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This is an archive article published on November 21, 2011

The Mindbender

Remembering up to 40 digit numbers or the calendar of the last 400 years is no easy feat.

Remembering up to 40 digit numbers or the calendar of the last 400 years is no easy feat. But,Salman Armaturwala has mastered the technique. Based in Ahmednagar,Armaturwala is an aeromodeller by profession. But,he travels to different districts in the state,Pune being the most recent,to conduct free workshops on memory retention techniques in schools and colleges. He recently arrested the attention of students at SP College with such a workshop.

What started out as a childhood habit born out of curiosity to explore new avenues has now turned into a full-time job for Armaturwala. He teaches memory retention techniques to people across various age groups to help them improve their own memory. “Anyone between the age group of 8-80 can use some simple methods to improve their memory,” he says.

Armaturwala makes use of a technique called the Memory Indexing System. “This technique is very helpful for school students to remember exact passages and where they appear in text books. The same goes for college students as well,” he says.

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He primarily travels to Pune and Beed districts for these workshops. The Neuro Linguistic Programme (NLP) that he uses helps students to learn multiplication tables upto 1000 and they can even learn the entire dictionary. “If you are studying a new language,these techniques help in learning it eight times faster than the normal way,” he adds. He says that people can develop a photographic memory through Transformative Learning. “Through this method,people can use the left side of their brain,rather than the right,to focus on things that they wish to remember,” he explains.

He has only studied up to Std X. Thus,he conducts these workshops for free to reach out to students who want to study further. “These techniques will help a lot of students who wish to study further and learn more. I cannot even thinkof charging money for such a thing. In fact,as I am a keen aeromodeller,I conduct classes and lectures for people who are interested in the subject. There have been so many people who have helped me in the process that now I feel it is important for me to give back to people who wish to learn more,” he says with a smile.


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