Manjul Bhargava

The Murty Classic Library aims at bringing out four or five translations per year to English readers and since the project focusses on Indian writing over the last 2,000 years, there is a lot to choose from.

The internet trinity of Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg all agree on a simple article of faith. Schoolchildren, college students and most everybody should learn to code because programming a computer "teaches you how to think".

Very few of us will contest that India's classical, literary heritage is vast and precious. But very few of us have really accessed this heritage. Language is a big issue that comes in the way of both modern day Indians and people around the world dipping into the ocean of India's classical literature.

India's Math Genius Manjul Bhargava talks to NDTV about his love for mathematics, and suggests that the teaching of math in India can be made fun and 'less robotic', using even magic tricks as teaching aids. He also touches on the mathematical nature of the tabla and other forms of music.

On 'The NDTV Dialogues', a look at the 'Role of the Classical in Modern India', an idea even more relevant in today's narrative and in a week where a first-of-its-kind initiative has been launched, the Murty Classical Library of India. On the panel are Dr Rohan Narayan Murty, founder of the Murty Classical library, Professor Sheldon Pollock, Editor...

Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy wants the Bharat Ratna to go to Professor Manjul Bhargava, the young, Indian-origin academician who has won the Fields Trophy - otherwise known as the "Nobel Prize of Mathematics".

Two Indian-origin academicians have won prestigious global prizes in the field of mathematics with one of them being awarded the Fields Medal - known as the "Nobel Prize of mathematics".

The Murty Classic Library aims at bringing out four or five translations per year to English readers and since the project focusses on Indian writing over the last 2,000 years, there is a lot to choose from.

The internet trinity of Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg all agree on a simple article of faith. Schoolchildren, college students and most everybody should learn to code because programming a computer "teaches you how to think".

Very few of us will contest that India's classical, literary heritage is vast and precious. But very few of us have really accessed this heritage. Language is a big issue that comes in the way of both modern day Indians and people around the world dipping into the ocean of India's classical literature.

India's Math Genius Manjul Bhargava talks to NDTV about his love for mathematics, and suggests that the teaching of math in India can be made fun and 'less robotic', using even magic tricks as teaching aids. He also touches on the mathematical nature of the tabla and other forms of music.

On 'The NDTV Dialogues', a look at the 'Role of the Classical in Modern India', an idea even more relevant in today's narrative and in a week where a first-of-its-kind initiative has been launched, the Murty Classical Library of India. On the panel are Dr Rohan Narayan Murty, founder of the Murty Classical library, Professor Sheldon Pollock, Editor...

Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy wants the Bharat Ratna to go to Professor Manjul Bhargava, the young, Indian-origin academician who has won the Fields Trophy - otherwise known as the "Nobel Prize of Mathematics".

Two Indian-origin academicians have won prestigious global prizes in the field of mathematics with one of them being awarded the Fields Medal - known as the "Nobel Prize of mathematics".