'Secular' defence of the Nobel Laureate

Author: IndiaFacts
Publication: Storify.com
Date: February 20, 2015
URL: https://storify.com/IndiaFactsOrg/the-usual-suspects-defend-amartya-sen

As a sulking Amartya Sen decides to quit as Chandellor of Nalanda University, what the MSM will not reveal is the manner in which the University functioned. Whether they save the questions for another day we don't know, but the defence of the Nobel Laureate has begun in right earnest.

From doubts on academic freedom in India to why we are disowning a person who Harvard and Trinity hold in high esteem, all types of questions are being raised. The MSM is desperately trying to sell the story that a political opinion against the ruling dispensation cost him his post. Sample these reactions below from the secular luminaries,

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Malini Parthasarathy
@MaliniP

Amartya Sen's exit from Nalanda, first reported @TheHindu raises doubts on Govt's commitment to academic freedom
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article6913584.ece …

Fri, Feb 20 2015 10:30:23
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#AmartyaSen,Nobel Laureate,consulted by govts,Harvard & Trinity Professor but we don't want him in India bcoz he has a political opinion ?!

Fri, Feb 20 2015 11:24:44
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#AmartyaSen still keeps his Indian passport,queues up for visas,immigration etc,wonder how many of our NRI 'patriots' would do the same ?

Fri, Feb 20 2015 11:29:40
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While they faithfully defend Amartya Sen, notice how they do not mention Dr Kalam even once!

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Shekhar Gupta
@ShekharGupta

Silly, celebration of Amartya Sen withdrawal from Nalanda & unthinking abuse for him. Don't forget it was Vajpayee who gave him Bharat Ratna

Fri, Feb 20 2015 08:46:01
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Teesta Setalvad, Priya Pillai, now Amartya Sen. Activists and academics who refuse to toe the BJP line targeted. Democracy without dissent.

Fri, Feb 20 2015 02:44:40
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Would be a magnanimous & universally admired gesture if @PMOIndia were to invite Prof.Amartya Sen to stay on at Nalanda U

Fri, Feb 20 2015 08:40:29
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And when the heat is on on a liberal, the usual suspects Sagarika and Barkha rush to defend with exclusive interviews!

Is the Govt blocking a 2nd term for Nobel Laureate& Bharat Ratna Amartya Sen? He certainly thinks so. Here's my story
http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/government-wants-me-to-cease-being-chancellor-of-nalanda-university-amartya-sen-740920?pfrom=home-lateststories
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Fri, Feb 20 2015 03:07:45
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What would the Amartya episode be without this kind of reaction from a secular eminence like Shabana. This has nothing to do with Modi's lunatic fringe, yet it's secular to say so and so they will!

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Azmi Shabana
@AzmiShabana

Shouldnt a Bharat Ratna awardee be free from the dispensations of the Political Party in power? Shame that#Amartya Sen is forced to resign

Fri, Feb 20 2015 03:58:00
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Modis lunatic fringe is out again spewing venom and hatred, They do him far more harm than those who hold opposing views do .# Amartya Sen

Fri, Feb 20 2015 08:03:07
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And while you wonder why the MSM is not asking the tough questions to Amartya Sen, it will do good to read this story done by us some time which spoke of why Nalanda is ailing at childbirth

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Nalanda University is ailing at childbirth | IndiaFacts

September 1 2014 was a day of pride for the people of India, and specifically the people of Bihar as the Nalanda University, once an ancient international centre for learning, finally started functioning eight centuries after it was looted and plundered by Bakhtiyar Khalji around 1193 CE.