A+Merchant's+Perspective

The Mongol Mango The Mongols are becoming a nationwide commotion. Just the sound of their name sends fear into hundreds of hearts, and thousands of families fleeing from their homes. What is it about the Mongols that scare so many people? Is it their blood-thirsty propaganda? Or is it simply their fierce and wild leader, Chinggis Khan? It could just be that their merits are blown out of proportion, as one Indian trader, explains. "I don't believe any of it," Abhay Verma tells us. "It is all a bunch of hooey. I know a few Mongols and they are nothing like these savage peoples I hear about."