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There is more good than bad in Mulan, and we should be so lucky to get a gorgeous and inspiring war epic that is suitable for children to watch.

Maura Moynihan | Disney's China problem: West's elite covering up...

Disney's Mulan was billed as the 'cinematic adventure of the decade', securing Hollywood's 'family friendly studio'...

21 Oct 2020 10:01 AM IST

An artist makes a coronavirus themed idol for Puja festivities at a workshop at Kumartuli, during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown in Kolkata. PTI photo

AA Edit | Rein in festive cheer

Experts have been warning for quite some time about the festivals torpedoing the efforts to contain the pandemic

21 Oct 2020 9:54 AM IST

A paramilitary soldier stands guard by a road near the venue for Indias Independence Day ceremony in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. (AP)

AA Edit | J&K district councils not a good-faith move

The case of J&K is going to be little different from that of Ladakh, at least for the foreseeable future

21 Oct 2020 9:45 AM IST

A banner erected by the Indian Army stands on a ridge around the Pangong Tso lake in Ladakh. India and China are engaged in a standoff around the lake in Ladakh. (AP)

Delineate and demarcate the LAC to end China mess

Tuesday, October 20, marks 58 years to the day the Chinese launched their synchronised and coordinated attack in Ladakh,...

20 Oct 2020 1:50 AM IST

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

Bangladesh to overtake India? PR can't fix all our problems

This week has come news that in the current financial year, Bangladesh will overtake India in terms of per capita...

20 Oct 2020 1:35 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Right) with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina. (PTI)

Dev 360 | India must learn from others, shed its hubris

Bangladesh has invested in strengthening its human capital, especially women, and this is paying off also in economic...

19 Oct 2020 10:40 AM IST

Students wearing facemasks as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus wait to submit their national scholarship portal registration forms at a Government Girls School in Amritsar on October 15, 2020. (AFP)

Palash Deb | Evolve the right parameters to judge varsities

Some of the criticism against Indian universities seems misplaced if we consider the complexities of global university...

19 Oct 2020 10:29 AM IST

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks with senior members of parliament a day after her landslide election win, in Auckland on October 18, 2020. (AFP)

AA Edit | A win for liberal-left

However, as far as her progressive agenda is concerned, it is unclear whether Ardern's government has the economic chops...

19 Oct 2020 10:16 AM IST

A man walks balancing a basket on his head at a vegetable market in Lucknow, India. (AP)

AA Edit | India indicted by global hunger index

The Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2020 published this week has put India behind most of its south Asian neighbours,...

19 Oct 2020 10:07 AM IST

In popular culture, the male huddle has been among the most paeanized of phenomena. They even have a term for it: bromance, a genre in films even more popular than the dreaded rom-com. (Representational Image: AFP)

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | #RealMenDon'tHuddle

Every horror perpetrated on every woman is born out of what we have come to accept as the male huddle, including rape.

18 Oct 2020 9:57 AM IST

Plurals Party President Pushpam Priya Choudhary flashes the victory sign after filing nomination from the Bankipur constituency, ahead of Bihar assembly polls, in Patna, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. (PTI)

Anita Katyal | In patriarchal Bihar, women finally come into their own

Women have clearly come into their own in Bihar's patriarchal society as several politicians have opted to promote their...

18 Oct 2020 9:49 AM IST

BJP supporters celebrate as early trends show the partys win in the last Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand assembly polls, at the party office in Lucknow. (PTI)

Pavan K Varma | Muslims in BJP have an express duty: Stem hate

Do the luminaries in the BJP from the Muslim community speak out against the malicious denigration of their faith

18 Oct 2020 9:38 AM IST