At the National Museum's monthly public lecture, Identification of Nishka, archaeologist BR Mani shed light on his study which pushes back the origin of Indian gold coinage back to the 3rd millennium BCE.
240 British-era gold coins, found by Adivasi labourers hired to demolish an NRI's house, travelled from Gujarat to Madhya Pradesh, setting off an inter-state hunt. The question everyone's asking is: who gets the gold?
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.
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