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Watch | Selling colourful beads, Velliamma impresses her customers, by speaking in multiple languages

While selling beads, Valliamma infuses liveliness by speaking in Tamil, English, Hindi and a bit of French and German to foreign tourists. (Source: The Hindu)

Residing a kilometre away from Mamallapuram, in Pooncheri, Valliamma said she managed to pick up words from foreign tourists.

Speaking in multiple languages - fluent English, Tamil and Hindi and a little bit of French, Italian and German - is her strength, and she has not let it down despite the dullness that the lockdown has brought on her trade.

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