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Coronavirus and the Shift Towards a New Cinema

Opinion
Many smaller cinemas in Europe and North America have closed in the last decade and those that have survived are often pushed into watered-down programming choices in an attempt to appeal to as broad an audience as possible, while essentially offering a version of the same content that crowds the larger cinemas.

Communal India: Past, Present and Future

Opinion
and Europe are global giants through a mix of economic and social influence alongside an ingrained historical trajectory (whatever one's opinion may be the fact of the matter is their histories are considered of global importance to study); China lacks the historical interest (which may change) and cultural interest but is racing forward as an economic behemoth with a massive population that is now seen as a strength (whereas once it was considered a huge liability).

The Right to Blaspheme, the Mila Case, and Islamophobia in France

Opinion
On the other hand, a few days after the incident became breaking news, the French Justice Minister Nicole Belloubet said in an interview with the radio station Europe 1 that an attack on religion was an attack on freedom of conscience, to which Marine Le Pen immediately responded from Twitter: “Can we trust Macron’s government for the defense of our freedoms and values? Obviously not!” When the left too accused Belloubet of questioning the “right to blaspheme,” she had to backpedal, and issued another statement saying that her words might have gone beyond their purpose.