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Questioning the fairness of the bureaucratic process, Sen demanded strict documentation from citizens who may not have access to those things. Adding that administrative processes and periodic revisions are necessary, but these must not come at the cost of fundamental rights.
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Professor David C Engerman on interviewing and writing about 6 famous South Asians who gave the world development economics.
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The situation in Bangladesh affects me deeply because I have a strong Bengali sense of identity, Amarty Sen told PTI
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MAMI Gala Premiere: US-based economics professor-cum-filmmaker Suman Ghosh on Puratawn (The Ancient), talking films with economist Kaushik Basu, making Amartya Sen documentary, his censored film 'Aadhaar', and downfall of Bengali cinema and literature.
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The fake death industry never sleeps!
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The first fake post on Amartya Sen's alleged death was traced back to Tommaso Debenedetti -- an Italian school teacher who is infamous for spreading hoax tweets from fake accounts to expose weak links in the media.
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One of the reasons why the hoax tweet on Amartya Sen's alleged death went viral was because it appeared to be shared by another Nobel prize winner in Economics -- Claudia Goldin.
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The 90-year-old economist also said the UCC surely has a link with advancing the idea of "Hindu Rashtra".
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The economist has earlier asserted that most of the land he held in the Santiniketan campus was purchased from the market by his father while some other plots were taken on lease.
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"It has been found from records and physical survey/demarcation that you are in unauthorised occupation of 13 decimals of land belonging to Visva Bharati..." the letter said.
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Amartya Sen, who was in Kolkata to attend a private function organised for school children by his trust -- Pratichi -- also said that "ignorance and illiteracy" have led to some of these differences.
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"I think if someone asks me if I'm scared of something, I would say yes'. There is a reason to be afraid now. The current situation in the country has become a cause for fear," the celebrated economist said at the inauguration of Amartya Research Centre in Salt Lake area.
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Speaking in an online discussion organised by Pratichi on Sunday, Sen said that children are suffering a lot as schools are closed but also concerns over their health cannot be ignored if campuses reopen.
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When he was 10, Amartya Sen heard his family discuss an impending famine. 'I was not yet absolutely sure what a famine really was, but I was full of apprehension', he writes in his memoir. An excerpt.
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India was better placed to fight the pandemic because of its pharma manufacturing prowess and also higher immunity levels, the noted economist said while speaking at an event organised by the Rashtra Seva Dal late Friday evening.
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Unlike a famine which makes it to the front pages of newspapers, there is very little interest about the systematic underfunding of public health
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The Nobel laureate asserted that the Visva Bharati land on which his house is situated is entirely on a long-term lease, which is nowhere near its expiry.
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Speaking on the controversy about Sen allegedly being in illegal possession of Visva-Bharati land, Banerjee has claimed that the celebrated economist was often targeted because of his anti-BJP stance.
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The COVID-19 pandemic brings a new perspective to the Sen vs Bhagwati 2014 debate.
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"For any kind of protest, opposition unity is important. Then protests become easier. Unity is important if the protest is for a proper cause," Sen told journalists here on Monday night.
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"He (Sen) stays abroad, he is not aware of the ground realities. It will be good for everybody if he continues to stay abroad," Dilip Ghosh said.
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Speaking at a book release function here, Sen recalled that when he was in school in Shantiniketan, West Bengal, a visitor asked the students who are the greatest persons. There was a division of opinion between Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore.
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Rather than using GDP as the metric to measure economic well-being, India must look at a more holistic system, such as the OECD Better Life Index
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Sharply criticizing the BJP government at the Centre, Sen said a party having got "31 per cent votes and ill motives in politics" came to power in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
