World's Youngest Surgeon

One must know not just how to accept a gift, but with what grace to share it. --Maya Angelou

Deemed by some to be "the cleverest boy in the world" a boy from a small village in India performed his first successful surgery at the age of seven! Akrit Jaspal speaks four languages, he is trying to find a cure for cancer and is studying for a bachelors in science. His hero is Spiderman, and Akrit is now twelve years old. Well aware of his special gifts, this ambitious young humanitarian says, "I feel I've a duty to stop all the suffering in the world. It would be a waste of my natural talent not to use it wisely." [ more ]