- The man who got Joseph Stiglitz and Amartya Sen to know Bihar wellTalking about economics, society and politics of Bihar, Shaibal-da would coin new idioms to define the paradox that is Bihar.
- Space for debate shrinking, says Amartya Sen; BJP disagreesThe celebrated economist deplored that young activists like Kanhaiya Kumar, Shehla Rashid and Umar Khalid were often treated like enemies. Reacting sharply to Sen's views on allegedly shrinking space for debate and dissent, BJP's West Bengal unit chief Dilip Ghosh said his contention was baseless.
- Amartya Sen asks Visva-Bharati to withdraw allegation that he is illegally holding landA controversy had erupted on December 24 last year, the day PM Narendra Modi addressed the centenary celebrations of Visva-Bharati, when media reported that the university has written to the West Bengal government alleging dozens of land parcels owned by it were wrongfully recorded in the names of private parties including Sen.
- People of Bengal won't be worthy heirs of Tagore, Netaji if they don't reject communalism: Amartya Sen"Secular parties can differ in their detailed programmes, but the importance of rejecting communalism must surely be a strongly shared value. The Left parties should have no less a commitment to that than the TMC (in keeping the state secular)," Sen told PTI in an email interview.
- Amartya Sen being attacked for airing views against Union govt: Mamata BanerjeeCM Banerjee last week had written a letter to Sen expressing her anguish after Visva Bharati, a central university, had said that Sen's family was in "illegal" possession of land on the campus.
- Planning Commission like body to be formed in Bengal to honour Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: Mamata Banerjee"Netaji's Planning Commission has been dissolved by the central government. They have named it (the new body which replaced the institution) Niti Aayog or Niti Niyog, I do not know. Earlier, I used to go for meetings of the Planning Commission which sought suggestions from each state. Now we cannot share our views," Banerjee said.
- 'Count me as your sister': Mamata writes to Aamartya Sen on land rowSpeaking 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.
- View: Drawing buckets from well-being and its importance for policymakingOur analysis is based on the India Human Development Survey, 2015. It contains a representative all-India panel survey over 2005-12, which included over 42,000 households. Individuals aged 15 and above were asked whether they were worse off, just the same, or better off between 2005 and 2012.
- CAA violates constitutional provisions: Amartya SenThe Nobel laureate said what really should matter for deciding citizenship is the place a person is born, lived and so on.
- Friendship must for intellectual progress: Amartya Sen“The role of friendship applies not only across the national boundary but also within the borders of a country. Division and violence within groups and sects that political separatists promote even within a nation act as a barrier to intellectual progress within a nation as well as across nations.," he said.
- Amartya Sen, Satyarthi among over 225 global leaders to call for $2.5 trillion COVID-19 response planThe letter, signed by over 225 past and current leaders from around the world, calls for the G20 Summit to be convened urgently to address the health and economic crises in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and to put forth a global recovery plan.
- Why South Asians pip East Asians to top roles in USResearchers from MIT Sloan School of Management, Columbia Business School and the University of Michigan focused on three key aspects — prejudice, motivation and assertiveness, and found that East Asians lose out on leadership roles as compared to South Asians due to the cultural differences in communication and assertiveness.
- ‘A Bengali has done the nation proud’: Mamata Banerjee and Amartya Sen celebrate Abhijit Banerjee’s Nobel victoryThe Bengal CM was one of the first ones to fete the half-Bengali, half-Konkani economist.
- Nobel laureate Amartya Sen honoured with Oxford University's Bodley MedalThe medal is the highest honour bestowed by the University of Oxford's world-famous Bodleian Libraries.
- The coming Lok Sabha polls will bring "good result", hopes Amartya SenSen alleged that the amount of money spent for improvement of health and education is not enough in this country.
- Bags from Ghana, books from India gifted by Banerjee and Duflo to Nobel museumEconomist couple Banerjee and Duflo, who on Tuesday received Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel from King Carl Gustaf, also paid a customary visit to the museum in the Stortorget in Gamla Stan, old town area here as part of the Nobel week celebrations.
- Of cabbages and kings, onions and GDPGDP runs the risk of turning into numbers that make the mind number and number.
- Abhijit was an economist by accident, but is an ace cook, says mother NirmalaAn eminent economist in her own right, Nirmala said she was reading a book at home when her younger son broke the news.
- Cong’s minimum income scheme based on Amartya Sen’s poverty indexCongress’ Bhalchandra Mungekar, who is part of the manifesto committee, said: “If BJP can waive off loans to the tune of Rs 3,16,000 crore of 10-15 industralists, our scheme is very much doable.”
- Intellectuals like Amartya Sen have always misled society: BJPThe BJP today came down heavily on Amartya Sen, likening him to people who have always misled the society.
- Lack of attention on education, health magnified in Modi rule: Amartya Sen"20 years ago, of the 6 countries in this region, India was the second best after Sri Lanka. Now it is the second worst," said the Nobel-winning economist.
- How India's water ends up everywhere but IndiaPutting so much water into rice grains and swelling cotton bolls seems a criminal waste of a precious resource.
- Intellectuals are cowards & opportunists: Bengal BJP chief Dilip GhoshThe entire state is burning. Opposition leaders and workers are being murdered by TMC goons, says BJP President Dilip Ghosh.
- View: Time for India to pursue economic policies that have borne fruit across the worldThe trouble is that NDA did little to remedy the deficiencies that were there, and instead consolidated and hugely enlarged the lacunae.
- View: People’s aspirations have grown, fewer want to sell pakodas for a livingI will stick my neck out and guess that the rise in reported unemployment is real, but what is behind it is in part a shift in attitude.
- Reason to worry over Basirhat violence: Amartya SenWhy is it happening? Is it because someone is inciting it? There is reason to worry over this, said Amartya Sen.
- Non-communal, non-BJP parties should ally for 2019 polls: Amartya SenWe must not take back our hands when it comes to fighting communalism, Sen said.
- Harvard versus hard work redux: What Amartya Sen said and how Rajiv Kumar responded"Things have gone pretty badly wrong... It has taken a quantum jump in the wrong direction since 2014," Amartya Sen said.
- Wish Amartya Sen spends some time in India to see structural reforms: Niti Aayog VC"I actually would like to challenge him to show me another period of four years where so much work has been done for the making India cleaner, inclusive and more caring economy," Kumar said.
- Talking to India’s most famousThe book 'Peerless Minds' defies contemporary trends and features long-form interviews.
- Atmosphere of fear in universities threat to democracy: Amartya SenSen, known for his strong views, said that he has no hope of the Narendra Modi-led government doing enough to improve health sector in the country.
- Demonetisation decision taken hurriedly: Amartya Sen"This project is very successful in TN, partly in UP and other states. But in WB the performance is average," he said after attending a programme of the trust here.
- Censor Board wants to mute 'cow', 'Gujarat' in documentary on Amartya SenIn the documentary, Sen speaks of the rise of right wing nationalism across the world including India.
- Opposition didn't handle Presidential election properly: Amartya SenHe said the opponents of the Bharatiya Janata Party resorted to tactics while choosing their Presidential candidate rather than sticking to their principles.
- Demonetisation despotic action, undermines trust: Amartya Sen"It's (demonetisation) a disaster on economy of trust. In the last 20 years, the country has been growing very fast. But it is all based on acceptance of each other's word," he said.
- When Amartya Sen was all-praise for Air India crew!The economist appreciated the efforts of 2 cabin crew members during a Delhi-London flight in January.
- Democracy is damaged when people are afraid to speak out: Amartya SenStifling expressions of private concern and public interest is very problematic for any kind of political participation, says Amartya Sen.
- Academic freedom becoming alien thought in India: Amartya SenThe Nobel laureate observed that elements of liberty and fraternity were facing a "difficult time" in India and people are "afraid" of speaking against the government.
- Amartya Sen describes caste divisions as 'anti-national'"I would say caste is anti-national because it divides the nation. We want to be national, not anti-national, for which it is important to eliminate all divisions."
- Note ban an unguided missile fired unilaterally: Amartya SenHe also called the note ban an unguided "missile" fired "unilaterally" by the government without adhering to the democratic conventions.
- Amartya Sen calls for political engagement to end inequalities in IndiaThe 84-year-old leading Indian economist and philosopher said he would carry on doing his best through the trust he had set up after his Nobel Prize for Economics in 1998.
- Fight against intolerance should not be seen as 'hopeless': Amartya SenThe leading Indian economist was speaking on the topic of 'Religious intolerance and its impact on democracy' presented by Pakistani human rights activist Asma Jahangir.
- Sundar Pichai is the most global Indian; SBI most patriotic brand, shows surveyPriyanka Chopra follows at number 2, while economist, Amartya Sen is at the third spot.
- RBI does not decide anything anymore, PM Modi does: Amartya SenSen further said the RBI was quite independent when Raghuram Rajan was Governor. It was served by illustrious persons like IG Patel and Manmohan Singh
- RBI doesn't decide anything, decisions taken by Modi: Amartya SenHighly critical of the demonetisation, Sen opined that it has failed to eliminate black money though Modi would continue to get the 'benefit of doubt'.
- Amartya Sen's 9-year-long association with Nalanda University endsNobel-Laureate economist Amartya Sen's nearly a decade-long association with Nalanda University comes to an end as government reconstitutes the governing body of the institute.
- Frustrated not with India, but governance of India: Amartya SenIn yet another attack on the BJP-led government at the Centre, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has said he is not frustrated with India, but the governance of India.
- Bob Dylan to Amartya Sen: Laureates who went missing for the Nobel announcementAmartya Sen was in NY to attend a memorial service when a phone call at 5.30 am woke him up, startling him with the news.
- Need tolerance in India 'very badly': Amartya SenNobel Laureate Prof Amartya Sen asserted that India right now needs tolerance "very badly".
- Amartya Sen docu row: Pahlaj Nihalani says beeped words show contempt for India, could hurt peaceNihalani said that the removal of words is wrongly being seen as pro-government 'chamchagiri'.
- Documentary row: Amartya Sen refuses to comment, asks Govt to reach out to 'shareholders'The Censor Board had asked for the removal of the words 'çow' and 'Gujarat from a documentary on the Nobel laureate.
- Bihar is victim of Amartya Sen's intellect: Giriraj SinghThe BJP's Nawada MP, has stoked several rows in the past over his controversial remarks including one against Congress President Sonia Gandhi.
- Muslims a poor lot in West Bengal: Amartya Sen’s reportIn a shocking revelation, the report says, only 1 per cent households are fortunate to have salaried jobs in the private sector as their main source of income.
- Anti-demonetisation experts like Amartya Sen stand exposed: Economist Jagdish BhagwatiJagdish Bhagwati is a professor of Economics, Law, and International Relations at the Columbia University. He said PM Modi's position was unassailable.
- Nobel Museum curator’s top picks: Rabindranath Tagore & Amartya SenThe institution in Stockholm features photos of Nobel laureates and a wide range of artifacts relating to them.
- Government shouldn't dominate Presidency University: Amartya Sen"Presidency would certainly want government's help, but (it should) not (be) dominant," Sen said at a lecture at the university in Kolkata.
- Despite severe flak, Bengal BJP leader Dilip Ghosh sticks to comments against Amartya SenHe also lashed out at a "section of intellectuals" in the state who, he alleged, were serving their own interests rather than that of the society.
- Health, education neglected more in NDA regime: Amartya Sen"Education and healthcare were neglected by the UPA govt and it is more neglected by the present govt," the noted economist said at an event here.
- Ensure job creation with focus on rural unemployed: Pranab MukherjeeMukherjee said recent figures suggest a "marked improvement" in the reduction of unemployment ratio in urban areas but the rural areas continue to face troubles.
- Tradition of Nalanda is firmly against divisiveness: Amartya SenAmartya Sen said that the revived university in Bihar will be unique and depend upon its "old glory" while it embarks upon its new journey.
- Interference in academic matters extreme under NDA: Amartya SenHe, however, says this is not the first time that a government has interfered in academic matters with its own views.
- Lack of leadership in Congress: Amartya SenNobel Laureate Amartya Sen today said there was lack of leadership in Congress and the party could not fulfil what the people expected.
- Amartya Sen skeptical over PM Narendra Modi's idea of secularismAmartya Sen expressed skepticism about PM's idea of secularism, asserting he would like to see "more action" in reaching out to the minorities.
- Very low inflation for a long time bad for growth, a 50 bps cut would have been better: Kaushik Basu"Foreign investors worry about the mood of a country and the social side which we ignore can have a long run"
- Why censor body should not be deciding the films you should watch and the words you should hear in themIndia's film censor board has been accused of arbitrarily curbing creative freedom. Top filmmakers are up in arms against this disturbing trend.
- Nalanda University to start classes in September: Amartya SenNalanda University is all set to start two post-graduate courses - Historical Studies and Ecology and Environment Studies.
- Amartya Sen is right on growth and developmentHe is correct. No nation has grown out of poverty to prosperity without taking care of the basic needs of its people.
- Kaushik Kaushik Basu takes over as IEA president"Basu's leadership kicked off with the closing of IEA's 18th World Congress in Mexico, at which Basu spoke, along with Cornell's Ravi Kanbur," the Cornell University said in a statement.
- India losing a skillful economic thinker: Amartya Sen on Raghuram Rajan's exitNoting that he is not a great admirer of the Narendra Modi government, the economist said the administration may have to decide what it wants in its policy.
- Hope BJP realises global role of Nalanda University: Amartya SenSen said the sanctioned amount for ten years has been Rs 2,727 crore for all recurring and capital expenditures, including creating a new campus.
- Amartya Sen says won't reconsider decision to quit Nalanda University"It is not about my tenure, it is about academic freedom....they (government) have decided not to have me", the 82-year-old said.
- Amartya Sen to quit Nalanda University, alleges political interference; MEA refutesSen has withdrawn his candidature as Nalanda University Chancellor for a second term, saying the Modi govt does not want him to continue.
- No attempt to curtail Nobel laureate Amartya Sen's tenure: GovernmentThis delay, as well as the uncertainty involved, is leading, in effect, to a decisional gap, which is not helpful to Nalanda University's governance and its academic progress.
- Government wants me to cease being Chancellor of Nalanda University: Amartya SenThe Bharat Ratna also rued that academic governance in India remains "so deeply vulnerable to the opinions of the ruling government".
- Scientist Swati Piramal is going back to Harvard!Piramal is attending the institution's Commencement 2017 ceremonies.
- India's health sector dismal: Amartya SenStating that India's health sector is in a "dismal condition", Nobel laureate Amartya Sen today said over reliance on private health sector is dangerous.
- Nobel laureate Amartya Sen wins new UK awardEminent Indian economist and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has been named as the first winner of a newly established award in the UK, in recognition of his work on welfare economics.
- Like UPA, Modi govt ignoring healthcare: Amartya Sen"There is no barrier to learning as big as coming to school on an empty stomach. Midday meals are doing something for it," he added.
- Scientific progress helped by sharing of ideas, says Nobel laureate Amartya SenNobel laureate Amartya Sen said the march of civilisation and scientific progress was driven through time by "international and inter-regional exchange of ideas".
- Kailash Satyarthi's autographed chair, Amartya Sen's bicycle at Nobel museumThe museum has over 230 such signatures. Famous signatories include Barack Obama, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, economist John Nash and DNA-discoverer James Watson.
- Harvard talks back to hard work: Professor finds Modi's election victory like a Bollywood blockbusterIn one of his speeches, Modi had spoken of "Harvard" and "hard work", implying his instinctive understanding of India was better than the academic approach.
- Nalanda University to provide free education to poor: Amartya SenThe Nalanda University will arrange for funds through its own sources to pay for fees of the students of poor economic background upon admission.
- Modi govt world's most anti-intellectual: Chidambaram"It (the government) even thinks that Amartya Sen, professor at Harvard is undeserving of any respect. It thinks that Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard are all useless," he said.
- Hard work more powerful than Harvard: PM Narendra ModiHis remark came against the backdrop of Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University and Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen.
- Left was dislodged from power in Bengal after changing industrial outlook: Amartya Sen"I think that even in Leftist thoughts there are many flaws. Without applying reasons it was often decided - what to do or what not to do," Sen said.
- Chandan Mitra regrets remarks against Amartya SenSen had earlier said that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi should not be the Prime Minister of the country. This had led Mitra to hit out at him.
- The Amartya Sen model: Support Congress, no matter whatIt is disheartening to see Nobel laureate Amartya Sen drifting so far to the Left that he cannot see the obvious benefits of growth and jobs
- Amartya Sen backs Bihar’s growth modelNobel laureate Amartya Sen on Sunday backed Bihar's growth strategy, arguing that growth was not independent of social transformation.
- India needs fundamental change in politics: Amartya SenNobel laureate economist Amartya Sen has said that India needs a fundamental change in politics to usher in an inclusive and equitable growth.
- RBI autonomy important, retain its special status: Montek Singh AhluwaliaHe was of the view that it would be much better to accord special status to RBI and let it be examined by some Parliamentary Committee in open public hearing.
- India's most intense dialogue with Nobel FoundationIndia accounts for every sixth person who walks on the globe and the number of Nobel Awards won by Indian citizens amounts to a mere 0.45% for a country of 1.3bn.
- Calling Modi's note ban move despotic is cuckoo cloud stuffWelcome to the latest slugfest. Amartya Sen has denounced demonetisation as "despotic". But Bhagwati, calls demonetisation "courageous".
- George Yeo's exit from Nalanda University: Arvind Panagariya chooses to stay mumYeo, who was the former foreign minister of Singapore, is not the first to quit on the ground of reduced autonomy of the university.
- One has to be accountable irrespective of credentials as scholar: Prakash JavadekarPresident Pranab Mukherjee, in his capacity as the Visitor of the University, approved the reconstitution of the Governing Board in accordance with provision of the Nalanda University Act, 2010.
- Death sentence does not serve as deterrent: Amartya SenAmid the nationwide debate over giving rapists the death penalty, Nobel prize winning economist Amartya Sen is not in favour of capital punishment, saying it does not serve as a "deterrent" and "preventive function".
- AAP can become a major force in India, says Amartya SenNobel Laurette Amartya Sen today said that the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP party can become a major force in India.
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