Amartya Sen Feb 17, 2026 · 29w
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Amartya Sen warns of weakening secularism in India at Kerala conference
Speaking by video link to the Vision 2031 international conference organized by the Kerala State Planning Board in February 2026, Sen said he had to acknowledge 'a weakening of my confidence in the invulnerability in the secularism of India,' as reported by NewsGram. He praised Kerala's historical record on democratic and human-development values, from women's rights to the Kerala School of mathematics, as a model for resisting what he called 'the well-organised thrusting of smallness on this country.'