This family of gold merchants has been based in the UAE since the 1950s

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The UAE National Day is an occasion where both Emiratis and expats celebrate their achievements. One expat family from India in Dubai say the UAE National Day is a reminder of the past and their success in the Emirates.  Read the full story here: https://gulfnews.com/uae/watch-family-of-gold-merchants-living-in-the-uae-since-1950s-1.92266112  See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km  Subscribe to Gulf News on YouTube and watch more of our videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/GulfNewsTV  #UAEnews #Dubai #gold

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00:00It was established in 1958 by my grandfather, Mr. Dhanji Muthiram.

00:20At that point of time, the economic prospects were not so good in India and people were

00:27looking at overseas options.

00:29At that time, Mr. Vasu Shroff, who was based in Dubai, had got in touch with my grandfather.

00:38He had given us this opportunity to come to the Middle East and try to look for any business

00:49opportunities in our line.

00:51He was a skilled craftsman.

00:53In Goldsmith, he used to make jewellery manually.

00:57From there on, he had started with a goldsmith workshop and gradually, over the years, we

01:07were getting good response from the local public, from the customers here in Dubai,

01:13and we had shifted to retail jewellery.

01:16We had opened our store in 1958, that was the year we started our retail operations.

01:21It was also supported by my father, Mr. Jagdish and Mr. Keerthi.

01:29My father established this business in 1958 when I was just one year old.

01:35After two years, I bought it in Dubai and my whole childhood was spent in Dubai.

01:39Business-wise, after education, I started from primary school here in Dubai.

01:46My brother and I were here during the early days.

01:49After that, we joined the business in 1975.

01:53My elder brother came two years before me and we have improved our business step-by-step.

01:59In those days, we had challenges of electricity.

02:04There was no machinery to make the jewellery, necklaces, rings, everything was handmade.

02:11The production would take a long time.

02:14Mostly, it was customised jewellery.

02:16We would get orders from the local population.

02:20We used to make that initially as a goldsmith.

02:23If you want to make a ring or make a bangle, it used to take more than one week to finish it.

02:31These were the challenges in making jewellery in those days.

02:34I've been in the business for the last 15 years.

02:37It's been...

02:39We have totally different challenges as compared to what they've had.

02:43We are very grateful to the UAE government.

02:46They supported us to create ourselves, like this communication.

02:52Now, UAE has become our home.

02:56We love UAE.

02:58They support all of the Asian...

03:00All communities, not just Asian, you can say.

03:02All international communities, their prosperity and support.

03:06I'm thankful to this donor.

03:13Thank you to the UAE Government for sponsoring this film.

03:15Thank you to the UAE Government for sponsoring this film.

03:17Thank you to the UAE Government for sponsoring this film.

03:19Thank you to the UAE Government for sponsoring this film.

03:21Thank you to the UAE Government for sponsoring this film.

03:23Thank you to the UAE Government for sponsoring this film.

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