Amartya Kumar Sen CH (Hon) (Bengali: Ômorto Kumar Shen) (born 3 November 1933), is an Indian economist, philosopher, and a winner of the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences (Nobel Prize for Economics) in 1998, "for his contributions to welfare economics" for his work on famine, human development theory, welfare economics, the underlying mechanisms […]
Diwali in the Big Apple
New York city is all lit up this time keeping the Diwali spirit high and enjoying as much as they would back home. Diwali cards, Diwali Puja material, Diwali sales in New York — this could just as well be Chandni Chowk, Delhi but Jackson Heights, New York is a hub for the Indian community […]
A Roof Above their Heads
The Press Release of the ministry of rural development states about Indira Awaas Yojana, “Housing constitutes a very basic requirement for human survival. It assumes great significance for the rural poor in that it lays the foundation for a life of dignity for them by dispelling the gloom of shelterlessness and conferring a distinct, secure […]
Caste and ethnic Violence in India
Ethnic riots are most likely to occur when four elements are present: ethnic antagonism, an emotional response to a precipitating event, a sense on the part of the rioters and the larger social group to which they belong that killing is justifiable, and the assessment by rioters that the risk of response from police […]
Chowringhee : The Story of a Hotel
Some hotels have history etched all over them. The Imperial or the Maidens in Delhi, the Grand and the Great Eastern in Kolkata, the Cecil in Shimla for instance. Eminent personalities stayed in these places, delicate negotiations took place there and the history of many of us is shaped by papers and documents drafted […]
Supreme Court Ordered Ministers to Stay in Homes if they have Fear in Security
Supreme Court of India had made a very good order. As an Indian Citizen Citizen I am feeling Happy today. As a democratic country people selecting their ministers . But these ministers are becoming nuisance for the same people. When a minister passing through a road all other people have to suffer. Traffic will be […]