I was able to overtake the bus at three consecutive bus stops, cycling as fast as I could. We were not allowed in the physics lab without record notebook, and I forgot it in one day. Since I had a short time before the lab start time, I thought I could go home, about 3 kms, and bring it. I was peddling at the speed I never did before. I was able to predict the vehicles and pedestrians with high accuracy and move without applying brakes. I reached the lab on time. Was it a right decision? I would answer no now. I could have skipped the lab for one day. There was some “madness” in the decision, and I still wonder how I reached the lab on time.
Adolf Hitler had some madness and so are Netaji, APJ and Write brothers as well as countless others. The result can be good or bad from others’ perspective, or it can be success or failure, but whatever is achieved is not possible normally. Because only this madness brings energy. It brings confidence. It brings focus. Regardless of the outcome, it makes an unimaginable difference.
You might have seen someone who worked day and night for a few weeks and then be normal with a feeling of accomplished something. Each person may require different stimuli for it, but this madness knocks on every person’s door and it is still possible to ignore that moment and be normal. Can this madness destroy the world? Perhaps yes. Can it destroy a country, society? Yes, very much possible. Can this destroy the health and the person himself? Of course, yes. Do we still need it? I think yes and whether it is for a few hours, days or months or even for years, you need some madness to break the boredom of doing things ordinarily and doing only the ordinary things, of course with risk, very high risk.
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