Quote by Amartya Sen
When the Nobel award came my way, it also gave me an opportunity t

When the Nobel award came my way, it also gave me an opportunity to do something immediate and practical about my old obsessions, including literacy, basic health care and gender equity, aimed specifically at India and Bangladesh. – Amartya Sen

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