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The dying wallet amid contactless payment

Have you ever been punched on your face by a strong rough fist? Just from nowhere, like a rocket! Indomitable! Had you ever imagined a world with diminishing hard cash? As we walk down the empty streets of towns, board the now less congested public transport means, get shivers when we cough or sneeze, at least Covid-19 has taught us the meaning of small luxuries, little basic rules of discipline. We have been smoked out of our cocoons; here is some little adjustment we must embrace.  

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