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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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July 31, 2015 00:00 IST
Aftermath of his hanging puts at risk presumptive legitimacy of institutions that mediate social division.
Fri, Jul 31, 2015
Return of the pantomimeSubscriber Only
July 25, 2015 00:00 IST
There is mutual accusation. And no hope of cleansing the system.
Sat, Jul 25, 2015
Nalanda is a syndromeSubscriber Only
July 14, 2015 00:00 IST
The rot in higher education set in long ago. Its politics transcends particular governments.
Tue, Jul 14, 2015
The drummer’s silenceSubscriber Only
July 03, 2015 00:00 IST
Modi must heed the warning signs of his government’s diminishing credibility.
Fri, Jul 03, 2015
All of Indira’s Men and WomenSubscriber Only
June 27, 2015 00:00 IST
A chilling account of how they ganged up to take democracy away from India.
Sat, Jun 27, 2015
Many little EmergenciesSubscriber Only
June 26, 2015 00:43 IST
We now have a crackdown we don’t see. It’s less ominous, but equally insidious.
Mon, Jul 20, 2015
Lalit Modi row: PM Narendra Modi should speak upSubscriber Only
June 20, 2015 00:20 IST
A government is always one scandal away from losing political control. Narendra Modi should speak up.
Sat, Jun 20, 2015
At risk, in DelhiSubscriber Only
June 16, 2015 00:00 IST
AAP’s diminishing credibility undermines its promise to transform. BJP’s premature panic casts a shadow
Tue, Jun 16, 2015
Army’s Myanmar strike: Governments don’t sing about covert operationsSubscriber Only
June 12, 2015 00:00 IST
Governments don’t sing about covert operations. Our strategic communication needs a lot more maturity.
Fri, Jun 12, 2015
Book Review: Muslim Cosmopolitanism in the Age of EmpireSubscriber Only
June 06, 2015 00:00 IST
With the end of the Mughal Empire and the rise of British power, the 19th century Muslim intellectual had to reimagine his politics.
Sat, Jun 06, 2015
Higher abdicationSubscriber Only
June 02, 2015 00:00 IST
IIT Madras episode shows up an academic leadership that signed the government’s dotted line.
Tue, Jun 02, 2015
K C Sivaramakrishnan: God’s own civil servantSubscriber Only
May 29, 2015 00:00 IST
KCS was the kind of bureaucrat, scholar who is indispensable to modern India’s foundations.
Fri, May 29, 2015
The elusive ModiSubscriber Only
May 26, 2015 00:00 IST
It is hard to take his measure. All the contradictions of India play out in his persona.
Tue, May 26, 2015
Work fatigueSubscriber Only
May 23, 2015 00:38 IST
The professions that defined middle class aspiration are now sites of a deepening discontent.
Sat, May 23, 2015
Whom do you trust?Subscriber Only
May 14, 2015 00:59 IST
Judiciary or the executive — that’s the key question. Perhaps the NJAC’s compositon, rules need tweaking.
Fri, Oct 16, 2015
Reactions to Salman Khan verdict: That ‘eat cake’ momentSubscriber Only
May 09, 2015 00:01 IST
Reactions to Salman Khan’s conviction reveal an elite that would literally bulldoze everything in its path.
Tue, May 12, 2015
On shakier groundSubscriber Only
May 02, 2015 00:00 IST
Modi government is caught in traps, some structural, some of its own making.
Sat, May 02, 2015
For Better or For WorseSubscriber Only
April 25, 2015 00:00 IST
A survey of our attitude to violence, and the far-reaching changes in the way in which its legitimacy is understood.
Sat, Apr 25, 2015
The new progressiveSubscriber Only
April 22, 2015 00:17 IST
CPM must overcome defeatism, refresh itself to dominate debate.
Wed, Apr 22, 2015
How we failed AmbedkarSubscriber Only
April 15, 2015 00:58 IST
Facing up to him means confronting questions of our own complicity and guilt.
Wed, Apr 15, 2015
My outrage and yoursSubscriber Only
April 07, 2015 00:00 IST
Even those who rush to indict terrorism at every turn seem to treat this incident with nonchalant indifference.
Tue, Apr 07, 2015
The postmodern leaderSubscriber Only
March 24, 2015 00:00 IST
Cleverly, ruthlessly, Lee Kuan Yew ensured Singapore punched above its weight.
Tue, Mar 24, 2015
Reservations, questionsSubscriber Only
March 20, 2015 00:27 IST
SC judgment points to new social justice frameworks struggling to take shape.
Fri, Mar 20, 2015
Losing the plotsSubscriber Only
March 12, 2015 00:02 IST
NDA’s casual amendments do not address core issue of consent in land acquisition.
Thu, Mar 12, 2015
Two experimentsSubscriber Only
March 04, 2015 00:03 IST
With the budget, BJP-PDP alliance, Modi may be charting a new course.
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