mestalla bonds are hoped to be traded. first off, but are they and how will they help?ds and then from china. we had a club and then came along the indian version — marsala, named after the word for spice in india. what are they? bonds are a form of debt, essentially the investor serves as the bank. a company, a government or a city some money and they promised to pay you back in full with regular interest payments. the problem for indian banks is that they could only raise money and we pay in foreign currencies like the dollar but that is a risky because currencies fluctuate. entering mestalla bonds — the investor takes on the currency risk by trading in rupees. well overseas investors join the party? while india's national income is rising and the economy is expected to grow rapidly, mestalla bonds are the high your returns for investors compare to the us and europe where interest rates are still low and it works out well in there as well. it means money to spend on things india really needs, like roads. infrastructure, they plan to spend more than $1.5 trillion. long