(Year 1940 to 14 November 2019) Sir Vashishtha Narayan Singh We are guilty of neglecting this genius. It deeply saddens that the mathematician who challenged Einstein's theory of relativity and could have been in the league of Sir. Srinivasa Ramanujan; died unknown in the web of poverty, suffering from schizophrenia . His soul is supposed to get some consolation, as he was not the only masterpiece we did not preserve. We as a nation on one hand hold the distinction of leaving budding talents to fend for themselves during the period of their struggle and on another hand fail to treasure shining stars once they start fading away from the center stage due to cruelty of life. We would not leave any photo opportunity with proven few, award them with cash, job, land and what not, make money by making movies on them, offer them tickets to contest elections but, would not have provided them even basic resources when they needed the most, that is during their forma...