"However, it is too early to see what shape and form this will take with regard to OTT. As the OTT space evolves, there should be constant discussions on this," said lyricist-writer and Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) chairperson Prasoon Joshi.
The BJP leader and grandnephew of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose came out in support of the 49 intellectuals who had written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday on the lynching of minorities and hate crimes.
The signatories to the new letter include Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) chairman Prasoon Joshi, actor Kangana Ranaut, classical dancer and Member of Parliament Sonal Mansingh, and filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar among others.
"...so that the lovers of literature get to focus on creativity and not controversy."
"He has put the pride of Rajasthan at stake. How can he deliver a lecture here after humiliating us?"
The Lucknow bench of the court granted three weeks' time to Joshi for filing his response to the contempt notice.
The two academics are RS Khangarot, principal of the Agrawal College in Jaipur, and BL Gupta, a retired Rajasthan University professor.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film is the first major hurdle that Joshi faces as the head of the Central Board of Film Certification.
Joshi said the CBFC should not be unfairly targeted for political careers or commercial mileage
The more things change the more they remain the same in the censor board.
'All the good people who join will make a difference. I think it has to be done together and there has to be some sort of understanding which has to brought in this is a job, it needs to be done and we need to look at it constructively,' says Joshi
He has a way of breaking the meter, it gets freshness into the song.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.