Offense and Prasad are two things in India that everyone takes. Be it of any age group, caste or religious believes. India is strongly known for its strong “ cultural backgrounds” and orthodox thinking. We as Indian’s take a little more time to digest things and coming out strong about anything or about any topic in the world, is in our blood. But sometimes things go a little out of hand and the nature turns out as extremists. Here is a list of the books that raised eyebrows and maybe some swords before being banned in India.

1. Lajja by Taslima Nasreen

This book was banned because of hurting “muslim sentiments”, the book is about the anit-Hindu riots in Bangladesh due to the demolition of Babri Masjid. It was banned in 1993.

2. The Polyester Prince: The Rise of Dhirubhai Ambani by Hamish McDonald

The biography of Dhirubhai was said to be unauthorized and the book claims on how he built his empire. Later the Ambani’s threatened legal action, calling it defaming.

3. Who Killed Gandhi by Lourenco De Sadvandor

The book was described as poorly researched and was banned in 1979.

4. An Area of Darkness by V.S. Naipaul

It was immediately banned because of the critism and negative portrayal of Indians.

5. The Ramayana by Aubrey Menen

It was banned because of the “liberties”he took from the sacred text. The book was banned in 1956.

6. The Heart of India by Alexander Campbell

Banned by the government of India in 1959 on the grounds of being “repulsive”. The book is based on Indian bureaucracies and economic policies.

7. Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence

The ban was lifted in 1960, but the book was banned on the ground of “obscenity”.

8. The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie

One of the most controversial book in the times, in the book he fictionalizes one of the most disputed episodes in Islam. The book was banned because it offended their religious sentiments.

9. The Moor’s Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie

It was banned by Shiv Sena on the claims that a character in the story resembled its leader Bal Thackeray.

10. Shivaji: Hindu King in Islamic India by American historian

Though supreme court lifted the ban in 2010, the book was banned in Maharashtra for “promoting social enmity”.

11. Captive Kashmir by Aziz Beg.

Need not say anything about this one, this book cant be imported in India.

12. The Lotus And The Robot by Arthur Koestler

The book is about his experiences in India and Japan and the book was highl critical of both the nations. The book is banned because of the negative portrayal of Gandhi.

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Nepotism in Bollywood has become a matter of discussion for some time now and media wants to know the viewpoint of various persons associated with the film industry in this regard. Earlier, this topic came up when actress Kangana Ranaut called Karan Johar the flag-bearer of nepotism while attending KJo’s talk show Koffee With Karan.

The bold and beautiful actress Radhika Apte has also spoken on this issue and she says that she doesn’t like the word ‘outsider’. She simply asks if she is a director and her son wants to become an actor, why she shouldn’t launch him.

As per Radhika, Bollywood is a blend of both the worlds in the present times as there are actors like Kangana, Deepika and Ranveer who don’t have a filmy background but have made it big and then there are star kids as well.

She expresses her liking for the foreign film industry as there people go to drama school and then attend an audition which gives everyone a fair chance. She further adds that with casting directors coming in picture in Bollywood, things are going to change here also.

Radhika also talks about one more topic, i.e., pay disparity which equally draws people’s attention and is considered a big issue in B-Town. According to her, if Salman Khan can make a producer earn Rs. 200 crore and she just can’t bring even a crore, it is pretty obvious that Salman Khan deserves to earn more.

However, she adds that she has an issue with those actors who have no role in pulling the audiences to the cinema hall as the father of the hero is also paid more than the hero’s mother and it needs to be changed in her opinion.

Radhika’s last Hindi release was Andhadhun with Ayushamann Khurrana while recently she was seen in British-American action thriller “The Wedding Guest” with Dev Patel and Jim Sarbh.

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Recently some fraud publishers of Facebook ads in India were using the name and the image of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to scam the needy people.

The advertisement claims people who can’t afford smartphones can purchase it at the lowest price of Rs. 99. A non-existent Prime Minister initiative. A non published and not verified Facebook page named as “Pradhan Mantri Yojna” (Prime Minister Scheme).

Earlier this month they ran 570 advertisements on a span of five days, telling people that Mr Modi wants every poor person to own a smartphone if they can’t afford at just Rs 99 which needs to be paid through Paytm to enhance the initiative of digital India.

No such initiative has been taken by the ruling government neither does it exist. The site linked in the ads seemed to have taken down uses a free domain – .tkdomain which is often used to scam people by the ad frauds.

‘Jan Dhan’ a government scheme, another unpublished page which aims to provide banking access to the poor made fraudulent claims about Modi providing smartphones to the poor people at 99. The page ran approx 230 ads between Feb 8th – 9th.

Few scammers don’t even have the knowledge to hide their names. One of the similar pages running the ads called cheap phones redirects to a site named as ‘Modi Mobile’ and when you check out for the payment, you are directed to paytm a person named Surajit Singh payee account open ups. The page is still active and runs the ad.

All these advertisements are now visible in Facebook’s Ad library. It is a searchable engine of archive advertisements on the social media platform that are related to the political issue or national importance.

The Ad library has recently been launched in India as part of Facebook Transparency efforts ahead of Country’s Parliamentary Polls. The pages listed in the library that has published ad’s by the name of Narendra Modi. The pages have published approximately 1200 advertisements.

There were seven top listed pages in the name of Modi out of which four were scams and those pages are not active anymore.

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Presently, India is celebrating the biggest festival of democracy which is the Lok Sabha elections 2019 and while it is being touted as Modi vs the rest, the Congress party is leaving no stone unturned in making their party President Rahul Gandhi a favorite contender for the post of PM.

Rahul Gandhi’s sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra who is the party general secretary for eastern Uttar Pradesh is also conducting public rallies and telling people what Congress is going to offer them if they come into power. However, it seems that she needs some more practice in addressing the public as on Monday, she fumbled while addressing a public rally in Fatehpur Sikri.

While talking about the promises made in Congress manifesto, she said that there are many schemes which will provide “free health” to all. Although she realised her mistake and corrected it by saying “free health services” with a laugh, the damage was already done.

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#WATCH Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh, fumbles during her speech then corrects herself, "Aisi yojnayein ghoshna patra mein hai, jisme aapko swasthya sarkari aspatalon mein muft milega…Swasthya nahi, Swasthya ki jaanch aur swasthya ka ilaaj muft milega" pic.twitter.com/awoDUt2V6K

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) April 15, 2019

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Well, the social media users were not kind enough to let go this chance of trolling Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and they took a dig at her in the most epic way. Here are some of the selected reactions:

#1

ye bharat ki sarkaar aur pradhan mantri chunne ka election hai ya timepass comedy show ?

— Chowkidar Nishant Avasthi (@NishantAvasthi1) April 15, 2019

#2

ये तो मोदी के आयुष्मान भारत योजना का प्रचार कर रही है….
मैं न कहता था सब मिले हुए है जी – केजरी

— Chowkida₹ Vi₹esh Kuma₹ (@misterviru) April 15, 2019

#3

Behen tumse na ho payega

— Chowkidar Isha dave (@ishadave9999) April 15, 2019

#4

The struggle which these two siblings put in while giving a speech!! it shows they have no command over the subject/topic, have not done proper homework before the speech and more importantly they are taking it lightly.

— moodalapalya shared auto (@deshmukhnaveen) April 15, 2019

#5

The irony is dat we have 2 work hard earn degrees and specialise in whatever field we choose to work in. We undergo the grind and fail every moment before we come to a stage where we get an opportunity to speak but here u just need to be ‘born’ somewhere and get everything. Shame

— shreya mishra (@poorna_12) April 15, 2019

#6

@priyankagandhi जी आप राहुल जी की बहन हैं हम समझते हैं! हमको सब पता है कि आपको जितना रटाया जाता है आप उतना ही बोलती हैं

— चौकीदार आरूँध चौहान (@AarundhChauhan) April 15, 2019

#7

Sonyia: Hindi mein haath kamzor hai zara bitiya ka

— ♚ŘiŘö♚ (@richa_roy) April 15, 2019

#8

It appears that Screw of
Prinka vabra is also loose as of Mental Raulu?
Whole family has gone Mad to capture power
But power is running out from d clutches of Parivar Vad?

— Ajaykumarsharma1139@ (@AJAYSHARMA1139) April 15, 2019

#9

After ruling for 70 this is the condition of congress party..

Yojna bhi copy karni pad rahi he

Her hangover is obvious like pappu

— Swagatam (@swagatam_dash) April 15, 2019

#10

Meanwhile this happening while reading from verticle telepromters. What will happen without them?

— Ankit patel (@Ankitpa94238189) April 15, 2019

#11

nayi standup comedian market main padhar chuki hai
Badaai ho

— माधुरी बोरसे (@MadhuriBorse1) April 15, 2019

#12

They don't need DNA test, must say Sonia Gandhi has not differentiated between boy and girl both are equally laughable

— Chowkidar Dhawal Chopra (@dhawalhchopra) April 15, 2019

#13

Laughing at her own mimics this is what congress is left with all. Making fun of poor and laughing shamelessly

— Chowkidar ₹onaK Jain (@RonakjainK) April 15, 2019

#14

That's the president of the largest opposition party in India. The leader herself reads and speaks but still fumbles. And they're asking for a one-to-one debate with the PM? It makes me laugh just thinking about it.

— Gaurang Dandwate (@Gaurang_TheBeat) April 15, 2019

#15

Yaar kabhi kabhi yeh lagta aise neta hamare bech mai hai jinko bolna tak bhi nahi aata…
Bas ghandhi surname lagao aur neta ban jao…..

— Lokendra Hindustani (@LokendraMahesh1) April 15, 2019

This rally was organised in order to campaign for the Congress state unit chief Raj Babbar who is contesting elections from Fatehpur Sikri and he will be facing tough fight from BJP’s Raj Kumar Chaher and Rajveer Singh of BSP.

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The biggest event of the cricketing world. ICC World Cup 2019 12th edition is scheduled to commence from 30th May in Wales, England. India will be starting off their world cup campaign on 5th June against South Africa.

The Board of Cricket Council for India has officially announced the World cup squad. The chairman of the cricket council selection committee MSK Prasad addressed the press conference and announced the top 15 world cup squad. Virat Kohli will be leading the team for the first time in the humongous cricketing event.

Expected names are visible in the squad but amidst all the consideration about the form of Ambati Rayadu, he hasn’t been selected for the mega event for lack of form.

India’s squad for the ICC #CWC19 announced: Virat Kohli (Capt), Rohit Sharma (vc), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Vijay Shankar, MSD (wk), Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohd Shami

— BCCI (@BCCI) April 15, 2019

India’s squad for World Cup 2019 are Virat Kohli (C), Rohit Sharma (VC), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (WK), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Vijay Shankar, Kuldeep Yadav, Dinesh Kartik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Md. Shami, Kedhar Jadhav, Ravinder Jadeja with head coach Ravi Shastri.

The men in blue are moving forward to England with a matured and strong team. The team is power pact with Hardik Pandya, Ravinder Jadeja and Vijay Shankar as all-rounders of the team, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohd. Shami as the pace trio, Spinner duo Kuldeep Yadav and Chahal who can make anyone stumble. Kedhar Jadhav, when needed, will roll his arms. The batting and bowling attack is strong.

Rishab Pant was almost in the team but missed out a bit cause of wicketing skills and was replaced by Dinesh Karthik.

We wish the squad 15 men in blue all the luck for the upcoming mega event and we can’t wait for them to get the cup home.

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There is considerable rise in the number of people who now prefer to do online shopping rather than visiting the market for purchasing the things that they require. However, with the increase in the trend of online shopping, there is also an increase in the instances of people becoming the target of online frauds.

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Recently, a Delhi businessman got cheated by an online scammer and lost Rs 2.5 lakh of his hard-earned income. The victim was going through an e-commerce website looking for furniture for his office and then he came across a seller who was offering a great deal.

He decided to contact the seller who told him that he was a retired defense officer and was ready to sell the products at a very low rate in comparison to the other sellers but he was in a hurry to get the payment.

When the businessman agreed to the deal, he received a message in which phrases like “Add UPI Money”, “Successful Money Transfer”, etc. were included along with the link of a website.

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As the victim clicked on the link, his mobile phone was hacked and accessed by the fraudster after which he was able to not only see his messages and photos but also make banking transactions. The businessman became a victim of online scam and the fraudster robbed him of Rs 2.5 lakhs.

The police has asked people not to click any links that they receive in SMS, especially if they come with any e-commerce offer.

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Mariah Carey is one of the most successful American female singers and songwriters. Apart from being an outstanding entrepreneur and record producer, she has also tried her hands in acting and has a huge fan following.

In fact, there are many fans of the singer who love to pay tribute to her in their own way and one such fan has started a thread on Twitter – “Mariah Carey as Champagne bottles: A Thread”.

Mariah Carey as Champagne bottles: A Thread pic.twitter.com/wlM1Vc5QVO

— Chris. (@extrapettychris) April 13, 2019

As Mariah has a superb sense of style and her dressing sense is just awesome, this fan also seems to be totally amazed with her outfits. The name of this superfan is Chris (Twitter handle – @extrapettychris) and under this thread, he has posted the photos of champagne bottles which match perfectly with the dresses of the singer.

Here are some pics and we are sure that you will also get shocked after seeing the uncanny similarity between the outfits of Mariah Carey and champagne bottles:

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His tweets went viral immediately and even the diva noticed and retweeted one of them with caption, “Oh dear, here we go again”.

Check out Mariah Carey’s tweet:

Oh dear, here we go again https://t.co/oVY99zG4hT

— Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) April 13, 2019

It must have been a great moment for the ardent fan to see her favorite singer recognising his love and appreciating it in her own style. And we must say that he did a lot of hard work for coming up with a superb collection. What do you say?

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