaSharma
Don’t have time to keep a tab on news throughout the day? CNN News18 brings you the day’s top news and newsmakers in less than 3 minutes! Here are today’s top picks: Himanta Biswa Sarma amidst criticism for his tweet, P Chidambaram takes to Twitter to condemn Sarma, Kapil Sibbal calls it 'divine injustice', Sarma clarifies later SPORTS India captain Virat Kohli admitted that the team management had no choice but to request for hard bouncy tracks for the ongoing Test series against Sri Lanka with little time left to prepare for the South Africa series. The skipper once again spoke on the cramped schedule, which hampers preparation. Asked if he had asked for bouncy tracks, he said: "Yes, I had to because unfortunately we get only two days before we fly to South Africa after this series gets over. So we have no choice but try to be in a game situation and think of what's coming ahead of us. ENTERTAINMENT In a sensational turn of events, while the British Board of Film Classification on Thursday cleared the conflict-ridden Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film Padmavati, for a scheduled release on December 1, sources close to filmmakers reveal that there's no plan to release the film as of now- not in UK, not in India. Meanwhile, BBFC has certified the film as 12A and categorized it as a "feature" in "drama" genre and has said that there's "moderate violence, injury detail" in the film. Back home, CBFC chief Prasoon Joshi said that CBFC has to follow certain guidelines and it can’t simply give a certificate to a film just because it has submitted the application form. Joshi said CBFC also wants to take a “balanced decision” about the film but it should be given enough time to do that. TECH The next-in-line flagship smartphone by Samsung, namely the Galaxy S9 and the Galaxy S9+, might debut at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to be held in Las Vegas in January. As per reports, Samsung will provide a dual camera setup on the ‘plus’ variant and not the Galaxy S9, while the Galaxy S9 will see some hardware upgrades over its predecessor, the Galaxy S8. AUTO TVS Motors has confirmed that they will be launching their highly anticipated sports motorcycle on December 6, 2017. The motorcycle was first unveiled during the 2016 Delhi Auto Expo as the Akula 310 concept and will be launched as the Apache 310 RR. This will be the most performance-oriented motorcycle that TVS has ever built and will be powered by a 313cc engine that has been co-developed with BMW Motorrad.
Don’t have time to keep a tab on news throughout the day? CNN News18 brings you the day’s top news and newsmakers in less than 3 minutes! Here are today’s top picks: Congress’ alliance hurdle in Gujarat, Hardik Patel - Rahul Gandhi talks sour, Obc and Dalits upSet with cong SPORTS Australia vice-captain David Warner said he will undergo intense treatment on his neck after suffering sudden pain during training on Tuesday, just two days before the first Ashes Test in Brisbane. Warner said he is hopeful his neck would settle down in the next 24 to 48 hours, adding I don't think a sore neck is going to keep me out. ENTERTAINMENT The controversies surrounding Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmavati refuse to die down. At the ongoing IFFI 2017, Shahid Kapoor said that he’s optimist about the film’s release as he’s been through a similar situation in the past with his film Udta Punjab. CBFC chief Prasoon Joshi, on the other hand, maintained that the institution has to follow certain guidelines and it can’t simply certify a film because an application form has been submitted. Joshi said CBFC also wants to take a “balanced decision” about the Deepika Padukone starrer but it should be given enough time to do that. Meanwhile, Kamal Haasan backed Padukone and said that he wants her head saved and her freedom should not be denied. TECH OnePlus 5T will make its way to India through a sale scheduled for 4:30 pm IST today on e-commerce website Amazon, the official OnePlus website as well as the experience stores of the company. The Amazon sale, has been kept exclusively for Amazon Prime members. Following these first sales, the open sale for the OnePlus device will begin from November 28. The OnePlus 5T will be available for purchase at a starting price of Rs 32,999 for the 64GB variant
On the 21st of November- Foreign ministers discuss the Rohingya crisis, 7-Eleven becomes a bike-sharing hub in Japan, Donald Trump ratcheted up his feud with North Korea, General Electric is firing half of its board and putting all pressure on CBFC unfair: Joshi on Padmavati row Follow us on: FB: www.facebook.com/newspodcast/ TW: twitter.com/newsonthegoo SC: @ashwin-chhabria-764883296
You can find Radhika on twitter: https://twitter.com/rararadhika Top Songs of the week: (Radhika) 1. Tamma Tamma Again - Badrinath Ki Dulhania 2. Ruth Aa Gayi Re - 1947 Earth 3. Aaj Mera Jee Karda - Moonsoon Wedding (Uzma) 1. Aah Toh Sahi - Judwaa 2 2. Nazm Nazm - Bareilly Ki Barfi 3. Trippy Trippy - Bhoomi o listen to us online you can visit: BollyProject.com Don't forget to subscribe to us on iTunes and leave a review and rating! You can tweet us at: https://twitter.com/bollyproject Like us on: https://www.facebook.com/TheBollywoodProject/ If you have business inquiries you can email us: bollyproject@gmail.com #Bollywood #FarhanAkhtar #ShahRukhKhan #AnushkaSharma #SidharthMalhotra #JacquelineFernandez #AadarJain #AnyaSingh #AliaBhatt #DeepikaPadukone #PriyankaChopra #VarunDhawan #KritiSanon #RajkumarRao #ArjunKapoor #ParineetiChopra #AkshayKumar #SonamKapoor #ShahrukhKhan #AnushkaSharma
Our Top Songs of the Week: (Hani's) 1. Tinak Dhin - Coke Studio 2. Laathay Di Chaadar - Coke Studio 3. Sayonee - Coke Studio (Uzma) 1. Kankad - Shubh Mangal Saavdhan 2. Laddoo - Shubh Mangal Saavdhan 3. Mere Rashke Qamar - Baadshaho To listen to us online you can visit: BollyProject.com Don't forget to subscribe to us on iTunes and leave a review and rating! You can tweet us at: https://twitter.com/bollyproject Like us on: https://www.facebook.com/TheBollywoodProject/ If you have business inquiries you can email us: bollyproject@gmail.com #Bollywood #FarhanAkhtar #ShahRukhKhan #AnushkaSharma #SidharthMalhotra #JacquelineFernandez #AadarJain #AnyaSingh #AliaBhatt #DeepikaPadukone #PriyankaChopra #VarunDhawan #KritiSanon #RajkumarRao #ArjunKapoor #ParineetiChopra #AkshayKumar #SonamKapoor #ShahrukhKhan #AnushkaSharma
Tragic Heroines Episode: https://audioboom.com/posts/4432400-bonus-episode-37-5-bollywood-101-tragic-heroines-pt-1 To listen to us online you can visit: BollyProject.com Don't forget to subscribe to us on iTunes and leave a review and rating! You can tweet us at: https://twitter.com/bollyproject Like us on: https://www.facebook.com/TheBollywoodProject/ If you have business inquiries you can email us: bollyproject@gmail.com #Bollywood #FarhanAkhtar #ShahRukhKhan #AnushkaSharma #SidharthMalhotra #JacquelineFernandez #AadarJain #AnyaSingh #AliaBhatt #DeepikaPadukone #PriyankaChopra #VarunDhawan #KritiSanon #RajkumarRao #ArjunKapoor #ParineetiChopra #AkshayKumar #SonamKapoor #ShahrukhKhan #AnushkaSharma
In honour of his latest release, Jagga Jasoos, we look at three films from celebrated filmmaker Anurag Basu. Show Notes: Erin’s mother loved Dil Dhadakne Do (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dil_Dhadakne_Do) Matt is protesting the CBFC’s crack down on alcohol in films by drinking two beers (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/cbfc-chief-pahlaj-nihalani-may-axe-liquor-consumption-display-of-alcohol-scenes/articleshow/59757490.cms) Anurag Basu (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anurag_Basu) Stories by Rabindranath Tagore (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stories_by_Rabindranath_Tagore) Kucch To Hai (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kucch_To_Hai) Leukemia and Tumsa Nahin Dekha: A Love Story (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumsa_Nahin_Dekha:_A_Love_Story) Saaya (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saaya_(2003_film)), Murder (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_(2004_film)), and Gangster (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangster_(2006_film)) Pritam (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pritam) Kites (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kites_(film)) “Hero” by Enrique Iglesias (https://youtu.be/koJlIGDImiU) Kites: The Remix (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kites:_The_Remix) Life In A…Metro (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_in_a..._Metro) The Apartment (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apartment) and Brief Encounter (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brief_Encounter) Playing By Heart (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playing_by_Heart) Songs: “In Dino (https://youtu.be/EEnB3vDN9AI),” “Alvida (https://youtu.be/NcDxGhwuphI),” “O Meri Jaan (https://youtu.be/fLdCE9beY6g),” and “Baatein Kuch Ankahee (https://youtu.be/qfO5hH48gXU)” (INTERVAL (“Galti Se Mistake https://youtu.be/05TA9jNnCdU” from Jagga Jasoos) Barfi! (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barfi!) Barfi the dessert (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barfi Charlie Chaplin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin), Buster Keaton (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Keaton), Harold Lloyd (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Lloyd), and Raj Kapoor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raj_Kapoor) Saawariya (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saawariya) Comparisons to Wes Anderson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Anderson) Songs: “Ala Barfi (https://youtu.be/j0JHpYBRADA),” “Main Kya Karoon (https://youtu.be/02ossVAJM30 ),” “Kyon (https://youtu.be/X_q9IXvt3ro),” “Saawali Si Raat (https://youtu.be/v-eUWdjBgJA),” and “Aashiyan (https://youtu.be/sCMNen9q3fI)” Jagga Jasoos (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagga_Jasoos) Framing device (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frame_story) Musical (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_film) and overcoming adversary by artistic creation Naxalite (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naxalite) and the Purulia arms drop case (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purulia_arms_drop_case) Songs: “Khaana Khaake (https://youtu.be/nt_vxUwAbKA ),” “Jhumritalaiyya (https://youtu.be/exUQkIkyBBI),” and “Ullu Ka Pattha (https://youtu.be/h2GhQBI5YGw)” Production problems (http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/a-jagga-jasoos-update-one-missed-deadline-but-no-need-to-fret-1724452, http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/a-jagga-jasoos-crisis-katrina-and-ranbirs-film-may-miss-overseas-deadline-1722735, http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/not-just-rishi-kapoor-ranbir-slammed-jagga-jasoos-director-too-his-process-is-irresponsible/story-7bDVGoQIlhzhnIHdaWeI3N.html) Our exciting news came our after we recorded, but before we edited: we’re part of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB Financial (https://www.albertapodcastnetwork.com/) NEXT TIME: Martial arts Bollywood with Kathy Gibson of Access Bollywood (https://accessbollywood.net/) Find us on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/bollywood-is-for-lovers/id1036988030?mt=2)! and Stitcher (http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/bollywood-is-for-lovers)! Follow us on Twitter! (https://twitter.com/bollywoodpod) Like us on Facebook! (https://www.facebook.com/BollywoodIsForLovers/) #AnuragBasu #Kites #HrithikRoshan #BarbaraMori #LifeInAMetro #...
On this week's episode of IVM Likes we are joined in the studio by Sharanya, Navin and Abbas. In our recommendation round Abbas recommends a movie that's an intimate portrayal of a popular American president's college years, Navin recommends a funny TV show about women's wrestling and Sharanya recommends a non-fiction book that deals with the nature of shaming on social media. In our second segment the three of them discuss the recent controversy involving the Indian censor board chief, whether censorship necessary at all, and what are the boundaries that should or shouldn't be crossed. You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcast App on Android: https://goo.gl/tGYdU1 or iOS: https://goo.gl/sZSTU5 You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/
In this first episode of Anything But Bollywood, Neha RT will be talking to indie director and producer Q, renowned for his films "Gandu", "Tasher Desh" and "Brahman Naman". 01.25 - Early days / Major influences 12.37 - Pitching / "Le Pocha" + "Love In India" 16.24 - "Gandu" 25.54 - "Tasher Desh" 31.58 - Artist and Identity / CBFC 42.06 - Distribution / Technology and Art / Shock in Art 56.24 - "Ludo" / Horror films 1.02.55 - "Brahman Naman" 1.11.34 - Financial Risks / Collaborators You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcast App on Android: https://goo.gl/tGYdU1 or iOS: https://goo.gl/sZSTU5 You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/
Initial reactions on Udta Punjab - full review episode next week - but in short it is must-watch, our thoughts on the CBFC’s dysfunction, possibilities for reform and censorship in the digital age. Follow us on: FB: www.facebook.com/ticmediaproductions/ TW: twitter.com/productions_tic SC: soundcloud.com/tic-productions/ www.ticproductionsindia.com All clips used in the podcast belong to Phantom Films, Balaji Telefilms, Zee Music Company and/or the original copyright owners, and are used here for non-commercial purposes only.
Why TE3N was an overall pulsating, if slightly slow film - extremely well made but let down by a poorly executed climax. We also take aim at the CBFC, and celebrate sense prevailing in the case of #UdtaPahlaj Follow us on: FB: www.facebook.com/ticmediaproductions/ TW: twitter.com/productions_tic SC: soundcloud.com/tic-productions/ www.ticproductionsindia.com All clips used in the podcast belong to Eros Now and/or the original copyright owners, and are used here for non-commercial purposes only.
Karan Johar's article on the censor board: http://www.ndtv.com/opinion/karan-affairs-indias-new-epidemic-censorrhoea-1416815 Twitter thread on the judge's decision for Udta Punjab: https://twitter.com/shilparathnam/status/741162077071499264 To listen to us online you can visit: https://audioboom.com/channel/bollywood-project Don't forget to subscribe to us on iTunes and leave a review and rating! You can tweet us at: https://twitter.com/bollyproject Like us on: https://www.facebook.com/TheBollywoodProject/ for more updates! That's also where we put all new videos, pictures, and updates about the latest Bollywood news! If you have business inquiries you can email us: bollyproject@gmail.com #DeepikaPadukone #Bollywood #India #Desi #Women #Feminism #ShahidKapoor #PriyankaChopra #RanveerSingh #SalmanKhan #AamirKhan #SRK #ShahrukhKhan
Tune into this week's NL Hafta to listen to the "khula sandh" of Indian journalism, Hartosh Singh Bal. He trashes everyone (reasonably) from AAP to BJP and little congresses of political parties in between. Mathura-returned Ishan Kukreti offers his laterally-heard scoops from the land of saints and thugs, and the panel also finds the time to dissect the anatomy of foolishness that is the CBFC in the Udta Punjab case. Oh and also,you guys sent us stings! Thank you for that and everyone can hear them now. Sit back and listen up to all this and more, only on this week's hafta. Bhurrraaa!For reference links please visit www.newslaundry.comProduced by Kartik Nijhawan See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Desh Gaurav Sekhri, sports attorney, columnist for Economic Times, Business Standard and author of Not Out – The incredible story of the Indian Premier League joins us for this episode of Hafta to discuss whether sports bodies should come under RTI. Has IPL helped cricket grow in India? On Hafta we discuss the CBFC refusal to certify Udta Punjab, Tripura rewriting Indian History in its school textbooks and putting Marx in. We also discuss Arnab identifying Indian Mujahideen journos, the Twitter spat between Smriti Irani and Priyanka Chaturvedi, and a lot more. Bonus: three letters from listeners and a song too.For reference links please visit www.newslaundry.comProduced by Kartik Nijhawan See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
1) Phantom review: why Saif and Katrina's performances failed to ignite a script that had potential but was missing that extra spark to make it truly memorable. 2) Censorship in India: we address the role of the CBFC, how much power it should have and who should decide what is or isn't suitable to be shown on screen 3)Trailers: Aishwarya's comeback Jazbaa, Singh is Bliing (with two I's), Shandaar and a look ahead to next week's release Katti Batti. Trailer links: Katti Batti: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a23GO0NXOtg Jazbaa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx7z1enCLWs Singh is Bliing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuVAGjO-s2I Shandaar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k99-vMPh3-A
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