Pratap Bhanu Mehta
The Indian Express Group
Saturday 13 June '09
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.Monday 8 June '09
Creating universities is the easy part. Reforming HRD ministry will take more doingTuesday
26 May '09It 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.Sunday
17 May '09Celebrate the defeat of opportunism, obfuscation and obscurantismWednesday
13 May '09The 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.Friday
8 May '09It is deeply interesting that the dominant visual imagery now being used to characterise Indo-US relations is a “plateau.”Wednesday
29 April '09Congress’s propensity for institution-wrecking might cost it this electionMonday
27 April '09There was something morally poignant about the way in which Priyanka handled the question of her father’s assassination.Tuesday
21 April '09We are yet to come to terms with how destabilising the Taliban’s presence isWednesday
15 April '09The news reports of the Supreme Court appointed SIT’s charges against a leading activist, Teesta Setalvad are truly disturbing.Wednesday
15 April '09The theme of victimhood is costing the BJPTuesday
7 April '09BJP tags to target, Congress tags to provide noblesse oblige. It is the tagging that’s insidiousSaturday
4 April '09Pratap Bhanu Mehta | Swaraj Aur Samvidhan 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.Tuesday
31 March '09Any sophisticated understanding of politics must not hold politicians up to empty standards of idealism or unachievable coherence.Wednesday
25 March '09Postcard from America: why the AIG bonus debate is about more than one companyTuesday
24 March '09Pratap Bhanu Mehta | Swaraj Aur Samvidhan In the end one cannot avoid concluding that moving the IPL out reveals so much about Indian democracy.Saturday
21 March '09Pratap Bhanu Mehta | Swaraj Aur Samvidhan One of the most fascinating contests in this electoral season will be in West Bengal. For the first time in three decades the Left looks seriously vulnerable.Saturday
14 March '09Pratap Bhanu Mehta | Swaraj Aur Samvidhan 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.Tuesday
10 March '09BJD’s split from BJP is indicative of larger trends in Indian politicsWednesday
25 February '09Pratap Bhanu Mehta There was something distinctly odd and diminishing about the discourse that surrounded Slumdog Millionaire's extraordinary success at Oscars.Monday
2 March '09The peculiar dignity of this election is voters will have the last word. But the last laugh?Monday
23 February '09Academics gearing up for appraisal, be scared. Be very scaredSaturday
21 February '09Pratap Bhanu Mehta | Swaraj Aur Samvidhan Pakistan's agreement with the Taliban in the Swat region may turn out to be a catastrophically momentous event in South Asia.Sunday
15 February '09A witty and argumentative take on the numerous issues of our timesFriday
13 February '09Pratap Bhanu Mehta Our freedoms are under threat again. The editor of the Statesman was arrested for reproducing an article by Jonathan Hari, "Why Should I Respect These Oppressive Religions?"
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