Kolkata (West Bengal), Oct. 22 -- : Nobel laureate Prof Abhijit Banerjee on Tuesday reached his hometown Kolkata after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier today in the national capital.
"The PM started by cracking a joke about how the media is trying to trap me to say anti-Modi things. He is watching TV. He is watching you guys. He knows what you are trying to do," Prof Banerjee recounted his meeting with the prime minister with media persons.
Terming it as a unique experience, he said that the Prime Minister spoke about governance and bureaucracy.
"It was a privilege to have this meeting with the Prime Minister. He was kind enough to give me quite a lot of time and to talk a lot about his way of thinking about India, which was ...