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Need Vs Desire

.... gold is an investment, jewellery is not.

When we disguise our desires as our needs, we almost always end up making a mistake.

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I think therefore I am.

This book is not going to be a revelation. It is meant to be a reminder. A reminder of how life happens to all of us, in a similar yet unequal fashion. Ankur Warikoo, Do Epic Shit

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