Its astonishing how people, especially Indians like us, genuinely believe that they will not die. A person involuntarily believes that he’s Pitamaha Bhishma (Mahabharata reference, who had the gift of dying at his own will). The neighbour Sharmaji may die, Shilpa Aunty may die or the elderly shop-owner Nandu may die… but he will not!! And with this dubious confidence he believes that his family is safe and he will be there forever to take care of them for the rest of their life!!
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