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Congruity, not clash, of civilisations is at root of Sen’s academic vision
Published : Jul 18, 2021, 1:19 am IST
Updated : Jul 18, 2021, 1:19 am IST
He found distinguished Cambridge economists less concerned about issues like inequality, poverty and exploitation
Cover page of Home in The World; A Memoir by Amartya Sen. (Twitter)
Arguably, Amartya Sen is pre-eminent among the galaxy of world-ranking India economists. He has now published his memoir. Some parts of it may merely engage an Indian, even only a Bengali. Others, like his experiences at Cambridge, will engross a wider audience. Overall, it whets one’s appetite without satisfying it, for it is an unfinished effort, which leaves unattended his later rise to international stardom.
We all know the story of the five blind men who made the wildest descriptions of an elephant by feeling its trunk, leg, tail, and so on. We now have a phenomenon in India of armchair blogsphere historians who use not even ONE HAIR of the elephant to determine what that creature is! Not only…
Irrespective of the election results, Bengal, which once prided itself in intellectual heritage and broadmindedness, has got mired in a vortex of narrow identity politics.
Ramblings of a Cow-worshipping Hindu December 11, 2020, 11:13 PM IST
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