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Jestress? An Enabler? What's my element?!

When I was a child, I would read much. Mostly fiction. Parts of this habit survive. One of the many things I would remember, is, how awed I was with the virtues of intelligence, wit and humour. Birbal, Tenali Raman, and the likes would be my favourite characters.  What I ponder now, is that, they weren't the most rich, or the most powerful people around, they weren't the archetype physically attractive either, and yet, they had their charm. What was further amazing is the fact that they used their gifts for the betterment of people. Their talents were used to show direction to the leader. Their minds solved problems and sensitised people while maintaining generosity and integrity. At one moment they would indulge in the biggest of risks, pulling an on the face absurd task, and yet, would win every time- both the game and people's heart. There is a sanskrit shlok ''न चोरहार्य न राजहार्य न भ्रतृभाज्यं न च भारकारि ! व्यये कृते वर्धति एव नित्यं विद्याधनं सर्वधनप्रधानम् ...

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