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Demonetisation

     It was a routine Tuesday as usual on the 8th of November. I had just reached home switched on the Wifi and suddenly all the quiet WhatsApp groups began flooding with long text messages which I always skip to read. There was this small, one line text by a friend which read check the news. So, I told my folks who were busy watching T.M.K.O.C to change the channel and there was the P.M of our country enthusiastically saying, " Bhaiyo aur Behno ..." and the news flash read, " 500 and 1000 rupee notes to be scrapped by today midnight." It was a kind of jolt for me as I had neither experienced nor expected something of this could happen because in my 20 years I've seen 25 and 50 paise being scrapped but 500- 1000 notes was way beyond anyone's imagination. And immediately later there was this announcement of the "Pink Revolution" the 2000 rupee pink note and the new 500 one. Soon after hearing people ran up to the ATMs as they were supposed to rema...