Amartya Sen
Dec 10 2007, Rhapsodysinger

It is ironical that Nilotpal Basu of the CPI(M) writes of India’s 128th ranking by the UNDP. The Human Development Report by the UNDP had last year ranked India 126th I the development scenario in the world. In spite f the Sensex zooming upwards for...

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