My Mother went into hospital 6 weeks after demonic demonetisation. She died in January 2017. We saw the suffering in hospital, as people scrambled for money. You stood in line for your own money or you nursed your Mother. We had to borrow cash for her funeral. No cremation ground in Dehradun is digitalised! (I add this because I was severely trolled on Twitter for mentioning this). I can never forgive nor forget Narendra Modi's assualt on India. 1/2
@ranjona that cruel man had a nice laugh with his colleagues that there’s a wedding in someone’s family but there’s no money. A true psychopath
@siri_resist That evil laugh is seared into my brain.
@ranjona @siri_resist That was the moment of truth which turned apolitical me into vocal anti-BJP stance! In case you have not read this before, my fav piece that exposed their lies...
https://prempanicker.wordpress.com/2017/11/10/of-demonetization-and-magic-and-modi/
Of demonetization. And magic. And Modi

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@ranjona @siri_resist I identify with a similar experience as well, @anandrkris - moving from political disinterest to actively seeking to cultivate a more informed view post the Tughlaq-ian shenanigans of 8-11. What I still haven't come to grips with is the large numbers of supposedly educated folks choosing to remain willingly blind.
@Samyukth @ranjona @siri_resist @anandrkris That was expected. Many would be and will be blind. Religion, believe it or not is still a matter of blind faith in India. It's an upper caste refuge - from work, responsibility and accountability. So, it works for many to have those men in power.

@ranjona @siri_resist

Not sure if you've heard the extended version of that insane speech (or even if you wish to). But it deserves to be heard again and again.

#Demonetization

"Ghar mein shaadi hai..."

Everyone heard this (in)famous dialog.

But they missed this particular gem.

At 3:30
"Yeh theek hai, ki paap karne walon ki sankhya kuch zyada nahi hogi.
Lakh, do lakh, paanch lakh hogi.
Museebat sava sau crore ko ho rahi hai".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuOURDhL-M8&feature=youtu.be

नोटबंदी पर पहली बार बोले Modi, Ganga में पैसे बहाने वालों पर ली चुटकी

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@ranjona yes, you had written about it. These memories... Hug
@ranjona I have no words.sending hugs. 😔
@ranjona Sad.. I'm sorry for your loss and added man made troubles. May her soul rest in peace.

@ranjona Am sorry about what you, and so many others, went through due to the hubris of one man. Not that he did not realize the impact - he did say ghar mein shaadi hai".

I only hope that these people get their just desserts one day.

@SabinaBasha @ranjona True.. so many of us suffered thanks to the arbitrary and ill-intended decision making of this Government! They will have to pay in some way .. Karma will come for them eventually!
@ranjona hard to imagine or even empathise the trauma after the grief. May her soul rest in peace. Condolences. It's really heart-wrenching.
@ranjona That saffron terrorist and his accomplices shall suffer too, in more ways unimaginable than one. The world is a great equalizer.
@DefeatFascists @ranjona
I do believe in Divine retribution in other words one may call in Karma
@ranjona no one can.
Each one of us have suffered because of #DeMonetisationDisaster .
@ranjona So sorry to hear this...
@Saikatd Tks Saikat. The pain and suffering all around was heartbreaking, not just ours.