Picking up the peaces

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United Nations (UN) secretary-general Boutros Boutros-Ghali believes that his frustration at the UN's poor reputation and financial difficulties stems from the forces of globalisation and fragmentation and from member countries' reluctance to provide the UN with the funds necessary to satisfy their demands. However the UN's dependence on the nation state and its diversification into almost every area of human endeavour are important factors in its difficulties. The UN should moderate its ambitions and concentrate on issues it can realistically tackle rather than trying to evolve into a world government.

Evaluation, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, United Nations, Boutros Ghali, Boutros

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The ethical economist

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Amartya Sen is a renowned Indian-born economist with a cross-disciplinary approach, amalgamating philosophy and social concerns with economics. In his writings of the 1960's and 1970's he expanded social choice theory, introducing questions of rights and freedoms. Later work focused on famines, an influential event from his youth having been the 1943-44 Bengal famine. He exposed the cause of that famine. Although he has worked in Britain and America he has maintained his Indian citizenship and his work over recent years has concentrated on examining the economic and social policies of India.

Economists, Sen, Amartya

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A suitable language?

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A survey by Indian academics R.K. Agnihotri and A.L. Khanna published in 1997 reveals that three-quarters of Indians regard English as an Indian language, while a poll by news magazine India Today indicates that one in five adults in India speak English. However India's official language is Hindi, English merely having the status of 'associate official language.' Nevertheless barely any Hindi is taught in south Indian schools, and most Indians, particularly the younger ones, are only interested in reading their own literary writers when they write in English.

English language, India, Language and languages, Public opinion

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