Furore after Modi critic quits top Indian university

In this file photo taken on January 9, 2012 former president Abdul Kalam (second left) presents the Infosys Prize 2011 to President and Chief Executive of Centre for Policy Research Pratap Bhanu Mehta (second right) along with nobel laurette Dr Amartya Sen (left) and President of the Board of Trustees, Infosys Science Foundation T.V. Mohandas Pai, at a function in Bangalore. The resignation of one of India's most prominent intellectuals and fierce government critics from a top university has sparked student protests and worries about freedom of speech in the world's biggest democracy. Pratap Bhanu Mehta, a respected scholar on political theory and constitutional law, had long been dismayed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, firing off stinging editorials and speeches denouncing the "death of liberalism". - AFP

NEW DELHI, March 21 (AFP): The resignation of one of India's most prominent intellectuals and a fierce government critic from a top university has sparked student protests and worries about freedom of speech in the world's biggest democracy.

Pratap Bhanu Mehta, a respected scholar on political theory and constitutional law, had long been dismayed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, firing off stinging editorials and speeches denouncing the "death of liberalism".