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The decision of demonetisation of Rs.1,000 & Rs.500 by the Government of India, in order to fight corruption, black money and cross border terrorism issues and its impact on Indian economy has become the talk of the town for the last few days and rightly so. Some are airing their voice for the move and few are against the move. Let the debate go on beyond the petty political agendas and their flag bearers across the country. But what made me to scribble my thought in this blog is the observation of uncontrolled frenzy and consequent ruckus which is occurring around amongst the people, in spite of every measures taken by the authority, which meant to educate citizens about do’s and don’ts of this particular situation. Probably, every possible way has been ventured by the Government of India, be it electronic media, digital media, print media and so on, to communicate to the citizens that there is no need to get trepid about the situation, though the currencies (Rs.500 & Rs...

Often, things apparently sounding very simple can become very complex when trying to actually explain. What is right & what is wrong? One can argue that whatever morally correct is right and the otherwise is wrong. It sounds good, but when delving a little deeper into the subject, things become convoluted. The term morality, in itself can lead you to labyrinth of many opinions where everyone can have their own perspective of it and thereby sending you to an endless loop. Human beings, coming from different socio economic classes, different geographical barriers have their own perspective for what is morally right or what is morally wrong. Even for an individual, definition of right and wrong keeps on changing with time. Someone, brought up with certain inculcated values accepted as righteous may find it completely otherwise in the course of his journey called life.  Then again, the question arises, who’ll decide the acceptability of his or her findings. If the ans...