Amartya Sen

Amartya Sen is 'healthy as always', says Nobel laureate's daughter

October 10, 2023

Amartya Sen is 'healthy as always', says Nobel laureate's daughter

Nandana Dev Sen shared a picture of her father rubbishing rumours about his passing.

May 04, 2023
Calcutta HC stays move to take away part of Amartya Sen's Shantiniketan land

The Nobel laureate had moved the Court seeking relief against the University's move.
April 15, 2023
Visva-Bharati varsity slaps eviction notice outside Amartya Sen's ancestral home despite court order

The notice comes despite a court order asking police to maintain status quo on the land owned by Professor Sen.
February 06, 2023
Is it right for a rich state like Kerala to lament about falling central transfers?

Today, we are a very high per capita income State. Has the boon turned into a bane? asks the columnist.
January 27, 2021
Ratan Tata, Amartya Sen to address Kerala conference

The three-day event, beginning on February 1 is envisaged to take the state forward by attracting investment from the country and outside in the post-pandemic era.
June 26, 2020
Chomsky and Sen want neo-liberal order thrown off its perch post COVID

Both Chomsky and Sen say that the huge mass mobilisation in the US in the wake of George Floyd's killing has been triggered by the inequalities that had been made all the more starker by the COVID-19 pandemic.
January 08, 2020
Exaggerated claims about Vedic mathematics have generated world of fantasy: Amartya Sen

He also said the understanding that friendship helped in the creation of knowledge was particularly important in the philosophy and history of science.

October 13, 2019
Weekend reads: Amartya Sen's hopes and fears for Indian democracy and nine others

Here are 10 must-read stories from around the globe this Sunday.