As two-and-a-half-years old T Shamruth Ram looks at a car plying on the road, he screams that it's a (Mercedes) Benz. This is not the only car that he can identify. This wonder boy could recognize over 165 cars, both Indian and imported ones, just by seeing the picture and its logo. "It all began at the age of one, when he began passionately screening the pictures of cars in newspapers," said his mother T Rajeshwari.
"At one, he used to spend hours playing with toy cars. That time we did not know he was actually so passionate about it. After he turned a year-and-a-half, he began repeating the car names we taught him. Every day, he would take newspaper and keep asking us each car's name appears in it. So, three months back I collected from various periodicals pictures of different cars and made an album for him. He recognizes all the 165 cars if the logo is shown to him," Rajeshwari further said.
Shamruth Ram was born to Thirumalaisamy-Rajeshwari couple five years after their marriage. He is god's gift to us, beamed Shamruth's father Thirumalaisamy with pride. "We think he has a gift of memory and has a great recalling power," he added. Recalling an incident at a clinic, Thirumalaisamy said, "We had taken him to our family doctor's clinic a month back. He picked up the doctor's car keys and said it's a Ford Fiesta. The doctor was surprised. We knew that he recognised the logo, yet we were surprised at how he guessed it right as there were other Ford cars as well."
Shamruth easily identifies various car names, including that of Infiniti, Buick, Tiago, Subaru, Saab, Ritz, Cadillac and Fiat. Show him pictures of several cars, but his eyes light up only when he sees a Jaguar. "When I grow up, I will buy myself a Jaguar," he said, adding it was his favourite car.
"It is not just cars. He easily recalls people's names, Thirukkural and anything that is taught to him," said Rajeshwari. Recalling another incident, she said, "I usually play a devotional song to put him to sleep. In a week's time, he memorized the lyrics, which is mostly Sanskrit."
Shamruth's father is into export business, while mother is a home maker. The family stays in Tirupur. The parents have high hopes about him. "We hope he becomes a scientist or somebody big in any field he chooses," said his mother.
Ask Shamruth if he would learn the names of bikes and other vehicles, he shook his head no. "No. I am a car-boy," he says and breaks into a giggle.
"At one, he used to spend hours playing with toy cars. That time we did not know he was actually so passionate about it. After he turned a year-and-a-half, he began repeating the car names we taught him. Every day, he would take newspaper and keep asking us each car's name appears in it. So, three months back I collected from various periodicals pictures of different cars and made an album for him. He recognizes all the 165 cars if the logo is shown to him," Rajeshwari further said.
Shamruth Ram was born to Thirumalaisamy-Rajeshwari couple five years after their marriage. He is god's gift to us, beamed Shamruth's father Thirumalaisamy with pride. "We think he has a gift of memory and has a great recalling power," he added. Recalling an incident at a clinic, Thirumalaisamy said, "We had taken him to our family doctor's clinic a month back. He picked up the doctor's car keys and said it's a Ford Fiesta. The doctor was surprised. We knew that he recognised the logo, yet we were surprised at how he guessed it right as there were other Ford cars as well."
Shamruth easily identifies various car names, including that of Infiniti, Buick, Tiago, Subaru, Saab, Ritz, Cadillac and Fiat. Show him pictures of several cars, but his eyes light up only when he sees a Jaguar. "When I grow up, I will buy myself a Jaguar," he said, adding it was his favourite car.
"It is not just cars. He easily recalls people's names, Thirukkural and anything that is taught to him," said Rajeshwari. Recalling another incident, she said, "I usually play a devotional song to put him to sleep. In a week's time, he memorized the lyrics, which is mostly Sanskrit."
Shamruth's father is into export business, while mother is a home maker. The family stays in Tirupur. The parents have high hopes about him. "We hope he becomes a scientist or somebody big in any field he chooses," said his mother.
Ask Shamruth if he would learn the names of bikes and other vehicles, he shook his head no. "No. I am a car-boy," he says and breaks into a giggle.