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Grandmother traced her finger across the ancient pottery shard, eyes glistening. "These symbols," she whispered, "our ancestors spoke through them at Keeladi." My brother scrolled through his phone, dismissing the excavation photos. "Likes don't pay bills," he muttered, chasing viral moments for quick cash. But she held that fragment like treasure. Tamil Brahmi script told stories networks couldn't monetize—histories of love, trade, survival etched in clay centuries ago. I watched her teach my daughter the symbols, watched wonder kindle across young eyes. No engagement metrics mattered here. Only continuity. Only us, connected through time, through art, through the voices of those who came before.