The Gold Chain Incident
0002 The Gold Chain Incident As my mother sat in my room, basking in the warm sunlight streaming through the newly cleaned windows, she was reminded of a story from her childhood in the hills of Shillong. It was a tale of a lost treasure, a family's heartbreak, and an unlikely hero who helped them find it. When my mother was a young girl, she lived in a small, cramped apartment with her parents and grandparents. Her grandfather had a habit of laying his blanket out on the roof to dry and warm in the sun each weekend, a common practice to reduce moisture and warmth for an afternoon nap. But one day, tragedy struck when my grandmother's precious gold sun pendant chain, passed down through generations, went missing from under her pillow. The family searched high and low for the valuable heirloom, but it was nowhere to be found. My grandfather was sceptical when a neighbour suggested they seek the help of an astrologer, but my grandmother was willing to try anything. They made...