Divisive Caste is Anti-National, Says Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen

The Nobel Laureate was addressing a special event on Dr. BR Ambedkar at the London School of Economics.

• Professor Amartya Sen, renowned economist and philosopher, on Thursday attacked the practice of terming people ‘anti national’ for not toeing a certain line.
  
  
• The Nobel Laureate went on to say that caste is anti national, ‘because it divides the nation’, and one could only be national by eliminating all divisions.
  
  
• Sen was speaking at an event at the London School of Economics (LSE) to mark the 125th birth anniversary of Dalit rights activist Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar, a former LSE student.
  

(With inputs from PTI)