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My grandmother clutched her phone, fingers trembling as she video-called us from Chennai. She'd never used social media before. At seventy-three, she'd decided to share our family's traditional kolam patterns online. Within weeks, diaspora members from Toronto to Singapore were requesting her designs. She laughed, surprised by their hunger for home. Each transaction brought her closer to distant cousins she'd never met. They sent money through networks, trusting completely. More than income, it became a bridge across oceans, reconnecting us to our Tamil roots, one digital exchange at a time.