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Now search for . Go ahead. A reference to Ramanujan’s mother, Komalatammal. A mention of his wife, Janaki. And that’s almost it. The index doesn’t hide them; it simply has nothing more to list. In that silence, the index becomes a quiet indictment of the biography’s own blind spot.

Every good index ends on a quiet note. The last entry in my edition is , referencing Hardy’s famous rating of mathematical talent on a scale from 0 to 100—where Hardy gave himself a 25, Littlewood a 30, and Ramanujan a 100. It is the perfect closing note: the void from which all numbers spring, and the man who filled it. Index Of The Man Who Knew Infinity REPACK

But then look closer.

More revealing are the ghosts between the lines. Try looking up . A few page references, perhaps to Ramanujan’s orthodox Brahmin upbringing. But racism ? You’ll find “prejudice” tucked under “English society,” as if the slur were ambient weather rather than a structural beam. Imperialism appears, but thinly. Food —a constant, heartbreaking drama in the book (Ramanujan cooking his own vegetarian meals in freezing Cambridge)—merits a handful of page numbers. Now search for