Kirat Kaur: with an 'incredible memory' who can identify 150
countries
While most
three-year-old children wouldn't know what geography even means,
Australian-Indian Sikh child Keert Kaur has developed the ability to remember
the attributes of more than 150 countries.
She can not only
identify and name the countries, but also remember their maps and flags.She can
also recognise well over 150 brand logos.
Keert Kaur can
recognise the maps and flags of over 150 countries
Her interest in
geography developed with the help of her father Sarabjit Singh. “My job
demanded me to travel to many countries and I often look at maps before I
travel to these places, and sometimes she joins me for a brainstorming
exercise,”
“It was amazing to
watch her learn the stuff that even I sometimes struggle to deal with. To my
surprise, she was recognising countries from their individual outline maps that
I never taught her."
Mr Singh said that fake
and telemarketer phone calls played a role in Keert's learning process.
"Most of the calls
originated from the countries we hardly heard of like Azerbaijan, Djibouti,
Dominican Republic, Belize, Benin, Mauritania and many more," he said.
"Keert used to
ask, papa, whose call was it? And I used to answer showing on the map that
someone from this country.
"To my surprise,
now she can recognise the maps and flags of over 150 countries. Moreover, you
name a country, she will spontaneously tell you the neighboring countries. The
Singh family’s friends and relatives, who recently learnt about Keert’s
abilities, believed she was a "blessed child" with an
"astonishing memory".
He lives with his wife
Sandeep Kaur and their two children, Keert Kaur and Jaibir Singh in the Sydney
suburb of Blacktown.
