"It is just a matter of memory and speedy calculations,” says 33-year-old Minoo Jokhi, who now knows squares of numbers till 40 lakh and can provide answers orally without the aid of a calculator. Jokhi’s passion for numbers is well known and he already has by heart cubes of numbers from one to 100, reveals The Free Press Journal (FPJ) in its edition of July 25, 2010.
Minoo Jokhi: new maths tricks
The man who can recall the telephone numbers of 2,000 people admits that his mind is constantly busy doing calculations to learn new maths tricks.
"I want maths tricks to be known to people so that a positive impression will be created among those who have a phobia for the subject,” Jokhi says, admitting that during his school days he was very weak in the subject. "I decided to memorize the tables. That developed curiosity and it culminated in my passion for numbers,” he recalls (see "Master of mathemagics,” Parsiana, March 21, 2008). Over the last eight years Jokhi has trained 1,500 children, professionals and housewives in memory development. His next project will be to memorize the calendar till the year 2100, having already mastered it from January 1, 1600 to December 31, 2010.
Jokhi, who has performed 400 shows in India and abroad, is fond of cricket, lawn tennis and Bollywood. He has attended international conferences on maths for peace in Canada and the US and on religion in Spain, FPJ mentions.