If we are too easily offended as a people, then we capitulate even more easily to those who take
offence. The suspension of the screening of Ashutosh Gowariker’s Jodhaa Akbar in Madhya Pradesh
and two Haryana districts expresses the distressing tendency of governments and local administrations
to appease the intolerant by banning films or books. The Hindi film — an extravaganza in which a
marriage of political convenience between the great Mughal emperor Akbar (Hrithik Roshan) and a
proud Rajput princess, ‘Jodhaa Bai’ (Aishwarya Rai), develops, through many a fiery trial, into true love
— has evoked nasty protests in some States. Cinema halls in Rajasthan …..
URL: http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/25/stories/2008022553691000.htm
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