Sunday, 4 December 2016

Demonetization: Some more !

How deeply rooted this corrosion has gone can be evaluated from the news from Nashik. Why FM and RBI categorically kept District Co-Op banks out of scenario becomes amply clear. The farmers who may probably be contemplating suicides till recently have suddenly started depositing money in 1000s. Now from where did this money come? It's a common knowledge that these banks are mostly run by political parties in Maharashtra, without exception Rashtrawadi. Its speculated that this money came directly from the directors. So the heavyweight politico the one, who shared platform in Pune the day earlier with PM, came out strongly against the demonetization very next day. Probably realizing where it's going to hurt, a bit late? It's much deeper rot than seen by the eyes.


These are teething problems for the operation of this magnitude. An educated person must understand it. For the country of 125 crores, the problems are bound to be there, it depends on what shades one uses. I am from the era who saw 2 wars, China and Pakistan. In those days even matchboxes were sold in black. Sugar used to be out of stock for months together. Once even battery cells were on ration. But we survived though scathed but survived. Compared to that these hardships are negligible. English and to a certain extent even vernacular press having vested interests, is exaggerating them with a definite ulterior motive. English press? They WANT to see government in poor light. That's their bread and butter And without being bothered about the real issues they force their own views down the reluctant gullet as the common consensus. Take for example this observation:.
The point is also that different banks are behaving differently and have different denominations of cash with them. Bank managers are taking arbitrary calls because there is a cash crunch. New notes are not being printed at the rate they need to. This is what points to a failure of planning and implementation. For fans, this is a temporary inconvenience. For many who need immediate cash, it's a critical failure.


So let's stop giving anecdotal experiences as representative of some general experience. because for every one you give I can give a counter one. There are enough people facing extreme hardship. let's not trivialize them on the altar of faux nationalism and anti-corruption sanctimony. 

And let's face the fact - this is unplanned, poorly implemented, and shows the government in a terrible light. 
Which fact, what fact, the one these people want to project or the real, real fact? It goes on further:

Intentions without execution is an illusion.


Let's see with deeper perspective. Indian common man was/ is never as disciplined as his western counterpart. For such type of extremely enormous operation the subject has to be erudite to at least some extent, can we expect this from the common man on streets from India? He seldom contributes to society as his civic duty but expects more than 100% from the government. It has percolated deep down due to the failed experiment of socialism, where your jobs were secured  but it did not depend on your performances. The rot is omnipresent. So why the bank employs should be exceptions? After the entrance of multinational banks the scenario has at least improved a bit, but in the times between 'Nationalization of banks' and 'Entry of Foreign banks', it was pathetic. That's real India or India we got in the legacy from Congress culture.

I won't call him Messiah but somebody with different views, thoughts and methods to execute, is on the horizon so let's cooperate. and Yes we have to start somewhere. Can not bury the head in the sand like an ostrich when a storm comes. This and other measure were/ are long overdue and have to be dealt with as early as possible to have a relatively better society, money and other ethics wise. 

This class never likes to bring PM, read Mr Modi in the picture lest they would be labelled as Modi haters so they go around the subject clearly circumventing the fact that ultimately HE is the target! See how they react...

'Why is any comment on demonetization linked to the PM? How does he enter the picture? Is he supposed to do everything? My comment was about messy and unplanned implementation which is someone else's responsibility. Any critique of the haphazard way this has been thrust down our throats is responded with - how I am pseudo, intellectual, higher class etc. '


Surprisingly who so ever came into my contact in my clinic even from the poorest class never cribbed about hardships. I deliberately used to broach the subject. Even maidservants coming from nearby slums for whom many a time I waived of fees because they didn't have enough cash, too did not crib. This entire overdo definitely lands at the doors of the PM because that's the purpose at a higher level and your writings are used for that. Now tell me, hacking of RaGas twitter account is used as a political ploy to avert cashless rather computerized society. Come on which era are we in now. Criticism of democratization, Mamata raising doubts about Indian Army, RaGas and Congress' accounts getting hacked exactly on the dot of time, don't you see a bigger game in this. The entire play is definitely staged to discredit every step taken at the governmental level, though the so-called learned class may understand the intricacies but in finer print read Modi. One can't be that naive.


Why not have little objectivity? This ordeal is going on for more than 3 weeks. Not a single bank looted so far. Queues are mostly disciplined. Banks and staff are working keeping their heads cool. Not a single common man on the street with a hockey stick in his hands, only tainted politicians and that's all over India Similar type but a natural one in the USA and during Katrina cyclone every shop was looted within 3 days. The chaos is only in the mind of English press, opposition and again I'll say pseudos because again the common man on the street is braving it head-on.

Saturday, 3 December 2016

Demonetization

I am a consultant physician. And regularly come across hard cash. The heartening note is I always get my full fees even now in hundreds and some times in 2k too. Lately new Rs. 500 notes too are getting circulated freely. And when was the poor keeping 500 and 1000 rs loose change? Did you get 1000 Rs change from ric when your meter showed 100 or so even in pre demonetization era? Their entire transaction in 24 hrs does not amount to that. Those transactions were always in 10s 20s and 50s and why they should be in short supply now. If they are, then somebody is playing big mischief to see to it that the scheme and so the PM is discredited. I had been to busy bank like CBI GHATKOPAR today and my entire work got finished within 30 minutes. Everybody seems to be in a hurry to see this person gone at any cost. So they are cribbing right since his ascendance to the chair. Especially the English press and higher middle classes. Poor on the street is happy for the step taken because he knows against whom this is directed. He himself can never dream of that kind of money so he is ready to face the hardships. Only pseudos have problems. Sorry, no personal offence. For a mammoth and hardly literate nation like India, it was never to be an easy task. If the ones who hoarded the monies would have got the slightest whiff, the whole purpose of operation would have been lost. Just think of Sharad Pawar, Mayawati, all Yadavs and all our local भिडूज् to get to know of this move. I really still wonder, in spite of being on the anvil for the last 6 months or even more, entire political thug society could not even get a faint scent of it. My guess. Otherwise, why should they cry this hoarse? Think of those people, who suffered these type of hardships even more in WW ll for more than 6 years. And within 25 days you give up. Everybody wants these steps to be taken but nobody wants to pay the price on personal front. Imagine, our political bigwigs are fighting for the IT penalties to be revoked for those who were, maybe, are hoarding black money even now. And why not, this could be the first step. More may be in the offing. Have patience. Everybody must be given due time and respect. We had bad governance of 70 years, something is being done to get rid of this corrosion of the Indian psyche for the first time. If you can not help, at least don't be a crab and pull the legs of India lover. I am deliberately not saying patriotic. Immediately the emotions worn on the sleeves come out, especially of intuc class.