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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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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, 2021
The religious life of Indians, according to a recent surveySubscriber Only
July 02, 2021 04:10 IST
Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: Indians are committed to religious diversity, but exclusionary and segmented in toleration, and tempted by authoritarianism.
Fri, Jul 02, 2021
Women as temple priests: An idea whose time has comeSubscriber Only
June 22, 2021 03:50 IST
Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: Not just social engineering, there are good religious grounds for opening all ritual functions to women. The rest of India must follow Tamil Nadu’s example
Tue, Jun 22, 2021
Has the blackbox of UAPA finally been opened?Subscriber Only
June 18, 2021 03:41 IST
Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: Bail order for Asif Tanha, Natasha Narwal and Devangana Kalita is a welcome effort to prevent our civil liberties from being swallowed up by the black hole of state power.
Fri, Jun 18, 2021
Can the G-7’s ‘Cornwall Consensus’ give new direction to globalisation?Subscriber Only
June 12, 2021 04:24 IST
Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: If the G-7 wants to truly exercise more leadership, it will have to convince the world that all its new principles are not simply ruses to serve only the interests of the developed world.
Sat, Jun 12, 2021
How ‘The Dharma Forest’, a retelling of the Mahabharata, deep dives into the question of meaning and futilitySubscriber Only
June 06, 2021 08:28 IST
Keerthik Sasidharan’s incandescent masterpiece points at, among many things, the fact that the very thing that gives your life meaning also raises questions of accountability
Sun, Jun 06, 2021
Why isn’t the prospect of long-term economic stagnation giving us nightmares?Subscriber Only
June 02, 2021 03:44 IST
Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: Even as we battle Covid, we have to think about what will truly reverse the diminishing of our economic fortunes.
Wed, Jun 02, 2021
For the sake of Indian democracy, the UP governance model needs to be challengedSubscriber Only
May 21, 2021 03:30 IST
Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: A moral psychology legitimising an unprecedented ruthlessness is now becoming the default of civil society in the state.
Fri, May 21, 2021
Israel’s actions are destroying the moral legitimacy of its own claimsSubscriber Only
May 14, 2021 03:20 IST
Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: The world cannot ignore the Palestinian question, which is not an object of geo-political opportunism, but one of basic dignity and justice.
Fri, May 14, 2021
We need temporary reconciliation, a national action plan. PM must take leadSubscriber Only
May 07, 2021 03:50 IST
Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: If our politics continues as usual over the next few months, the devastation to our lives will be immeasurable.
Fri, May 07, 2021
The ruthless politics of the Centre’s vaccine strategySubscriber Only
April 28, 2021 04:15 IST
Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: Our vaccine policy reflects an ad hoc social Darwinism, where the strong do what they can and the weak suffer because they must
Wed, Apr 28, 2021
Weaponising faith: The Gyanvapi Mosque-Kashi Vishwanath disputeSubscriber Only
April 13, 2021 04:50 IST
The Gyanvapi order combined with the Supreme Court’s willingness to entertain a plea challenging the Places of Worship Act could open another communal front.
Tue, Apr 13, 2021
On Myanmar, India has to decide whether it is on the side of the futureSubscriber Only
March 31, 2021 03:00 IST
By sidelining even the most basic humanitarian impulses in its response to Myanmar crisis, India will neither realise its ideals nor its strategic objectives.
Wed, Mar 31, 2021
This election is a reality check for BengalSubscriber Only
March 12, 2021 02:51 IST
How West Bengal's revolutionary and progressive self-images hid the '4 Cs' of its politics — caste, communalism, corruption and coercion.
Fri, Mar 12, 2021
The Haryana bill is constitutionally indefensible, politically cynicalSubscriber Only
March 05, 2021 02:00 IST
Domicile-based preferential policies indict the economy as a whole, suggesting a pessimism about both education and job creation
Fri, Mar 05, 2021
India, Pak, China must build on de-escalation, resist hubris that exults in unilateral triumphalismSubscriber Only
March 02, 2021 04:00 IST
If all three powers, China, Pakistan and India, can draw the appropriate lessons in humility, there is hope for regional politics to turn over a new leaf
Tue, Mar 02, 2021Journalism of Courage
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