The document lists various topics and activities that have been banned in India in recent times, including beef consumption, obscene language in films, documentaries, movies, Xiaomi phones, dance bars, Uber operations, and more. It argues that India seems to be heading towards becoming a "ban republic" as the government bans more and more things in an attempt to uphold "the dignity of India", but in doing so is restricting freedom of expression and individual liberties.

2.  ‘Ban’ is the new trend
 Ban Republic
 Things India has banned
 Beef ban in Maharashtra
 Ban on obscene words in Bollywood
 Delhi gang rape documentary
 Screening of Fifty Shades Of Grey in Indian theatres
 Release of the film Dirty Politics in Bihar
 AIB Roast
 Foreigners in Parties
 Women in Dance Bars
 Uber ban in Delhi
 Xiaomi ban in India
 Beep out 'Bombay‘
 Ban restricts our thoughts
 Ghor Kalyug
What’s in here?

3. 
 'Ban' seems to be the new
buzzword for the Government
of India
 From beef to documentaries to
movies, the government is
leaving no stone unturned to
uphold 'the dignity of India'
‘Ban’ is the new trend

4. 
 India is caught in the throes of the big ban theory and is
heading towards becoming a ban republic
 Everything is off limits and can be banned
 You name it, India has banned it
 Be it the right to love a same sex man or a woman, wearing a
bikini because you would like to soak in some sun while sitting
on a beach in Goa or girls dancing at bars or informing the
crowd what’s the mindset of a rapist
Ban Republic

5. Things India has banned
Beef in
Maharashtra
Obscene words
in Bollywood
Delhi gang rape
documentary
Xiaomi
Foreigners in
Parties
Ban on
AIB Roast
Women
in dance
barsUber
Screening of Fifty
Shades of Grey and
release of Dirty
politics in Bihar

6. 
 According to the Maharashtra
government, anyone caught possessing,
selling or eating red meat will land in
trouble
 Beef, the popular red meat, was banned
on March 3 in Maharashtra
 President gave his assent to the
Maharashtra Animal Preservation
(Amendment) Bill
 Under the new law, anyone found to be
selling beef or in possession of it can be
jailed for five years and fined Rs 10,000.
Beef ban in Maharashtra

7. 
 Central Board of Film Certification had
failed in its attempt to push through a list
of 28 banned swear words
 They learned that they could still
contribute to the banning by asking the
makers of Dum Laga Ke Haisha to mute
the word “lesbian”
 Ensuring that four other words – Ghanta,
haramipana, haram ke pille and haramkhor –
would also not be heard by the audiences
Ban on obscene words in
Bollywood

8. 
 Leslee Udwin's documentary "India's
Daughter" which features the mindset of the
Delhi gangrape accused Mukesh Singh has
been banned by the government
 Home Minister Rajnath Singh said
documentary would not be aired in India
 He accused its makers of violating "permission
conditions" by not showing the complete
unedited footage to the jail officials
Delhi gangrape
documentary

9. 
 Fifty Shades of Grey has been banned for
screening in Indian cinemas
 The board had objected to some of the
film's dialogue, even after the studio
Universal Pictures made voluntary edits
to the film to tone down its sex scenes
and removed all nudity
 The studio still hasn't got a written
order form the Censor Board
 But biggest irony is that accessing porn
is allowed
Screening of Fifty Shades Of
Grey in Indian theatres

10. 
 The Patna High Court
had banned the release of the
film in Bihar over alleged
objectionable scenes in the film
 The court had to lift the ban
when the producer and the
director of the film submitted a
written petition, saying that the
film had been passed by the
CBFC without a cut
Release of the film Dirty
Politics in Bihar

11. 
 The show, which was attended by 4000 people and
uploaded on YouTube, went viral
 But was banned by the authorities, as it was
reportedly too much and too vulgar for Indian
audience
AIB Roast

12. 
 The Karnataka government has put a ban on parties
in Karnataka with foreign invitees unless it's under
police supervision
Foreigners in Parties

13. 
 Will a ban on woman dance bars really help them keep safe?
 According to Supreme Court a complete ban on bar dancers has
dropped down cases of crimes against women
Women in Dance Bars

14. 
 Uber resumes operations in Delhi post 1.5 months ban
 It was banned due to rape of a passenger by a driver on
its network
 Uber cabs has allegedly emailed the victim announcing
that they are back in operation with 25% discount
Uber ban in Delhi

15. 
 The Delhi High Court permitted
Chinese mobile phone maker Xiaomi
to sell and import Qualcomm chipset
based handsets till January 8
 The High Court on December 8
restrained Xiaomi as well as online
e-commerce site Flipkart from
selling in India
Xiaomi ban in India

16. 
 Central Board of Film Certification
has beeped out the word “Bombay”
from the lyrics of Mihir Joshi’s song
from the album ‘Mumbai Blues’
 The certificate was issued on
December 5, 2014, under the
chairmanship of Leela Samson
Beep out 'Bombay'

17. 
 Instead of focusing majorly on bans the government
should concentrate on other soci-economic issues
that India is facing and take measures to improve the
status of our country
 We live with notions of democracy and free will in
our mind but with all these bans happening it has
restricted our actions and our thoughts
Ban restricts our
thoughts

18. 
This is the kalyug that our grandparents used to
talk about
India is on a ban-everything spree
Seeing the nature of things that are banned and
more importantly things that aren’t there is
serious question here whether India is actually a
democratic country or not
Ghor Kalyug