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Lockdown
**Lockdown**
After midnight tonight, the ₹500 and ₹1000 notes will be permanently demonetized. When this news was first announced on November 8, 2016, it created widespread confusion among the Indian population. Just as we were recovering from that shock, almost four years later, another major blow struck: on March 24, 2020, a nationwide lockdown was announced for 21 days, making it clear to everyone that the entire country could come to a standstill. In my generation, and even among my parents’ generation, we had never witnessed such a lockdown. While I had heard from my father about the plague in ancient times that had resulted in some restrictions, the idea of a complete shutdown of the country for 21 days was unfathomable.
After the announcement, chaos erupted as people flocked to grocery stores, resembling a scene of looting. The atmosphere until the evening was akin to that post-looting, but this was a 'loot' made with payments. Gradually, it became evident that grocery stores, vegetable...
After midnight tonight, the ₹500 and ₹1000 notes will be permanently demonetized. When this news was first announced on November 8, 2016, it created widespread confusion among the Indian population. Just as we were recovering from that shock, almost four years later, another major blow struck: on March 24, 2020, a nationwide lockdown was announced for 21 days, making it clear to everyone that the entire country could come to a standstill. In my generation, and even among my parents’ generation, we had never witnessed such a lockdown. While I had heard from my father about the plague in ancient times that had resulted in some restrictions, the idea of a complete shutdown of the country for 21 days was unfathomable.
After the announcement, chaos erupted as people flocked to grocery stores, resembling a scene of looting. The atmosphere until the evening was akin to that post-looting, but this was a 'loot' made with payments. Gradually, it became evident that grocery stores, vegetable...
