Abhijit Ray, Kolkata;Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen is again talked about the rise of religious intolerance and communalism in India. Speaking at an event of the Pratichi Trust at Kolkata on Sunday, he said, “We object to hearing that people are being beaten up on religion and what they have to say. India has not had such a situation for a long time!” So far behind. One of the reasons is probably that people’s ability to forgive has decreased a lot.Nobel laureate Amartya Sen set foot in Kolkata on Saturday. This morning he attended a program titled ‘Yukt Sadhana’ of Pratichi Trust. A schoolgirl asked to know the way to spread free thinking in educational institutions. In response, he spoke about the increase in violenceand religious intolerance in the country in the last few years. Amartya said, “If we look at the history of India’s democracy, we have to see two things.One is that, where is the cause of the quarrel between the different parties, the dispute? It must be seen why this is happening in the country now.Explaining the way to remedy this, he said, “One thing is that there is a need to bring equality between different groups.” A few months ago, the 89-year-old Nobel Laureate economist was criticized for the restriction of freedom of expression in the country. He also spoke against the one-dimensional trend of religious philosophy that has been seen in this country lately.Amartya in his book ‘Acquaintance and Violence’ says, “This is the crisis of being and the mutual conflict of being. Not wanting to give others their scope, that is the main problem. Live and let live! – The root of this philosophical pluralist belief is actually the tension.The main theme of this day’s event was to increase mutual communication between Hindus and Muslims. In this context, Biswabharati professor Biswajit Roy read various parts of a collection of essays by Amartya Sen’s maternal grandfather Kshitimohan Sen called ‘Joint Pursuit of Hindu-Muslims in India’. Shanthabhanu Sen, his great-grandson, gave a speech on Kshitimohan’s idea of harmony between the Hindu and Muslim communities. Both emphasized on the tradition of two religions walking together in society, art, and creativity in this country.In this context, Amartya Sen mentioned the coexistence of ‘strange’ and ‘variety’ in India’s national character. Said, “DL Roy said in his play with Alexander’s face, ‘Satya Seleucus! What a strange country this is.” So I would say that both the appreciation of diversity and the problem of diversity need to be considered.”. He asked that .” But is this diversity desirable?Speaking about the tradition of relations between Hindus and Muslims in this country, he mentioned Darashuko, the son of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, several times on this day. He said, Darashukoi introduced the Upanishads to the whole world. He first translated the Upanishads from Sanskrit into Persian. From that translation, the Upanishads were later translated into German and English.From that translation, the Upanishads were later translated into German and English. He also recalled the prominence of Hindu artists and writers during the Mughal Empire. He reminded that most of the architects of Taj Mahal were Hindus.
