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'''''Caste on the Menu Card''''' is a 21-minute documentary film made by students of the [[School of Media and Cultural Studies]] at the [[Tata Institute of Social Sciences]] (TISS), focuses on beef-eating practices in [[Mumbai]], India. It portrays the prevalence of caste differentiation in food choices of people in Mumbai, how it causes exclusion, and touches upon concerns related to livelihood, social inclusion and human rights.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Caste on the menu card: JNU students screen documentary after authorities deny permission|url = http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/caste-on-the-menu-card-jnu-students-screen-documentary-after-authorities-deny-permission/|website = The Indian Express|date = 2015-11-02|accessdate = 2015-11-01}}</ref>

== Controversies ==
In 2015, the film was the only one of 35 whose planned showing at the 12th Jeevika Asia Livelihood Documentary Festival was cancelled. The organisers had approached the [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]] to obtain permission to show it but this was not forthcoming because the Ministry said that they had failed to provide the required details about it.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Documentary on beef 'Caste on the Menu Card' banned at festival|url = http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/documentary-on-beef-caste-on-the-menu-card-banned-at-festival-115103000717_1.html|work=Business Standard|accessdate = 2015-11-02}}</ref>

Following this incident, the film-makers then arranged to screen their film independently at [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]], for which permission was obtained from a university hostel warden by the [[Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students’ Association]] (BAPSA). That permission was subsequently revoked at short notice, with the warden saying that BAPSA had wanted to move the screening to an outside area over which he had no jurisdiction. BAPSA alleged that the warden had acted under outside political pressure. BAPSA defied the revocation and screened the film anyway.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Documentary on beef-eating 'Caste on the Menu Card' screened at JNU despite varsity's U-turn on nod|url = http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/documentary-on-beef-eating-caste-on-the-menu-card-screened-at-jnu-despite-varsitys-u-turn-on-nod/articleshow/49623207.cms|work= The Economic Times|accessdate = 2015-11-02}}</ref>

It was declared that the documentary would be screened by the organisers at the fourth edition of Nainital Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Nainital film fest to screen ‘Caste on the Menu Card’ |work=The Times of India|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/Nainital-film-fest-to-screen-Caste-on-the-Menu-Card/articleshow/49649147.cms|accessdate = 2015-11-30}}</ref>

== Production ==
The directors were Anurup Khillare, Atul Anand, Vaseem Chaudhary, Reetika Revathy Subramanian and Ananyaa Gaur. <ref>{{Cite web|title = Caste on the Menu Card: Official Webpage |url = http://smcs.tiss.edu/films/caste-on-the-menu-card |website = SMCS Website|accessdate = 2017-07-09|language = en-GB}}</ref>

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