The festive mood is on with Diwali round the corner. I remember, as a kid I used to wait for Diwali like anything. The reasons for this wait were just not because it’s the time to have holidays or to burst crackers or to have sumptuous food. But the biggest reason was, it used to be a time to buy new things viz. clothes, utensils, furniture etc. Many of us must have heard our parents saying “We will buy a new car or a new fridge on Diwali”. Those were the times when most of us did not have much money to spend and hence people used to wait for Diwali to buy things they needed. Continue reading “The War of NEEDS v/s WANTS”