We had some anxious moments when Mr Modi declared the demonetisation of notes. Fair enough, I being a salaried person had not much to hide to only thinking as to what will be its outcome. The next few days will be hardship in getting some cash in hand for day-to-day expenses. But the thought of corruption being getting uprooted brought some energetic spark in my body and felt yes, the days are going to be back, in which a salaried guy will be respected in the state.Earlier even in our village we use to see small functions being organised and salaried guys use to contribute for the functions and everyone used to be proud enough that his contribution was there. But then came the black money and corruption era, and value for our money went into the shelves.
The big politician and businessman, who had black money, started giving lump sum donations and it came to such an extent that, to organise anything in Goa, common salaried man need not contribute. They just needed a politician or a businessman or two to handle the whole show.
Slowly, slowly, the common man stopped contributing so also the organisers stopped going for donations to anybody, thus the value of pride and contribution came to a super halt. The functions and tournaments were just a mere entertainment than competitions. With this surgical strike on the notes, suddenly an air of hope sparked on the mind of a salaried common man.
But the news of the big fishes just curling through the strike, using all the ideas and means to convert their black money from one source to other (rather from notes to gold or foreign exchange), is making the common man think. Was this surgical strike actually for the big fishes or for the common man.
Or was it just a fulfillment of words that some steps against corruption will be taken.
Things are not still clear. But yes it goes as a Jumla that the common man will never forgive the ruling party for the inconvenience caused to them, only to show the black market a bigger way of corruption.
Only time will tell.
