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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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We might enter an ‘RSS meets Jio’ ideological worldSubscriber Only
May 01, 2019 02:10 IST
What is of interest is that in the new techno-nationalist imagination, the issue is not protecting small producers or indigenous technology etc. The focus is on creating what people believe to be the carriers of national power in the form of large companies.
Wed, May 01, 2019
Supreme crisis: CJI’s conduct has sent signal he is above all principles of natural justiceSubscriber Only
April 24, 2019 00:29 IST
Whatever may be the background circumstances that led to the filing of the affidavit, a judge has to act as a judge. Alleging conspiracy theories for which they themselves have furnished no evidence does not befit a judge
Wed, Apr 24, 2019
Congress manifesto lays out a plan for resisting populismSubscriber Only
April 05, 2019 00:15 IST
In a context where the populist temptation would have been to act as if India is besieged by enemies round every corner, the manifesto gives a sense of a liberal democracy calmly going about its business confidently, without stigmatising its own citizens.
Sat, Apr 06, 2019
There’s a deep asymmetry of power in our societySubscriber Only
March 29, 2019 04:05 IST
Apparently, a marginal infusion of cash in the hands of the poor will destroy them. But the slightest tinkering with taxes in contexts where it is hard to even imagine what the marginal value of income is, will apparently cause economic catastrophe.
Fri, Mar 29, 2019
The mediation trapSubscriber Only
March 11, 2019 00:31 IST
Framing of the arbitration in Ayodhya dispute as an attempt at reconciliation raises questions.
Mon, Mar 11, 2019
The Seeker of Infinity
March 10, 2019 12:58 IST
A nuanced reconstruction of Ramakrishna Paramhansa’s teachings
Sun, Mar 10, 2019
A means of re-inventionSubscriber Only
March 08, 2019 00:16 IST
For anti-BJP coalition to succeed, the Opposition must see it as an idea, not just an adjustment
Fri, Mar 08, 2019
The road from the brinkSubscriber Only
March 02, 2019 00:04 IST
For India and Pakistan, the bigger challenge is to re-imagine a win-win narrative
Sat, Mar 02, 2019
Who’s winning/losing?Subscriber Only
February 23, 2019 00:44 IST
The anger in India after Pulwama is self-destructively turning inward. Pakistan has won because our public culture has become corrosive. The Pakistani state’s silence in the face of violent proxies is being mirrored in our state’s silence in the face of vigilantism.
Sat, Feb 23, 2019
If political risk of using CBI, ED is so high, why would BJP do it?Subscriber Only
February 08, 2019 00:00 IST
Like the use of religion in politics, anti-corruption works more as a totem for the consolidation of political identity than a genuine desire to clean the system.
Fri, Feb 08, 2019
A Kamdhenu budgetSubscriber Only
February 02, 2019 00:07 IST
Kamdhenu is the divine cow that fulfils all desires. This budget is, in the final analysis, an exercise in Kamdhenu miracle making: It seems to promise something for everyone. But the real secret of Kamdhenu is that there are no miracles.
Sat, Feb 02, 2019
A lover’s quarrelSubscriber Only
January 26, 2019 00:16 IST
Saving the Constitution is not about rescuing a text, it is about renewing a commitment to each other
Sat, Jan 26, 2019
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 Identity
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!
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, 2018Journalism of Courage
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