5 Things That Are Banned In India

India, a country with its diverse culture and variety of traditions, knows how to keep it all safe by banning anything and everything that may or may not go against it’s cultural and religious norms. We call ourselves the Land of Kamasutra yet we ban movies with nudity. Some of these bans were praised but not everyone praised the ban of pornography. The list of stuffs that are banned in India so far is quite long and bizarre.

Kiss in public

India is a developing country and has world’s second largest population, but when it comes to express your love in public, it’s kinda illegal. Section 294.

Abusive Words

Ban on cuss words in Bollywood was another controversial topic, why would censor board ban these words when we are all well aware of their meanings. Isn’t this against the freedom and creative liberty of a filmmaker

Beef Ban

Maharashtra’s ban on beef was one of the controversial additions to India’s list of bans. Anyone found in possession of beef can be sent to jail for five years or fined Rs 10,000. Beef lovers in Maharashtra will now have to go on without beef or they have to travel to neighboring cities to eat a plate of beef.

Alcohol Advertisements

Ever seen alcohol advertised in television or news paper? No! that’s because it’s banned from advertising in India and this is one of the oldest bans in India dating back from late 1990’s. It is said that India consumes one–fifth of the total alcohol produced in the world, so the liquor companies have found several alternatives to advertise their products by advertising their labels in airlines and stuffs.

Porn

Recently, Govt of India has banned 857 porn websites, so that the culture will not be spoiled. No matter, people have got `Jugad` to watch porn.