The country of first boys and other essays /
Sen, Amartya, 1933-
The country of first boys and other essays / Country of first boys Amartya Sen ; edited by Antara Dev Sen, Pratik Kanjilal. - 1st ed. - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2015. - li, 276 p.
Most previously published in The Little Magazine.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction by Gopalkrishna Gandhi -- What Should Keep Us Awake at Night -- Poverty, War and Peace -- The Country of First Boys -- Sharing the World: Interdependence and Global Justice -- Sunlight and Other Fears: The Importance of School Education as a Source of Nourishment for India Children -- Speaking of Freedom: Why Media Is Important for Economic Developmen -- Hunger: Old Torments and New Blunders -- The Smallness Thrust Upon Us -- The Play's the Thing -- India Through Its Calendars -- What Difference Can Tagore Make.
Intrigued by the questions of social justice and welfare, Amartya Sen argues, in this book, some of the vital issues-poverty, hunger, education, globalization, media and freedom of speech, injustice, inequality, exclusion, exploitation, etc. - we negotiate with in our day to day lives.
9780199453252 (hardback) 019945325X (hardback) 9780198738183 (hardback) 0198738188 (hardback)
2015487395
Social problems--India.
Social justice--India.
India--History.
DS437 / .S46 2015
The country of first boys and other essays / Country of first boys Amartya Sen ; edited by Antara Dev Sen, Pratik Kanjilal. - 1st ed. - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2015. - li, 276 p.
Most previously published in The Little Magazine.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction by Gopalkrishna Gandhi -- What Should Keep Us Awake at Night -- Poverty, War and Peace -- The Country of First Boys -- Sharing the World: Interdependence and Global Justice -- Sunlight and Other Fears: The Importance of School Education as a Source of Nourishment for India Children -- Speaking of Freedom: Why Media Is Important for Economic Developmen -- Hunger: Old Torments and New Blunders -- The Smallness Thrust Upon Us -- The Play's the Thing -- India Through Its Calendars -- What Difference Can Tagore Make.
Intrigued by the questions of social justice and welfare, Amartya Sen argues, in this book, some of the vital issues-poverty, hunger, education, globalization, media and freedom of speech, injustice, inequality, exclusion, exploitation, etc. - we negotiate with in our day to day lives.
9780199453252 (hardback) 019945325X (hardback) 9780198738183 (hardback) 0198738188 (hardback)
2015487395
Social problems--India.
Social justice--India.
India--History.
DS437 / .S46 2015