‘Sometimes, a disease can make you special.’ Nagendra’s eyes peered distantly into the dense forest. He then turned towards both of them. ‘Though peacocks are known for their striking colours, do you know there is such a kind as the white peacock? No, these birds aren’t albinos; their whiteness is a consequence of leucism, which is a mutation causing partial loss of pigmentation. It is a phenomenon that harms the peacock in no way. Then why do humans even categorize that phenomenon as a disease?
