Amartya Sen & Chandan Mitra tiff brings out the 'terms and conditions' every Bharat Ratna is governed by!
Amartya Sen: Will return Bharat Ratna if Vajpayee asks it. Renowned economist and Bharat Ratna awardee Amartya Sen sparked debate while he accidentally pressed the trigger of already upbeat Modi brigade. "As an Indian citizen I don't want Modi as my PM, he has not done enough for minorities or for the majority," said Sen in an interview with CNN-IBN. What followed later on was unfortunate of its kind in a democracy as large as India which boasts of its liberal democratic principles and vividity at large. Narendra Modi is good or bad in itself is an altogether different issue. But don't we have right to have our opinions, don't we have right to speak our mind, shall we worry about the consequences before uttering anything? Where are we heading? Who is Modi after all? A CM of one Indian state and if all goes as one desires then will become Prime Minister of India. What difference will that make? Will it change how we speak or will it chan