Nobel laureate's friend recalls his love for western music

Nobel laureate Abhijit Binayak Banerjee was fond of English classics and Western music, his friend in the Presidency College here said on Tuesday.

Abhijit Pathak said Banerjee had a select group of friends in the premier institute, of which he was a part.

Indian-American economist Banerjee his wife Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer jointly won the Nobel "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty."
Revealing their divergent interest in the fields of arts, Pathak said, "while I knew the names and songs of most Rabindra Sangeet exponents by heart, I heard the name of Bob Dylan first from him."
To a question, Pathak said he and Banerjee were regularly in touch till five-six years back, when "we would meet during his visit to Kolkata, but since then there was not much contact."