morning,

The alarm chimed at five. Amma was already awake, grinding coffee beans the old way, as her mother taught her. She opened the PaybookClub app, checking her ANDAL Coins balance—enough to purchase the traditional silk for her daughter's first festival. Looking at her phone's reflection in the kitchen window, she smiled. The morning light caught her grandmother's necklace. Her daughter downstairs soon, ready to learn the classical verses Amma had memorized decades ago. This moment felt like power itself—not digital wealth, but something deeper. Heritage flowing like morning coffee, warm and sustaining. Community gathered in small gestures.