Story - The Foolish Brahmin

Birbal was always very famous for his generosity and his will tohelp
people as a service to them and the country. His fame reached out to a
simple but a foolish Brahmin, who wanted tobe called a Pandit. This
man reached Birbal and presented his query to him. Birbal was
completely surprised and couldn't understand why this foolish Brahmin
wants to be a pandit. The Brahmin was an uneducated man. Birbal
explained it to him that Pandits are educated and learned people, and
hence the title cannot be given to Brahmin, butthe foolish man kept
arguing about it that he wants Birbal to convince the rest of the
community to call him Pandit.
Birbal , being the witty man that he always was, came up with a unique
idea. He suggested Brahmin to pretend to be angry at anyone who
callshim Pandit. In fact he told him to throw stones at such people
and swear at them. Brahmin, who didn't even understand thebasis of it,
agreed to the solution. Birbal called upon his workers and guards, and
instructed them to call this foolish Brahmin, a Pandit. As Birbal's
workers had no option but to obey his instructions, they started
calling the man a Pandit. In a matter of moments,Brahmin reacted in a
very explosive manner. He not only started swearing at those people
but as directed by Birbal,threw stones at them and kept calling them
bad names.
Soon, the crowd started gathering as a result of this sudden burst of
angry shouts. It appeared to everyone that the Brahmin got irritated
by this very term, Pandit, and thus theystarted calling him the same
to tease him. Within few days the whole city had started to call him
Pandit, without even realizing the wit behind it. As a result, the
foolish Brahmin became extremely delighted and thanked Birbal again
and again for his generosity and intelligence.