作者： bharat.cn

For some, mathematics is surely something that can put their minds to a spin. But some truly enjoy the challenge and end up being good at it. However, there are some for whom all this is rather effortless.

We came across one such individual, who has defied odds at a very young age. Meet Tathagat Avatar Tulsi, India’s child prodigy.

Defying odds in academics
Tulsi was born on September 9th, 1987, in Patna, Bihar. Son of Supreme Court advocate Tulsi Narayan Prasad, his parents noticed his pace of learning at a very early age. He was in fact one of the youngest to ever complete his high-school, graduation, masters and PhD.

He reportedly completed his high school when he was just 9 years old — an age when kids are barely done with multiplication. In just a year, he completed his BSc followed by Masters in Science from Patna Science College at the age of 12. Speaking about his skills, he told TOI, “I believe I have a gift. When I was young and while my friends were struggling to solve mathematical problems, I would solve those easily.”

Completing his PhD from IISc Bengaluru
In August 2009, he got his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore at the age of 22. Here, his Ph.D. thesis was on “Generalizations of the Quantum Search Algorithm”. He co-authored an unpublished research manuscript (“A New Algorithm for Fixed-point Quantum Search”) with Lov Grover, the inventor of a quantum search algorithm that goes by his name.

The research paper was just 35 pages long, yet he felt it had immense potential. He said in an interview with TOI, “Despite the short length, the thesis is innovative enough to qualify as a PhD work. I was always interested in quantum computers and would like to develop software for it. Quantum computers will take us one step ahead in changing the world for the better.”

Winning awards and accolades from an early age
Tulsi has been in the limelight since a very young age. In 2001, he was shortlisted by the Indian Government’s Department of Science and Technology (DST) to participate in a Nobel laureates conference in Germany.

He has been even regarded as one of the seven most gifted Asian youngsters by TIME magazine in 2003, mentioned as “Superteen” by Science Magazine, while also being invited by Italian billionaire Luciano Benetton for a dinner in honor of Al Gore on 14 June 2007 in Milano, Italy.

Assistant Professor on contract at IIT Bombay
In 2010, after completing his PhD, he was offered a role to teach students at the prestigious IIT Bombay, when he was barely 23 years old.

A Delhi-based woman was allegedly raped while returning home on a private bus on the Yamuna Expressway on Saturday, police said.

The woman faced the ordeal after a crew member inside the bus assaulted her, the police said, while adding that the vehicle was coming from Lucknow.

“She called the 112 helpline on Saturday morning when the bus reached Mant toll plaza in Mathura and informed us about the rape by the bus cleaner,” police further said.

The woman and the accused cleaner Ravi were instructed to get down after which the bus was checked, police stated, after which it left for Delhi. Later, the woman underwent a medical examination.

Afterwards, she was escorted back to her home in Rohini, Delhi under police supervision, while the accused Ravi, a resident of Bahraich district, has been sent to judicial custody, the police added.

SRINAGAR, India: Indian forces opened fire with shotgun pellets and tear gas on Saturday on a procession by hundreds of Muslims in troubled Kashmir, injuring dozens of people who had ignored a ban on religious gatherings, witnesses said.

Indian authorities had reimposed the ban on Thursday after clashes with Shia Muslims wanting to stage traditional processions for the Muharram holy month.

Jafar Ali, a witness, told AFP that the procession started in the Bemina area on the outskirts of the main city of Srinagar and that government forces were present in heavy numbers.

Ali and other people who saw the clashes said security forces fired pellets and tear gas to break up the gathering.

“The forces fired pellets at the procession that was mainly peaceful and included women,” said another witness Iqbal Ahmad.

At least 40 people were injured, according to witnesses.

About 25 people were taken to a nearby clinic with pellet wounds, some with their faces and bodies covered in pellet marks, a doctor there told AFP on condition of anonymity.

“We moved about a dozen people to other facilities for more advanced treatment,” the doctor said.

A police official confirmed the incident, saying: “Some people had gathered and were trying to start a procession, they were dispersed.” He did not give details of casualties.

Muharram processions, to mourn Imam Hussain, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammad, in a battle about 1400 years ago, are held around the world but have been regularly banned in Indian Kashmir since an uprising erupted in 1989.

The Muslim-majority Himalayan region is largely divided between India and Pakistan, who both claim it in its entirety and have fought two wars over it.

Last year, India took away the semi-autonomous status granted to its side of the territory. Tensions have risen since.

Muslims in the procession chanted pro-separatist and an anti-Indian slogans, other witnesses said.

Several arrests have been made this week of people shouting against Indian rule when processions have been attempted, a police official said. Some have been charged under anti-terrorism laws.

Dozens of Shia Muslim mourners were detained in Srinagar on Friday after they tried to start Muharram processions.