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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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Hijab debate is a pretext for institutionalising state crueltySubscriber Only
February 23, 2022 03:30 IST
Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: Progressives in India have fallen into the trap of being seen to oppose or defend the hijab, where the truth is that it is presumptuous to do either
Wed, Feb 23, 2022
Lata Mangeshkar was India’s inner voiceSubscriber Only
February 07, 2022 03:20 IST
She represented us collectively. She also represented each one of us in our singularity
Tue, Feb 08, 2022
Kumar Gandharva exemplifies the unity of form, meaning and beingSubscriber Only
January 13, 2022 03:03 IST
🔴 Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: By the time he took his last breath, he had not only become one of the greatest musicians of all time, he had arguably become the highest point of Indian culture
Fri, Jan 14, 2022
A separate entrance test for DU won’t solve anythingSubscriber Only
January 08, 2022 03:03 IST
🔴 Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: The pressure on Delhi University will be eased if our regional universities are vastly improved
Sat, Jan 08, 2022
Can 2022 be a year of cooperation?Subscriber Only
January 01, 2022 04:00 IST
Let us hope that the world can steer clear of the conflicts that the major crises of 2021 seem to have made inevitable
Tue, Jan 04, 2022
Is there really no alternative to BJP and Modi?Subscriber Only
December 29, 2021 03:50 IST
🔴 Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: Amnesia about recent history, pessimism lie behind the persistent refrain, ‘There is no alternative’.
Thu, Dec 30, 2021
The limits of the Hindu vs Hindutvavadi debateSubscriber Only
December 16, 2021 03:01 IST
🔴 Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: Don’t expect the metaphysical project of defining a true Hindu to bell the political cat of building a decent society
Thu, Dec 23, 2021
Repealing AFSPA will not weaken, only strengthen ConstitutionSubscriber Only
December 09, 2021 04:35 IST
Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: It is necessary for restoring constitutional sanity, stopping the permanent othering of Nagaland.
Fri, Dec 10, 2021
Is crypto mania more a symptom than a cause?Subscriber Only
November 27, 2021 03:00 IST
🔴 Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: We must ask what makes it alluring in the first place, instead of rooting for its ban.
Sun, Nov 28, 2021
What the withdrawal of controversial farm laws meansSubscriber Only
November 20, 2021 04:30 IST
Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: It dents government’s image of total control, but whether it leads to a constructive dialogue or a sharpening of contradictions remains to be seen
Sun, Nov 21, 2021
We need greater global cooperationSubscriber Only
November 08, 2021 03:53 IST
Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: In new era of great power rivalry, countries are choosing to preserve national supremacy over global problem-solving. This will have consequences.
Tue, Nov 09, 2021
What is the harassment of Aryan Khan really about?Subscriber Only
October 26, 2021 03:51 IST
Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: It's not about establishing that everyone is equal before the law. There are larger ideological connections here.
Wed, Oct 27, 2021
Violence and communalism: South Asia’s disturbing commonalitySubscriber Only
October 20, 2021 03:10 IST
Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: Fundamentalists, even as they create walls between communities, recognise that South Asia has a connected destiny: They bank on it to achieve their ends
Thu, Oct 21, 2021
What the attacks against minorities in Kashmir revealSubscriber Only
October 09, 2021 03:55 IST
Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: India’s security environment is precarious, its political future fragile, and its human sympathies dead. It will require a great act of statesmanship to overcome these challenges.
Sun, Oct 10, 2021
The Quad is an important political signal. But it will be testedSubscriber Only
September 28, 2021 03:44 IST
Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: It is consolidating at a moment when its grade on the three ‘Cs’ — Climate, Covid and Critical Technologies — is, from the point of view of the rest of the world, already a ‘C’.
Wed, Sep 29, 2021
A new English translation of Gyan Chaturvedi’s Hindi classic satire Baramasi kindles nostalgia but labours emotionallySubscriber Only
September 25, 2021 13:30 IST
Translator Salim Yusufji has done a commendable job with Alipura, in deftly recreating a vanished way of life and character portrayals — but the tragic absurdity of their situation is lost in translation
Sat, Sep 25, 2021
What 9/11 unleashed on usSubscriber Only
September 11, 2021 04:00 IST
PB Mehta writes: The twin crises of liberal statecraft and of authority from Saudi Arabia to Afghanistan are still with us.
Sun, Sep 12, 2021
The little farce of Brahmin welfare schemes is a sign of India’s great tragedySubscriber Only
September 08, 2021 03:45 IST
Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: It reflects a nation with diminishing prospects for everyone, encouraging them to reach into the narrowest-minded conceptions of identity and calling it social justice.
Thu, Sep 09, 2021
What the global flow of guns tells us about how states failSubscriber Only
September 02, 2021 03:55 IST
Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: The supply of weapons matters, and unless controlled, acquires an autonomous dynamic. The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is the latest example
Fri, Sep 03, 2021
The American withdrawal from Afghanistan and the sins of empireSubscriber Only
August 21, 2021 04:00 IST
Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: Fundamentalism draws its motivating energy from cultivating grievance against imperial hierarchies. The US management of the withdrawal will give fillip to fundamentalism’s deepest psychological impulses.
Sun, Aug 22, 2021
At 75, will India embrace the logic of freedom or Partition?Subscriber Only
August 14, 2021 04:00 IST
Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: One concentrates on the true foundation of national greatness, the other creates an impostor-like substitute. One is premised on fear, the other on hope.
Sun, Aug 15, 2021
US vs China is the new Cold WarSubscriber Only
August 05, 2021 03:30 IST
Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: It’s a bumpy ride ahead, with China seeking to displace America and remake the world order in its own image
Thu, Aug 05, 2021
Why Roberto Calasso told stories of the godsSubscriber Only
August 01, 2021 06:30 IST
Remembering the Italian writer and publisher who passed away last week.
Sun, Aug 01, 2021
What the Pegasus surveillance scandal means for Indian democracySubscriber Only
July 21, 2021 03:02 IST
Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: It has great implications for our institutions. Government cannot sidestep questions by alleging conspiracy
Wed, Jul 21, 2021
How India and China are shaped by the idea of national humiliationSubscriber Only
July 06, 2021 03:30 IST
Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: While China uses it to legitimise authoritarian rule, India’s lack of egalitarianism makes it harder for national humiliation to be owned equally.
Tue, Jul 06, 2021Journalism of Courage
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