Gold ! The Love Affair Never Ends !
The Festival Season has kicked off with renewed vigor,after the dampening effect of the Pandemic. People are buying with a vengeance, especially precious metals like Gold and Silver.
A recent video,widely circulated,gave a guesstimate that 11% of the world's gold,was in the possession of Indian housewives !
Of course, these estimates are just guesstimates . Even usually reliable sources, run for shelter when asked about the factual basis.They say,
Naa baba naa,
Mera roti, kapda aur makan,
Khatre mein hoga!!
It is quite understandable, since women have total control over these Essential Commodities!!Among other things.
And the Indian ladies' love affair with gold is not going away, anytime soon.
The Big Fat Indian Wedding, immortalized by Bollywood, will endure !! And along with it,as an essential adornment,gold and sona chandi, will remain the cynosure of attention, and an important yardstick of a family's wealth.
But why look down on the Indian ladies' love affair with gold?
The Portugese,The Spanish Inquisition,The Nazis' and most empires,secretly spirited away gold to their treasuries. The Incas forged their king's bonds with golden handcuffs,until covetous hands forcibly snatched away their golden reserves.
So,as the Festival Season is upon us,
Khushiyon ka Teuhar,
Sone chandi ki Bahar.
Mps
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