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The Economist: Why Do Indians Love Gold?

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Why do Indians love gold? (via The Economist)

INDIANS adore gold. Newly wed brides are given enough jewellery to break their necks. Peasants store their pitiful savings in trinkets. Wise-guys sport rings like knuckle-dusters and tycoons with broken balance-sheets offer gold at temples in return…



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