Why the haste in rushing through an election law?
We needed a law for an election commission formation, we’re getting one for Search Committee.
Unlike in the past, Chinese people spoilt for choice of entertainment
Four decades of reform and opening-up has changed Chinese people's way of life, with people now having several options of entertainment
S’pore Omicron wave likely to see a fairly sharp peak: Infectious disease expert
The Omicron variant has spread like wildfire all over the world since it was first detected in South Africa last November.
Children deserve stronger protection against sexual abuse
Philippines needs to do more to save the future of young girls
When you’re of a mixed race and not easily accepted
An entrepreneur and an activist is trying hard to raise awareness about racial issues in Japan
Pakistan pays for weaponising faith
The writer says it is the weaponisation of faith that has been the main reason for the spread of such brutality in society.
Modi’s anti-Muslim jihad
Indians are becoming desensitised to the routine expression and practice of anti-Muslim bigotry
Malala’s marriage and contemporary feminism
Much of the uproar has come from liberals who have long championed Malala, the woman and all she symbolises
The Hindu-Muslim flare-up in Bangladesh
There is little doubt that the Prime Minister, Begum Hasina Wajed, has countenanced the crisis with finesse, if not necessarily with firmness
In defence of alternative narratives
Even as piles of evidence are presented on how the country’s socio-political system had had exclusion entrenched in it historically, there have been naysayers aplenty arguing…