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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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My tragedy is I have to fear my supporters more than my attackers.
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Fukuyama is as erudite as ever, but his catchall analysis does not add to the literature of political sociology
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At Kathmandu, Modi could seize the chance, sketch a new regional imagination.
Fri, Nov 21, 2014
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November 15, 2014 00:06 IST
There is nothing more than bad faith in the Left and Congress’s crocodile tears over the decimation of higher education.
Sat, Nov 15, 2014
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November 07, 2014 00:05 IST
How a charismatic leader was undone by the smaller mistakes.
Fri, Nov 07, 2014
Two deludedSubscriber Only
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Left is flailing. But India’s right also substitutes abstract logic for historical judgement.
Wed, Oct 29, 2014
Centre, state, ModiSubscriber Only
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Will the BJP’s dominance rework federal equations?
Wed, Oct 22, 2014
Criticism in the age of Narendra ModiSubscriber Only
October 16, 2014 00:42 IST
He honed in on the yearning to defeat defeatism. How do you lock horns with that?
Thu, Oct 16, 2014
Maximum mistrustSubscriber Only
October 10, 2014 01:06 IST
Our fascination with surveillance-based discipline stems from a culture of control.
Fri, Oct 10, 2014
A new bully pulpitSubscriber Only
October 04, 2014 03:35 IST
Modi intuits link between communication and change. There’s no other game in town.
Sat, Oct 04, 2014
Katherine Armstrong traverses a vast arc, but this is ice skating, not deep sea diving
September 27, 2014 03:17 IST
Katherine Armstrong's Fields of Blood charts the complicated relationship between religion and violence across a wide arc of history.
Mon, Sep 29, 2014
War of blunt positionsSubscriber Only
September 27, 2014 00:18 IST
Supreme Court itself has muddied constitutional interpretation beyond recognition.
Sat, Sep 27, 2014
Two lonely powersSubscriber Only
September 19, 2014 01:13 IST
The US and China are isolated in their own ways.
Fri, Sep 19, 2014
Past is politicalSubscriber Only
September 06, 2014 00:05 IST
A potent mix of nostalgia and unresolved hurt has come to drive world politics.
Sat, Sep 06, 2014
Not in a fit stateSubscriber Only
August 29, 2014 00:02 IST
Recent economic logjam underlines need to remake the state for the 21st century.
Fri, Aug 29, 2014
Self made in IndiaSubscriber Only
August 15, 2014 15:35 IST
The clear message was that our big problems are not market failure or state failure, but social failure.
Sat, Aug 16, 2014
Needed, PEST controlSubscriber Only
August 12, 2014 00:27 IST
Because this government’s actions are brewing potential education sector troubles
Tue, Aug 12, 2014
Spectacle of dead endsSubscriber Only
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Gaza’s tragedy: All sides have given up on problem, are only trying to win argument.
Thu, Aug 07, 2014
Achhe din, like old timesSubscriber Only
July 29, 2014 00:52 IST
Government has quickly descended into a mix of trifles, alibis and risk averseness.
Tue, Jul 29, 2014
Some judgement, pleaseSubscriber Only
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Judicial appointments row, stoked by Katju revelations, is not about reform.
Thu, Jul 24, 2014
Reading Nietzsche in IndiaSubscriber Only
July 12, 2014 03:21 IST
How a dialogue across continents shaped modern Indian thought.
Sat, Jul 12, 2014
Building half-bridgesSubscriber Only
July 11, 2014 00:12 IST
Government doesn’t get it. Problem is not decision making, but state capacity.
Fri, Jul 11, 2014
Teaching in tonguesSubscriber Only
July 02, 2014 00:16 IST
How our overheated language politics affects learning outcomes.
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