Indians too tolerant of intolerance: Amartya

Indians too tolerant of intolerance: Amartya

FPJ BureauUpdated: Friday, May 31, 2019, 06:10 PM IST
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New Delhi: Indians have been “much too tolerant” of intolerance, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen said today and asked people to “work hard” to preserve the tradition of tolerance and plurality which he said was not being done adequately.

Sen, a distinguished economist and a Bharat Ratna recipient, emphasised that intolerance of dissent did not start with the “present government”. This period has only added substantially to the restrictions that already were, he said.

He also called for a reexamination of the need to continue with “remnants” of the the colonial rule.

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