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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 die is castSubscriber Only
October 01, 2016 01:04 IST
India’s government may want calibrated strategic escalation, but this genie will not be put back in easily.
Sat, Oct 01, 2016
The Uri challengeSubscriber Only
September 21, 2016 00:09 IST
Remember, this is a state where defeat led to even more militarisation and radicalisation; this is a state that is willing to bear the cost of great internal violence, so a little more experience of internal violence will hardly dent it
Wed, Sep 21, 2016
The Opposition is making Narendra Modi look larger than he isSubscriber Only
September 15, 2016 00:06 IST
Arvind Kejriwal, Nitish Kumar, Rahul Gandhi, they all seem diminished.
Thu, Sep 15, 2016
Not majority vs minoritySubscriber Only
September 06, 2016 00:05 IST
Reconfigure triple talaq debate: It is about individual freedom and equality vs coercion and subordination
Thu, Oct 13, 2016
Jain lessons for HaryanaSubscriber Only
September 02, 2016 00:00 IST
The issue is not taming politics with dharma. It is how to understand dharma differently.
Fri, Sep 02, 2016
What is Kashmiriyat?Subscriber Only
August 27, 2016 00:00 IST
Or insaniyat? Or jamhooriyat? In Kashmir, so-called solutions are riddled with contradictions and divisions
Sat, Aug 27, 2016
Playing the Baloch cardSubscriber Only
August 18, 2016 00:02 IST
The truth in India’s new position is this: We have acknowledged that India, Pakistan are deeply hyphenated.
Thu, Aug 18, 2016
GST: A constitutional adventureSubscriber Only
August 06, 2016 00:11 IST
Institutionalisation of the GST regime has more than a touch of romance; it is also practically wise
Sat, Aug 06, 2016
The limits of vengeanceSubscriber Only
July 30, 2016 00:13 IST
Anti-corruption movement produced political churning, but left institutional issues unaddressed.
Sat, Jul 30, 2016
Paradox of changeSubscriber Only
July 23, 2016 00:20 IST
Gujarat unrest and misogyny against Mayawati show while Dalit lives have improved, conflict has increased
Sat, Jul 23, 2016
Terror and powerlessnessSubscriber Only
July 16, 2016 01:15 IST
Will attacks, like the one in Nice, ultimately bridge serious differences between great powers?
Sat, Jul 16, 2016
After Burhan Wani’s killing, an illusion is shattered in KashmirSubscriber Only
July 13, 2016 00:50 IST
How does one address words to Kashmir? What do you say in a political context where all texts are sub texts, all ends dead ends?
Thu, Jul 21, 2016
PM Narendra Modi’s new team shows his capacity to think politically, keep an eye on the futureSubscriber Only
July 07, 2016 00:12 IST
An attribute of this cabinet reshuffle is the recognition that politics is, first and foremost, about social mediation
Thu, Jul 07, 2016
The great delusionSubscriber Only
June 29, 2016 00:58 IST
India’s claim is not in doubt, but its NSG bid shows machismo more than maturity.
Wed, Jun 29, 2016
Brexit is a revolt of a significant section of England against itselfSubscriber Only
June 25, 2016 01:18 IST
With Britain voting to leave the European Union, we are now entering a brave new world
Sat, Jun 25, 2016
The dead ends of Uttar PradeshSubscriber Only
June 23, 2016 00:08 IST
One way of skirting them in the next polls is to bring trifurcation of the state on to the political agenda.
Thu, Jun 23, 2016
Intolerant liberals?Subscriber Only
June 14, 2016 00:02 IST
Liberalism needs to recover the noble lie that ideas are not politics by other means.
Tue, Jun 14, 2016
Pretext, Text, Context
June 11, 2016 01:02 IST
Islam is best explained by investigating its contradictions, instead of wishing them away
Sat, Jun 11, 2016
A Rajan a daySubscriber Only
May 31, 2016 00:15 IST
When government creates a credibility crisis for itself, premium on anyone who looks half-credible goes up.
Tue, May 31, 2016
Contradictions in the Modi government are still muddying its identitySubscriber Only
May 26, 2016 00:50 IST
Modi government’s backward-looking instincts keep pulling down its forward-looking mission.
Thu, May 26, 2016
A BJP-dominant systemSubscriber Only
May 20, 2016 00:04 IST
Now in power in states like J&K and Assam, the BJP will be on test for its nation-building capacity
Fri, May 20, 2016
Supreme Court’s judgment on criminal defamation is the latest illustration of a syndromeSubscriber Only
May 18, 2016 00:01 IST
Our punitive impulses are an expression of deep institutional failure.
Wed, May 18, 2016
Congress after UttarakhandSubscriber Only
May 12, 2016 00:35 IST
The lesson should not be to exult in a moral high ground, but to realise that the party is still tottering.
Thu, May 12, 2016
Game of visasSubscriber Only
April 30, 2016 00:02 IST
India comes across as trying to compete with China by being China. It’s not a winning strategy.
Sat, Apr 30, 2016
After MandalSubscriber Only
April 23, 2016 00:16 IST
A new alignment of incentives and unrest is emerging . It could make reservations an important political axis
Sat, Apr 23, 2016Journalism of Courage
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