The story behind Abhijit Banerjee's shiny shoes and dhoti@Nobel

December 13, 2019 12:46

"We are here as guests of India's Nobel Prize winner Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, as their publisher. All the prize winners and guests are staying at the elegant hotel (and the ones who aren't moan loudly in regret) -- and the small lobby, the bar with its wood panelled walls and the glass encased restaurant hum with people and voices and excitement. But let's begin at the beginning."

Publisher Chiki Sarkar's diary of the Nobel event. Do read

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