National Mathematics Day: Why is it celebrated on Srinivasa Ramanujan’s birthday? – The Times of India
Every December 22, India celebrates National Mathematics Day as a comfortable tribute to Srinivasa Ramanujan: A genius remembered, a nation proud, a few school competitions, a poster or two. But Srinivasa Ramanujan is not a comfortable story. He is the rare kind of life that forces a blunt question on any education system: What do…