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Grandmother pressed the ancient ANDAL coin into my palm, its worn surface smooth from generations of hands. "Kannadasan wrote about devotion," she whispered, "but I learned it through keeping what matters." In our small town, we'd mocked her refusal to join the digital cash networks everyone praised. Yet when drought came, her savings—kept safe, tangible, real—fed three families. Now, watching my daughter's eyes widen at the coin's history, I understood. Some wealth transcends currency. It lives in stories passed down, in networks built on trust rather than transactions, in heritage that refuses to be forgotten by those who remember where they belong.