When The Nobel Award Came My Way,

The Themes That The Anti-globalization Protesters Bring To The Discussion Are Of Extraordinary Importance. However, The Theses That They Often Bring To It, Sometimes In The Form Of Slogans, Are Often Oversimple.

When The Nobel Award Came My Way, It Also Gave Me An Opportunity To Do Something Immediate And Practical About My Old Obsessions, Including Literacy, Basic Health Care And Gender Equity, Aimed Specifically At India And Bangladesh.

The Student Community Of Presidency College Was Also Politically Most Active.

Globalization Is A Complex Issue, Partly Because Economic Globalization Is Only One Part Of It. Globalization Is Greater Global Closeness, And That Is Cultural, Social, Political, As Well As Economic.

Famines Are Easy To Prevent If There Is A Serious Effort To Do So, And A Democratic Government, Facing Elections And Criticisms From Opposition Parties And Independent Newspapers, Cannot Help But Make Such An Effort. Not Surprisingly, While India Continued To Have Famines Under British Rule Right Up To Independence... They Disappeared Suddenly With The Establishment Of A Multiparty Democracy And... A Free Press And An Active Political Opposition Constitute The Best Early-warning System A Country Threaten By Famines Can Have.