Thank You Online Stores!

Thank God for online shopping. I will forever be grateful to modern day Tughlaq NaMobhai for making me realize its value. After the desi Quixote's tilting at the black money windmill got Rs 500 and Rs, 1000 notes demonetized, my attempts to get the new currency were thwarted as banks and ATMs either had long queues or wore a deserted look as the new notes had dried up due to high demand.

In such a time, Big Basket and Nature's basket came to the rescue of my family as we could shop online through electronic transfer of cash without bothering about the wads of cash in our possession that had turned into worthless paper overnight due to the magic touch of an executive order.

Now we are well stocked with groceries and other provisions though the old notes remain unconverted.No Ghar Wapsi for them to the RBI for the time being. In fact the joy of online shopping made me forget for a moment millions of my compatriots who languish in queues before banks for hours to ring out the old and ring in the new cash. According to latest reports three people have died in queues. Collateral damage NaMobhai? After all how do few puny lives matter in a humongous attempt to ferret out the black money.? .
Now it looks like Delhi is going to be starved of veggies because traders in the Subzi Mandi, the vegetable wholesale marker are not getting supplies as they don't have the cash to pay for them because they are saddled with old demonetized notes and are unable to convert them into new currency.

The original Don Quixote tilted at the windmill sincerely believing it was a dragon. But OUR Don Quixote tilts at the windmill knowing fully well it is a windmill and the dragon is cozily ensconced in some tax haven abroad. He tries to convince us that the windmill is the dragon. If you don't believe it , you are an anti-national, traitor, Pakistani agent and terrorist.

 

We are the lucky handful Anvitha. There are millions out there who rely entirely on cash.Spare a thought for them too.

 

That is the height of optimism.

 

True those covered by the IT platforms hardly feel the pinch but they are a fraction of the population. All these guys in unorganised sector including skilled workers like carpenters, blacksmiths and even construction workers are not seeing any money. Plantation workers ,farm labour are at doldrums. Though farmers are allowed to withdraw enough funds for agri inputs, they have to go to the bank first and stand in a long queue and by the time they reach the counter or ATM, the money has dried up. The whole economy is a mess. They should lift ceiling on withdrawals and allow old money to run parallel to new one until there is adeqate supply of new currency.
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Exactly Kamalji, the demonetisation is hitting only those w with hard earned taxable money in their accounts and not those with black money who are merrily converting the cash through black markets in old notes for a commission. If these jokers wanted to demonetize the old cash they should have stocked up well in advance on the new currency. Why should we suffer because they haven't done that? Shameful is an understatement.