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Graduation gift ideas (Under ₹500)

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  1. Gift cards & vouchers1
    Experiences
    Gift cards & vouchers₹100 – ₹10,000

    When you don't know their taste — let them choose.

    An experience, not another object.

    • Graduation
    • Has everything
    • Before you buy: match the store to them: a card for a shop they already use gets spent; one they don't gets forgotten.
    • Not for: a partner or close family on a big occasion — on its own a card can read as low effort
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  2. Pens & pen sets2
    Books & Stationery
    Pens & pen sets₹150 – ₹3,000

    A good pen gets used every day — engraving a name makes it personal.

    • Graduation
    • Reader
    • Before you buy: check refills for that pen are easy to buy in India — a pen without refills becomes a paperweight.
    • Not for: someone who rarely writes by hand
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  3. Photo books & custom magazines3
    Personalised Gifts

    Your photos and stories, printed as a book or a mock magazine about them.

    • Graduation
    • Has everything
    • Before you buy: start collecting photos a week or two early, and send the original files: screenshots, and photos saved from WhatsApp, which compresses them, print blurry.
    • Not for: ordering in the week of the occasion — they're made one at a time after you send photos and text
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  4. Greeting cards4
    Books & Stationery
    Greeting cards₹50 – ₹1,450

    A card with your own words inside: a printed, pop-up, plantable or dried-flower card, from ₹50.

    • Graduation
    • Has everything
    • Before you buy: match the card to the moment: a printed card for a casual note, a pop-up for a milestone or a hobby, a boxed set for someone who writes letters.
    • Not for: anyone who does not keep paper: a card with nothing written in it will be binned
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  5. Sunglasses5
    Fashion & Accessories
    Sunglasses₹500 – ₹4,000

    Classic, widely flattering shapes travel best.

    • Graduation
    • Before you buy: check for '100% UV protection' or 'UV400' on the label — dark lenses without UV protection do more harm than none.
    • Not for: someone who wears prescription glasses — unless you're getting prescription sunglasses made
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