I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

—Plato, Philosopher in Classical Greece

Breathe deeply and take a moment to live these visuals in your mind. A thatched-roof mud hut on its last legs turns into an enchanted mansion one day, and inside it wine and dine some of the world’s famous and most beautiful faces on a regular basis.

A child who walks four miles barefoot to school and back for years now owns a fleet of expensive cars, including recent Rolls Royce models.

A student who cannot afford next-to-nothing school fees begins to regularly donate millions of dollars for research to top institutions around the world.

You’ve just visualized in a nutshell the life of Dr Mani Bhaumik, inventor extraordinaire, epitome of philanthropy, visionary par excellence and a bestselling author. Not surprising, since his invention of efficient excimer lasers led to Lasik vision correction that has given new sights, literally, to tens of millions in the planet.