When
the world was busy with the American presidential election results on 8th Nov
2016, Indian media suddenly interrupted their programmes to show PM Modi; who
using his executive authority declared a ban on the Rs500 and Rs1000 bank notes
from that midnight. As if it was a nostalgic stimulus from its first PM Nehru's
'When the world sleeps India wakes up at the midnight hour', it almost kept
Indians awake with uncertainty. With the black money holders not having a
chance to cash in that night, society facing endless serpentine lines the next
day, money not reaching the villages after that, cash not being available for
marriage, buying of seeds and giving away daily wages even after that and
making a feast out of all that opposition ganging up against the government
India was shaken to the core. It seemed, the only ones, who made money were the
economists and the media, who organised endless debates.