ABHIJIT VINAYAK BANERJEE -- A TRANQUIL MIND SEEKING SOLUTIONS TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY
Stillness of the mind is the key to success.
I was watching Nobel laureate Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee at close quarters, for flashes, though. He seemed so utterly still in his mind even as he moved past the thoroughfare of reporters and photographers and a melee of onlookers and security personnel on to his waiting vehicle inside his housing complex. Amidst the general excitement created by his arrival, Abhijit Banerjee himself seemed utterly composed. Brisk in gait, dignified in demeanour, the economist carried himself with an unassuming air, as if almost oblivious of the universal acclaim he has been receiving since having been declared the joint winner of this year's Nobel Prize for economics.
Such a down-to-earth attitude, as if nothing has happened on his personal front beyond the recognition of his life's work, is, indeed, the hallmark of greatness. But one thing stood out in those brief flashes to which I was privy and that was his utter stillness of mind that was evident strangely through the frail form of this lanky laureate, a tranquillity that one would associate with a mind bathed in the purity of deep contemplation.
God bless you, Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee ! You have made your mother proud, your motherland proud and the poor of the world proud for whom you have started your crusade for the improvement of their lot.
Written by Sugata Bose
Photo : Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee (left), Esther Duflo (centre) and Michael Kremer (right) -- joint winners of the Nobel Prize for Economics, 2019.
Stillness of the mind is the key to success.
I was watching Nobel laureate Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee at close quarters, for flashes, though. He seemed so utterly still in his mind even as he moved past the thoroughfare of reporters and photographers and a melee of onlookers and security personnel on to his waiting vehicle inside his housing complex. Amidst the general excitement created by his arrival, Abhijit Banerjee himself seemed utterly composed. Brisk in gait, dignified in demeanour, the economist carried himself with an unassuming air, as if almost oblivious of the universal acclaim he has been receiving since having been declared the joint winner of this year's Nobel Prize for economics.
Such a down-to-earth attitude, as if nothing has happened on his personal front beyond the recognition of his life's work, is, indeed, the hallmark of greatness. But one thing stood out in those brief flashes to which I was privy and that was his utter stillness of mind that was evident strangely through the frail form of this lanky laureate, a tranquillity that one would associate with a mind bathed in the purity of deep contemplation.
God bless you, Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee ! You have made your mother proud, your motherland proud and the poor of the world proud for whom you have started your crusade for the improvement of their lot.
Written by Sugata Bose
Photo : Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee (left), Esther Duflo (centre) and Michael Kremer (right) -- joint winners of the Nobel Prize for Economics, 2019.
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