CAN YOU tell what was the day on January 12, 1980? Or, the day when Tipu Sultan was born? Puzzled, aren't you!
But nine-year-old lad Apoorva Krishna Mishra can easily answer these queries with in no time.
This child prodigy has the ability to tell the exact days of any date and year within seconds of receiving the question. Not only the days concerning the past dates, he is also adept in telling about the days falling on future dates.
Apoorva developed this skill when he was merely five-year-old.
According to his mother Sudha Mishra, once her son kept staring at a calendar for quite some time and then onwards he developed a habit of giving exact replies regarding the days falling on any date or year.
"It was a surprise for me. I thought he might have mugged up the days from a diary but we were bound to believe that our son has been blessed with this unique quality when he even started telling about the days of historical dates," she added.
Still, in order to satisfy her curiosity, Apoorva's mother bought a calendar which had the dates of almost five centuries and to her surprise Apoorva gave the exact replies without a hitch to all the random questions.
{{/usCountry}}Still, in order to satisfy her curiosity, Apoorva's mother bought a calendar which had the dates of almost five centuries and to her surprise Apoorva gave the exact replies without a hitch to all the random questions.
{{/usCountry}}At present Apoorva is studying in fourth standard in St Joseph College. "His teacher Ms Sen discovered his talent when he was in Prep class.
He has started taking a few seconds now in answering but earlier the response came in a flash.
Even at the time of Harivansh Rai Bachchan's death, Apoorva kept telling about the day late Bachchan was born and other such informations," said Sudha Mishra.
But, Apoorva is unable to tell about the calculations he does. "I cannot explain anything since the response is spontaneous and I am unable to say how this happens," he says.
Noted litterateur Mamta Kalia, who already knew about Apoorva, highlighted his talent in kids' magazine 'Nandan'.
Apoorva is an ardent reader of mythological tales and he asked his mother to present him 'Geeta' when he was only a three-year-old child. He is a die-hard cricket fan and his mind is like a computer when it comes to gathering any information regarding the days of important tournaments, the score and dates and any other data.
This talented kid has a younger sister Dharavi who is a good dancer. His father AP Mishra is an advocate.
Not ready to miss his favourite game of cricket, Apoorva aspires to be an engineer as well as an outstanding cricketer.