For Amudha, life was an irony between her identity and the reality she lived in. Her Tamil name referred to the wealth of Ambrosia, but all she had was a handful of dreams fostered deep in her mind. She didn’t know how she could give her three daughters a life better than what destiny had unleashed for her. Krishna, her husband and a farmer, could ensure a reasonable living for his family but his income was not enough to make Amudha’s dreams come true. He could save no more than ₹1,000 or so a month during the harvest and would spend up all the savings during the lean period. The homemaker, in her late-30s, from Sirukadambur village in remote Tamil Nadu, knew that gold was the safest haven for anybody to cradle dreams till they bloom. Alas! With her meagre resource, she could never afford the yellow metal.
The appreciating value of gold makes it the most preferred investment option for the middle and low-income section of the Indian society to fight any exigency and weave their dreams for real.
“When my child had to undergo an emergency surgery two years ago, we didn’t have enough savings to bear the cost at a private hospital. We had to take loans from the village moneylender at a steep interest rate and we’re still paying it off,” recalls Anjalai, another villager from Sirukadambur.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة February 2021 من Outlook Money.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة February 2021 من Outlook Money.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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