Cultural identity is a euphemism for racism. ![]() The fact that his skin colour was darker than those of his classmates created a problem of cultural identity. Unusual for a somewhat shy young man who was dignified and well-mannered. Ramanujan found himself in trouble on his first day at Cambridge. ‘An equation has no meaning to me unless it expresses a thought of God.’ Srinivasa Ramanujan Events took place over one hundred years ago, just before the outbreak of World War I when Britannia ruled the waves and the intellectual elite served only themselves. It’s a true and poignant lesson evoking strong emotions at personal and professional levels. ![]() It tells of a young man’s struggle to have his mathematical gift acknowledged. A student recently sent me this passage following my Storytelling class.
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