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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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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, 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?
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, 2018
Common minimum resolveSubscriber Only
July 14, 2018 00:10 IST
The opposition needs to reopen a political debate on institutions, sign on to a charter for institutional reform
Sat, Jul 14, 2018
Blame it on the liberalsSubscriber Only
June 28, 2018 00:14 IST
Liberal-bashing is fun: You can say that they are not liberal enough and target them for being liberal too
Thu, Jun 28, 2018
A crisis in plain sightSubscriber Only
June 19, 2018 00:15 IST
Delhi saga showcases poison of recrimination, institutional subversion, pettiness at highest levels
Tue, Jun 19, 2018
Trump’s disruptionsSubscriber Only
June 14, 2018 00:10 IST
In the end, what he is doing may have more significance than who he is
Thu, Jun 14, 2018
The Shangri-La momentSubscriber Only
June 06, 2018 00:20 IST
PM Modi’s speech framed continuities, nuance in foreign policy. It needs full force of India’s example behind it
Wed, Jun 06, 2018
Where anything goesSubscriber Only
May 29, 2018 00:09 IST
Message of Cobrapost sting: Media subservience to power, its contempt for the citizen.
Tue, May 29, 2018
The seething stateSubscriber Only
May 23, 2018 00:01 IST
Amid increasing communalisation in Assam, anxieties are deepening over the Citizenship Amendment Bill.
Wed, May 23, 2018
In Defence of Progress
May 19, 2018 00:15 IST
A vigorously written, widely-researched and powerful defence of the Enlightenment
Sat, May 19, 2018
Heroes & villains of oldSubscriber Only
May 08, 2018 01:01 IST
Cow, namaz, historical monuments, Jinnah — we are back to cultural issues in the prelude to Partition
Tue, May 08, 2018Judicial quicksandSubscriber Only
April 25, 2018 00:20 IST
We can endure neither Court’s loss of legitimacy nor all the attempts being made to overcome it
Wed, Apr 25, 2018
The Definitive Truth
April 14, 2018 00:43 IST
Tridip Suhrud amps up Gandhi's original text by resuscitating some of its lost nuances and offering invaluable contextual pointers
Sat, Apr 14, 2018
Kathua, Unnao: Shame on usSubscriber Only
April 13, 2018 00:14 IST
In Kathua and Unnao, just blaming politicians is another way of exonerating ourselves
Fri, Apr 13, 2018Journalism of Courage
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