We knew Shakuntala Devi’s ex-husband was gay till the film told us otherwise. The mathematician and author of The World of Homosexuals lied about it. We spoke to her daughter Anupama Banerji and ... Shakuntala Devi's daughter Anupama Banerjee reveals how the world thought the former was genius, but was simply a mother to her. "I thought that was normal. Devi returned to India in the mid-1960s, and she married Paritosh Banerji , [29] an officer of the Indian Administrative Service from Kolkata. [30] They divorced in 1979, after her husband's homosexuality was allegedly revealed. [29][30] Their daughter Anupama Banerji claimed that Devi lied about her husband being gay to promote her book on homosexuals because her credibility on the subject matter was questioned. [31][32] In 1980, she contested the Lok Sabha elections as an independent ... Anupama Banerji , the daughter of math genius Shakuntala Devi, talks about her relationship with her mother and how she helped write the film Shakuntala Devi. She shares her memories, struggles and love for her mother, who was a single parent and a traveler.
