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Pratap Bhanu Mehta
Pratap Bhanu Mehta is Contributing Editor at the Indian Express. He has been vice-chancellor of Ashoka University and president, Centre Policy Research. Before he started engaging with contemporary affairs, he taught political theory at Harvard, and briefly at JNU. He has written on intellectual history, political theory, law, India's social transformation and world affairs. He is the recipient of the Infosys Prize, the Adisheshiah Prize and the Amartya Sen Prize. Follow @pbmehta
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The biggest casualty in the Alok Verma affair has been the SC’s authoritySubscriber Only
January 12, 2019 00:00 IST
The Supreme Court has, in this entire Alok Verma episode, returned one of its most cringe-worthy performances in recent memory.
Sat, Jan 12, 2019
The reservation jumlaSubscriber Only
January 08, 2019 00:17 IST
Quota for upper caste poor is cynical politics, and cynical policy. Since we cannot create enough jobs, the token signal that the poor from the upper castes can be symbolically represented in the state is all that we can now offer. This is in a context where public sector jobs are scarce.
Tue, Jan 08, 2019
The state in contentionSubscriber Only
December 27, 2018 00:36 IST
As global circumstances change, the role of the state will have to come again into contention. The nature of this debate will be very different from 1991, even though our intellectual habits are still framed by that episode.
Thu, Dec 27, 2018
Which cat will catch mice?Subscriber Only
December 20, 2018 01:20 IST
Forty years after China’s economic transformation began, that’s the question. China has had its share of elite conflict, violence, even mass protest, but it has not quite rocked the structure of power in decisive ways.
Thu, Dec 20, 2018
Hope and HumilitySubscriber Only
December 12, 2018 00:05 IST
The elections have tamed the hubris of political powers-that-be. But they raise many questions
Wed, Dec 12, 2018
Away from the spectacleSubscriber Only
November 24, 2018 01:37 IST
To face up to 26/11, we need to confront the murderous identity politics that led to Partition, still deforms Pakistan and weighs India down.
Fri, Nov 30, 2018
No check, little balanceSubscriber Only
November 22, 2018 00:05 IST
The war within the CBI threatens to diminish the credibility of many institutions.
Thu, Nov 22, 2018
End of anti-corruption?Subscriber Only
November 14, 2018 00:44 IST
Its politics is confined to a slash and burn exercise, only useful for knocking down opponents
Wed, Nov 14, 2018
The Lies That Bind book review: The Crisis of IdentitySubscriber Only
November 10, 2018 00:41 IST
That which defines is also that which reduces, writes Kwake Anthony Appiah in a deeply perceptive analysis of the problematics of selfhood
Sat, Nov 10, 2018
A darkening horizonSubscriber Only
November 02, 2018 00:05 IST
As the liberal order declines, a polarised world full of majoritarian, intellectually insecure angst looms.
Fri, Nov 02, 2018
The Sabarimala aftermathSubscriber Only
October 24, 2018 00:15 IST
Court authority is imperilled, parties have rallied behind orthodoxy, there is political fishing in troubled waters
Wed, Oct 24, 2018
The battle after DussehraSubscriber Only
October 19, 2018 00:10 IST
Vijayadashmi is melancholic because the real and deep evil will surface only now, after the political triumph over Ravana has been achieved
Fri, Oct 19, 2018
It really was the economy, stupid!Subscriber Only
October 06, 2018 00:05 IST
A deep dive into the 2008 global financial crisis, this book brings into sharp focus the international interconnections that sank the world economy
Sat, Oct 06, 2018
Liberty without statismSubscriber Only
October 01, 2018 00:12 IST
Supreme Court upheld individual freedom, dignity, equality in Sabarimala case. But statism has its own dangers.
Mon, Oct 01, 2018
Verdict as first wordSubscriber Only
September 28, 2018 00:08 IST
The Supreme Court judgment does not provide a consistent framework to ascertain future legitimate uses of Aadhaar.
Fri, Sep 28, 2018
The second comingSubscriber Only
September 22, 2018 00:05 IST
Global cooperation is a vital element in managing global economic interdependence. But global cooperation is exactly what has been domestically de-legitimised in almost all democracies.
Sat, Sep 22, 2018
On libertySubscriber Only
September 11, 2018 23:57 IST
Tomorrow’s India needs a new Charter of Freedom. Does Congress have the courage to sign on to it?
Tue, Sep 11, 2018
Where’s the Remote?Subscriber Only
September 01, 2018 00:24 IST
Democracy was supposed to give power to the people. Instead, it has conferred sweeping powers on the executive
Sat, Sep 01, 2018
Sinister homo sapiensSubscriber Only
August 31, 2018 00:05 IST
All Indian parties have construed Maoism as a threat and all of them, from the Congress to the Trinamool Congress, have been draconian in their own way. But what is different this time in not just that there are operations or arrests.
Fri, Aug 31, 2018
A blasphemous lawSubscriber Only
August 25, 2018 00:15 IST
Using state power to enforce the sacred, Punjab’s sacrilege law defiles the sacred, messes with the secular.
Sat, Aug 25, 2018
Vajpayee: The man of heartSubscriber Only
August 17, 2018 00:01 IST
Atal Bihari Vajpayee was living testament to the fact that liberality of temperament has the power to transcend ideologies.
Fri, Aug 17, 2018
At Red Fort, PM Modi’s hope and fearSubscriber Only
August 16, 2018 04:16 IST
PM Narendra Modi's Independence Day speech mirrored both his offer of the fantasy of hope and refusal to acknowledge the republic of fear
Thu, Aug 16, 2018
The nuances of 35ASubscriber Only
August 09, 2018 00:04 IST
There is a powerful argument for not abrogating the Article. But we must also think beyond the binaries on it.
Thu, Aug 09, 2018
State and CapitalSubscriber Only
July 28, 2018 02:48 IST
Modi government has added an insidious dimension to the nexus. It is hidden in plain sight
Sat, Jul 28, 2018
Mandela’s forgivenessSubscriber Only
July 20, 2018 00:35 IST
It seems alien in a world where resentment is not seen as imprisoning, freedom is freedom to hate.
Fri, Jul 20, 2018Journalism of Courage
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