India’s unrelenting moral brigade
Filmmaker Onir, BJP leader Aijaz Ilmi and social activist and AAP representative Aditya Paul express their views on this moral policing by the police.
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ContributeIs there an unrelenting moral brigade in India and is our society fundamentally riddled with prejudices that we are unable to overcome? Is there an evil manifestation of the law that we should be worried about?
The Mumbai police recently picked up close to 40 couples from hotel rooms in Madh Island and Aksa areas and booked them for public indecency.
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