God, I've been embarrassing myself…
God, I've been embarrassing myself asking people to loan me sats 🫣 ... because Indian banks simply won't approve card transactions to buy Bitcoin and companies like MoonPay.com will only accept cards. Even Strike and Coinbase wallet only accepts cards.
So, I was sh!t out of luck
Today, I finally found an Indian crypto exchange (mudrex.com) that accepts Direct Deposits ... finally!! So, my "fundraising" days are behind me 😅