'Indian mathematicians learned something from Babylonians, Greeks and Romans, they also taught some brilliantly new ideas to mathematicians elsewhere in the world.'
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Engagement with reasons of justice is particularly critical in identifying the overwhelming priorities that we have to acknowledge and overcome with total urgency. A good first step may be to think more clearly – and a little more often – about what
BY Amartya Sen 10 August 2008
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Given what the country has done for Indian IT, it is not silly to ask: what specially can the IT industry do for India (other than what happens automatically without any deliberate pursuit of non-business ends)?
BY Amartya Sen 15 February 2007
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It is surprising that independent India has not yet been able to rescind the colonial era monstrosity in the shape of Section 377, dating from 1861
BY Amartya Sen 15 September 2006
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The world can become more secure and more fair only if we close the educational gaps, and remove the enormous disparities in educational access, inclusion and achievement.
BY Amartya Sen 3 November 2003
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The protests against globalisation are often ungainly, ill-tempered, simplistic, frenzied and frantic, even highly disruptive. And yet, they also serve the function of questioning and disputing the unexamined contentment about the world in which we l
BY Amartya Sen 10 December 2002
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