A twitter account on the name of Nobel laureate Claudia Goldin, The economist who won the Nobel prize 2023 for her commendable work in gender pay gap, tweeted condolences for Amartya Sen! The tweet went viral instantly. Many influencers on social media also started posting the same. However some people who know the family of Prof. Amartya Sen closely have refuted the claim.
A terrible news. My dearest Professor Amartya Sen has died minutes ago. No words. pic.twitter.com/giIdK0t2XA
— Claudia Goldin (@profCGoldin) October 10, 2023
Big loss to India 🇮🇳
— Dr Gaurav Kumar (@ImJordanGaurav1) October 10, 2023
Amartya Sen has died few minutes ago – Nobel prize winner in economics #R.I.P#AmartyaSen pic.twitter.com/vzDWtoSQ0Z
Amartya Sen is dead.
— Sensei Kraken Zero (@YearOfTheKraken) October 10, 2023
The Nobel Prize winning Economist remained a puppet of western powers till the very end.
Despite his prowess in Economics, he couldn't contribute towards reviving the fortunes of West Bengal, his home state.
Not could he do much to restore the glory of…
The tweet went viral and many twitter influencers, tweeted the same. But it seems the tweet is done from a fake account. The real Claudia Goldin is a separate account, that have not tweeted anything related to Amartya Sen’s death. The real Claudia Goldin’s account is at @PikaGoldin. The fake news is being spread by an account impersonating Claudia @profCGoldin.
The Real Claudia Goldin
The fake Claudia Goldin
Many twitter handles, close to Dr. Amartya Sen’s family tweeted that Professor is doing well and is very much alive.
Professor Amartya Sen’s Daughter also took to twitter and refuted the news.
Stay away from fake news. Check the Handles tweeting it. They might be just looking for reposts.
Amartya Sen is absolutely ok . I have spoken to his daughter . Please don’t spread rumours #AmartyaSen
— Kamalika Sengupta (@KamalikaSengupt) October 10, 2023
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
