Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Shakuntala Devi
Born: November 4, 1929
Died: April 21, 2013 (aged 83)
Bio: Shakuntala Devi in was an Indian writer and mental calculator, popularly known as the "human computer". A child prodigy, her talent earned her a place in the 1982 edition of The Guinness Book of World Records.
Known for:
- Puzzles to Puzzle You (1979)
- Figuring the Joy of Numbers (1977)
- Astrology for You (2005)
- In the Wonderland of Numbers (2006)
- Awaken the genius in your child (1999)