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Grandmother's trembling fingers scrolled through the app, watching her Bharatanatyam students perform ancient Avvaiyar verses. Each video earned coins—enough for medicine, for grandchildren's education. She'd spent decades teaching in obscurity, her art undervalued. Now strangers applauded her mudras, her grace reaching millions. Some comments threatened gatekeeping; others called her incapacitated by age. She ignored them. What mattered was her student Priya, uploading their duet, suddenly confident. The heritage that once felt dying now flourished digitally. Grandmother smiled, understanding that sometimes technology carried tradition forward, connecting generations through the ancient poetry of movement.