A month into Modi’s crackdown against “black money”, a severe cash crunch has left people struggling.
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Vaibhav Sharma is a writer based in Bangalore, India.
A month into Modi’s crackdown against “black money”, a severe cash crunch has left people struggling.
![India demonetisation [Showkat Shafi / Global News Insight]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/a8e5da2c57a340eabc13ccbd6eb9c46a_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
At ease with his small-town roots and fame, India’s cricket captain is an apt poster boy for aspirational India.
