His CV in second person (As he is no longer here to write it) :
Shakuni , an avatar of Dvapara, the personification of Dvapara Yuga (the one between Treta Yug and Kalyug ; It was an intermediate between the virtuous times and vicious times ), was the brother of Gandhari in the Mahabharata. He was portrayed as an extremely intelligent but devious old man, who was very fond of his nephew Duryodhana. He won the kingdom of the Pandavas' for his nephew, as a wager in a rigged game of dice.
He was not on Duryodhana’s side as people assume sometimes. Actually Gandhari’s father had married her off to a Goat to avert calamity predicted by a Purohit and after the marriage the goat was sacrificed. Dhritarashtra didn’t have any information about this when he tied the knot with her , making him her second husband. Some time later when Gandhari (as virtuous she was ) confessed about it , in a fit of rage ; he imprisoned her whole family.
The seeds of revenge were planted in captivity and many other significant and insignificant events lead up to Mr.Shakuni vowing to demolish the whole Kuru clan which had supposedly wronged him.
He took his father’s thighbone and chiselled it into a pair of dice that always did his bidding.
His Advice to the Professionals in this Age(in first person , willing suspension of disbelief required):[/b]
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On Choosing what to do :[/b]
· You should not flinch to do the work you are good at. Though it may not be lucrative, nothing is as it seems; even the moon has humongous craters when seen up close. Believe me for once I was sent flying by Bhima’s Mace.
· You should persevere to follow your own nature with all zeal than look at what others are doing.
· It is not degrading to do some work which comes to you naturally ; forget what people say , thousands of years after I die , a famous singer called Kishore Kumar will pen down these lines , I had a premonition :
Kuch to log kahenge
Logon ka kaam hai kehna
Chodo bekaar ki baaton mein
Kahin beet na jaaye raina
keep it close whenever you falter after some hearsay.
On Endurance :[/b]
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· You should be able to digest people insulting you.
· Digest but don’t forget the moment.
· Impulsive action is for losers. I waited a lifetime for my shot and rest is history….ha ha ha
· You should picture an Elephant in your mind when someone is taunting you. A war elephant in a Battlefield. It is shot by arrows of foot-archers many times. But stomps on them once they are in proximity.
· Rise above your petty excuses. After being put down ; it is time for you to set things in perspective. I had a limp yet turned the world upside down didn’t I?
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