People all around the world buy jewellery when celebrating Diwali, the festival of light. The first day of Diwali, observed on the 13th day of the eighth month of the Hindu calendar, has long been considered an auspicious time to buy gold in particular, thanks to an ancient legend, but new trends are emerging among younger South Asians who are stepping away from tradition.
As the story goes, there was once a young prince whose death by snakebite was augured to take place four days after his wedding day. Upon learning of her husband’s predicament,
