On what grounds can they ban? It doesn't say. Is it hate speech? Sounds like it's just embarrassing.

The world really needs to stop this cult of personality bullshit. Can we all just grow up a bit?

No grounds. Just not the shiny leader they thought he was. Or rather not the image of him they want to project.

They simply want to censor the media for anything bad they say against Modi.

This isn’t the first time either https://m.thewire.in/article/media/cpj-jailed-journalists-india-seven/amp

https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/67-journalists-arrested-detained-questioned-india-2020-their-work-140963?amp

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2333352/india-has-highest-number-of-journalists-murdered-for-their-work?amp=1

fuck, the next time I am going to promote a movie I need to get someone to try and ban it..I bet endless more people watch this now than before they raised an outcry. Some producer is seeing $ signs.

I think he's an awesome leader. E.g. Hundreds of millions pulled out of Extreme poverty (according to the Economist). Nevertheless, it shouldn't be banned. If they want they should make a counter documentary.

Then we get onto more philosophical questions, would we ban fascist propaganda? Do we ban blunt misinformation?

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 83%. (I'm a bot)

> India has banned a BBC documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's alleged role in deadly riots more than 20 years ago from being shown in the country, in a move critics decried as an assault on press freedom.

> The two-part documentary "India: The Modi Question," criticizes Modi, who was the chief minister of the western state of Gujarat in 2002 when riots broke out between the state's majority Hindus and minority Muslims.

> The BBC said Jack Straw, who was British foreign secretary in 2002 and features in the documentary, claims that Modi had "Played a pre-active part in pulling back the police and in tacitly encouraging the Hindu extremists."

Extended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: documentary^#1 BBC^#2 India^#3 Modi^#4 government^#5

Read George Orwell’s 1984 and it will explain all

He has helped a lot of people out of poverty, but he also has done som horrible things to Muslims in India.

https://amp.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jan/17/tv-tonight-narendra-modi-india-muslims

He only likes a certain majority in India, and helps poverty within that majority while ignoring the rest

On what grounds?

Fascism.

Wow, okay, thanks.

....Hitler....jews....

Exactly

I think it’s always important to hear different perspectives without being offended. It seems the world as a whole isn’t of that mind set.

He likes Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains

Not entirely: https://m.thewire.in/article/history/sikh-history-bjp-distor-anti-muslim-hate/amp

Buddhism and Jainism are a considerably less population than Sikhism, Islam, and Hinduism.

All he wants is votes from the 2 communities that share some considerably similar aspects with Hinduism.

Mind you, most voters in his party (and within his party), the BJP, think that you being Hindu AND being able to speak Hindi means that you are a true Indian.

https://imgur.com/a/uEOa0rs

https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/most-indians-believe-only-a-hindu-can-be-an-indian-47967/amp

The same BJP that institutes Hindutva and helps/partners with the RSS https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindutva (terrorists) organization which is, pretty bad.

The BJP claims that Hindutva represents "cultural nationalism" and its conception of "Indian nationhood", but not a religious or theocratic concept.[115] It is "India's identity", according to the RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat.[116]

Edit: if you downvote me, why? What I said is backed up by the sources that i have linked

In other words, the trains are running on time?

Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional.

"World's biggest democracy"

Yet they do this?

It’s like a big button that says “Don’t touch”

Ya but, It hasn't always worked....

This documentary isn't great. The laws that were passed prevent positive discrimination

People downvoted this. Haven't we banned Cambridge Analytica and RT news?

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Kisses?

Cambridge analytica was a British political consulting firm that came to prominence through the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal

Which was responsible for stealing millions of peoples data for political ads

As for RT news: RT has regularly been described as a major propaganda outlet for the Russian government and its foreign policy.[2] Academics, fact-checkers, and news reporters (including some current and former RT reporters) have identified RT as a purveyor of disinformation[58] and conspiracy theories.[65] UK media regulator Ofcom has repeatedly found RT to have breached its rules on impartiality, including multiple instances in which RT broadcast "materially misleading" content.[72]

From wiki^

Banning a documentary about your role in riots is very suspicious. Its like saying to someone

“oh yeah, I didn’t kill 3 people 20 years and bury all of them beneath now police stations. “😐

Stupid predictive text. Amended

I said that the modi documentary shouldn't be banned.

I was just stating that bans in itself aren't always bad.

Which laws? The ones actively calling for killing Muslims or the ones that are changing Sikh history?

Ah, I see

What! Dude.

Right, so the rationale is perfectly clear, thanks. Orwell's works are so impressive.

What I'm not clear on is if India used existing regulations to ban this. What other instrument can they use, like a decree? I'm unfamiliar with their regulatory framework.

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There’s nothing to suggest this is about maturity. There is everything to suggest these are calculated decisions to hold onto power and protect the image that fuels that power at any cost.

India has a lot of heavy censorship, especially when the media involves information about the current ruling party BJP. They’ve even arrested people for simply criticizing the government. The Hindus are also getting more and more violent towards the minorities since they have the indian government backing them. I’m glad I left india a year ago, hope to never return there ever again. I just wish my family could join me in getting out of there.