Amartya Sen

Breaking India virus has upgraded itself, but Delhi is still using the old, almost expired antidote

‘Breaking India 1.0 was aimed at poor people in the villages and trying to convert them, make them fight the system, etc. Breaking India 2.0, in sharp contrast, targets the children of the elites and brainwashes them,’ says Rajiv Malhotra

75 years: Have Midnight’s Children come of age?

Salman Rushdie, midnight’s child himself, stayed stuck in the past while the others moved ahead

One in every five houses in West Bengal faced some food crisis during COVID lockdown: Report

The study, 'Staying Alive COVID 19 and Public services in West Bengal', said that the reporting of food crisis by households belonging to the Scheduled Tribes community of the state was higher as compared to other social groups

Current situation in India has become a cause of fear, says Nobel laureate Amartya Sen

The Nobel prize winner Amartya Sen said that he wants the country to be united and doesn't want division that was 'historically liberal'

Teesta Setalvad is just the tip of anti-India iceberg

To think that Tee​sta Setalvad’s arrest alone would be enough to fix anti-India, anti-Hindu and anti-Modi narratives would be foolhardy

Amartya Sen to be honoured with Spain's Princess of Asturias Award 2021 for his efforts to promote 'justice, freedom and democracy'

The 50,000-euro award (US$ 61,000) is one of eight prizes, including in the arts, communications and sports, handed out annually by the Asturias Princess Foundation, which is named for Spanish Crown Princess Leonor.

Amartya Sen asks Visva Bharati University to withdraw allegations of illegal landholding

The Nobel laureate economist made the demands after the university asked the West Bengal government to measure his plot to resolve the dispute

People of Bengal won't be worthy heirs of Tagore and Netaji if they don't reject communalism, says Amartya Sen

The Nobel laureate has been in the middle of controversy after the Visva Bharati university reportedly wrote to the West Bengal government alleging that dozens of land parcels owned by it were wrongfully recorded in the names of private parties, including Sen

Amartya Sen thanks Mamata Banerjee for 'support, reassurance' in land row with Visva Bharati University

Last week, the university wrote to Bengal govt claiming the Nobel laureate had illegally occupied its land. However, Mamata spoke in Sen's favour and said he was being targeted for his 'anti-BJP stance'

Visva Bharati-Amartya Sen land row: Nobel laureate accuses university VC of acting on Centre's behest

A controversy erupted on Thursday when reports said that the university wrote to the West Bengal govt alleging that land owned by it was wrongfully recorded in the names of private parties, including Sen