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Other than a few creative
pursuits, I have spent
many years of my life
studying
mathematics.
Strangely, I have found
that beyond a certain
level, the imagination
needed for mathematical
ideas are akin to those
needed for the arts.
During those years of intense
mathematical studies, one of the
figures who fired my imagination was
the
unbelievable
autodidact
mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan.
The cover story in this issue is
dedicated to the intriguing life of
Ramanujan.
Cartoonist’s Corner section features
a special feature on Laxman and
some his very interesting works.
This issue also has it’s other regular
‘corners’ including a short story by
the legendary writer Guy de
Maupassant; one of the pioneers of
the modern short story. This issue
features some excellent poems by
Swati Singh Sambyal and the
artworks of an extraordinary talent
that I came across on Facebook in
my quest for unearthing skills Vipin Alex Jacob. I am confident
that the readers will get immense
enjoyment from his works that hold
so much promise. A new section
(The Musician’s Corner) has now
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who was the
been added.
creator of the immortal fictional
detective and logician Sherlock
The exciting news is that the
Holmes, was himself a great believer
readers can now access the
in the occult and mysticism. The
magazine on mobile devices from
Essayist’s Corner in this issue features
its website (and in fact, you might
the strange case of the Cottingley
be reading this issue right now on
fairies that the cynical reader might
a smart phone or tablet). I am also
enjoy. This is about two girls who
in the process of designing an ‘app’
claimed to have come upon fairies in
for Android and Apple devices that
the woods in Cottingley and whose
you would be able to download on
‘experiences' were firmly endorsed by
your mobile devices in order to
Doyle himself!
access the magazine.
India lost an icon recently - a giant Happy reading!!
among cartoonists who was often
referred to as “the pied piper of Delhi”
- the redoubtable R.K. Laxman. The
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