Obituary: India's 'human computer' Shakuntala Devi

The city on Thursday evening witnessed huge vehicular rush and traffic jams. The cause of traffic snarls was the ritual of taking 'Jware' to the prominent temples through the city streets the entire day. In areas including Baradevi, Kidwai Nagar, ...

It was the summer of 1998 and I was beginning my career by freelancing for Madras Plus, a popular city supplement for The Times of India. That afternoon, the editor of the features page handed me an assignment. I was to interview Shakuntala Devi, ...

: The city is in grip of Navratrifervour . Rituals like ' mundan ', ' kanchedan ' and ' grahpravesh ' are also being held. The temples continued to witness flow of devotees. According to religious experts, there are 16 Vedic sanskars which are ...

will be organised with much fanfare in the city from Wednesday and idol of the goddess has been decked up for the occasion. Talking to media persons, mela general secretaryShaymji Pathak said "On the occasion of Mahashtmi, the main gate of the ...

A nine-year-old student of class IV at Yashoda Devi Bal Shiksha Niketan in old city who was missing since Tuesday evening, was found murdered on Thursday evening.

Burst at 4 spots in pipeline supplying drinking water to city and disruption of supply on eve of Attukal Devi Temple Pongala festival, where lakhs converge, raised suspicion of sabotage.

The City Of Devi Author: Manil Suri Publisher: Bloomsbury UK, 400 pages Comedy, tragedy, love, hate all the big reactions and emotions are mixed together into an enticing masala of a novel. PERHAPS it is only fitting that a novel so intrinsically ...

Shakuntala Devi, who passed away recently, is popularly remembered as a mathematical wizard honoured internationally as India’s ‘human computer.’ There is in fact much more to this multi-faceted genius, in addition to her ...

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