Amartya Sen

Suman Ghosh's documentary on Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has not got the nod from the censors who have raised objections to words like 'cow', 'Gujarat', 'Hindu' as well as 'Hindutva' used by the economist in an interview that is part of the film. Ghosh has been asked by the censor board to mute these words in the documentary, "An Argumentative Indian", on the plea that their usage would 'damage the country's image'. "They say these words, for example, 'Gujarat' have to be muted with a beep as Sen made some comments about the Gujarat riots. They also wanted that the word 'cow' be muted. I found these ridiculous.They also wanted the expression 'Hindu India' and 'Hindutva' used by him during the interview to be muted with beeps. I find these bizarre said Ghosh.