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Shanta Gokhale


Shanta Gokhale (b. 1939) is an Indian writer, translator, journalist and theatre critic. She has published stories in various publications in the 1970s, and has also published several novels and plays. Gokhale has been formerly Arts Editor with The Times of India, Mumbai. Shanta Gokhale has written screenplays for several films and documentaries. As an actor, she appeared in the parallel cinema film, Ardh Satya (1983) directed by Govind Nihlani and a 13-part TV series directed by Amol Palekar.
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Drawing the line: Censorship and the arts

by  Shanta Gokhale

Published in Art India, Vol I, Issue 4, pp. 22-27

Shanta Ghokle examines the issue of censorship and the arts, exploring the recent Husain controversy and other dilemmas involved in this sensitive and heated debate.

October 1996 was a month of threat, vandalism and heated debate.

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