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In India, People Are Buying Gold For As Little As One Cent

Buyers only get physical delivery of the metal once they have paid enough for one gram of gold.
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Jewelers Struggle Since India Cash Ban

"The 8th of November was the last day a jeweler may have smiled, after that he has been...
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Makeover for world’s oldest city drives India steel recovery

Varanasi, Hinduism’s holiest site on the Ganges River in northern India, is one of 100 places earmarked to...
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Gloom to Boom: Gold Gets Its Sparkle Back

Dhanteras is the biggest and most auspicious day of the year to buy gold. Sales this year are...

Chetna Kapoor | February 28, 2019
The Rise Of The NRI, The Influential Non-voter

In 1936, Radhakamal Mukerjee, a famous Lucknow-based social scientist, wrote a book titled Migrant Asia that contained an...
Chetna Kapoor | February 28, 2019
Love And Marriage: Rebels Against An Indian Tradition That Endures In The U.S.

For years, my mom, Indira Pillay, told her American friends and colleagues that she and my dad had...
Chetna Kapoor | February 27, 2019
Integration Of Indian And African Flavors Accelerates

In the 2006 comedy movie “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,” Mr. Bobby (played by Will Ferrell)...
Chetna Kapoor | February 26, 2019
Oscars 2019: The Indian Sanitary Pad Makers’ Story Wins Award

Sneh was 15 when she started menstruating. The first time she bled, she had no idea what was...
Chetna Kapoor | February 26, 2019
India’s Rich Fancy These Foreign Destinations

In India, there is no dearth of wealth and the proof of this is the growing number of...

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In India, People Are Buying Gold For As Little As One Cent