Shakuntala Devi also known as human computer showed her genius ability with numbers at the age of 3. Since then she had been surprising everyone with her art of playing with numbers and memorization. She had to her name name the world record of beating the fastest computer in the world in a complicated calculation by 10 sec.
She later became an astrologer. She also has to her credit a number of books. Little does anyone know that this genius did not have a proper access to schooling in her childhood. Despite the fact she honed her skills to achieve where she was today. Shakuntala Devi passed away on 21st April,2013... but has left us with many lessons to be learnt either from her books or from examples she has set for us in life.
