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National Mathematics Day 2024: History, significance and all you need to know
1 day, 14 hours ago

National Mathematics Day 2024: History, significance and all you need to know

India Today  

National Mathematics Day is celebrated every year in India on December 22. NATIONAL MATHEMATICS DAY HISTORY The celebration of National Mathematics Day began in 2012, when the then Prime Minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh, announced the occasion to honour the birth anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan. NATIONAL MATHEMATICS DAY SIGNIFICANCE Honouring Srinivasa Ramanujan, the day commemorates the life and contributions …

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The rebellious maths teacher
1 month, 1 week ago

The rebellious maths teacher

The Hindu  

In 1924 in the Madras Province, Kothandarama Iyengar and Seshammal welcomed their firstborn, P.K. Chandramogan, founder of Hatsun Foods, recalled Srinivasan’s message: “My teaching is not to make clerks out of you, but leaders and change-makers.” Chandramogan took this message to heart, eventually becoming a Forbes-listed billionaire. Srinivasan was deeply inspired by, and intrigued about, Srinivasa Ramanujan, whom he called …

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The Science Quiz | Numbers have celebrities, too
6 months ago

The Science Quiz | Numbers have celebrities, too

The Hindu  

What is the lowest whole number whose name, when spelt out in English, contains the letter ‘a’? This six digit number is sometimes called by the name given to a famous fiery bird because its first six multiples contain the same digits as this number does. The taxicab numbers are so named because Srinivasa Ramanujan once noticed the number 1,729 …

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Srinivasa Ramanujan Death Anniversary: 10 Quotes and Interesting Facts About the Mathematician
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Srinivasa Ramanujan Death Anniversary: 10 Quotes and Interesting Facts About the Mathematician

News 18  

This year marks the 104th death anniversary of Indian mathematical genius, Srinivasa Ramanujan. Srinivasa Ramanujan’s 104th Death Anniversary: Quotes “An equation for me has no meaning, unless it expresses a thought of God.” – Srinivasa Ramanujan “I have not trodden through the conventional regular course which is followed in a University course, but I am striking out a new path …

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Just Like That | Temple architecture is a spiritual journey
10 months ago

Just Like That | Temple architecture is a spiritual journey

Hindustan Times  

The ancient treatise, Vishnudharmottara has a deeply interesting conversation between a king and a sage. However, the sage goes on to insist that the king must also study music, for no area of art can be pursued without a full knowledge of all the forms of creative expression. The temple thus carries out in brick and stone the primordial blueprint …

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Essay: Ayodhya and the end of the Hindu imagination
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Essay: Ayodhya and the end of the Hindu imagination

Hindustan Times  

When a state stamps its ownership on a much-loved story, its ordinary citizens have no choice but to let go of their own versions. But Michael Madhusudhan Dutt, the poet of Meghnad Badh Kavya, was, like his idol John Milton, “of the devil’s party without knowing it”, as the poet William Blake had said of the great English poet of …

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Srinivasa Ramanujan and Lessons from His Life
1 year ago

Srinivasa Ramanujan and Lessons from His Life

News 18  

Sanatana Dharma says that each one of us should treat, celebrate and respect four people with the most devotion: mata, pita, guru and daivam. But the real character of Srinivasa can be seen during the period when Ramanujan — at least for the world — was a good-for-nothing son who couldn’t pass an exam in Government Arts College, Kumbakonam and …

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National Mathematics Day 2023: Know about Srinivasa Ramanujan's life & work
1 year ago

National Mathematics Day 2023: Know about Srinivasa Ramanujan's life & work

Hindustan Times  

December 22 is celebrated as National Mathematics Day every year. National Mathematics Day 2023: Know about Srinivasa Ramanujan's life & work The celebration of this day began in 2012 when then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declared December 22 as National Mathematics Day to honor the life and achievements of Ramanujan in the field of Mathematics. National Mathematics Day 2023: Timeline …

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National Mathematics Day 2023: Wishes, Quotes and Messages to Share on Srinivasa Ramanujan's Birth Anniversary
1 year ago

National Mathematics Day 2023: Wishes, Quotes and Messages to Share on Srinivasa Ramanujan's Birth Anniversary

News 18  

National Mathematics Day on December 22 honours the birth of mathematical prodigy, Srinivasa Ramanujan. NATIONAL MATHEMATICS DAY 2023: QUOTES BY SRINIVASA RAMANUJAN An equation for me has no meaning unless it expresses a thought of God. NATIONAL MATHEMATICS DAY 2023 WISHES Happy National Mathematics Day! NATIONAL MATHEMATICS DAY 2023 MESSAGES For the math whizThinking of you and your incredible talent …

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National Mathematics Day 2023: History, 10 Facts, and How to Celebrate Srinivasa Ramanujan Birth Anniversary
1 year ago

National Mathematics Day 2023: History, 10 Facts, and How to Celebrate Srinivasa Ramanujan Birth Anniversary

News 18  

National Mathematics Day is observed on December 22 to commemorate the birth anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan, one of the country’s brilliant minds. National Mathematics Day: History National Mathematics Day was first observed in India in 2011. National Mathematics Day 2023: Celebration In India, National Mathematics Day is observed in several schools, colleges, universities, and educational institutions. National Mathematics Day 2023: …

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National Mathematics Day 2023: Date, history and significance
1 year ago

National Mathematics Day 2023: Date, history and significance

Hindustan Times  

National Mathematics Day 2023: Mathematics and calculations are an integral part of our lives. Every year, National Mathematics Day is celebrated to raise awareness about the importance of learning Mathematics in order to implement it in our regular lives. National Mathematics Day 2023: Date, history and significance As we gear up to celebrate National Mathematics Day for this year, here …

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The Hindu on Books | The NIF Prize shortlist, being Muslim in Hindu India, talking to Tashan Mehta and more
1 year, 1 month ago

The Hindu on Books | The NIF Prize shortlist, being Muslim in Hindu India, talking to Tashan Mehta and more

The Hindu  

Welcome to this edition of The Hindu on Books Newsletter. In reviews, we read an excerpt from Ziya Us Salam’s Being Muslim in Hindu India, Ramanujan’s Soma poems, an anthology celebrating trailblazers of the LGBTQIA+ movement in India, a guide through events and people who have shaped Indian cricket, and more. In their world of binaries, you are either with …

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Review of ‘Soma’, edited by Guillermo Rodriguez and Krishna Ramanujan - The Hindu
1 year, 1 month ago

Review of ‘Soma’, edited by Guillermo Rodriguez and Krishna Ramanujan - The Hindu

The Hindu  

For all those who love A.K. Edited by scholar Guillermo Rodriguez and Ramanujan’s son and science writer Krishna Ramanujan, this book brings together the poet’s mostly unpublished ‘Soma’ poems, numbering 22. The editors have also included, by way of additional material, a reprint of an essay by Wendy Doniger — ‘The Post-Vedic History of the Soma Plant’ — first published …

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The Many Retellings of the Ramayana
1 year, 3 months ago

The Many Retellings of the Ramayana

The Diplomat  

The makers of the movie “Adipurush” were no doubt hoping to cash in on India’s current obsession with all things Hindu when they decided to make a film based on the ancient Hindu epic, the Ramayana. Meanwhile, the Hindu Sena, a right-wing organization, filed a petition in the Delhi High Court claiming that the film “hurt the sentiments of the …

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Building India into a powerhouse in maths
1 year, 5 months ago

Building India into a powerhouse in maths

Hindustan Times  

Mathematics is the foundation of modern science and technology, and its role in critical areas of national security such as cryptography is even more singular. However, despite a rich historical legacy as well as renowned mathematicians in the 20th century, India has fared less well in this critical field in recent years. Despite a rich historical legacy and renowned mathematicians …

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Srinivasa Ramanujan: To Infinity and Beyond - News18
1 year, 7 months ago

Srinivasa Ramanujan: To Infinity and Beyond - News18

News 18  

On December 22, 1887, Srinivasa Ramanujan was born to Kuppuswamy Srinivasa Iyengar and Komalathammal. Since he didn’t have any degree in accounting, he had to use his connections from earlier, one of them being that of Edgar William Middlemast, a Mathematics professor at the Presidency College, whose recommendation stated that Ramanujan was “a young man of a quite exceptional capacity …

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INDIA, THIS SIDE | The great Indian family
1 year, 10 months ago

INDIA, THIS SIDE | The great Indian family

The Hindu  

Published : Jan 26, 2023 10:25 IST When Indians go abroad, particularly to the West, what strikes one at once is the stark difference between the family-related sentiments that people out there have and the family ties back home. You may have noticed how effortlessly two persons who have migrated to a metropolis own up each other’s claim of “mera …

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Srinivasa Ramanujan: Celebrating the Man Who Knew Infinity - News18
2 years ago

Srinivasa Ramanujan: Celebrating the Man Who Knew Infinity - News18

News 18  

Some people attain greatness at a very young age. But in 2015, another movie was released — one that should be dearer to us than the aforementioned ones — about a great mathematical genius of all time, titled The Man Who Knew Infinity, made on the life history of our very own Srinivasa Ramanujan. The famous Ramanujan number — 1729 …

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National Mathematics Day 2022: Remembering Srinivasa Ramanujan and His Inspirational Quotes
2 years ago

National Mathematics Day 2022: Remembering Srinivasa Ramanujan and His Inspirational Quotes

News 18  

National Mathematics Day 2022: December 22 is celebrated as National Mathematics Day to commemorate the birth anniversary of one of the brilliant minds of the country, Srinivasa Ramanujan. Here are some interesting facts and quotes to remember the mathematical genius: Ramanujan used to solve Loney’s Trigonometry exercises at the age of 13, without any help. He had said: “An equation …

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Why is December 22 Celebrated as National Mathematics Day? History and Significance
2 years ago

Why is December 22 Celebrated as National Mathematics Day? History and Significance

News 18  

NATIONAL MATHEMATICS DAY 2022: December 22 is celebrated as National Mathematics Day to mark the birth anniversary of Indian mathematical genius, Srinivasa Ramanujan. National Mathematics Day: History On December 26, 2011, former Prime Minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh, declared December 22 as National Mathematics Day, while attending the 125th birth anniversary celebration of Ramanujan at Madras University, the latter’s …

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Book Box: The Many Ramayanas
2 years, 2 months ago

Book Box: The Many Ramayanas

Hindustan Times  

It’s four stanzas of a river in flood, describing the things the river carries away, including a quirky image I never forgot of “a couple of cows named Gopi and Brinda as usual.” I reconnected with this poet a few years ago, with the posthumous publication of his journals. If you, like me, read primarily in English, here are three …

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This new book of Indian poetry is a collector’s item
2 years, 7 months ago

This new book of Indian poetry is a collector’s item

Live Mint  

For over two decades, Jeet Thayil has been compiling the definitive anthology of Indian poetry in English. Madhu Kapparath’s black and white images of poets like Vikram Seth, Dom Moraes, Arun Kolatkar and Thayil himself enhance the book’s value as a physical artefact and collector’s item. In a phone interview, Thayil speaks about the anthology’s making, some of the younger …

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Srinivasa Ramanujan Death Anniversary: Remembering World-renowned Mathematician With His Inspiring Quotes on Mathematics, Science and More
2 years, 7 months ago

Srinivasa Ramanujan Death Anniversary: Remembering World-renowned Mathematician With His Inspiring Quotes on Mathematics, Science and More

News 18  

Srinivasa Ramanujan Death Anniversary: Over a century has passed after the death of Srinivasa Ramanujan, a child prodigy and a pioneer in mathematics, yet his achievements continue inspiring young minds even today. Born in the city of Erode on December 22, 1887, Ramanujan had no formal education in mathematics and yet, he made significant contributions in taxi numbers, number theories, …

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Srinivasa Ramanujan Death Anniversary: All You Need To Know About Math Genius
2 years, 7 months ago

Srinivasa Ramanujan Death Anniversary: All You Need To Know About Math Genius

News 18  

Srinivasa Ramanujan Death Anniversary: Srinivasa Iyengar Ramanujan continues to be an inspiration for mathematicians across the world. Hardy reviewed Ramanujan’s work and labelled them as “fraud” but a month later, he invited the young Indian to Cambridge University. In England, Ramanujan’s strictly Brahmin eating habits deteriorated his health and after the First World War ended, he returned to India in …

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