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NDTV runs blank screen for one hour to protest the ban on 'India's Daughter'

Written By DNA Web Team | Updated: Mar 09, 2015, 09:30 AM IST

In a move to protest government's decision to ban the documentary India's Daughter from being telecast in India, NDTV decided to go off air for one hour and take resort to 'silent protest'. 

In a move to protest government's decision to ban the documentary India's Daughter from being telecast in India, NDTV decided to go off air for one hour and take resort to 'silent protest'. 

The documentary was scheduled to air on March 8, on the occasion of International Women's Day before being banned by the government. From 9pm to 10pm on sunday, NDTV ran a black screen with a diya on it and the name of the documentary on the screen. On the ticker, the channel ran quotes by various personalities and organisations who have opposed the bans too. 

Also read: Editors Guild of India urges government to revoke ban on 'India's Daughter'

The documentary made by British filmmaker Leslee Udwin contained interview of Mukesh Singh, who is one of the six convicts for brutally gangraping and killing a 23-year-old paramedical student in Delhi. The documentary had sparked a row ever since its screening was announced in India last week, following which it has been banned by the government.

BBC aired the documentary, containing the controversial interview of a convict in the December 16,2012 gangrape despite a Delhi court prohibiting it.

NDTV has earned much praise on the internet. Many on Twitter even compared the bold step by NDTV to the time of Emergency when The Indian Express an The Statesman had printed blank editorial pages.