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One has to be realistic. One’s concern for equity and justice in the world must not carry one into the alien territory of unreasoned belief. That’s very important.

Amartya Sen

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Amartya Sen
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: November 3
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Amartya Kumar Sen
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