Amartya Sen: India has many achievements but some gigantic failures – video

Nobel prize-winning Indian philosopher and economist Amartya Sen discusses his new book, An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions. He argues that there is a real need for rethinking development priorities in India, despite the country's many achievements in IT and generic medicines. If you judge India by the quality of human life, he says, there are huge gaps between rich and poor
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