Amartya Sen On Elections, Communal Politics And Inequality In India

Amartya Sen On Elections, Communal Politics And Inequality In India
Indian women stand in a queue outside a polling booth to cast their votes near Shahpur village in Muzaffarnagar, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Thursday, April 10, 2014. Indians voted in the crucial third phase of national elections Thursday, with millions going to the polls in the heartland states that are essential to the main opposition Hindu nationalist party's bid to end the 10-year rule of Congress party. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Indian women stand in a queue outside a polling booth to cast their votes near Shahpur village in Muzaffarnagar, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Thursday, April 10, 2014. Indians voted in the crucial third phase of national elections Thursday, with millions going to the polls in the heartland states that are essential to the main opposition Hindu nationalist party's bid to end the 10-year rule of Congress party. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

There is no lack of famous Indians, but few of the more than 1.2 billion Indians will come close to the global renown and respect of Amartya Sen, Nobelprize for Economy in 1998 and author of numerous books on economy, development, identity and justice. Sen has been living and working in the West for decades, but he is looking forward to being part of the biggest elections ever organized, starting April 7 and running through May 15. MO* talked with this living legend about his native and conflicted country.

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