Even in areas like the most depressed region of India in terms of female education, namely Rajasthan, which has [one of] the lowest female literacy [….

While I am interested both in economics and in philosophy, the union of my interests in the two fields far exceeds their intersection..

Your voice is much more articulate and people listen to you if you've been to school. In family decisions, not surprisingly, the biggest impact in re….

The higher education has always appealed to the South Asian social leaders across all the countries in South Asia. But primary education has been neg….

Capability is just a concept of what is it we're looking at. Now how far we can go along that and what new capabilities become possible is something ….

In India, [in] the great documents like [the] Upanishads in eighth century B.C., you find some of the wisest [women] making great, learned speeches a….

I really do believe that education, despite this massive potential in transforming human lives, has not received the kind of attention that people sh….

Anything that increases the voice of young women tends therefore to reduce the fertility rate..

If a theory of justice is to guide reasoned choice of policies, strategies or institutions, then the identification of fully just social arrangements….

The fact that schools can actually be a major factor in cementing the world is a factor that's worth considering, the fact that we all have a shared ….

Development cannot really be so centered only on those in power..

Globalization is a complex issue, partly because economic globalization is only one part of it. Globalization is greater global closeness, and that i….

We live in a world where there is a need for pluralistic institutions and for recognizing different types of freedom, economic, social, cultural, and….

I was told Indian women don't think like that about equality. But I would like to argue that if they don't think like that they should be given a rea….

If jobs are important, education is important..

Freedoms are not only the primary ends of development, they are also among its principal means..

I don’t think that India is much celebrated for its democracy. Democracy has been a very neglected commodity at home and abroad..

I think the UN's role - especially since it's not an extremely rich fund, and that's to put it mildly - is mainly to act as a leading thinker of the ….

I have not had any serious non-academic job..

To conclude this discussion, assessment of justice demands engagement with the 'eyes of mankind',first, because we may variously identify with the ot….

But the idea that I should be a teacher and a researcher of some sort did not vary over the years..