Life wouldn't have been wasted if I didn't get the Nobel: Amartya Sen

There are greater goals in life than winning the Nobel Prize. At least, there ought to be.

Or so, feels Nobel laureate thinker-philosopher-welfare economist Professor Amartya Sen who dubbed the award as a "nice thing to have", but opined that his life wouldn't have been wasted even without it.

Sen said that the money he received from the prize helped him start Pratichi Trust, a research-based charity focussing on education and healthcare of children.

"Nobel is an award I received but I don't think my life would have been wasted even if I didn't get it. It was nice to have received it. I got some money and could start a charity called Pratichi Trust involving education and healthcare elements of children," Sen said while speaking to PTI in an exclusive interview at his ancestral abode in Bolpur in Birbhum district of West Bengal.

"There's also a little bit of luck involved in whether or not you end up getting one of these prizes... I do not think I had a goal to get the Nobel or any