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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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Reading RohithSubscriber Only
January 23, 2016 00:14 IST
One can only meditate on the deep truth of his letter, its yearning for a space beyond power and rancour
Sat, Jan 23, 2016
Religious quagmiresSubscriber Only
January 16, 2016 00:01 IST
Can elements of a secular morality be enforced in ways that don’t reinforce a sense of state arbitrariness?
Sat, Jan 16, 2016
A journey to the essenceSubscriber Only
January 11, 2016 00:02 IST
We need to engage with Abhinavagupta to find a language in which to articulate our experience.
Mon, Jan 11, 2016
The recovery of idealismSubscriber Only
January 01, 2016 00:00 IST
It cannot happen where language is corroded, resentment is paramount. In 2016, let’s reset ourselves.
Fri, Jan 01, 2016
Turning Back the Page: The stand-out books of the year 2015Subscriber Only
December 26, 2015 00:38 IST
From a history of Rome to a monograph on Ashoka and a masterful biography of Edmund Burke, the stand-out books of the year examined the intersection of morality and politics.
Sat, Dec 26, 2015
Upside down stateSubscriber Only
December 25, 2015 00:51 IST
We seem happy to hollow out the public sector where we shouldn’t and regulate the private in harmful ways.
Fri, Dec 25, 2015
The coming stormSubscriber Only
December 19, 2015 00:05 IST
Political, economic and institutional dysfunction threatens to cloud India’s prospects
Sat, Dec 19, 2015
Book review – Kissinger: 1923-1968: The IdealistSubscriber Only
December 11, 2015 23:24 IST
The first volume of Niall Ferguson’s biography of Henry Kissinger would have served its subject better if he had submitted him to a Kissingerian analysis.
Fri, Dec 11, 2015
Kathmandu nightsSubscriber Only
December 08, 2015 00:02 IST
Constitutional settlements require a measure of statesmanship and generosity missing in Nepal today.
Tue, Dec 08, 2015
Why every patriot should be worried, and, yes, ashamedSubscriber Only
November 27, 2015 00:12 IST
True patriotism requires you to be able to say that I am ashamed of my country in certain respects.
Fri, Nov 27, 2015
Europe’s challengeSubscriber Only
November 18, 2015 00:21 IST
It is to keep the European project alive — and to find a political solution to the quagmire in West Asia.
Wed, Nov 18, 2015
A vote against hubrisSubscriber Only
November 09, 2015 00:50 IST
Bihar has been transformed from the graveyard of revolutions to a source of new hope.
Mon, Nov 09, 2015
Intolerance protest: It doesn’t take an iota of intelligence to indict Congress on charges of hypocrisySubscriber Only
November 05, 2015 00:01 IST
The Congress is as afraid of coming clean as the BJP is quick to exploit ambiguities on the issue.
Thu, Nov 05, 2015
A lesser evil: Collegium has grave deficiencies, but it compromises structural independence of judiciary lessSubscriber Only
October 17, 2015 00:00 IST
The judiciary came to the conclusion that the NJAC, as currently constituted, would be a threat to judicial independence. It is hard to disagree.
Sat, Oct 17, 2015
Shiv Sena wants to openly acknowledge that criminality and democracy have been fusedSubscriber Only
October 14, 2015 00:10 IST
Shiv Sena’s real threat is this: It can shift markers of language and public norms.
Wed, Oct 14, 2015
As India stays awaySubscriber Only
October 09, 2015 00:48 IST
The Trans-Pacific Partnership has implications for India’s integration with the world economy.
Fri, Oct 09, 2015
Dadri reminds us how PM Narendra Modi bears responsibility for the poison that is being spreadSubscriber Only
October 03, 2015 00:00 IST
Mohammad Akhlaq’s death is a tragedy. It exemplified the depths of the barbarity that lurks behind the veneer of our civilisation.
Sat, Oct 03, 2015
In thrall to the pastSubscriber Only
September 29, 2015 00:05 IST
Nepal’s constitution inaugurates the new, but it protects too much of the old.
Fri, Dec 25, 2015
A book on how Gita Press became a success in redirecting HinduismSubscriber Only
September 19, 2015 00:00 IST
The book is full of incidental insights across a range of subjects: the Hindi public sphere, the economics of publishing, labour relations within the press, new art forms.
Sat, Sep 19, 2015
Mumbai meat ban: ‘Get off the ban-wagon’Subscriber Only
September 12, 2015 00:25 IST
Meat bans violate fundamental liberties, erode state’s secular character, harm the cause of vegetarianism.
Sun, Sep 13, 2015
The good wordSubscriber Only
September 01, 2015 00:00 IST
Use of ‘development’ as a catch-all represents a shrinking of the imagination.
Tue, Sep 01, 2015
Death and the sovereignSubscriber Only
August 19, 2015 00:00 IST
Santhara judgment is court’s bid to colonise ways in which death can be interpreted and life given meaning.
Wed, Aug 19, 2015
PM Narendra Modi has gone from bully pulpit to counsel for defenceSubscriber Only
August 16, 2015 01:02 IST
An Independence Day Speech is not a Report Card on Government; it is as, the Prime Minister put it, “a dawn of new dreams, and new resolve.” Nevertheless even dreams and resolve need to be credible.
Sun, Aug 16, 2015
Independence ennuiSubscriber Only
August 15, 2015 00:00 IST
Instead of matching idea with idea, leadership with leadership, political adversaries match sin for sin.
Sat, Aug 15, 2015
Loud but silent: Modi’s actions are opposite to the mythology surrounding himSubscriber Only
August 07, 2015 01:35 IST
All indications are, India is fated to deal with another missing prime minister.
Fri, Aug 07, 2015Journalism of Courage
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