Amartya Sen

Amartya Sen was born in west Bengal in 1933. He won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1998, was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1998-2004, and is currently Lamont University Professor at Harvard. His most recent books are The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity , and Identity and Violence: the illusion of destiny . His books have been translated into thirty languages.

People focus: on power, justice and capabilities

Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen spoke about power, justice, and ‘capabilities’ in the Demos Annual Lecture 2010. Watch the debate and revisit our archive

By Amartya Sen

/ 17 Mar 2010

Argumentative Indians: Amartya Sen and Salman Rushdie in conversation

The "Amartya Sen Salman Rushdie" conversation took place on Sunday 30 April as part of the PEN New York World Voices festival. For more information see www.pen.

By Salman Rushdie and Amartya Sen

/ 8 May 2006