Amartya Sen Alive and Well, Daughter Confirms
False death rumors debunked: Economist Amartya Sen is alive and thriving. His daughter confirmed the same on X.
False death rumors debunked: Economist Amartya Sen is alive and thriving. His daughter confirmed the same on X.
CM hands over papers of land deed of Pratichi to Sen
Students of VBU saidthat very soon thetenure of the presentvice-chancellor will beover and ProfessorBidyut Chakraborty isdeliberately picking upsuch controversies toget a fresh extension
The estate department of the VBU has already served a notice to the Nobel laureate at his house in Pratichi and has urged him to return back 13 decimal of land and has also proposed a joint inspection and survey.
On 24 January, the joint registrar of the estate office of VBU has issued a notice regarding leased plot number 201 at Sripalli, Shantiniketan (mouza Surul, JL-104) stating that it has been found from physical survey and land records that 13 decimals of land belong to Visva-Bharati in LR Plot number 1900/ 2487.
The fineprint of his speech must be that the clash of civilizations is currently seldom more acute anywhere in the world than it is in India.
Hunger is preventable. It is not difficult to end hunger in India. It is not like that we don’t have the food to feed the hungry. India produces more than enough food to provide for all its citizens. It is primarily a problem of general poverty. The problem lies in access to food.
As an economist, Sen is reckoned as one of the great minds who has enriched the world of ideas and actions, augmented by his erudition in fields as diverse as Sanskrit grammar and literature, mathematics and philosophy
"Even if we put emphasis on the evaluation we must remember it is the last thing. Acquiring and sharing knowledge comes first. There are reasons to believe that the issue should be seen from different sides and perspectives," Amartya Sen.
"Amartya Sen is one of the most distinguished minds of our time (who) enjoyably mixes moments of profundity with flashes of mischievous provocation"
