Demons of demonetization: Vivek K. Agnihotri
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the above link to read the Hindu Open Page article by Vivek K. Agnihotri
Demon(ET)isation!
Vivek K.
Agnihotri’s Open Page article “The demons of demonetization”(The Hindu, Open
Page, November 22) is the best article yet, I read on the subject from November
9, till date. The piece stands out in coverage of several dimensions of the
measure, its current and future impact on the concept of currency as an
instrument of exchange and the agony and ecstasy felt and enjoyed by the common
man during the last fortnight.
From Trump’s
triumph to ‘drowning of sorrows’, the narrative is well decorated. The only
conspicuous omission-being a Malayalee and an ex-auditor (two-in-one!), I am
trained to pick up at least one hole in any perfect creation- one can point out
is that the writer spares the media-social, anti-social, electronic and print-
left their half-done stories on the midnight of November 8 and focused on
demon(ET)isation all through. One is in total dark about all other developments
in the universe since then.
M G Warrier, Mumbai
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