In March 2012, the BBC referred to the Hindu festival of Holi as a "filthy festival". The Webster New World Dictionary defines "filthy" as "full of filth, disgustingly foul; grossly obscene; morally vicious or corrupt". The BBC apologised for the offence caused. In December 2019, BBC published a story that claimed that "ghost studies" were being taught at the Banaras Hindu University. The British Hindu Press Association subsequently pointed out that "Bhoot Vidya" is a Sanskrit word for psychotherapy, not "ghost Studies", and added that this was a "deliberate attempt to mock and denigrate" Hinduism.