Whenever I enter the jewelry shops, I always get over joyed by the red carpet welcome given It gives me a feeling that they are decent, genuine and nice people who doesn’t dupe anybody. And just because I felt this way, I haven’t bargained with these people! And on one day, my intuition gave me …
Well, you may be astonished to see a gold currency coin (above) with a temple symbol with 4 languages inscribed (two of them are Tamil and Telugu)…. Yes, your guess is right! This was the ‘South Indian’ currency (1808 – 1815) made of 2.97 gms of gold, and it’s called as ‘Pagoda’ in english, ‘Varahan’ in …
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For years, I was so afraid of bargaining, I always had an inner fear of being judged. One day, my inner voice told me “Why do you want to lose your money for somebody‘s business? If you invest the bargained money in a bank, you get interest?”. And at the same time, an opportunity struck …