Renowned economist and Nobel Laureate Prof. Amartya Sen, in an interview with Karan Thapar for The Wire, asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to apologise to Muslim citizens in India for calling them 'Infiltrators'.
In a short letter sent to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee by email, Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen thanked Mamata for supporting people like him who are under attack.
Sen said the threats received by actor Naseeruddin Shah and politics over cattle slaughter were examples of attempts being made to “excite” the public. “I think what we see is an organised attempt at making the country smaller, meaner, nastier and more divided