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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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Its about all of usSubscriber Only
July 03,2009 02:53:39 AM
There come moments in the life of a nation when it has to confront its deepest prejudices and fears in the mirror of its constitutional morality.
Fri, Jul 03, 2009Questions for Mr SibalSubscriber Only
June 29,2009 16:38:15 PM
There is considerable excitement at the prospect of reform initiated by the HRD Minister.
Mon, Jun 29, 2009Who ate his homework?Subscriber Only
June 27,2009 05:23:55 AM
The HRD ministrys 100-day plan has provoked the academic community out of its stupor.
Sat, Jun 27, 2009Century of forgettingSubscriber Only
June 16,2009 00:47:17 AM
The diminution of the humanities and liberal arts in India is astonishing
Tue, Jun 16, 2009The Party of Little MenSubscriber Only
June 13,2009 18:03:22 PM
The form in which the BJP is coming to terms with its defeat explains why it deserved to lose. Many of the explanations have rightly focused on a number of factors.
Sat, Jun 13, 2009Delivery is in the detailSubscriber Only
June 08,2009 00:36:16 AM
Creating universities is the easy part. Reforming HRD ministry will take more doing
Mon, Jun 08, 2009Monopoly religionSubscriber Only
May 26,2009 09:45:30 AM
It is deeply sad that a most gloriously inventive,radical and genuinely pious religious community like the Sikhs now seems to be frequently hostage to a regime of internal intolerance.
Tue, May 26, 2009The triumph and the glorySubscriber Only
May 17,2009 01:55:01 AM
Celebrate the defeat of opportunism,obfuscation and obscurantism
Sun, May 17, 2009The end of Bollywood?Subscriber Only
May 13,2009 15:55:22 PM
The multiplex revolution,the growing influence of 'NRI' audiences have transformed it beyond recognition. An astonishing array of new talent has emerged,the production is a lot more professionalised.
Wed, May 13, 2009End of the American DreamSubscriber Only
May 08,2009 13:13:08 PM
It is deeply interesting that the dominant visual imagery now being used to characterise Indo-US relations is a plateau.
Fri, May 08, 2009Battering ramSubscriber Only
April 29,2009 01:02:18 AM
Congresss propensity for institution-wrecking might cost it this election
Wed, Apr 29, 2009Priyanka’s remarkable moral momentSubscriber Only
April 27,2009 18:05:40 PM
There was something morally poignant about the way in which Priyanka handled the question of her fathers assassination.
Mon, Apr 27, 2009South by northwest?Subscriber Only
April 21,2009 00:45:12 AM
We are yet to come to terms with how destabilising the Talibans presence is
Tue, Apr 21, 2009An Unconscionable ActSubscriber Only
April 15,2009 10:09:27 AM
The news reports of the Supreme Court appointed SITs charges against a leading activist,Teesta Setalvad are truly disturbing.
Wed, Apr 15, 2009The politics of hurtSubscriber Only
April 15,2009 01:35:15 AM
The theme of victimhood is costing the BJP
Wed, Apr 15, 2009Identity markersSubscriber Only
April 07,2009 12:30:54 PM
BJP tags to target,Congress tags to provide noblesse oblige. It is the tagging thats insidious
Tue, Apr 07, 2009Perceptions of G20: IndiaSubscriber Only
April 04,2009 19:14:38 PM
Pratap Bhanu Mehta | Swaraj Aur Samvidhan<br> Perceptions of the G20 Summit are not independent of broader ideological and theoretical commitments of commentators and their sense of causes and effects of this crisis.
Sat, Apr 04, 2009Mirror to each otherSubscriber Only
March 31,2009 17:18:46 PM
Any sophisticated understanding of politics must not hold politicians up to empty standards of idealism or unachievable coherence.
Tue, Mar 31, 2009Mapping the bailoutSubscriber Only
March 25,2009 23:17:27 PM
Postcard from America: why the AIG bonus debate is about more than one company
Wed, Mar 25, 2009Indian Pusillanimous LeagueSubscriber Only
March 24,2009 15:31:32 PM
Pratap Bhanu Mehta | Swaraj Aur Samvidhan<br> In the end one cannot avoid concluding that moving the IPL out reveals so much about Indian democracy.
Tue, Mar 24, 2009Why elections have little to do with who will be our PM?Subscriber Only
March 14,2009 21:09:56 PM
Pratap Bhanu Mehta | Swaraj Aur Samvidhan<br> It is the peculiar dignity of our democracy that anyone can aspire to be Prime Minister. You can be in your thirties or in your eighties.
Sat, Mar 14, 2009Allies like theseSubscriber Only
March 10,2009 00:44:10 AM
BJDs split from BJP is indicative of larger trends in Indian politics
Tue, Mar 10, 2009Let the games beginSubscriber Only
March 02,2009 00:11:30 AM
The peculiar dignity of this election is voters will have the last word. But the last laugh?
Mon, Mar 02, 2009Rahman,Gulzar and other ArtsSubscriber Only
February 25,2009 12:57:36 PM
Pratap Bhanu Mehta<br> There was something distinctly odd and diminishing about the discourse that surrounded Slumdog Millionaire's extraordinary success at Oscars.
Wed, Feb 25, 2009Universal Grabbing CommissionSubscriber Only
February 23,2009 22:49:58 PM
Academics gearing up for appraisal,be scared. Be very scared
Mon, Feb 23, 2009Journalism of Courage
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