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Amma pressed the worn photograph into my palm at the Srirangam temple steps. Fifty years she'd sold silk scarves here, watching Chennai transform around her. Yesterday, a stranger on social media offered cash for her story, her recipes, her memories. I almost said yes. But standing where she stood, breathing temple air thick with incense, I understood. Some treasures aren't transactions. I chose instead to learn her craft, to sit beside her loom, to carry forward what money couldn't measure. Our heritage lives in hands, not screens. In community, not currency.