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Madness of and Madness in "living"

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  Little Madness is Essential Each small idea that is a bit off from general norms of normality is deemed mad. This choice may not be miraculous…but a definite creator of a little discomfort in the normalcy of everyday life. It may be a destination to dive into the ocean or a modest thought of waking up early in the morning - any slight change is madness in an occurrence at first sight. The conceiver and doer of that shifting idea are labeled mad and her/his act as madness. Aristotle once said, No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness . When this young Indian girl, Arunima Sinha announced to the world her plans to climb Mount Everest with her artificial prosthetic leg, people called her crazy. They told her it is crazy to even have this dream. She was crazy and that craze of hers made her achieve the impossible. Anything which is the first attempt in one’s family or society is madness. Still, the path of heroism invariably crosses the arena of madness… several ti...