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Mix-Ansicht- immer wieder dieselben Lebens-Erfahrungen: auf allen Kontinenten............. - Emerald, 30.08.2003, 07:11
immer wieder dieselben Lebens-Erfahrungen: auf allen Kontinenten.............
-->aus dem Bulletin-Board von Richard Russel:
Hello Mr. Russell,
Your constant teachings on gold being real money have made me understand
what gold means. I started thinking about gold in January of 2002 and I
started buying gold in May of 2002.
The reason I am writing to you is a very personal one. I was talking to my
parents about gold and they explained to me that without gold neither they
nor I may be here in US today.
My mother was born in Karachi, India in 1938. Today it is a part of
Pakistan. My mother's family is Hindu and when the British partitioned
India into Pakistan and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), my mother's family,
along with millions of others, suddenly found themselves in a country in
which they were no longer welcome.
In those chaotic day of 1947-1948, anywhere from 1-10 million where
ethnically cleansed. The exact number is unknown, but there is no doubt
that it was one of the largest migrations and killing sprees the world has
ever known.
My mother's family lost their home, their country, and barely escaped with
their lives on a ship in the middle of the night. What bought them passage
on that ship was some of my grandmother's gold jewelry. At that time no
amount of India rupees or British pounds mattered when it came to buying
tickets to freedom. The only thing that mattered was gold. It literally
saved their lives. Once my mother's family arrived in India, they lived in
refugee camps until they could be resettled. What allowed them to eat? Once
again it was my grandmother's gold jewelry. My mother had 6 sisters and 2
brothers. There was very little to go around.
One of my aunt's who moved to Hong Kong in 1968 has an almost pathological
desire to own gold. She wanted to replace my grandmother's sold jewelry for
her, but sadly, my grandmother died long before this could occur. To this
day, my aunt continues to buy gold.
My father's story is not as poignant, but it is very interesting as well.
My father's family owned estates in eastern India and they owned stocks of
companies that produced jute. Jute was a very valuable commodity before
nylon was invented. My father was born in 1932 at the height of the British
Raj into a very well to do family. He had his own servant whose job was to
dress him and take care of him only.
In 1947 when India was partitioned, all of his family's land ownings were
lost as they were in what was now East Pakistan (Bangladesh). Guess where
the jute companies were? In East Pakistan (Bangladesh). My father's family
became almost destitute over night.
In 1950, my father was to start university. His family could not afford it.
My grandmother sold all of her gold and silver jewelry to put her only
child though college. Because of gold, not land titles or stock
certificates, my father, my grandmother, my mother and I have been able to
eat and have nice roof over our heads.
The irony of this. My parents, who have lived in America since 1970 do not
believe in gold like I do. They have been brainwashed to think the
government knows what they are doing. They also think the government will
stop the rise on gold prices. They also think the dollar is backed by gold.
I have explained your writings and all of the other information I have
found on gold and the money supply to them, but they are still a bit
sceptical. If this does not explain the power of the government, I do not
know what does. My mother though humors me and has put 20 percent of her
holdings in gold, gold stocks, and silver stocks.
If it were not for gold, I may not have been able to write to you. If it
wasn't for you, I would have never found my roots or even known my parent's
history. Thank you as always.
Best regards,
Soumen Sanyal
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