No substantial famine has ever occurred in any independent and democratic country with a relatively free press.
While I am interested both in economics and in philosophy, the union of my interests in the two fields far exceeds their intersection.
Unceasing change turns the wheel of life, and so reality is shown in all it’s many forms. Dwell peacefully as change itself liberates all suffering sentient beings and brings them great joy.
There are few subjects that match the social significance of women’s education in the contemporary world.
The exchange between different cultures can not possibly be seen as a threat, when it is friendly. But I believe that the dissatisfaction with the overall architecture often depends on the quality of leadership.
No famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy.
Famines occur under a colonial administration, like the British Raj in India or for that matter in Ireland, or under military dictators in one country after another, like Somalia and Ethiopia, or in one-party states like the Soviet Union and China.
It is important to reclaim for humanity the ground that has been taken from it by various arbitrarily narrow formulations of the demands of rationality.
If a theory of justice is to guide reasoned choice of policies, strategies or institutions, then the identification of fully just social arrangements is neither necessary nor sufficient.
The governments and the hard-headed military establishment and the general conservative part of America have never taken much interest in democracy, anyway.
Development cannot really be so centered only on those in power.
It is also very engaging – and a delight – to go back to Bangladesh as often as I can, which is not only my old home, but also where some of my closest friends and collaborators live and work.
Resenting the obtuseness of others is not good ground for shooting oneself in the foot.
There is considerable evidence that women’s education and literacy tend to reduce the mortality rates of children.
We might have reason to be driven! We live for a short stretch of time in a world we share with others. Virtually everything we do is dependent on others, from the arts and culture to farmers who grow the food we eat.
Opponents of globalisation may see it as a new folly, but it is neither particularly new, nor, in general, a folly.
Democracy is a universal value.
I think the whole progress over the last two or three millennia has been entirely dependent on ideas and techniques and commodities and people moving from one part of the world to another. It seems difficult to take an anti-globalization view if one takes globalization properly in its full sense.
Hardly any famine affects more than 5 percent, almost never more than 10 percent, of the population. The largest proportion of a population affected was the Irish famine of the 1840s, which came close to 10 percent over a number of years.
Ultimately, imperialism made even the British working classes suffer. This is a point which the British working classes found quite difficult to swallow, but they did, actually.