India's Daughter

Here's all you need to know about the controversial documentary based on the December 16, 2012 gangrape in Delhi. The controversy around India's Daughter serves to remind us of our ever-growing intolerance and failure to address critical social issues.

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Leslee Udwin: Wanted world to follow India’s lead

British director Leslee Udwin denies having paid for interviews and striking a deal with convict Mukesh Singh for her documentary India’s Daughter, which has been banned in India.

‘I am not a fly-by-night operator’ -Parvathi Menon interviews Leslee Udwin

Key Development

• >» After government bans film, Internet releases it
• >» India’s Daughter a hit on YouTube
• >» Editors Guild wants BBC documentary ban lifted
• >» Restraint on telecast of rape convict interview to continue, says court
• >» Rape convict interview: Rajnath summons Tihar Director-General
• >» ICERT swings into action to block ‘India's Daughter’ on YouTube
• >» YouTube removes film from servers

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No leg to stand on by N. Ram

The tension between the story and the reactionary social attitudes expressed on camera gives the documentary its power. The govt.’s ban has no leg, social, moral, or legal, to stand on.

by Vasundara Sirnateby Parvathi Menon- Editorial

> The banality of evil revisited	> ‘Telecast will raise awareness of global problem’	>Banning is not the solution