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What are the three major issues Sen discusses here in relation to India’s dialogic tradition?

Sen mainly talks about the issues of gender, caste, and voice and breaking these barriers in light of the argumentative tradition in India. He also states that these barriers have been broken on numerous occasions, even at times as early as 8th century BCE.


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It is important to see that the Indian argumentative tradition has frequently crossed the barriers of gender, caste, class, and community. List the examples cited by Sen to highlight this.

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What is a Sen’s interpretation of the positions taken by Krishna and Arjuna in the debate between them?

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Sen has sought here to dispel some misconceptions about democracy in India. What are these misconceptions?

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How, according to Sen, has the tradition of public discussion and interactive reasoning helped the success of democracy in India?