Pratap Bhanu Mehta
The Indian Express Group
Tuesday 26 August '08
The proposal to create a dozen new so-called world-class universities, in addition to 16 new Central universities, seems...Tuesday 19 August '08
I do not know how to address Kashmiri leaders. All the appellations that would be used to establish a connection...Wednesday
6 August '08On Amarnath we’re in denial. Let’s admit the communal problem. Then learn the politics of healingWednesday
23 July '08UPA gets a breather. But some baggage of the trust vote needs sorting outFriday
18 July '08There is a political space for a genuinely Left party. It needs conqueringThursday
10 July '08It’s been a long week in Indian politics. Its identity markers will be with us for a whileTuesday
1 July '08The desire to salvage a few remaining slivers of self respect may still impel the Congress to push for the Indo-US nuclear deal.Monday
23 June '08With the cut-off marks for admissions rising, it is hard to know what genuine consolation to give to thousands of disappointed students.Tuesday
17 June '08Depending on your point of view, Narendra Modi’s challenge, on Gujarat’s financial relationship with the Central government...Friday
6 June '08Regressive petro-politics has come at a time of special vulnerability for the political economyTuesday
27 May '08When the Gurjjar agitation started, knowledgeable observers had widely feared that its denouement would be something resembling war.Thursday
15 May '08Jaipur’s founded on a sense of the city as a civilising place; Tuesday’s terror can’t alter thatTuesday
13 May '08The theatrical fracas over the governor of West Bengal’s decision to voluntarily shut off lights at Raj Bhavan exemplifies some deep infirmities in our politics.Monday
5 May '08The US reconsiders role of the state, globalisation and its place in the worldThursday
24 April '08Why the world sees India’s foreign policy as non-serious and whimsical.Friday
11 April '08SC rationalises quota policy by excluding creamy layers and ordering a review.Monday
7 April '08Just try and recall the last time an Indian leader deigned to have a frank talk about casteTuesday
1 April '08It would be easy to dismiss the periodic talk of a third front, as yet another example of the incoherent and overweening ambitions of a motley group of politicians.Sunday
30 March '08L.K. Advani gives a sense that the commitment and character that sustained him remain, but the ideological moorings that gave his life direction seem out of placeTuesday
25 March '08Reform requires artfully using the benefits given to one constituency to neutralise vested interests that oppose...Wednesday
12 March '08Yes, students are on edge. But don’t blame the board exams for thatTuesday
4 March '08With all due respect to the Supreme Court, it is now fair to say that unwittingly some of its orders are giving aid and succourWednesday
27 February '08We must worry about the manner in which the birth of a new nation has been engineeredMonday
18 February '08Yes, Raj Thackeray is wrong. But his political opponents don’t say what the right argument isMonday
11 February '08Let’s face it, our politics and aspirations are becoming more and more urban.
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