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My generation grew up in a country where the government used to dump shiploads of grain into the ocean. But not finishing your broccoli, in contrast, invoked mealtime lectures about hungry children in less fortunate countries. Wasting food was a moral problem and not the outcome of global inequality and skewed access that we later learned were responsible for those starving children pictured in UNESCO funding appeals on television.
Aversion to wasting food is probably wired into our genes. Even so, competing with your friends to kill oranges by rolling them under the wheels of passing vehicles was not exactly a sin when you were surrounded by near-endless expanses of citrus groves, and where neighbours routinely left gift bags of oranges on the doorstep that only added to the surfeit accumulating inside.
The 91-year-old is survived by his wife, a daughter and two sons.
A recipient of the Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award of the country, the renowned human rights lawyer served as the Attorney General for India from 1989-90 and then from 1998-2004 during the tenure of V.P. Singh and Atal Bihari Vajpayee respectively.
President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi were among a host of leaders who condoled the passing away of the eminent jurist.
The prime minister described him as an outstanding lawyer who was at the forefront of helping the poor and downtrodden through law.
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What causes the wealth and prosperity of a nation? The question hounded Adam Smith in 1776 and he tried to find the solution in his famous book
An inquiry into Nature and Cause of the Wealth of Nation. With all the technological advancement that has taken place in the last 250 years, the question remains as relevant as ever.Â
In 2017, economist Amartya Sen asked the question, âWhat’s wrong with inequality?” He answered, âAs inequality increases, the standard of living is worse for those at the bottom of the economic ladder than it would have been without the relative inequality.â