State: Maharashtra

Year: 2023

Date: January 27, 2023

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Censorship – Academia | Censorship – Entertainment

On January 27, 2023, TISS issued an advisory warning against the public screening of the controversial BBC documentary on PM Narendra Modi film on the campus. The institute had issued advisories to students and the management of its branches, besides the main one campus in Mumbai, against any such mass event. Not heeding to the “advisory” would be “dealt with strictly as per the rules”, warned the advisory accessed by NDTV. It said the screening was an attempt to “trigger” students. The TISS administration had also issued a fresh warning on Saturday, January 28, 2023.

Updated On: January 28, 2023

Students watched BBC film on Modi despite warnings

Despite a warning against public screening of a controversial BBC documentary about PM Narendra Modi, a group of students at Mumbai’s Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) gathered and watched it on laptops and phones.