Silver’s long-term wealth story is quietly compelling. An investment of just Rs 1,000 in the metal in 2000 would be worth Rs 26,455 today, reflecting a 26-fold rise over 25 years and the power of staying invested. With prices climbing from about Rs 7,900 per kg at the start of the millennium to nearly Rs 2.16 lakh now, silver has delivered returns of over 2,600%, defying its reputation as merely a cyclical industrial metal.