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Rakesh Jhunjhunwala's advice

The story of how a middle-class IT officer's son came to be featured on the Forbes' list of billionaires is as amazing as the man himself. At EVOKE 2012, an idea-sharing event organised by the US Consulate in Mumbai earlier this month, Indian investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala explained why he believes that India is a rich country, what money means to him and why he's not burdened with guilt about the country's poverty. Read on.If you ask me what money means, I'd say it's used as a means of exchange, among other things.But J Paul Getty, one of the world's richest men, said: If you can count it, you don't have enough of it.Money is the harsh reality of life. Some love for it, some die for it, some use it well, some waste it, most fight for it, but most others desire it.After having earned so much, I have realised one thing -- that money cannot be an end to itself.Money has got five crore good things, just one really bad thing: you can't take it with you.Ta