A sensitives stubborn, self-willed child from a poor tamil family, srinivasa ramanujan grew up to be one of india's greatest mathematicians, whose discoveries continue to puzzle experts the world over . This eccentric genius who found spriritual meaning in mathematics, formulated a theory of reality around zero and infinity. This is the story of a clerk in the madras port trustwho eventually become a fellow of trinity college, cambridge and his english mentors.