Yesterday G, N and I went to UCSD to attend Amartya Sen's talk on "Illusions of Identity". By the time we reached the venue, there was a huge queue. We were just a hair's breadth away from Dr. Sen who walked past us to get into the auditorium. Since there were no empty seats available by the time we got to the lecture hall, we went all the way to the front and plonked ourselves on the floor.
And the speech was brilliant. It was worth leaving work early for, it was worth sitting on the floor for a couple of hours. His clarity of thought and expression, and the relevance of the topic in today's world, made it an enlightening experience. I am really looking forward to reading the book.
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