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1. Article · Jul 26, 2026 · Pratap Bhanu Mehta

   P B Mehta writes: ‘Cockroaches’ have shown us what it means to be courageous citizens — not subjects (opens the original)

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   There are glorious moments when the youth of the nation demonstrate that they are indeed the genuine trustees of posterity, to borrow Benjamin Disraeli’s phrase. A generation that has been catastrophically failed by their elders, who bequeathed to them authoritarianism, communalism, a failing education system, an administrative state marked by impunity, and an atmosphere of suffocating fear, decided to take their future into their own hands. They made a regime and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, i

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2. Article · Jul 9, 2026 · Pratap Bhanu Mehta

   Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: When corruption does not make a political noise (opens the original)

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   The stench of widespread corruption once again wafts over Indian public life. Whether it is repeated examination leaks, shoddy road construction, allegations surrounding contracts, the awarding of environmental clearances, the capture of regulatory agencies, theft from temples, expropriation of private companies, or abuse of public office for real estate deals, a familiar litany of complaints is gathering unprecedented momentum. At issue is not whether any specific claim is true. After all, many

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