"During the Diwali season, you have the days running up towards Diwali and the five days after Diwali,where coins, investment bars will be bought because it's very auspicious to be bought, so you do find people to come in to but that memento as well,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

"Naturally as a finance minister my advise to the governor of RBI would be that if you are in a position keeping in view the availability of the foreign exchange you buy that , and from that perspective it has been bought,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.06