Nero Modi Surgically Strikes People’s Pockets
Image Courtesy: Orijit Sen
The impact of the so-called demonetisation measure of the BJP government is proving to be much grimmer than anticipated.The economy is slowly grinding to a halt, with the poor and daily wage earners being particularly badly hit. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley talked about some temporary pain and using credit cards instead of cash. This is an economy where the bulk of the people do not have credit cards or mobile banking. Modi went even further, claiming that after this measure, “...the poor are enjoying sound sleep, while the rich are running from pillar to post to buy sleeping pills”. This, when 33 people have died in queues in just 7 day, there have been instances of suicide for lack of cash, and people are not able to pay for hospitals and ambulances.
Orijit Sen is a famous Indian graphic artist and designer. His graphic novel River of Stories, published in 1994, is considered as the first graphic novel of India. This image is made by him in regard to the recent demonetisation scheme.
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