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I met Himanshu, a graphic designer, on the plane from Chennai back to Delhi who told me about the common tradition of having your fortune told by ladies who can tell you details down to the date you'll get married just by taking your name. If they detect a personal liability for you over the coming years, they'll supply you with a ring like this that serves as a talisman against bad luck, for example. He said he'd been skeptical but had since been won over by the surprising accuracy of those predictions that he'd heard. Here's a picture of his. I thought it was a nice story, and he was kind enough to humor me by posing his ring for the blog.