Amartya Sen On The Dangers Of Nationalism and Populism

Siddharth Varadarajan, founding editor of The Wire, and Professor Apoorvanand discuss the dangers of populism and nationalism with Nobel Laureate and Philosopher, Amartya Sen at the first Neelabh Mishra Public Dialogue held in New Delhi on February 27, 2019.
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[@skandmaurya395]

It's a great honour for me listen Nobel laureate Mr Amartya Sen

[@sushantkumar7250]

Thanks "The Wire" for giving an opportunity to listen to Prof Sen..

[@manasjana4589]

We are slowly forgetting that intelligent dialogue is possible without loudness and theatrics. Thank you Professor Amarta Sen.

[@TONYSTARK-zv4wy]

AMARTYA SEN - Noble Laurette - Said Demonization was useless Gobar Bhakt - Barely 8th paas - Demonization was the best step taken

[@sudmane7623]

But you are American Mr. Stark😜

[@humanfirst6085]

TONY STARK replies by gober bhakats just proved it again tht they ll talk abt everything else but the real issue/ or ll run away from the point made.

[@sudhindraec]

@akankhit sandilya sir.. Who has lowered the public discourse in the recent times.. And inspired by which leader his blind followers abuse with choicest expletives.. Today when someone says gobar bhakt it pricks you..

[@sudhindraec]

@akankhit sandilya appreciate your stand.. But sir tell me who said 50 Crore ka girl friend.. Who called vidhwa.. And who follows people who are known to abuse and give rape threats on twitter.. There is a song in Sanskrit "yatha raja tatha praja".. We should always worry about what precedent are we setting in the society

[@rupendra79]

Better to be a 'Gobar bhakt' than to be 'andh bhakt'. As we, atleast Indians know the benefits of 'Gobar'.

[@ravin2363]

We are fortunate to be living in a time when we can listen to a legend like Prof. SEN live. Future generations are going to miss so much.

[@IndieIrate.]

no we are not

[@mdyousufahmad5141]

It is quite fascinating to see Amaratya Sen. He is pride of our country.

[@drfarahdeeba1344]

OMG !!!!I am surprised to see some foolish , comments trolling this noble prize winner!!!!Aise bhi level ke idiots ho sakte hain

[@PraveenKumar-uz2cz]

Age seems to have taken a toll on prof. Sen. I wish him good health and hope he will keep enlightening us for as long as is possible.

[@DesignerSurajitAdhikari]

Very important 1 hour for Indian

[@hardeepsingh4300]

A Big Thanks to Amartya Sen! Pleasure listening to him.

[@shikharsingh1848]

Prof Amartya Sen is man of unlimited knowledge... I like and love him with full respect

[@FatemaS1987]

With a gratitude to wire for such initiatives and programs , a small piece of suggestion that even now in india a huge population is unable to understand english and so a humble request to put HINDI subtitles too so that all the population who have blind faith in some parties could understand and take the message sent by these remarkable efforts by wire !!!

[@anshuecon]

Why Hindi? Why not Odia or Tamil or Urdu?

[@samanvayverma8210]

@@anshuecon let's not do this mate. You don't have to do this...Hindi is the go-to cuz it is the language of the masses

[@anshuecon]

No dude, it's a North Indian, Hindu-centric imposition. Just because we accepted Hindi blindly, now we are forced to accept Hindutwa blindly. The masses may have Hindi as their language or Hinduism and casteism as their practice. That should not be imposed on others.

[@samanvayverma8210]

@@anshuecon I do agree with you to am extent but that is just going too far imho. I mean that is the reason why we except English as a language don't we , for its reach but in this cade the person wants doesn't speak that language so they propose an alternative that is widely accepted and everyone goes on with their day but this thinking that "NO Why only hindi other languages too " doesn't take you anywhere. We don't have to hate( take that lightly) on something because someone else uses it for their wrong doings. I would be open to you views... from one Indian to another ..peace

[@anshuecon]

Dekh bhai, Hindi sabko aati hai. Par ham main aur Pakistan jaise failed states mein fark hona zaroori hai. Wahaan sabko Urdu hi bolna padega (one reason why Bangladesh wanted to get out of Pakistan) aur Islam hi maanna padega. Is nark mein hum 2014 se doobe hain, par nikalne ka tareeka ye hai ki hum unki moorkhta se apne liye kuchh sabak lein.

[@alokpramanik7634]

Wonderful moment with Dr Sen and full credit to Sidhart ji and Apoorvanand ji for allowing Dr Sen talk freely

[@zafarso]

A real gem of India and the whole world.

[@RAHULSHARMA-mx9jx]

I hardly found Proffessor Sen on any news channel debating or telling about economic which is very sad and irony of India

[@ShekharSircar]

He is a polymath and renaissance figure. He has authority on many topics . Read his book , An Argumentative Indian ,published by penguin .Anyway there is hardly any good Indian channel which could held such topics .

[@anjaneyaharne5186]

People don't want to listen to sensible people, they want provocative debates!

[@cenexcise]

@@ShekharSircar Very rightly said. He is the renaissance man of modern times.

[@zeeshaanomar1]

Ask Arnab

[@mukeshkapse1670]

He has already written extensively. If you read his works it wouldn't be difficult for you to imagine him on channels. Hope you must have read his "Idea of Justice".....throughout his career he has been mostly concerned with distributive justice through welfare economics. Its not monetary economics or trade economics. These are" flood economics"...and flood managers are there..Amartya Sen is about "after floods and due to floods". That is why he was never considered for RBI governorship kind of assignments. You may read his Rationality and Freedom. Identity and violence Inequality reexamined Technology and unemployment Development as freedom... He was also awarded Skyte Prize in Political Sciences..

[@zyenm6612]

Truly a gem, we are so fortunate to hear him, an exclusive intellectual who inspire us to look at the other side of the coin of the present India. ALL EDUCATED ONES ARE NOT INTELLECTUALS. ""BEHAVIOURAL CHANGE IN ONE DOES PORTRAY THE REAL EDUCATION ""

[@amritbansal2119]

Apoorvanand and Amartya! What a panel dude!!!

[@stretchendurance.punjabpun5700]

Sh.aporvanand jee ko punjab se koti koti naman..from:-punjabi jatt sikh community

[@humanfirst6085]

STRETCHENDURANCE.PUNJAB punjab ਬਾਈ ਜੀ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਜਾਂ ਅੰਗਰੇਜੀ ਵਰਤੋ।

[@abrar9792]

Eh jatt sikh community de pardhan da election kadon hoya ...pata hi nahi chaleya

[@stretchendurance.punjabpun5700]

@@abrar9792 jadaon koi sahmne wala alsadi kaum caste di tareef karda hove tan sunan vale nu pardhan ban k hi sunana chahida te pardhan ban k hi sunaun vale da dhanvaad karna chahida.. Baki jatt community da pardhan tan kaday koi v nahi ban sakda.. Kyo k sadi community de lokan te "jatt da jatt vairy"vali gall ajj tak khoob ddhukkdi hai .. MATLAB apni kaum da pardhan tan koi ban hi nahi sakda..sanu baniaa shahukaaraan de goddhean ch baitthna jyada sukhavan lagda par kise jatt bhai de nahi..

[@naturenurture84]

Why bhakts exist? Coz they can't understand what the intellects of India have to say.

[@vipulchandrajha8533]

Why congess bootlickers exists ? To keep licking the ass of Gandhis.

[@Sanjay_Singh_Bisht]

Vipul Chandra Jha the thing is, Jin logo me Khangress ke pairo ko talwe chaat chaat ke izzat kamayi thi aaj unki utar rahi hai. And that Ignorant thinks only bootlickers can understand the bullshit that Sen portraying.

[@subrataroy5948]

Unless the western world certifies someone among to be an intellectual, we hardly celebrate them thru our own understanding. And when we look at certain names in the list of noble laureates we clearly understand the motives. Very similar to the list of Bharat Ratna, that trend of course has changed now and only the deserving are being decorated and honoured.

[@sunirmaldas6784]

The intellect of india are so intelligent that they don't understand how biased they are😂😂

[@sunirmaldas6784]

India ka intellect khangress aur west ki paiso se apna diaper change karte hai na isiliye bhakts unlogoko samajh Nehi pata hai

[@nationalgk681]

Andh bhakto , ye amartya sen duniya k sabse tough subject economics se Nobel laureate hai , ye bhul k bhi mat keh dena k , ye urban naxal hai

[@beulahannika]

Sudarshan Chakra sir they called him anti national 🙄

[@nationalgk681]

@kolkata 97 tu general category wala hai tabhi bina fact k bakchodi karne chala aaya , chal bhag sale andhe bhakt

[@nationalgk681]

@kolkata 97 I m not reserved category , but I see all the andh bhakts are generally belongs to general category

[@nationalgk681]

@kolkata 97 Teri nasl to pata chal hi gai sabko , apni mummy se un under wearo k baare main jarur punchna , 5 state election main jo hua hai vahi 2019 main hoga mere andh bhakt

@@nationalgk681 Aab toh iss ki naange sharir pe 'Kharode da Shurba' chhirko ke Burning-Ghat pohoncha deni. Saale Bhikhari sochegi marne ke baad 'Attar' chirko di param shradhya nallo !! Baaki Bhakton se LAM NAAM SATYA HAI ... kehla v deyange !!!

[@nohateplease2456]

Great minds think greatly. Great fan of Amartya ji. Love from Kashmir.

[@rameshchander8240]

Dr Amartya Sen is Gem among the Jewell's. 👍👍Superb 👌 panel ......👍👍

[@AH-cf9cv]

One like for Amartya Sen. The great man the talk show.

[@punithkumar511]

nationalism in an era we are using chinese and american gadgets and services (phones, computers, google, facebook, twitter, whatsapp) riding japanese, european and south korean vehicles (bikes, cars) etc meanwhile targeting our own citizens dalits, tribals, muslims, this has to be the golden age of nationalism.

[@abi-wg4jt]

Oh only Dalits what shia vs sunni vs ahamdia fight what about kashmiri pandits genocide , moplah dalit genocide why you secular people not speak about that

[@Chemistrybyhusainsir]

Amritsyen jinko nobel Prize economics mein hi mila tha aur unhone demonetization k baad kaha tha k ye useless step tha but bhkt log unhein bhi gaali de rhe the

[@abi-wg4jt]

H thaler usko bhi noble prize mila hai lekin usne demonstration ko support Kiya tha padh le jakke woh kya bhakt hai ya chamche 😂😂

[@Chemistrybyhusainsir]

@@abi-wg4jt abey chuttiye, tu ja kr pahle uski puri baat sun ,ki usne aur kya kaha h ,sirf aadha adhoora gyaan le kr aa gya

[@rocketsinghism]

Prof Sen is our perfect role model and what he says, really matter!

[@bjainj613]

We r proud of r national pride mr amritya sen Namoskar neben sir

[@cgeindia]

The Wire is a nice platform that it give us an opportunity to listen Nobel laureate professor *Ameritya Sen*

[@anupsingh-qv3nw]

what a fascinating debate,which was full of knowledgeable ,historic info & personal experience of prof.sen who at 85 still as sharp as one could be,hats off to him.it's a disgrace for our country that such genuine opinion are not valued by stupid polity bcz they themselves are duffers.may god give prof. sen a long & healthy life.

[@vedprakash-hh6np]

noble initiative, God bless them all

[@alokpramanik7634]

We should learn sense of humour and wittieness through entire talk from Prof Sen

[@praveen966]

Feel so much proud to hear you and see you Professor Long live sir

[@QuranicWave_Official]

One of the best of Prof. May almighty give you good health.

[@jayj5535]

Amartya Sen!!! Can't believe the person whose works we studied as a kid is right in front of us

[@kamadosoham8140]

Honoured to hear mr. Sen

[@haroonakhtar9905]

अपूर्वानंद जी आपका अंदाज़े बयां और है। आप भारत के लिए अपूर्व हैं।

[@mohammedibrahimuddin5871]

Though Sir Amratya Sen is an Anti National for the fanatics and illiterates of our country, he is a national asset for the rest like us. Salute to you Sir. Btw, super comment of "Unscripted dialogue"........I can smell the smoke from the fool and illiterate bhakts.

[@shubhamvyas3192]

Mohammed Ibrahimuddin No one said to him antinational, but his Economics is laughable. He thinks that we need to approach a socialist approach but rather we need to create more riches create more investment then only we can tax them and fund for the poor.

[@abhishekkrishna3902]

@@shubhamvyas3192 It's obvious right Look at Nordic countries, capitalism+socialism.. look at the rankings of Nordic countries.. look at communist Kerala, doing good all rankings.. without developing poor, countries won't get into a right path

[@Sanjay_Singh_Bisht]

Mohammed Ibrahimuddin have you ever read his thesis by which he get Nobel. Even Obama get the Nobel Peace prize by killing Millions of Muslims in east. Nobel prize is not a thing by which you can criticise the whole govt. policies.

[@gagandeepsingh-df7ts]

Amartya sen pushing his handkerchief back into his sleeves...🤧🤧🙏🙏 What a simple person.. and intelligence at its best.. 🙏

[@anweshaguha7366]

I remember the day I met this great man, way back in 2009. He was so nice to me.

[@swarkapse5474]

Such a appreciated move by the wire i thank you for inviting such personality lile Amartya sen and indulge in dialoge.

[@piyushdhore]

Argumentative Indian always.

[@Zk-wf6jc]

really Sir awesome u r the pride of India for today and future winning a Nobel it's not an fruit like anyone can pluck. god bless you sir

[@CibaG100]

I hope people get see these kind of interviews in future as well

[@williamjayaraj2244]

It is really a great honour and previlage to listen to a lecture by Dr. Sen a wonderful intellect who got the Nobel prize for his Economics theory. Thank you Sir.

[@siddheswarpadhan7825]

The true bharatratna.... Proud of him

[@kamalunawane1105]

Its great experience to listening Dr.Sen..The wire gave that opportunity .thanks,

[@drshamimansari7994]

The wire ka har programme very good and sachcha and dhakar and super

[@rehanjani613]

The person who is a living legend of India a Nobel laureater we have not given him a place in India . All because of politics he was the one was entitled to bring the Glory of Nalanda ! Sad politics is the main hurdle for our development

[@sanaullahalom2253]

Respect for Nobel amartya sen you are my idol sir ☺️🙏😭....

[@kanwarsingh2127]

I am honoured to witness these gems

[@eqbalnooruddin9317]

It's really an honour to listen pride of nation professor A Sen...

[@nirmalyamukhopadhyay1769]

A pity that the entire conversation was not uploaded!

[@utsav_rathod10]

Amartya sen great economist

[@sambhrantagupta3522]

Thanku wire for this video !It is so relieving to here intellectual talk by real intellectuals...specially in this state and generation of the country when the masses are getting dismisive of intellectualism!!

[@gajendrachandra1022]

Thank you so much #thewire

[@kushikumari7358]

Thanks The WIRE jo amarty sen se hamari mulakat karya .

[@drmdhabibullahsk3474]

Great conversation

[@bhaaratsharma6023]

What a great man

[@virenpatelpage]

Who might be these 36? And sadly on 1.6 cared to appreciate the opportunity to even listen to this man talk at this age. It is his body that might be weak, he is not fumbling dudes...he is very clear on his idea of this county and world.

[@abhayrock5814]

Apoorvanand sir great great great person

[@naturenurture84]

Plz translate and upload this video in hindi too.

[@EverestClimberNo1]

What a brilliant man. So old yet so sharp my God! I am sure the ignorant RSS🤥 doesn’t like him. But he is so pleasant and so engaging. Thank you Sir.

[@rupendra79]

Greatest takeover from this video 'Two nation theory' was proposed by Savarkar.

[@AjPakistan]

How many of Modi followers are listening to him?

[@chandrikaroy1060]

Thanks Wire .You only can do such good program .Prof.Sen is genius.

[@zeyad45]

A true intellect. More of such convos Wire.

[@manmbbawa6170]

What a depth of knowledge in a noble laureate. Good job wire bringing legend to speak.

[@nks...7261]

Great salute and honor to Noble prize awardee Hobble Mr. AMRITA SEN...

[@somdeepkundu2506]

Such a delight to listening Prof Sen

[@ashishchandra9821]

This has been so fascinating!

[@bhim_warrior482]

Unscripted really.... Not like feku's.

[@asfaquekhalid]

How dare you compare him with that nautanki

[@bhim_warrior482]

@@asfaquekhalid i apologize bro....

[@bhim_warrior482]

@@asfaquekhalid but when word unscripted comes to me the only person comes to my mind is feku.

[@asfaquekhalid]

@@bhim_warrior482 Modi is a product, of which BJP is doing only marketing so sell the fake image of a godly man

[@abhishekkrishna3902]

@@asfaquekhalid And most saled product recently

[@sadabraza6826]

Very very good sar

[@rajjain7628]

Citizenship issue is pending since 70's and was promised by that gov...during assam riots

[@aghyaat2625]

Sir you are the gem to this nation and to the world..

[@hironmoyroy5993]

Mr.sen u r a assets of india...

[@Bombay0286]

Gem of our country ☺️

[@violadmello9117]

Can you please make this conversation available in text??

[@sonalkumararya7561]

XD I can only wonder why.

[@mukeshkapse1670]

Read his prominent works.. Idea of justice Development as freedom Inequality reexamined. Identity and violence.

[@violadmello9117]

Thank you!@@mukeshkapse1670

[@sukhjindersingh7363]

Sit plz don't switch off this program. I gained most valuable information from it.

[@AnandKumar-pg5zx]

He said that the interview is *UNSCRIPTED* ....You Know Towards whom is he pointing...??😂

[@anantkumarbanerji5004]

No prizes for guessing it right.

[@AnandKumar-pg5zx]

@@anantkumarbanerji5004 No just a Tag that you are *AWARE* of your Surroundings 😂

[@Priyanav7]

I wish I knew about this event. Would have attended it definitely. Please inform us about more such events.

[@mirminhazamin1646]

Amartya sen my favourite person He is also from my language I respect u sir

[@soumyamallick4337]

It would have been great had "The wire" put subtitles for this interview.

[@KRISHNA4727]

It was very difficult to understand what Dr. Sen was saying. Please include subtitles in Dr. Sen videos. It would help the viewers immensely.

[@rajeevrp1500]

Wow ... 3 urban naxals in 1 frame.

[@लोकतांत्रिकसमाजवादीपार्टीजिला]

He is an intellectual economist.

[@vishvapradhan8476]

I do not understand why Amartya sen talk more about politics I believe he should talk about economy and how to pull people of poverty that would help.

[@aadil7302]

This gave me some hope

[@linconjeet7061]

Sir you are an Indian, you must speak in Hindi, so that a common India could understand your great ideas, this would be beneficial for maximum Indians,at a place where we indians have very few chances to hear people like you

[@vidyadharkhare6265]

His daughter has lost freebies due action by Modi Govt. He is not a principled economist. If you pamper him he will talk great about you. Arm chair philosopher.

[@k.ganesanganesan6825]

Lands are divided as plots waiting for profits.

[@kaustubhamritc2238]

Why only two public dialogue one with amartya sen and other with pratap bhanu mehta

[@purushothamraj9541]

True Greatness

[@scorpianking004]

Conclusion is don't become the victim of "divide and rule" policy and don't vote to current BJP (if BJP reforms itself then we'll see in the future).

[@raulrr3208]

Amartya Sen only talks about poverty in India no talks about the wealth gap between Asia and western Europe. When will there be equality in the world does Amartya sen have a solution for that!!!!

[@zeeshaanomar1]

7:10 the mark of a gentleman, and his snide remark on modi showcases his sense of humor

[@arupchoudhury458]

Profound

[@balkar83]

Good discussion wire guys should employ some good mike arrangement thx

[@DibbenduGhosh]

It looks so weird when Apoorvanand continue to move the mic. I can hear perfect and that's why the equalizer for.

[@josephj4043]

The dangers of not having having nationalism clearly outweigh those of having nationalism.

[@abdullahindian9651]

Good conversation.

[@v.a.2796]

Please provide english subtitles when prof Amrtya sen speaks ..... his speech is unclear because of his age .

[@susantadeb7666]

Not his age. It is elderly English accent of an Oxford Professor. Not Indian accent.