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Young World
Aiming for the Nobel
KAIF MAHMOOD
K. Gopinathan
Seventeen-year-old Tathagat Avatar Tulsi at age nine, cleared Std. X with flying colours. At 11, he completed his graduation and at 12, he was the youngest M.Sc. the world had seen. On the flipside, he has been called a fraud and an impostor. He failed to impress Nobel Laureates in a specially arranged meeting. Most importantly, it has been pointed out time and again that Tathagat is really a "product' of his ambitious father. 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. In his all-consuming ambition, he spends 10 hours a day doing research for his thesis. "I spend my free time playing table tennis and listening to ghazals," Tathagat says, telling us that the last movie he watched was "Swades", and like its protagonist, he too would like to work for the greater good of society. Tathagat already holds two records in the Guinness Book of World Records, but he aims much higher. "My ultimate aim is to win the Nobel Prize one day," he informs us. But the mischief of childhood and a "normal" adolescence are far from Tathagat's accomplished life. When asked about this, Tathagat says, "I've had a special life. Though I'm not a star, it feels great when people recognise me on the streets," he tells us, adding, "If I could live my life all over again I wouldn't change a thing."
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