Kolkata: Nobel laureate and famous economist Amartya Sen is alive, his daughter Nandana Deb Sen confirmed to ETV Bharat shortly after reports in several media outlets claimed Sen had passed away.
Speaking to ETV Bharat, Nandana said the 89-year-old economist was alive and doing well. "It's fake news, Baba is absolutely fine... I spent a week with him at our Cambridge home. He is perfectly fine and teaching two courses at Harvard," she said.
Nandana also tweeted about her father's well-being shortly afterwards. "Friends, thanks for your concern but it’s fake news: Baba is totally fine. We just spent a wonderful week together w/ family in Cambridge—his hug as strong as always last night when we said bye! He is teaching 2 courses a week at Harvard, working on his gender book—busy as ever!" Nandana tweeted.
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Friends, thanks for your concern but it’s fake news: Baba is totally fine. We just spent a wonderful week together w/ family in Cambridge—his hug as strong as always last night when we said bye! He is teaching 2 courses a week at Harvard, working on his gender book—busy as ever! pic.twitter.com/Fd84KVj1AT
— Nandana Sen (@nandanadevsen) October 10, 2023 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">Friends, thanks for your concern but it’s fake news: Baba is totally fine. We just spent a wonderful week together w/ family in Cambridge—his hug as strong as always last night when we said bye! He is teaching 2 courses a week at Harvard, working on his gender book—busy as ever! pic.twitter.com/Fd84KVj1AT
— Nandana Sen (@nandanadevsen) October 10, 2023Friends, thanks for your concern but it’s fake news: Baba is totally fine. We just spent a wonderful week together w/ family in Cambridge—his hug as strong as always last night when we said bye! He is teaching 2 courses a week at Harvard, working on his gender book—busy as ever! pic.twitter.com/Fd84KVj1AT
— Nandana Sen (@nandanadevsen) October 10, 2023
The false news seemed to have originated from a fake X handle (@profCGoldin) claiming to be Claudia Goldin, the Economist who was awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics on Monday.
"A terrible news. My dearest Professor Amartya Sen has died minutes ago. No words," the post read. ETV Bharat tried to confirm the veracity of the handle and realised that the real Claudia Goldin had a different X account (@PikaGoldin) which was followed by the official Nobel Prize X handle.
