Watch: Pratap Bhanu Mehta at Express Adda

.@pbmehta at #ExpressAdda: We are at a moment when the Supreme Court is arguably in even worst crisis than it was in the post-emergency era.

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— Express Adda (@ExpressAdda) April 25, 2019

Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Vice Chancellor of Ashoka University and a contributing editor with The Indian Express, has been speaking truth to power on all important issues, nudging people to think deeper, leading them to fundamental questions.

.@pbmehta at #ExpressAdda: The most disquieting thing about this election is the lack of principle conviction in any party. Ultimately, individual rights can be protected only if you take it out of calculus of politics and place it on institutions.

— Express Adda (@ExpressAdda) April 25, 2019

His weekly column on the editorial pages of The Indian Express encompass party politics, political economy, the matrix of institutions, checks and balances, constitutional law, international relations and intellectual history.

[ie_backquote quote=”The fact is that there is a communal narrative in Indian politics since 1857…what is worrying about this moment is how communalism and bigotry is normalised under the name of nationalism” cite=”Pratap Bhanu Mehta”]

Mehta was in conversation with Vandita Mishra, National Opinion Editor of The Indian Express. The Express Adda is a series of informal interactions organised by The Indian Express Group and features those at the centre of change.