I live in India, subscribe to The Economic Times for (paper-version of) everyday news. It's great for economic and business related news. Others in the same category are LiveMint and YourStory(mostly on startups).
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Being an urban 21-year-old, I do most of my transactions on petty cash for some meals and snacks. Otherwise, for some drinks and most other services I always present them with some form of virtual currency. I hold a debit card, along with PayTM account - the amazing PayPal of India wallet - for completing transactions over Rs. 300 (~$5). I haven't felt any extra heat about the deficiency of cash with me. They only time I stood to use an ATM, after the announcement, was when my parents were traveling to a small pilgrimage, for which they wanted some emergency cash that they could carry with them. My mother and I went to the neighborhood ATMs which were either not functioning, without any cash available, or already having a long line of people. It was for my good luck that I found an ATM that was just being loaded. I was the 4th person to get into the ATM, later grew to a 40+ person line. But otherwise, I frequently see long lines of more than 50+ in front of any functioning ATM, where ever it may be. Sure, the lines are long, there's no need to panic unless you need a certain amount of cash urgently, which is rare. I can hardly rationally think it through why so many urban dwellers need cash. The long lines to the banks are also unprecedented as the deposition of 500s and 1000s can be done later when the lines are shorter. Until then we can use the demonetised units at the applicable counters, such as gas stations and grocery stores. I like the intention of the government. I'm looking forward to the policy changes (GST and UPI) that would ensure that this step would not need to be taken anytime in the future. Only with such policy changes can the objectives of this exercise be met. So my opinions are reserved until the next budget, March 2017.
It is a big deal to have this to have happened now and not before 2008, which would have got India to the same boat as many other developed countries. It is not as panicky as it is been reported in the news, even the national media is going haywire with it. Most of the newspapers are exaggerating events. I have traveled about 100+ km (~60mi) in the last two days. I've seen a lot of lines going into banks and ATMs. However, all services are much better than normal, only slower due to the volume.
Life in India generally is... in a very general sense, about 5-10 years behind what the West is experiencing, in terms of livelihood and technology, depending on which part of the country/city you are in. The second part of your question is quite subjective to which part you would want to know about. Not all stereotypes are true, but most are.Do you think people in the West, or on Hubski have an accurate idea of what life in India is like?
It's not entirely an open-ended experiment. This has been done previously I hear. Although this time, the scale is massive. In Soviet Union (1991) [In India (1946 & 1978)](http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cash-flow/demonetization-in-1946-and-1978-stories-from-the-past/)
You may ask me questions if you want to know anything specific. I stay here in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
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My take on this was: From Internet, ISIS, Palestine till Constantinople its all about another Renaissance. We'll probably witness one very soon. Again, another old story of power, money, and greed. Problems with difference in ideology.
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An interesting perspective.
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This is a really crazy thing to happen! On the first read, it reminded me of the Hindu mythological being/God Ganesha, whose head is slit by his father, unknowingly, and later an elephant's head, another Lord's 'vehicle', really, was transplanted onto his neck to revive him.
Yahoo News Digest - Even though there's no Indian Edition - Much of my international news My physical daily Newspaper - now, The New Indian Express Read articles which pop up on my Facebook News Feed - Yeah. Really.
Hey! I'm from India too. Computer Science. :)
Hey sally! Which country are you from? And which stream of engineering have you been into? Just to say, getting to love engineering to get a job in the end is really hard. I'm able to say that being an engineering student myself. I'm afraid I'll also get to the same dilemma. As others advice, let's just relax and do the best we can. Cheers!
Sorry for the late reply. Exams and stuff. Hmm. I hear Jay gave an interview. Will have to check all that after exams.
Congratulations! Really feels great to hear this.
Wait? What were you saying Hae's brother posted? Link? I didn't see this.
Can we get back here now!? I'm so excited now. I made an all night to get go 12-ish hours to listen to all the episodes of the podcast, just because it's getting on my nerves reading people talk about it too often now. Yeah, all night on listening to a radio when I have semester exams on. Kills it! I really feel Adnan did the deed. Along with a few other people, including Jay and his other friends. That I can say because somehow Jay's friend's and Jay's narratives are close to each other's, they seem to be very clever. But Adnan doesn't, most probably, have a copy of the narrative which is already been to the detectives. He fails the plan there. Making an obvious scene since saying that he has no idea about what happened that evening. That's the way I see the case. What's yours?
Whoa! Crazy! :D Congratulations.
I know beer is really not much, but it's also not enough, once you've started drinking.
I wonder how you keep through exams after drinking the previous night. I've never tried to do that until now. I'm afraid if I go hay-wired during the exam.
Have had it on the self for days now. Haven't started yet. I shall now!