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The passing of #AbhijitSen marks the loss of one of the sharpest minds, most lucid explainers, and Great Characters of Indian Economics. A kind, gentle, and amazingly non-hierarchical soul. I shall miss his presence and personality. @Jayati1609 @jahnavi_sen.
Some memories 1/n
Some memories 1/n
He taught me statistics for economics Including Chebyshev’s and Kolmogorov’s inequalities.
Years later we went out for drinking in Rotterdam and I asked him why he taught me these quite useless things “They are such fun”! He said, eyes twinkling.
We drank late and a LOT..2/n
Years later we went out for drinking in Rotterdam and I asked him why he taught me these quite useless things “They are such fun”! He said, eyes twinkling.
We drank late and a LOT..2/n
And he had a 9 am presentation the next morning to summarise the entire conference proceedings! “He’s going to fib it” I thought, bleary at 2 am, but as I stumbled into Conference at 0900 there he was giving a crisp lucid synopsis and reflections!!.
Visiting Delhi in 1998…3/n
Visiting Delhi in 1998…3/n
