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	Indian whiz kid's phoney act-India-NEWS-The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		patna: the so-called child prodigy tathagat avatar tulsi might have got his name entered in the guinness book of records for passing all his examinations right from class 10 to m sc at the youngest age, his merit has always been questioned by academics.
		whatever tathagat has achieved was through legal battles not by dint of his merit, says vice-chancellor of patna university, k k jha, who had got an opportunity to test his knowledge a few years back.
		tathagat who wanted to do the three-year degree course in just one year was asked to prove his talent before a five-member committee constituted by the then vc of patna university snp sinha.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow.asp?art_id=1219687288 (585 words)

	SIGHTINGS
		Tulsi had to appeal to the university chancellor and the state's governor before the initially reluctant officials agreed.
		Tulsi had to get the judiciary's help to appear for the university examinations, and it took the intervention of a Delhi court before he was allowed to take his high school examination last year when school authorities were uncompromising.
		Tathagat, crowning glory of Mr Prasad's experiments with himself, was born on September 9, 1987.
	www.rense.com /politics2/prod.htm (729 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: A Master at twelve
		So when Tathagat Avatar Tulsi passed his MSc examination at the age of 12 last week, the Patna dailies relegated the news to brief items on the inside pages.
		Tathagat's father, Tulsi Narayan Prasad, told rediff.com that his son is not a bookworm.
		Tathagat, which means 'a learned person', has won several awards including the National Child Award, the Pride of India Award, the Delhi Gaurav Award and the Bal Ratan Award.
	www.rediff.com /news/1999/dec/08bihar.htm (572 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Science/Nature \| Indian prodigy aims high
		Tulsi says he is at home in the hallowed precincts where India's brightest are exploring the new frontiers of science, though most are much older than him.
		The dean of the physics department, SV Subramaniam, describes Tulsi as a "good boy, very lovable and working to achieve his goals", but declines to comment on the description of Tulsi as a prodigy.
		Tulsi attracted controversy when he was selected to attend a meeting of Nobel laureates in Germany in 2001.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/3004502.stm (608 words)

	The Hindu : Young World : Aiming for the Nobel
		Seventeen-year-old Tathagat Avatar Tulsi at age nine, cleared Std.
		Currently pursuing his Ph.D at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Tathagat aims to be the youngest professor in the world by the time he is 18.
		Tathagat already holds two records in the Guinness Book of World Records, but he aims much higher.
	www.hindu.com /yw/2005/01/21/stories/2005012101070300.htm (267 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		The now legendary child prodigy from Bihar--Tathagat Avatar Tulsi, 13 years, appeared for a NET examination conducted jointly by council of scientific and industrial research (CSIR) and University Grants Commission last Sunday, 25 th June.
		In less than 2 years Tathagat Avatar made his second entry in the Guinness Book, as the youngest graduate (B.Sc.- Physics) in the world.
		Owing to his super mental abilities at an unbelievably young age, Tathagat had to seek help from Delhi and Patna High Courts to prove his brilliance to the concerned authorities prior to his CBSE class 10 and University Examinations respectively.
	www.childrenuk.co.uk /chsept/news/15.html (495 words)

	More about Tathagat
		My father Shri Tulsi Narayan Prasad is an advocate and my mother Smt.
		Tathagat is the adjective of Lord Buddha and avatar means 'Incarnation'.
		Tulsi is name of my father which I got as surname.
	www.physics.iisc.ernet.in /~tathagat/personal.html (282 words)

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		Tham vọng của Tathagat Avatar Tulsi là trở thành người đoạt giải Nobel trẻ nhất thế giới.
		Tathagat tốt nghiệp trung học năm 9 tuổi, có bằng Cử nhân khoa học năm 11 và lấy bằng Thạc sĩ ngành Vật lý khi tròn 12 tuổi 2 tháng và 19 ngày.
		Tathagat từng gây ra tranh cãi khi cậu được lựa chọn để đi dự một cuộc họp của những người đoạt giải Nobel tại Đức năm 2001.
	www.quangduc.com /Taisanh/40thacsituoi.html (631 words)

	Small Wonders - page 3 - TIME Asia Magazine, Feb. 17, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		He has been famous since he was six years old, when the local newspapers nicknamed him "computer brain" for his ability to take a random date and immediately calculate which day of the week it fell on.
		Years later, amid great public controversy, Tulsi and his father claimed that he had discovered a new particle to explain the presence of dark matter in the universe—a claim the young physicist never substantiated, which briefly brought the media tag "fraudigy" upon him.
		(Tulsi says he had merely suggested an idea that, if proved mathematically, might explain dark matter, but the Indian press misrepresented his theory.
	time.com /time/asia/magazine/article/0,13673,501030217-421085-3,00.html (1233 words)

	Language in India
		Krishna, the most popular avatar of Vishnu alone is said to have 150,000 names.
		There are names given to the plants and animals such as Kamadhenu means the holy cow of sage Vashishtha, the names of musical instruments and ornaments such as Veena, Shakuntala means ring, are also in use.
		Sikhs usually have unigender names distinguishable only by the last names, which are either Singh for males and Kaur for females or is a name derived from their place of residence/origin like Gill or Ahluwalia.
	www.languageinindia.com /jan2003/personalnames.html (1948 words)

	In the Light of Theosophy
		Child prodigies remain an unanswerable enigma to those who reject the explanation that reincarnation offers.
		At the age of 11 years and two months, he has found a place in the Guinness Book of World Records by passing his Bachelor of Science (Physics) examination from Science College of Patna University, securing over 70 per cent marks.
		Tathagat is at present busy reading books by the likes of Ste-phen Hawking, Robert Penrose and Sir Arthur Eddington.
	www.blavatsky.net /confirm/light/light1999/inthelightvol69no4.htm (2263 words)

	Michael Kearney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He learned to read at the age of ten months.
		For a while, he was the world's youngest postgraduate and the holder of several Guinness world records, but the master's degree record was broken by Tathagat Avatar Tulsi.
		His 118-page master's thesis is entitled "Kinetic Isotope Effects of Thymidine Phosphorylase." His research is focused on an enzyme that could potentially slow or stop the growth of cancer cells without harming health.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Michael_Kearney (358 words)

	The Tribune - Windows - Mailbox
		Such families whose members dedicate their lives to defend our motherland do us all proud.
		Apropos of the write-up "Scientific adviser at 13" by Sanjay Austa, it was heartening to learn about the achievements of young genius Tathagat Avatar Tulsi.
		But at the same time it was distressing to read about his father T.N. Prasad’s taking credit for his son’s exceptional abilities.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2000/20000729/windows/mail.htm (361 words)

	When prodigious talent is a plight
		Running from pillar to post to get age waivers, manage funds or get acquiescence from the authorities for jumping classes prove detrimental to the growth of these children.
		Like Tathagat Tulsi, whose abilities were doubted, and he had to fight his case in the Delhi High Court and Supreme Court before he was allowed to sit for the secondary exam at the age of nine.
		Ankita Rampal, who teaches maths at an elite Delhi school, adds, "There are students who complete the entire course within a month or so while their classmates keep struggling throughout the year.
	www.tmcnet.com /usubmit/2006/08/17/1814468.htm (1325 words)

	RELIGION:PHILOSOPHY
		Anuvrat: Gati-Pragati: A History Of Origin And Progress Of Anuvrat/Acharya Tulsi (PB) $ 5.60
		Avatar And Incarnation: A Comparative Analysis (From Dr. S.
		Concept Of Avatars: With Special Reference To Gita/R K Pandey ISBN: 81-7018-027-9 $ 2.80
	members.tripod.com /~dkpd/booksonindianreligionandphilosophy-2.html (15104 words)

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