The Age of Kali: From Note-ban to Tumpocracy
These have been remarkable last few weeks. Somebody, who nobody thought could even win the Republican Presidential nomination, won the race to the White House. And in an unprecedented move, the Indian Prime Minister Modi banned Rupees 500 and 1000 notes in an alleged effort to curb black money. Maybe it was not so unprecedented as another Indian Prime Minister with similar first two letters MO, Morarji Desai has done it before. But the way the move has sent the people into a tailspin is certainly unprecedented. Here is my take on the two earth-shattering events: Earth-shattering event # 1-Trump's Victory: To me personally, the victory didn't come as a surprise. I had expected Trump to win by a landslide. That is not because I thought he was more deserving for the Oval Office than the former first lady but because he was just what the Americans seemed to want at this moment. Top among that being a change in the Democratic way of governance. Anti-incumbency, as we call th