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Teach You a Lesson row explained: Why Kim Mu Yeol replaced Kim Nam Gil in divisive show based on ‘cancelled’ webtoon

Teach You a Lesson row explained: Why Kim Mu Yeol replaced Kim Nam Gil in divisive show based on ‘cancelled’ webtoon

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Netflix’s new Korean series Teach You A Lesson, starring Kim Mu Yeol, premiered on June 5 amid intense controversy. The web series was already one of the most heavily debated K-dramas in recent years before the filming even began. Based on a popular webtoon Get Schooled by writer Yong Taek Chae and artist Garam Han, the story follows members of a fictional government bureau trying to fix South Korea’s troubled school system. However, the show faced immediate backlash over the controversial themes of its source material, major casting complaints, and public doubt over whether such a sensitive topic should even be adapted for TV. Kim Nam Gil in The Fiery Priest and Kim Mu Yeol in Teach You a Lesson. The controversy that halted the webtoon In 2023, the popular webtoon faced massive backlash over an episode involving a Korean-American teacher and a multiethnic student. Readers worldwide accused the creators of using harmful racial stereotypes. The controversy grew so intense that the platform WEBTOON completely removed the series from its North American platform and issued …

BJP using women’s reservation as ‘political shield’ for divisive motives: Supriya Shrinate| India News

BJP using women’s reservation as ‘political shield’ for divisive motives: Supriya Shrinate| India News

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New Delhi: Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of using women’s reservation as a “political shield” for divisive motives. Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate says BJP is “rattled” after bill setback Speaking at a press briefing at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) office on Sunday, Shrinate said that the ruling party is “rattled” because the opposition has exposed their “conspiracies.” A Constitution amendment bill to expand the size of the Lok Sabha and fast-track 33% reservation for women failed to garner the required two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha on Friday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a 30-minute address to the nation on Saturday evening said the Congress was a parasite on regional parties and opposed to any kind of reform because of selfish politics and insecurity. He added that the four main opposition parties—the Congress, the Samajwadi Party, the Trinamool Congress and the DMK— that helped block the amendments to the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam will face the consequences. “It (bill) was brought with good intention, honesty and was …

AAP foot march arrives in Hathras; Sanjay Singh slams Centre for unemployment, divisive politics

AAP foot march arrives in Hathras; Sanjay Singh slams Centre for unemployment, divisive politics

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AAP’s Sanjay Singh said the primary aim of the march is to highlight unemployment and counter divisive politics. Credit: X/@SanjayAzadSln Aam Aadmi Party’s “Rozgar Do, Samajik Nyay Do” foot march reached Hathras on Sunday (April 5, 2026), where it accused the Central government of diverting attention from core issues such as employment, education and social justice. The fourth leg of the Statewide protest march, led by Rajya Sabha MP and AAP’s Uttar Pradesh in-charge Sanjay Singh, began in Agra on April 3 and is scheduled to end in Mathura on April 9. Talking to reporters, Mr. Singh criticised the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that efforts were being made to spread hatred in the name of caste and religion instead of addressing pressing concerns. He said the primary aim of the march is to highlight unemployment and counter divisive politics. “A long queue of unemployed youth has emerged in Uttar Pradesh,” Mr. Singh said. The AAP leader claimed that students graduating from institutions such as University of Allahabad, University of Lucknow, Aligarh Muslim …

Chhaava Writer Reacts After AR Rahman Calls Film ‘Divisive’; Kriti Sanon Spotted With Kabir Bahia In London | Bollywood News

Chhaava Writer Reacts After AR Rahman Calls Film ‘Divisive’; Kriti Sanon Spotted With Kabir Bahia In London | Bollywood News

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Last Updated:February 22, 2026, 22:00 IST Chhaava writer Rishi Virmani reacts after AR Rahman calls the Vicky Kaushal starrer divisive. In other news, Kriti Sanon and her rumoured beau Kabir Bahia were spotted in London. Chhaava Writer Reacts After AR Rahman Calls Film ‘Divisive’; Kriti Sanon Spotted With Kabir Bahia In London Weeks after composer AR Rahman described Chhaava as “divisive” and acknowledged that some of the criticism surrounding the film had merit, writer Rishi Virmani has weighed in on the debate. The historical epic, directed by Laxman Utekar, may have stormed the box office, but it also found itself at the centre of a wider political and cultural conversation. Virmani, however, does not believe cinema alone has the power to reshape deeply rooted beliefs. For More: Chhaava Writer Reacts After AR Rahman Calls Film ‘Divisive’: ‘An Entire Mindset Cannot Be Changed’ Bollywood actress Kriti Sanon often hits the headlines for her rumoured relationship with businessman Kabir Bahia. While neither of them has confirmed the dating rumours, their frequent joint appearances and pictures together on …

Chhaava Writer Reacts After AR Rahman Calls Film ‘Divisive’: ‘An Entire Mindset Cannot Be Changed’ | Bollywood News

Chhaava Writer Reacts After AR Rahman Calls Film ‘Divisive’: ‘An Entire Mindset Cannot Be Changed’ | Bollywood News

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Last Updated:February 22, 2026, 20:11 IST Chhaava writer Rishi Virmani reacts after AR Rahman calls the Vicky Kaushal starrer divisive. He says films cannot change an entire mindset in hours. After AR Rahman described Chhaava as “divisive,” writer Rishi Virmani responds, saying films cannot alter mindsets and audiences think for themselves. Weeks after composer AR Rahman described Chhaava as “divisive” and acknowledged that some of the criticism surrounding the film had merit, writer Rishi Virmani has weighed in on the debate. The historical epic, directed by Laxman Utekar, may have stormed the box office, but it also found itself at the centre of a wider political and cultural conversation. Virmani, however, does not believe cinema alone has the power to reshape deeply rooted beliefs. “An Entire Mindset Cannot Be Changed In A Few Hours” Addressing the allegations that the film fueled division, Virmani dismissed the idea that a two-and-a-half-hour film could meaningfully alter public consciousness. “It is hard to believe that an entire mindset can be changed in just a couple of hours of screen …

Chhaava’s writer breaks silence after AR Rahman calls Vicky Kaushal-starrer ‘divisive’: ‘I have not seen this kind of…’ | Bollywood News

Chhaava’s writer breaks silence after AR Rahman calls Vicky Kaushal-starrer ‘divisive’: ‘I have not seen this kind of…’ | Bollywood News

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3 min readKochiFeb 22, 2026 06:53 PM IST Over a month after Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman expressed that the criticism director Laxman Utekar’s Chhaava received for being allegedly “divisive” had weight and that he also felt the same, the epic historical actioner’s writer, Rishi Virmani, has stepped forward to react to these allegations. Claiming that it is almost impossible to alter a person’s or a group’s mindset with just a movie, he stated that he hadn’t seen a film receive such levels of adulation in a long time. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO Maintaining that audiences have a mind of their own, Virmani noted that there have been quite a few instances where the masses contradicted filmmakers’ theories, offering a movie a verdict that was the polar opposite of those predictions. “It is hard to believe that an entire mindset can be changed in just a couple of hours of screen time,” he noted during a conversation with Zoom. He added, “I have not seen this kind of attachment of the audience towards a film in …

Real Madrid and UEFA reach agreement that formally ends divisive Super League project | Football News

Real Madrid and UEFA reach agreement that formally ends divisive Super League project | Football News

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4 min readFeb 12, 2026 12:04 AM IST The formal end of the divisive Super League project in European soccer was signaled Wednesday with an agreement announced between Real Madrid and UEFA. A short statement in dense legal language was published days after Barcelona formally pulled out of the Super League that left 15-time European champion Madrid and its president Florentino Perez looking even more isolated. Though Madrid and Barcelona won a ruling at the European Court of Justice at Luxembourg against Champions League organizer UEFA more than two years ago, no new clubs publicly came forward to join the breakaway project which had no clear path forward. The agreement Wednesday between Madrid, UEFA and the influential European Football Clubs group said principles were agreed that “will also serve to resolve their legal disputes.” It was announced as European soccer leaders met in Brussels on the eve of UEFA’s annual congress of 55 member federations. The statement spoke of “months of discussions conducted in the best interests of European football” with a future principle being …

‘Chhaava is divisive’, accepts AR Rahman but says scoring the film was an ‘honour’: ‘Use of words like Subhanallah in negative scenes was cringe’ | Bollywood News

‘Chhaava is divisive’, accepts AR Rahman but says scoring the film was an ‘honour’: ‘Use of words like Subhanallah in negative scenes was cringe’ | Bollywood News

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Vicky Kaushal-starrer Chhaava was the highest-grossing film of 2025 for several months, until Ranveer Singh’s Dhurandhar dethroned it in December. The film emerged as a major box office success, but it was also widely called out for being divisive due to its portrayal of the conflict between Maratha warrior-king Sambhaji Maharaj and Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. Now, maestro A. R. Rahman, who composed the music for the film, has shared his thoughts on the same and admitted that the film was indeed divisive. The blockbuster reception of the film was followed by riots in Nagpur, Maharashtra, which as per Chief Minsiter Devendra Fadnavis were caused by people ‘showing their anger at Aurangzeb’. Speaking to BBC Asian Network, AR Rahman spoke about working in a film industry that is becoming increasingly divisive by the day. “That’s the reason God is giving more power to people like us so that we can replace the bad with good by word, action, art,” he said. When asked if he has become more conscious about picking his projects and avoiding films …

New plaques on Trump’s ‘Presidential Walk of Fame’ mock Biden and Obama as ‘sleepy, divisive’ | World News

New plaques on Trump’s ‘Presidential Walk of Fame’ mock Biden and Obama as ‘sleepy, divisive’ | World News

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The White House has installed new plaques along the “Presidential Walk of Fame”, featuring descriptions of all the former US leaders in a style reminiscent of Trump’s social media posts. The exhibit, reflecting Trump’s unfiltered, distinctive tone, labels his predecessors as “divisive” and “sleepy”. A plaque at the front said that the exhibit was “conceived, built, and dedicated” by Trump “as a tribute to past Presidents, good, bad and somewhere in the middle, who served our Country, and gave up so much in so doing”. Trump’s own plaque boasts about his 2024 election victory and promises of a “Golden Age of America”. The pointed descriptions criticise Democratic predecessors like Joe Biden and Barack Obama, with Biden’s plaque labelling him the “worst President in American History,” while Obama’s describing him as “one of the most divisive political figures in American History”. Joe Biden The plaque of former US president Joe Biden, which featured an image of an auto-pen, instead of his headshot, claims that he was mentally unfit and unaware of what was signed during his …

‘You should be arrested for that’: The Wheel’s most divisive tea debate goes viral; expert explains why ‘bag in, water, bag out, milk’ actually works | Food-wine News

‘You should be arrested for that’: The Wheel’s most divisive tea debate goes viral; expert explains why ‘bag in, water, bag out, milk’ actually works | Food-wine News

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Few topics divide people as fiercely as the “correct” way to make a cup of tea. A viral episode of Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel featuring British actors Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith captured just how emotional and opinion-driven this everyday ritual can be. Michael opened the segment with the now-viral question: “UK Tea and Infusions Association recommends what process for making tea with a teabag in a mug? Water, milk, bag in, bag out. Milk, bag in, water, bag out. Bag in, water, milk, bag out. Bag in, water, bag out, milk. This is an excellent question.” From there, chaos brewed. When Reece asked the contestant, “What was your process? What was your thoughts?” she immediately stepped in with conviction: “There’s a particular way you do it, and they say that the milk would scald if you put it in. I’ve heard that.”  When Steve clarified, “If you put it in first?”, she insisted, “I think, yes, because the tea’s got to infuse through the teabag, hasn’t it?” They quickly eliminated one sequence, saying, “They’re …