Summary: Indian academic, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, or PBM joins Mosharraf and Fasi in a wide-ranging conversation about India, urbanization, our complex past, and our complicated future. And yes, we talk Bollywood, and Priyanka Chopra too. Pratap does is one of India’s finest and most influential public intellectuals. Based in New Delhi, Pratap heads the Centre for Policy Research think-tank, and writes a weekly column for the Indian Express. Learn more about Pratap here: http://www.cprindia.org/people/pratap-bhanu-mehta Both Mosharraf and Fasi are big fans. Fasi’s favourite PBM pieces? “I am Sanskrit” by Pratap Bhanu Mehta, December 8, 2014 http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/i-am-sanskrit/ “Why every patriot should be worried, and, yes, ashamed” by Pratap Bhanu Mehta, November 27, 2015 http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/who-is-a-patriot/ Mosharraf’s favourite PBM piece? “A new bully pulpit” by Pratap Bhanu Mehta, October 4, 2014 http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/a-new-bully-pulpit/99/ Hope you enjoy. As always our entry and exit song is Adil Omar and Talal Qureshi’s “Nighat & Paras”.
