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Modi Asked Indians to Stop Buying Gold for a Year. Here's What He Didn't Say.
On a stage in Hyderabad, the Prime Minister of India did something unusual. He asked the people of a country that has bought gold for two thousand years - at births, weddings, festivals, and funerals - to stop. For one full year. The reason, he said, was patriotism. It's a beautifully framed appeal. It's also one of the most revealing economic statements an Indian PM has made in years. Here's what the numbers say, what the RBI is quietly doing, and why a generation of Indians is about to discover Bitcoin the hard way.
By Aditya Ranjan·14 May 2026·7 min read
