Confronted in 1994 with escalating power costs, Tulsi Tanti's young textile business was in dire straits.
Tulsi Tanti enjoyed what can only (with apologies) be described as an enormous windfall last September.
Wind energy entrepreneur Tulsi Tanti, too, fell off as shares of his Suzlon more than halved.
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"Though homosexuality definitely exists in Nepalese society, it is still not accepted, " says renowned film director Tulsi Ghimire, writing in the new weekly.
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India's wind man Tulsi Tanti and his brothers lost 91% of their fortune, amid reports about the poor quality of Suzlon's wind blades.
Thursday's announcement drew an early cheer from Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, who served in Iraq as an officer in her state's National Guard.
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"Yes, I am ambitious, I like challenges, " says Tulsi, who puts in 12 hours of work daily - nothing extraordinary at the institute.
"My parents and teachers recognised I was something special, " says Tulsi, who won a prize and a personal computer donated by Bihar's chief minister in 1996.
Tulsi passed the institute's normal admission tests, Dr Subramaniam adds.
Besides Tulsi's impressive memory, he works hard, Mr Sahar says.
Zhengrong Shi, chairman of China's solar energy giant Suntech Power and Tulsi Tanti of India's wind company Suzlon Energy have both netted billions in recent years by harvesting nature's own power sources.
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.
"I had no interest in pure mathematics and wanted to go beyond it and look at a phenomenon which is happening in nature for the benefit of mankind, " says Tulsi on his decision to join IISc.
Tulsi's thesis is on identifying room-temperature superconductors.
S. Tulsi, a former top lawyer in the office of the solicitor general of India, said the suicide should have no impact on the trail, which is being held in a closed courtroom under a gag order that prevents news organization from publishing details of the proceedings.
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