It has been said that moments after the first artist was born, the first critic was born!
The moment success comes to anyone, pride and envy comes to another!
Pride and envy has caused much more problems to the Human society even more than disease and poverty!
Like it has always been said, there is no actual treatment for both Alopecia and Jealousy! Though Alopecia can still be managed!
Did you know that there was a great Indian scientist who not only made such great strides in the field of Biochemistry but has given us such valuable products which we use even to this day!
This great scientist subsequently discovered folic acid as a cure for tropical sprue! He discovered methotrexate, a chemotherapy drug still used today and also used for rheumatoid arthritis, and diethylcarbamazine (DEC), the only effective drug for treating filariasis. He is also credited with the first synthesis of the chemical compounds folic acid and methotrexate! Imagine that!
He would have and most probably had in fact discovered many more chemicals but the green eye of envy stuck hard! A contemporary Cyrus H. Fiske, suppressed and destroyed many of his important works out of envy!
In fact he was so talented and gifted and inspiring that under him, Benjamin Duggar made his discovery of the world’s first tetracycline antibiotic, chlortetracycline, in 1945!
Duggar identified the antibiotic as the product of an actinomycete he cultured from a soil sample collected from Sanborn Field at the University of Missouri! Yes! The same one which is in our own Bharat!
And yes! Even the scientist of such great talent was Indian!
This great scientist was Yellapragada Subba Rao; a pioneering but forgotten Indian biochemist. Many don’t even know his name; he deserved much more respect from this world! When the world speaks about Newton and Einstein; do put in a couple of words for forgotten scientists like Subba Rao!
Another great personality who is not that known is Anuraadha Koirala! A Padma award winner and a legend!
Do read about her!
Shubh ratri!
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