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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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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 Worse
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.
Wed, Mar 04, 2015
Me and my mandateSubscriber Only
February 25, 2015 00:03 IST
How Nitish, Rahul and Modi have overplayed their hand
Wed, Feb 25, 2015
Revolution Half-Done
February 21, 2015 04:37 IST
The universe of ideas that once formed JNU is laid out in this new history.
Sat, Feb 21, 2015
Thus spake ModiSubscriber Only
February 19, 2015 22:50 IST
Now he must outmanoeuvre the politics of resentment and zealotry in his parivar.
Thu, Feb 19, 2015
A victory of possibilitiesSubscriber Only
February 11, 2015 00:07 IST
Delhi, BJP looked old. AAP wears imprimatur of a new revolution.
Wed, Feb 11, 2015
Book review: The Promised Land
January 31, 2015 03:29 IST
The depth, texture and brilliance of Dhulipala’s argument are hard to convey in a short review.
Sat, Jan 31, 2015
Article of faithSubscriber Only
January 31, 2015 00:00 IST
Secularism is buffeted by domestic political dynamics as well as global currents.
Sat, Jan 31, 2015
Death and taxesSubscriber Only
January 22, 2015 00:53 IST
Why smart capitalists should demand an inheritance tax.
Thu, Jan 22, 2015
BJP and the AAPositionSubscriber Only
January 14, 2015 00:35 IST
A challenger in Delhi could pierce the complacency at the Centre.
Wed, Jan 14, 2015
Charlie Hebdo attack: The Paris trapSubscriber Only
January 09, 2015 00:45 IST
Every response to the attack on ‘Charlie Hebdo’ seems to feed the perpetrators’ intent.
Fri, Jan 09, 2015
The Centre we needSubscriber Only
January 01, 2015 00:52 IST
Five key transitions the Modi government needs to make
Thu, Jan 01, 2015
Top of the Shelf
December 27, 2014 04:15 IST
The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam was philosophically acute, but politically deeply problematic.
Sat, Dec 27, 2014
OPINION: What Vajpayee would doSubscriber Only
December 25, 2014 00:05 IST
He would agree: Christmas mustn’t be encumbered by ‘Good Governance Day’ hubris.
Fri, Dec 26, 2014
When You Say Nothing At All
December 20, 2014 02:46 IST
The spectre of silence looms large over Pranab Mukherjee’s narrative on the events of the tumultuous Seventies.
Sat, Dec 20, 2014
Pakistan needs a new storySubscriber Only
December 20, 2014 00:13 IST
Fighting the Taliban will be a long haul. Better relations with India will make it easier
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