The Economic Times

I used to find it funny: Ankur Warikoo recalls his fathers habit of saving warranty cards and what he understood years later

Ankur Warikoo recalled how his father carefully saved every warranty card, from mixers and fans to their first music system and colour TV. He once found the habit funny but later understood it reflected a life of scarcity, where replacing things was never easy. His emotional reflection highlights a generational shift: They spent their life surviving. So that we could spend our life buying.