Sunday Reads
- Larry Summers interview on the global economy. (TIE)
- "I'm the biggest victim of intolerance." (Swarajya)
- Can India, Pakistan ever be normal neighbours? (New IE)
- Spread this JAM thick and wide. (Business Line)
Sunday Anecdote:
Ernst Eduard Kummer (1810-1893), a German
algebraist, was rather poor at arithmetic. Whenever he had occasion to do
simple arithmetic in class, he would get his students to help him. Once he had
to find 7 x 9. “Seven times nine,” he
began, “Seven times nine is er – ah – ah – seven times nine is. . . .”
“Sixty-one,” a student suggested.
Kummer wrote 61 on the board.
“Sir,” said another student, “it should be
sixty-nine.” “Come, come, gentlemen, it
can’t be both,” Kummer exclaimed. “It must be one or the other.”