Demigodified

                To the external eye they are geniuses. They make ground breaking discoveries and create new ideas. Ideas that steer the course of huge industries. And thereby the life of all around them. Ideas that are revolutionary. Ideas that made it possible for the man earning daily wages in the factory to take a packet of bread home to his little girl. Ideas that made politicians talk endlessly about 'global warming' and led social activists to take up pluck cards painted elaborately with ''SAVE EARTH: Its the only blue planet." No one okay lets admit it, may be except for one or two know about the years of work that spiral into manifestos. But the fact remains that the majority didn't care to find out. Because they didn't concern themselves about the details.
It happened because an undeterred, no, that would be hypocrisy, because the much deterred and swaying mind of the genius didn't succumb to the sweet pleasure of giving up. He held on to that last bit of darkness that seemed would engulf him and turned it into yet another opportunity to try anew. Or maybe to revisit and remodel his perspective.

             To the layman these are the world's greatest minds. Scientists. Demigods. What is so special about them? Actually, nothing much. To the government they are merely figures; Mr.16,000 and Mr. 21,000. People 'paid for output' because of Fellowships and grants. And to the organisation they are 'the graded people'. Scientist-A and Scientist-H. With 34 patents. And the one with 14 ? Oh, he is just someone with grade so-and- so nearly about capable of some productivity. Come closer and you see they are just as human, not E=mc2. They fall down too when hurrying down the stairs. And if you chance to laugh at it does hurt. They tend to leave the gas stove on albeit with conical flasks and specially designed pressure cookers, replacing things that ought to be actually left on it in the refrigerator! Hunger torments them too while monitoring that 48 hr reaction. And like any other fellow next door he would gladly gobble up a free lunch though he never has the time for that quick sandwich. And it remains where the supplier left it.

                Why then is this deified man honored so?? Well, what made him different was that his crazy curiosity and selflessness drove this man living in a society that stigmatized rabies to suck up the saliva of animals infected with it. Or because he chose to have a look at that stale bread before it flew out the window. And in that he didn't stop to think before giving it to the world as a cure for every illness.

And yet again what they forgot was that it could have been a 'she' instead of 'he' as well.