In 'Streets of Minneapolis', Bruce Springsteen sings, 'In the winter of '26 / We'll remember the names of those who died / On the streets of Minneapolis'.
In reality, Ronald Reagan’s speech — in which he exhorted Soviet leader Gorbachev to 'tear down this wall' — didn’t have any magical influence on East Germany’s collapse.
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.
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