Paul Erdos' verse on the city of Madras
This to city of Madras,
Home of the curry and the daal,
Where the Iyers speak only to Iyengars
And the Iyengars speak only to God
-modelled on a similar verse on Boston snobbery, which goes:
This to city of Boston,
Home of the bean and the cod,
Where the Lowells speak only to Cabots
And the Cabots speak only to God
This to city of Madras,
Home of the curry and the daal,
Where the Iyers speak only to Iyengars
And the Iyengars speak only to God
-modelled on a similar verse on Boston snobbery, which goes:
This to city of Boston,
Home of the bean and the cod,
Where the Lowells speak only to Cabots
And the Cabots speak only to God
This was related by Krishnaswami Alladi yesterday December 28, on a talk about the mathematics of Paul Erdos, a brilliant Hungarian, the same country as John von Neumann, the father of computer programming whose birthday it was. The talk was for BrainsTrust at Gokhale Sastri Institute, Karpagambal Nagar, Mylapore.
