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Vari comments on India's most creative minds are being stifled as religious fundamentalists continue to clash with artists, novelists and academics. Around the world, arts students are often ones to push boundaries, cross lines and spark controversy. But at India's University of Hyderabad, they need watch where they tread. At its Sarojini Naidu School of Arts and Communication, a message was recently circulated asking final year students to submit theft projects on CD, far 'reviewing and sanctioning before exhibiting.' Many school boards and universities have been forced to follow the path of self-censorship, and have stopped taking risks because death threats are so common. Nobody wants to question the power of the mob, which is why some universities and state authorities continue to ban or avoid anything that might disrupt the status quo. Adapted from the source document.