Like it or Not: 9 Things That Are Banned in India

BANGALORE: India is a country which has always lived up with some or the other controversial issues. Few of them are still sustained and few had to stand in the boycotted list.

From books to movies, celebrities to devices, India has a long ban list in which some are banned due to protests, some in favor of the people while some in favor of the government. Here is the list of 8 things that are banned in India over the span of the years as compiled by Scoopwhoop.com.

#BBC Documentary India's Daughter

The documentary "India's Daughter" about the Dec 16, 2012, rape of the woman known as 'Nirbhaya' in New Delhi was banned by the government.

Moreover the critics, who have not even watched the documentary, have accused BBC of "voyeurism" and worse for interviewing one of the convicted rapists.

Those who have watched theit would agree that it does not give a platform to the rapist, but effectively brings out how some in the male dominated Indian society view women as reflected in the rapist's "callousness and lack of remorse."

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