'Baba is totally fine': Amartya Sen's daughter denies rumours of his death

Nandana Sen, daughter of Amartya Sen, has refuted reports about her father passing away. She said that her “Baba is totally fine.”

“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!” Sen wrote on X.

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

On Tuesday, a post by Claudia Goldin, going by the username @profCGoldin, said that the 89-year-old economist had died following which reports went viral on social media.