Margaret Thatcher

‘Blinded by the Light’ makes a savior of Springsteen

By Simran Jeet Singh — August 16, 2019
(RNS) — A distant American icon comes alive for a Sikh and a Muslim in a British factory town and changes their lives forever.

Gurinder Chadha: ‘I started my career as a way of combating racism’

By Simran Jeet Singh — August 13, 2019
(RNS) — British director Gurinder Chadha's latest film, 'Blinded by the Light,' depicts a lost teenager in Margaret Thatcher's Britain finding salvation through perhaps the unlikeliest of saviors — Bruce Springsteen.

Amos Yee case exposes Singapore’s forced harmony, sacrificial freedoms

By Brian Pellot — May 13, 2015
Singapore intolerantly forces tolerance on its residents, crushing criticism and dissent with vague laws that criminalize obscenity and religious insult. The latest victim of this hypocrisy? Foul-mouthed teen blogger Amos Yee.
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