Hardik Rajgor

H undreds of news reports, thousands of tweets, millions of people, and even the Reserve Bank of India gave its verdict on  demonetisation . The RBI declared that 99.3 per cent of demonetised notes came back to the banks. Everyone still goes on and on about how demonetisation was a massive failure that hurt the economy. Poor Arun Jaitley had to defend demonetisation more than Rahul Dravid had to defend himself in the Rawalpindi Test Match in 2004. This negativity is so polluting that even the smog in Delhi looks at it and develops a complex. I’m sick and tired of this nonsense peddled by the liberal media. Can we just ignore  statistics  and facts that reflect reality, and look at the good things demonetisation gave us? Demonetisation had people of all castes, religions, economic, and ethnic backgrounds coming together for one grand cause – to coax hundred bucks out of the ATM machine. It united us a country, in a way that even the movie  Border  or India-...

C an you truly call yourself a  ’90s kid  if your folks didn’t bundle you off for cycling, karate, or swimming every summer? Indian parents did not want their kids wasting time watching Cartoon Network all day, so they came up with a checklist to create a master race, and the way to do that was to teach the subjects a new skill during every vacation. First, I started with cycling, because I live in a  Gujarati  family and it was the cheapest investment. The next year,  The Karate Kid  was a huge hit, and I was screaming, “Hu! Ha!” every morning in a white robe with the confidence of Bruce Lee and the ability of a ’90s-era Adnan Sami. Once land was conquered, it was time to venture into Poseidon’s realm, and master the art of swimming. My  father  believed in the old-school instruction method of throwing me into a slow-moving river and hoping for the best. After definitely swallowing a few litres of dirty water and probably a few small fish, ...