I'm yet to read the article, but on this:

> Summarizing the article: "Genius is just hard work? Prove it, you have 10 years to produce genius level work. Any takers?"

two examples that leap to mind are:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judit_Polg%C3%A1r#Background

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stuart_Mill#Biography

Two examples famous in India are:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachin_Tendulkar#Early_years_an...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viswanathan_Anand#Personal_life