It takes a toll of intelligence to give  socially accepted answers, one need to understand the public psychology, what exactly the person next to you wants to hear from you, you have to sense it before hand and then give them their desired responses! And, it takes a load of courage to speak your mind loud but the consequence is, you won’t get the socially aspired position that you long for, instead, you will be on odds and on a run; you will get to do the odd, what others can’t imagine! To be your own kind out of societal pressure and expectations takes a lot of compromises, especially, one has to give up the highly valued social aspirations for the sake of being original!

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