Big Brother

Originally published in The Wall Street Journal

When Richard Gere kissed Shilpa Shetty, the star of Britain's "Big Brother" program last year, India's moral police professed shock, and many called for media censorship. What they didn't say was that New Delhi's policy makers were already well on their way to doing just that.

When Richard Gere kissed Shilpa Shetty, the star of Britain's "Big Brother" program last year, India's moral police professed shock, and many called for media censorship. What they didn't say was that New Delhi's policy makers were already well on their way to doing just that.

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