We request to have a another round of interview with Mr. Mehta again after his resignation from Ashoka University and in the context of Farmers, bankers, students and middle class agitating on various issues

Why don't you interview ex PM Manmohan Singh, a renowned economist of his time.

One of the most clear talk by Mr Bhanu. Really very clear explanation by Sir. He spoke without any fear or barriers. I have never heard anyone speaking in so unbiased manner

BJP - More Dangerous then Coronavirus

thank you Karan Thapar for this great interview. Will be remembered for decades to come as one of the finest and far-sighted journalism in these tragic times. More power to you sir!

60 minutes well spent! It's treat to listen to Pratap Bhanu Mehta! He is sharp in any political analysis whether it is column or interview!

Just love the command of Language Knowledge Intelligence Nobleness Frankness You need guts to speak the Truth under current Authoritarian Fascist Government. Big fan of this 2 Gentlemen.

In Indira's India HC could set aside her election while she was PM. Today even SC could not order a simple inquiry in Rafael or Loya case leave aside other matters. Except Bhakti everyone understands the reality.

BP Mehta is a delight to read and listen to as well.

It was a pleasure to listen into this kind of academic discussion, without shrill and FULL of substance. Thank you both. Regards

Finally someone said that the Indian society and it's people need to confront the question of what all this madness says about us.

It's good to see someone having an open and honest interview as it should be. Karan has paid a heavy price for questioning Modi in the past so I give him credit for not being afraid to stand up against and ask the right questions.

Delight to hear Mr. PB Mehta ! 👌

Except on paper Modi does not believe in democracy. He is gradually taking India back to a medieval system. The prime minister of a complex country needs to be educated and humane. Someone who unites everybody and takes the country forward. This gentleman is right. Especially his remark that the poison is already spreading in the system.

Pratap Sir is so well spoken. It's a delight to listen to him eloquently expreess his words.

Didn’t see this kind of realistic discussion in recent time, it’s kind academic discussions. Thanks a lot @TheWire

Pratab Bhanu, you are a clever intelligent and exceedingly perfect diplomat 👍👍 Not a single question you answered leaving any doubt, yet you gave apt answers to tricky questions. I am like most very impressed. Cheers to a gentleman Atleast we have some left 😃

This was the level of journalists and experts just a few years back....! Six years to be precise. It's such a shame that the media has reached such pathetic lows in so little time! This interview is making me nostalgic. A breath of fresh air in all round filth! A break from gutter level journalism of arnab, sudheer and deepak.

When such two sensible and noble persons have a beautiful and inspiring discussion our hopes and faith came alive again...Mr.Karan and Mr. Pratap you are the ray of hopes for us...please save India...🙏

Thanks to *the wire* The anchor whom I highly admired, And the guest to out and speak the truth, Our constitution is in danger... If one truly adhere to our constitutional values and held dear to the preamble... Believe so- you are, we are the real Indians... Jai Hind From Manipur.

First Genuine academic on any channel, first proper interview thank you Karan Thaper, you are a breath of fresh air. This is a proper wake up call for people who believe in democracy.

Brilliant person. India should be proud of such people. We need more people like him in South Asia.

This interview fully exposed coward actions of fascist rulers thank you both of you

Excellent is an understatement for this interview! This surely must have gone over the heads of the right wingers! Because of the ideology that they bow to - Being irrational!

So well spoken and articulated by Pratap Bhanu Mehta. This was indeed a very interesting and informative interview.

oh Mr Mehta's analysis and statements are so true that it is deeply troubling and depressing.. dont know where India is heading

I’m from nepal and i thought our country has most inept politicians in the whole world but indian politician are in whole another level. I Recently started to study about Indian history and Indian politics. Damn your country is being messed up. Being an outsider and a citizen of a very poor underdeveloped country i was always wowed by india’s development but now after knowing all this i’m stunned. We nepali may be poor weak and marginalized and politicians may be corrupt inept and stupid but at least they don’t preach against constitution and try to divide whole country in the name of faith. PS: I don’t even have words for indian media 😓😓

Brilliant interview, living far away in the USA this gives me some hope

"SOCIETIES never destroy their institutions , rather ELITES do that !" 👍 very true BP sir!!!

Sad state of India, a great country being reduced to nothing and most of its people aren’t realising it :(

what a beautiful discussion between two gentlemen explaining the current situation. Still we have the good journalism

PBMehtaa,I like your article in Indian Express

Outside India we've also started to view Modi as Fascist.He seems to b in election mode 24×7 leaving the citizens on the mercy of his RSS goons(ministers included).

It is said that you get a govt, you deserve. Have we really fallen so low?

A real mirror shown to the country. bad times ahead

Few brave hearts remain to speak the truth. least a civilian could do is appreciate this bravery.

It feels like I'm going through a nightmare. 😨😰😰

If anurag is married then his wife must ask him why he wants his sala be shot dead? If anurag has a sister perhaps her husband will be delighted to know anurags desire. Pahari rajas were cowards as per history.

Two Intellectual’s Great Interview. Very sad the Digital Media are all acting like stooges of the Government. Undeclared Emergency.

I do have a lot of faith in this great country of mine, which is and remains one of the greatest civilizations on earth. I'm hopeful that we will emerge out of this. Though I must admit that these have been difficult days. I work as an Assistant Professor, teach English, at a University called Jamia Millia Islamia. As "religion" is/has become a marker in recent discourse, I was born a half Parsi and a half Shia Muslim and I studied in Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan, a school in New Delhi, which was founded by the great K. M. Munshi, with fellow school friends from all walks of life. On Fridays in school, we had the Sardharma prayer too. I'm not even criticizing the government exactly as I write this, with my official affiliation too. I'm only making my anguish as a citizen clear. I would also like to state here that the great Mahatma, Mahatma Gandhi, had said that he would go about begging with a bowl if Jamia faced financial troubles, which it did in its long history. Jamia was founded at Mahatma Gandhiji's call to found an Indian system of education as against Aligarh Muslim University, which was British education model. Jamia has a Balak Mata Kendra, we have a nursery, we have a school, we have BA students, we run postgraduate courses, we have PhD; we do have Engineering, we have the Dental Faculty... When 1947 took place, teachers from Jamia went to the camps, imparting life skills to the ravaged people. A friend of my father, his father-in-law was a "friend" of Jamia; he took an oath to teach in Jamia till his retirement or till he could, taking no money at all as his salary. Jamia had these committed teachers in its history, who took such oaths. This is the history we come from. Jamia remains one of the most secular institutions that I have known. As a maternal Parsi and as a paternal Shia Muslim-- minority in Jamia in both ways-- I don't think I could say I have found instances of personal vilification against me. My anguish is against a lot of media outlets (let's forget the political class) which seem to have conveniently forgotten the work that we do everyday and the work that we have done. Jamia Millia Islamia University does not deserve bad publicity at all. As it is, we do not always get good publicity. Virender Sehwag was one of our students. So, was Gagan Ajeet Singh. I saw this in front of my eyes as a Faculty here. My thoughts. Sorry for this long post. Thank you for listening. Sorry if I have offended anyone with my rational, logical thoughts. Best wishes and blessings to everyone.

Also there is no immediate solution to such naked fascism that too with such a following. The people will have to use the ballot.

Thank you Karan and the wire for this serious selfless work

Mr Mehta is one of the most eloquent people I have seen/viewed online. His opinions maybe open to interpretation, but it does not take away from the clarity of his eloquence.

Truly speaking India is in the right track under the bold hand of Modi . Right now India is Biswaguru.We r really proud to be Indians.

My suggestion to wire that , if this interview will also make in Hindi language

I come here to hone my vocabulary.

6:20 Calling for violence just got real. God save the country.

Thank you Mr.Mehta- In was indeed very inspiring & Enlightening !

aaj kunal kamra ko teen airlines ✈ ne ban kiya six months k liye.. q k kamra ne arnub goswami se sawal pucha tha... ye dictatorship nhi to aur kya hei👿👿

Sad but true reality of current India.. Mehta sir is absolutely correct on all things...

kudos to Karan Thapar for conducting such interviews. Worth watching. And to Pratap Bhanu as well.

I watch this with a heavy heart. We are entering a long dark night, a Third Reich of our own

Karan, Your last sentence..... "On a rather depressing note, ...." loved it. I pray that a Good dictator lives and rules long enough to change the foolish and hypocrites in India.

I am quite proud to the fact that I never fell for Modi and his minions ideas and gimmicks, when almost everyone of this country went gaga over him. Few times I even have to pinch myself to convince i am alive when my mind said things like DeMo are wrong but the entire world was blindly accepting it. It was quite obvious from the early years Modis days in Gujrat how a narcistic bastard he is. Now get ready for a lost decade.

Brilliant and insightful episode. Thank you, Messrs Thapar and Mehta, for providing viewers with a certain clarity. Jai Hind. Jai Bheem.

Mr Thapar, Thank you for another excellent interview.

Who is this person. He seems more intelligent than rest of rss + bjp combined

Brilliant interview. Thank you both.

Wonderful interview with Pratap Bhanu Mehta! A pleasure to listen to him!

While the discussion was quite informative and interesting, it is alarming to realize that social fabric is poisoned and torn to the extent that now I fear we would be short of masiha who bring the cart back on track

Karan thapar 🦁

The biggest & the most dangerous impact of this regime is setting a precedence legitimizing authoritarianism, how civil liberties, institutions & corporate India can be compromised, if not crushed. From here on, every regime can fall back on this strategy and there will always loom a danger of this being repeated & legitimized

There has to be some silver lining to present depressing times...

After long time enjoyed the one to one honest conversation covered very important points on institutions way they are working.

A treat to watch and listen.. stark truth told politely subtly and forcefully enough.. Kudos to Karan and Wire..

Thanks a ton Karan and Mr. Mehta. Amazing insightful interview.

The police and armed forces.. I wonder how many are against or agree with the draconian policies

Wow !.....what an interview. Great guest ....very articulate.....enlightening

Informative Conversation.

Worth listening to this kind of interview

Delighted to listen to this enlightened gentleman!

26:50 there is a prediction that's come true now for Delhi.

....happy to comment FIRST : "HOW MARVELOUSLY FAIR ARE YOU, ....KARAN THAPAR, ALWAYS..... KUDOS....!!!" B E S T W I S H E S ...!!!

It's beautiful to see too many intellectuals actually speaking about the dirty political agenda. Yet it's terrifying to see where it is headed.

Why does he look like Manish Sisodiya's elder Brother?😂

Courageous man Mr. Prathap bhanu.👍. Now this interview can explain why he had to resign from ashoka university

BJP is trying to make a Hindu Pakistan... The choice is stark - whether one wants a Secular India or the BJP.

What an amazing interview Two well spoken guys with such interesting views 👏👏👏👏👏

Exactly we need a refugee law which encompasses every community. Refugees are a worldwide problem and we need a comprehensive law to deal with their situation and not some narrow minded amendment to the citizenship act which not only signals out a community but also put India's relation with say Bangladesh and Afghanistan in a not so savory mode. If India wants to be a global and regional power it needs to forgo this narrow minded politics and look at the bigger picture.

One of the finest interviews!

All the good educated People please please help India be United as we are..... Do not let BJP to divide us with religion or by the food or dress .. Pls support us all to be proud Indians together..

The interview was a great confluence of two thinking heads. Every question was fielded with aplomb and a tinge of humour and candor. A great hour spent with two lucid minds. Hats off.

Simply put, Brilliant. What a rich, unbiased and comprehensive coverage of critical issues that India is facing today. All in just one hour. A must watch for all serious and concerned residents of India. A compulsory for university students. Kudos to Mr. Thapar (as always) and Prof. Mehta.

WOW... Kudos to both of you... absolutely BRILLIANT Interview

Only AK and AAP deserves to rule at the center.

Great analysis, & so coherent

Just fantastic! We need more voices to be heard very load and clear..

An exceptional intellectual of India

What a fine mind Bhanu Pratap Mehta. Thank you for being what you are. May your tribe increase

Brutally handled issue modi govt Rohit vemula hanging issue Jnu violence Jk issue Bhimakoregaon issue Caa nrc issue Urban navlxal New concept issue Tukde Tukde gang Loya judge murder issue Rbi pillars destroyed Economy destroyed Bsnl 98k employee remove Use 2times reserve cash Increase loan international bank Evm issue increased People's not believe court Rong use media and govt institute cbi ed GDP growth 2.5 a history of India

What a pleasure watching this great interview, so deeply academic & educative👍. Why can't we have a similar level of enlightening discussions in Hindi?, the absence of such exposure in Hindi has kept vast Hindi speaking majority in ignorance?. Of course there are some journalists like Ravish Kumar & others who are doing similar level of work but definitely Hindi heartland needs such awakening.

It is a treat to watch interviews by karan thappar ji!! Truly the Nation is strong if people are kept together and undivided!!!

Brilliant debate

Karan Thapar is a legend! I could listen to him interview anybody. Wish a lot more of his old interviews get posted here on KZfaq.

Everyone should watch this interview. Such a detailed explanation of the current situation of our country. This video needs to reach out to as many people as possible. I hope people listen to each and every point with calmness and understand the present governments' actions and its implications irrespective of the political party one supports.

Great to see people talking about such vicious politics in such an aloquent way! Indeed spending an hour!

I have always found Dr Mehta's work very deep and informative. This interview was no different. However, I was hoping to hear a best possible case for Modi just to understand how some sane minded people still support him.

This is shocking analysis, everyone need to realize where we are heading and start preparing to face it and defeat the sinister motive of the current regime whatever peaceful way each of us can, otherwise they will destroy India and current generation and future generation will pay a heavy price irrespective of religion or class

At least the country has one intellectual who can call a spade and spade....and a media person who can ask probing questions to examine the current situation we are in . Thank you both for an enlightened discussion.

Amazing! An erudite and in-depth analysis of the Indian situation by Metah Sab. He unfolds the hidden way of slowly emerging Indian Hindu rashtra. An ideology to give direction to the move, a committed group of leaders to propagate and defend the view and a legitimising style by the institutions those are to be custodians of civil liberties and a mass to follow all these! A helpless general public as blind and deaf People as Indian society. All these are the signs of our dying or decaying democracy. O how deep is my country falling!