Beep it! Bans fuel fears of intolerance in India

March 22, 2015 13:23

"Don't eat it, read it, see it, feel it," sings the Michael Jackson impersonator as she raps her way through a list of pleasures banned by India's conservative government before chorusing: "Just beep it!"

As the world's largest democracy, India has long been proud of its tradition of artistic, cultural and religious freedoms. But a series of bans, ranging from eating beef to watching the Fifty Shades of Grey movie, has sparked accusations of a growing climate of intolerance under Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Critics say the bans show how thin-skinned their politicians have become in the Internet age where attempts to put a lid on offending material are likely to backfire.

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