If Jobs Are Important, Education Is Important.

Poverty Is The Deprivation Of Opportunity.

I Think In Those Countries, Including My Own In India, Where I Think Primary Education Has Been Badly Neglected By Successive Governments, I Blame The Opposition As Much. Why Have They Allowed The Government To Get Away With It?

People's Identities As Indians, As Asians, Or As Members Of The Human Race, Seemed To Give Way - Quite Suddenly - To Sectarian Identification With Hindu, Muslim, Or Sikh Communities.

From The Mid-1970s, I Also Started Work On The Causation And Prevention Of Famines.

It Is Also Very Engaging - And A Delight - To Go Back To Bangladesh As Often As I Can, Which Is Not Only My Old Home, But Also Where Some Of My Closest Friends And Collaborators Live And Work.