Shakuntala devi brief biography of abraham

  • SHAKUNTALA DEVI is a calculating prodigy who was born on November 4, 1939 in Bangalore, India.
  • Shakuntala Devi was born on November 4, 1929, in Bangalore to a typical Kannada Brahmin family.
  • Today in Mighty Girl history, Shakuntala Devi, the Indian mathematical prodigy known as “the human computer” for her ability to make.

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    Without mathematics, there's nothing you can do. Everything around you is mathematics. Everything around you is numbers.

    Shakuntala Devi was an Indian writer and mental calculator, popularly known as the "Human Computer". Devi strove to simplify numerical calculations for students. Her talent earned her a place in the 1982 edition of The Guinness Book of World Records. However, the certificate for the record was given posthumously on 30 July 2020, despite Devi achieving her world record on 18 June 1980 at Imperial College, London. Devi was a precocious child and she demonstrated her arithmetic abilities at the University of Mysore without any formal education.

    Devi wrote a number of books in her later years, including novels as well as texts about mathematics, puzzles, and astrology. She wrote the book The World Of Homosexuals, which is considered the first study of homosexuality in India. She saw homosexuality in a positive light and is considered a pioneer in the field.

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    Here's what inspired Anu Menon to make a biopic on Shakuntala Devi

    Director Anu Menon with Amit Sadh. Picture/PR

    When director Anu Menon was asked what inspired her to make a biopic on math genius and 'human computer' Shakuntala Devi, she said that it was daughter who inspired her. She shared, "One day, I heard my then 9-year-old daughter say that girls like English and boys like Maths. That really stung and I realised that we really need to fix this."

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    She added, "That was the starting point, following which I began doing some research around Shakuntala Devi and eventually connected with her daughter Anupama in London with my co-writer Nayanika. So this is certainly a story that is equal measures personal and important to me. I do hope little girls across the world see the movie and feel differently about maths."


    The much-awaited Shakuntala Devi releases on Amazon Prime Video on July 31, 2020, across 200 countries and territori