Honouring Nobel laureate Indian economist Amartya Sen, the official handle of the Nobel Prize shared a photo on Twitter, captioned it, “When Amartya Sen’s phone rang at 5am on 14 October 1998, he was worried that something tragic had happened. After hearing that he was awarded the prize in economic sciences, Sen felt that “it was a good piece of news”.”

Honouring Nobel laureate Indian economist Amartya Sen, the official handle of the Nobel Prize shared a photo on Twitter, captioned it, “When Amartya Sen’s phone rang at 5am on 14 October 1998, he was worried that something tragic had happened. After hearing that he was awarded the prize in economic sciences, Sen felt that “it was a good piece of news”.”