People watch the BBC documentary India: The Modi Question, on a screen installed at the Marine Drive junction under the direction of the district Congress committee, in Kochi on Jan 24, 2023. India's government said it has blocked videos and tweets sharing links to the documentary about Narendra Modi's role during the deadly 2002 sectarian riots, calling it hostile propaganda and anti-India garbage. Arun CHANDRABOSE/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
In its most recent attempts at stifling dissent, the Indian government banned a two-part BBC documentary, “The Modi Question,” launched mid-January.
It is being viewed privately in homes and at special screenings in academic institutes in India and abroad to recall a 20-year-old collective poignant memory.
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