Can gold provide you hedge against inflation?

As the fear of rising inflation is mounting across the major economies, and we have seen an uptake in the retail inflation in the recent months in India as well, you as an investor must be wondering if you are holding the right asset class to be able to beat inflation. Gold is considered as a hedge against inflation. We talk to Nitin Shanbhag, Head, Investment Products, Motilal Oswal Private Wealth Management about should investors increase their exposure to gold?