The men who cheated Death !

Immortality - A word that injects excitement into all our veins. Life without an end - Sounds both interesting and scary, at the same time. Men fear death and envy immortality. And let me tell you this is not the invention of 21st century men. This has been the dream of the first living thing on Earth. And it has since then been the only common desire of all living things. Men wished it were reality. Alchemists searched for ways to make it true. And thousands of myths have been floating the air throughout the documented history of mankind. Some cultures thought they needed a magic drink, others believed in God's boons, awarded for total dedication to the invisible man. But, none lives today to tell us that they have become immortals, or do they?

The year was 2560 B.C. Civilization was taking birth in the central lands of Africa. Men were writing magical verses in Golden books to raise the dead, to live forever, when a man decided to do something different. He carved his immortality out of lime stones, and out of his death. He lives forever after he died. And by doing so, he gave us the most ancient World wonder.

This Jewish carpenter was not born among wealth. Death was certain in his life. And he knew, he would not raise back from it. He also knew, he was not the son of God, neither can he walk on water or turn empty baskets into bread. But he knew, he can live forever through his preachings. He taught morals and lived by it. By doing so, he gave us a religion.

He was blind. Some believe he was deaf too. God knows if he can speak. Scientifically, he was just a chunk of flesh, which had blood running within it. For him Life by itself was a great boon. Immortality is too much to ask. But he had different ideas. When men of his kind preferred death to life, he did something different. he employed the services of his mind and pen. By doing so, he gave us two epics.

Many a men his height and stature would have decided they are worth nothing, when this short and stout man from France decided to do something. When men of his kind were rotting to death after conquering nothing, he was busy conquering this World. Even when he was in enemy hands, he knew death was nowhere in his radars.

It took over 200,000 years and a 1000 failures to learn that when tungsten is heated it emits light. When today's men feel let down after a bad day's work, a man had the courage to fail 1000 times and say that he learnt 100 ways to fail. All that glitters are not gold, for tungsten glitters too. Thanks to him, we have a colorful World.

This Churchill's half-naked fakir had a bright future in South African Bar, thanks to his British education. His friends lived in luxury in South Africa, when this poor man preferred a Slaved India. He did not shed his clothes to show his sexy six pack. He did not join any party to destroy Muslim community. He did something else. And become immortal by taking bullets in his chest. A nation was born.

She could have lived among the elites of her country, for her father was a politician. She could have contested Miss Universe, dated princes and kings and could have become the queen herself. But, she came to this poor country to serve the disadvantaged, the diseased, the handicapped and the affection less. She lived with lepers and cast aways. By doing so, she showed us humanity.

None immortal still, huh? No. Many men have found immortality in their ideas, love, actions and affections. They still live in the heart of thousands, loved and worshiped. They did not go in search of immortal drink. They did not ask God boons. They stood out from the rest. And they are remembered. That is what immortality is all about.