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Nalini's grandmother taught her Bharatanatyam in their Chennai home, each mudra a whispered legacy. Years later, as a blockchain developer, she created a platform preserving classical dance through NFTs on Stellar, making ancient art accessible worldwide. Her first token sold instantly. The buyer, a Tamil student in Toronto, wept watching the recorded performance. Investment meant nothing compared to that connection. Now dancers everywhere tokenize their stories, earning dignity while honoring tradition. Nalini understood then: true wealth wasn't money. It was belonging—to ancestry, to community, to something beautifully unbreakable.