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There's absolutely no reason why at the level of basic schooling that there should be any inequity whatsoever. And [that's] the first direction to go, [but] that need not prevent you from doing all the other equalities that you want.

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