India, April 19 -- The sheer impulsiveness with which current times urge us to act is usually nerve wracking, and often terrifying. A time-traveller from even 20 years ago might be forgiven for shuddering in his old style boots at the frenetic pace at which we live today. Blinkit and Zepto sorts of apps have enabled trigger-happy youngsters, as also oldies, to leap before they look!

The time-tested concepts of due diligence, frugality and even 'barkat', as old-timers would call it, are no longer in vogue. To recklessly spend digital dollars (which sound sexier than our poor rupees) has become par for the course. Most people with reasonable livelihoods are today ordering one goodie after another, one box after another, and even one servic...