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Delhi poll result to have an impact on Bengal, Uttar Pradesh? Amartya Sen says..
Nobel laureate Professor Amartya Sen highlighted that every election in India has an impact on others.
Updated on Feb 12, 2025 06:50 PM IST
Replacing IPC with Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita not a ‘welcome change’: Amartya Sen
The law was changed without talking to all the stakeholders, the Nobel laureate said.
Published on Jul 06, 2024 08:47 PM IST
HT News Desk, New Delhi
Morning briefing: Amartya Sen on LS poll results, and more
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Published on Jun 27, 2024 09:04 AM IST
Economist Amartya Sen says Lok Sabha results showed India not a Hindu Rashtra
The 90-year-old economist went on to express displeasure over several leaders being put behind bars without trial.
Published on Jun 27, 2024 06:51 AM IST
Visva-Bharati’s eviction order against economist Amartya Sen illegal: Bengal court
The issue has become controversial with the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) alleging that Sen was victimised for criticising Centre’s policies
Published on Jan 31, 2024 05:52 PM IST
Book Box: A trailblazing economist's memoir who helped build today's India
Devaki Jain's audacious life defied conventions, forged global connections, and redefined India's narrative
Published on Aug 19, 2023 10:56 AM IST
Visva-Bharati suspends student for Facebook posts supporting Amartya Sen
Visva-Bharati has been in news since 2018 when Chakrabarty took over as vice-chancellor.
Updated on Jul 29, 2023 04:30 AM IST
Uniform Civil Code difficult issue, linked to ‘Hindu Rashtra’, says Amartya Sen
The 90-year-old economist also said the UCC surely has a link with advancing the idea of ‘Hindu Rashtra’.
Updated on Jul 06, 2023 10:46 AM IST
PTI |
Just Like That | Indianness remains our central identity
Indianness, therefore, remains our central identity, however cosmopolitan our interests are. Within that, there can be infinite diversities.
Published on Jul 02, 2023 10:26 AM IST
Intellectuals stage sit-in against Visva-Bharati’s eviction order to Amartya Sen
On April 19, Visva-Bharati authorities passed an eviction order against Sen, stating that on May 6, it will take possession of 0.13 acres (5,500 sq ft) of the total 1.38 acres of leased land covered by Sen’s ancestral property on the campus at Santiniketan
Updated on May 07, 2023 01:32 PM IST
Calcutta HC puts Visva-Bharati order about Amartya Sen’s land on hold
While the 89-year-old economist moved the Birbhum district court at Siuri town on April 27, the matter was listed for hearing on May 15.
Updated on May 05, 2023 04:00 AM IST
Row over Sen’s home keeps sleepy Bengal varsity town on edge
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen is facing eviction from his ancestral home in Santiniketan, West Bengal, over allegations of illegal occupation of public land.
Updated on May 02, 2023 01:36 PM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
If Visva Bharati tries to bulldoze Amartya Sen’s house, I’ll sit there: Mamata
Last week, the Visva Bharati passed an eviction order against Sen stating that on May 6 it will take possession of .13 decimal of the 1.38 acres of leased land covered by Sens’s ancestral property
Updated on Apr 26, 2023 07:27 PM IST
Morning brief: Average age of India's population 10 years younger than China's
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Published on Apr 20, 2023 09:05 AM IST
Visva-Bharati’s claim on ancestral land has no standing, says Amartya Sen
In an email to the central university’s estate officer, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, 89, said the magistrate of the area has noted that the existing arrangement should be recognised and that no interference or breach of peace should be allowed
Updated on Apr 18, 2023 06:47 PM IST
Visva-Bharati serves final eviction notice to Nobel laureate Amartya Sen
VC Bidyut Chakrabarty, claimed in 2022 that Sen’s father, Ashutosh Sen rented only 1.25 acres of land on a 99-year lease in 1943 and the remaining .13 decimal is being illegally occupied
Updated on Apr 14, 2023 03:37 PM IST
Ruckus in Bengal assembly after Suvendu's speech; Mamata Banerjee slams BJP
Speaking in the state assembly, Mamata Banerjee said the country should strive to bring in a “people's government to end anarchy”.
Updated on Feb 13, 2023 04:14 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee backs Amartya Sen on Visva-Bharati land dispute, attacks BJP
Mamata Banerjee, who began a three-day tour of Birbhum, met 89-year-old Amartya Sen at his residence and handed over evidence from the state land records that will help counter the Visva-Bharati University.
Updated on Jan 31, 2023 05:23 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee has the ability to be next PM: Amartya Sen
Regional parties will have an important tole to play if the ruling BJP is to be defeated in 2024, according to the Nobel laureate.
Published on Jan 14, 2023 03:52 PM IST
HT News Desk, New Delhi
Trust has to be built among people of different religions: Amartya Sen
Amartya Sen, who was in Kolkata to attend a private function organised for school children by his trust -- Pratichi -- also said that "ignorance and illiteracy" have led to some of these differences.
Published on Jan 09, 2023 02:36 PM IST
PTI |
Babul Supriyo stokes new row, says Amartya Sen should rise above political bias
Standing by his statement, Babul Supriyo on Saturday said the country would want to see Amartya Sen play a more constructive role, rising above his political ideology, but that happens rarely.
Published on Aug 06, 2022 11:52 AM IST
HT News Desk | Written by Poulomi Ghosh
Amartya Sen out of India, won't be able to receive Bengal govt award: Family
“He has had the good fortune of being honoured with several awards, and wants the ‘Bangabibhusan’ to be conferred on others now,” the celebrated economist’s daughter Antara Dev Sen told a local news channel.
Published on Jul 25, 2022 06:26 AM IST
PTI | , Kolkata
Mamata wishes Amartya Sen a speedy recovery after he tests Covid positive
Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen had contracted mild Covid-19, and has completed his quarantine at his residence in Santiniketan in West Bengal.
Published on Jul 09, 2022 11:11 PM IST
Written by Sharangee Dutta | Edited by Aryan Prakash, New Delhi
'There is reason to be afraid': Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on India's situation
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen expressed concern over the current state of affairs in India, stressing the need to stay united in line with the country’s traditions.
Published on Jul 01, 2022 09:09 AM IST
PTI |
No readymade solution on whether to reopen schools amid Covid-19: Amartya Sen
The Nobel laureate pointed out that children are suffering a lot as schools are closed, but concerns over their health cannot be ignored as well if campuses reopen.
Published on Aug 23, 2021 02:34 PM IST
PTI | | Posted by Sharangee Dutta, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Kerala should continue to focus on labour, education, healthcare: Dr Amartya Sen
"I would be personally very optimistic about Kerala looking to the future," Prof Sen noted, citing not just its track record, but unique historical reasons that contributed to the state's success.
Published on Feb 03, 2021 11:46 PM IST
PTI | , Thiruvananthapuram
Amartya Sen urges people of West Bengal to reject communalism
He said the Left and other secular parties in West Bengal have no less commitment than the ruling TMC to ensuring that communalism does not rear its ugly head in the state.
Published on Dec 29, 2020 03:11 PM IST
Kolkata | Press Trust of India | Posted by Nilavro Ghosh
Intellectuals protest against treatment meted out to Sen by Visva Bharati
Poets Joy Goswami and Subodh Sarkar, singer Kabir Suman, painters Jogen Chowdhury and Suvaprasanna, theatre personality-turned-minister Bratya Basu and others assembled at the compound of the Academy of Fine Arts here to raise their voice on the issue.
Published on Dec 28, 2020 09:07 AM IST
Kolkata | Press Trust of India| Posted by Akhilesh Nagari
Amartya Sen lashes out at Visva-Bharati VC “empowered” by Centre
Sen was born in 1933 at Santiniketan, which is home to Visva-Bharati, the university founded by Rabindranath Tagore, another Nobel prize recipient and a literary giant from Bengal.
Updated on Dec 27, 2020 07:16 PM IST
Kolkata | Press Trust of India| Posted by Akhilesh Nagari
Amartya Sen lashes out at Visva-Bharati VC ‘empowered’ by Centre
A huge controversy had erupted on Thursday, the day Prime Minister 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.
Updated on Dec 26, 2020 11:33 PM IST
Kolkata | Press Trust of India| Posted by Mallika Soni
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