Amartya Sen’s talk in 2013 saw protests by dalit pupils

A little over two years ago, in December 2013, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen was invited by the University of Hyderabad (UoH) to accept an honorary doctorate and deliver a talk on an esoteric subject: “Are Coffee Houses Important for Education?” But protesting students — mainly dalits — would just not allow Sen to talk on this subject.