There's a barter system that still runs in India

And I saw it seamlessly working during my last trip

I spent my childhood in a small town in the northern part of India.

And I vividly remember how a group of ladies used to come to our society to sell new utensils in exchange for old clothes.

That’s right- new utensils for old clothes.

No money was exchanged.

It was a pure barter system.

As a child, I never questioned how it all worked.

But this time when I w…