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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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Integrity,not incentivesSubscriber Only
December 29,2009 03:40:08 AM
The year draws to a close in a morally unsettling way. The horror of the Ruchika case draws not simply from the original crime and...
Tue, Dec 29, 2009Acts of choiceSubscriber Only
December 22,2009 03:04:34 AM
The institutional improvisations of Indian democracy confound predictions and principles. The decision to make voting compulsory in local...
Tue, Dec 22, 2009Sizeable mattersSubscriber Only
December 16,2009 02:40:17 AM
The clamour for smaller states should ignite a debate on the nature of the state
Wed, Dec 16, 2009Gamble on Pak,not AfSubscriber Only
December 10,2009 02:24:59 AM
Afghanistan is a complicated military and political challenge. Even those who agree on political objectives in Afghanistan...
Thu, Dec 10, 2009Under the Minds MicroscopeSubscriber Only
December 05,2009 22:25:06 PM
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Sat, Dec 05, 2009The measure of our strengthSubscriber Only
November 26,2009 02:09:19 AM
The The terrorists who attacked Mumbai on 26/11 wanted to attack the Indian state. Instead,they unwittingly ended up displaying the power of the Indian people.
Thu, Nov 26, 2009Mirror unto ourselvesSubscriber Only
November 25,2009 02:05:23 AM
One of the abiding tragedies of modern India has been that the Babri Masjid dispute could never be dealt with within a forensic legal framework.
Wed, Nov 25, 2009Degrees of half measuresSubscriber Only
November 17,2009 02:32:32 AM
The proposed reforms in Indias premier university,Delhi University,shed interesting light on the institutional challenges of reform in India and offer wider lessons.
Tue, Nov 17, 2009Scattered bricksSubscriber Only
November 09,2009 03:26:06 AM
Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall,we are still inquiring what came later
Mon, Nov 09, 2009The original Mrs GSubscriber Only
October 30,2009 01:53:43 AM
Have we forgiven her in part because she was a Napoleonic figure of sorts?
Fri, Oct 30, 2009Testing the examSubscriber Only
October 24,2009 02:47:07 AM
Can a purely meritocratic society be anything but stressful?
Sat, Oct 24, 2009The liberal paradoxSubscriber Only
October 08,2009 03:30:47 AM
There is an abiding paradox in Indo-US relations that calls for deeper reflection. From Indias point of view,those whom we think of as liberals...
Thu, Oct 08, 2009The Afghan testSubscriber Only
September 29,2009 00:22:41 AM
How the US goes forward on Afghanistan will determine its sense of its power....
Tue, Sep 29, 2009Anti anti-hypocrisySubscriber Only
September 16,2009 02:47:14 AM
Is the relentless exposure of hypocrisy a good thing for a democracy? Questions over the relationship between the...
Wed, Sep 16, 2009Decentralised destinySubscriber Only
September 07,2009 02:38:47 AM
Tweaking VC appointments will not work without making universities truly independent....
Mon, Sep 07, 2009Jaswants JinnahSubscriber Only
August 22,2009 15:38:29 PM
Jaswant Singh opens up serious and interesting questions,but fails in resolving them
Sat, Aug 22, 2009Party to differencesSubscriber Only
August 20,2009 02:42:51 AM
This is not about Jinnah. It is about the state of the BJP...
Thu, Aug 20, 2009The Coming TandavaSubscriber Only
August 09,2009 17:19:54 PM
The West Bengal Governor,Gopal Gandhi,has powerfully stated a widely perceived truth.
Sun, Aug 09, 2009Long road to reformSubscriber Only
August 07,2009 03:36:41 AM
The recent episode over the Judges (Declaration of Assets & Liabilities) Bill is a reminder of just how difficult genuine judicial reform is going to be.
Fri, Aug 07, 2009Making sense of PakistanSubscriber Only
July 31,2009 04:57:40 AM
The prime minister must use his political capital wisely on his big initiative....
Fri, Jul 31, 2009The Balochistan reference: Blunder,Gamble or Guilt?Subscriber Only
July 28,2009 15:49:47 PM
In international relations,perhaps even more than in domestic politics,perceptions drive issues more than reality.
Tue, Jul 28, 2009What class are you in?Subscriber Only
July 23,2009 00:27:12 AM
Educating children into a culture of equality in the face of immense inequality
Thu, Jul 23, 2009Resisting the arrogance of intellectSubscriber Only
July 21,2009 02:43:21 AM
Our generation,mercifully,has little sense of what it means to philosophise as if the very existence of civilisation depended on it.
Tue, Jul 21, 2009Subjects to citizensSubscriber Only
July 16,2009 00:44:11 AM
The long road from New Delhis welfare schemes to local delivery....
Thu, Jul 16, 2009The nuclear games beginSubscriber Only
July 13,2009 13:06:25 PM
As many skeptics had suspected,123 Agreement was not going to be the end of India's quest for recognition in global order.
Mon, Jul 13, 2009Journalism of Courage
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