Public Figure: Private Life

Why has sexuality been the worst emotional vulnerability of the toughest mind? The history has its fair share of garrulous exposition of sexual escapades of many famous leaders of this world. Furores, disbelief, and sensational macabres strike the susceptible chord of a civil society when there is a breakthrough in the deadlocked personal calibration of public figures. Now the moot question is why the sexual habits of historic figures still matter to the collective consciousness of a progressive society? Is it the primordial instinct of a human being that triggers an erotic sensation in the mind or a Freudian tipover that raptures the grey zone of cerebral hemisphere in a response to the sexual misadventure of an influential personality in our society? No psychologist or sociologist in this world has a justified, veritable answer to that, but the facts remain, after millions of evolutions of human being, the basic desires, irrespective of class, position, power, and degree of success, have never been transformed. Perhaps, this is the secret that many famous authors and media persons have understood DNA by DNA and maneuver this technique repetitively while writing a piece on the private life of a public figure.

Let's understand the hypocrisy of these great authors who dissect the sexuality and morality of renowned public figures are equally vulnerable to these basic facets of life, and no one can deny that being famous is not a design of the womb. It's an amalgam of great conviction, indomitable courage, and enterprising nature that can metamorphose a common man to a famous personality.

Whether it's Joseph Lelyveld, a Pulitzer Prize winner, who recently wrote a book “Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and his Struggle with India; or Lothan Machtan, a famous German historian, who wrote “Hitler's Secret: The Double Life of a Ditator”; or Helen Rappaport, the author of “Conspirator: Lenin in Excite”, each one has a distinct perspective of private surreality of the lead character. But each narrative is exclusive in itself. How many readers really look into the brighter side of famous figures? In their mind still lies a spark of dormant inquisitiveness to delve into the secret satire through a predefined conduit, and this deepens the suppressed curiosity and ruptures the firewall of civility towards a voyeuristic journey.

Remember, these famous public figures are first a commoner and then by dint of their enterprising pursuits become renowned. There is no offense in being a human being and behave like that only. However, there is a bit confusion in the public perception that great personalities are less human and more godly, and this deformed view creates all confusion. Let's think beyond the private life of public figures, their vision, their endeavours, their leadership charisma, and their immense contribution towards the greater good of society at large. Then probably we can ignore such trivia and smaller details of human side.