Maths genius: Count on inner gift(Human computer)

(Shakuntala Devi, 69,)

Shakuntala Devi discovered that she had a special attachment and understanding towards numbers when she was just three years old. By the time she was five, she over took learned mathematicians in solving complex problems within seconds; it took hours for the mathematicians to arrive at correct answers to those calculations! At the age of six, little Shakuntala demonstrated her talents at the University of Mysore, before a huge gathering of professors and students of higher studies in mathematics. With lightning rapidity and scientific precision, she declared right answers mentally working out calculations for the most complicated problems. At the age of eight, she thrilled the learned audience of Annamalai University, prompting the Vice Chancellor of the university to call her, 'A living wonder.' As a child, she toured all over India exhibiting her talent not only in numbers but telling the exact day of the week of any date ,month, year of the past or future. Still in her childhood, she took her first tour of Europe in 1950. Visiting London on October 5, 1950, Shakuntala entertained Britain's television viewers with her skills in numbers. In her live programme on BBC, she challenged the interviewer within seconds on hearing the problem, telling that the problem was worked out wrong. The interviewer did a quick check-up and confessed that BBC's calculation was wrong. Similarly, when she was giving a demonstration at the University of Rome, she proved that the machine was wrong and she was right!a( http://www.shakuntaladevi.in/index.htm)

Media report..

O Globo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Nov. 6, 1954: "… the virgin from India is indeed a marvel.

''Mainichi, Tokyo, Japan - Sept. 14, 1958: "… the audience, consisting of representatives, of the diplomatic corps and others, thoroughly enjoyed the remarkable mental performance of the sari clad woman.

" Times of Malta, Malta - Oct.25, 1961: "… anyone who can hold an audience of youngsters spellbound with mathematical figures for over an hour must be a wonder. But that is what Shakuntala Devi, India's human calculator, is…"El Nacional, Caracas, Venezuela - Apr. 8, 1965: "… Shakuntala is an extra -ordinary Indian Girl, on whom nature has bestowed classical beauty and a mathematical brain that has a stunned the whole world…"

Mirror, Manila, Philippines - Dec. 7, 1968: "… she has a remarkable talent for showmanship that can put Bob Hope out panhandling." Daily Mirror, London - Sep.21, 1973: "… the machines have no chance, for Shakuntala has never been beaten.

" The Sunday Times, London - Sep.23, 1973: "… there was no competition when it came to finding a fourth root: The machine can't do it. Shakuntala Devi took just three seconds."