Heights of illiteracy

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Guess there will never be an end to things that upset me.I have shifted to my aunt's house and in this colony,there is a person who has reached the last stage of Cancer,and people are spreading rumours about he being a HIV-AIDS victim and people are even refusing to get close to his house,because they think that might be affected by it and even they can get the disease.There is a saying in Bengali,'Olpo Vidhya Bhoyonkari'(Little knowledge is dangerous).I am just amazed to see the heights of illiteracy of people here.Now there are two things that bother me.First is,he is not an AIDS patient.Second is,even if he is one,you won't get the disease unless you get in direct touch with his saliva or blood.AIDS is basically defined as a sexually transmitted disease,and so his family,which includes his wife and daughter,have high chances of getting affected but then he is just a Cancer patient for my uncle for knowing this person closely,had to visit the doctor for his sake and the doctor clearly says,that this man in question is a Cancer patient and nothing more than that.So either ways,he is unfortunate for he won't be able to live for long,unless God showers surprises.So in his bad time,we as neighbours should leastways try to show our cooperation if nothing because it will be so rude on our part to make his hard days even more difficult.I can't really go on saying people i meet that they are mistaken about his disease.I have done that enough,and what i see as a result is more of those unreal rumours and people talking about my uncle,aunt,cousin sister and me taking sides with the patient,and which according to them we should not because they are in a far greater "concern",about our health.Whatever,with such annoying people around,a normal soul will just want to escape...

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