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Amartya Sen
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At 23, Amartya Sen finished the work for his PhD in one year and then set up an economics department
An excerpt from the Nobel Laureate’s memoir, ‘Home in the World’.
Amartya Sen
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Amartya Sen: ‘World is facing pandemic of authoritarianism’
In his speech accepting the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade on October 18, Sen emphasised the importance of dissent and debate.
Amartya Sen
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‘Niti’ or ‘Nyaya’: The real injustice that should keep us awake at night
The realisation of justice in the real world is even more important than the existence of institutions and rules meant to ensure justice.
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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Full text: Amartya Sen's letter on how the government got him to step down as Nalanda University chancellor
"The government can turn an academic issue into a matter of political dispensation if it feels unrestrained about interfering," says the winner of the Nobel prize for economics in a letter to the members of the governing board of Nalanda University.
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Golden age of Indian mathematics was inspired by Babylon and Greece: Amartya Sen
At an event to honour the six winners of the Infosys Prize in Kolkata last week, the Nobel Prize winner noted that the progress of knowledge depends on learning from other cultures. This is the full text of his speech.
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