At a Birbhum rally, Mamata Banerjee accused BJP of voter list manipulation, raised concerns over Amartya Sen’s land issue, and criticised the party’s actions during Ram Navami.
The controversy over the notice issued to Nobel laureate Amartya Sen is not really about a clerical error or an age mismatch.
The Election Commission says a notice sent to Nobel laureate Amartya Sen was triggered by a voter database discrepancy, not targeting, amid sharp political reactions.
At a time when nationalism is once again hardening into moral certainty, and violence is routinely justified in the name of history, identity, or destiny, Rabindranath Tagore’s global vision speaks with unsettling clarity.
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Saturday criticised the Bihar Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, cautioning that under the pretext of strengthening the system, the rights of the poor could be undermined.
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.
