In this article for Acting Man, I examine India’s rapid degradation after demonetization and why the crisis reveals much deeper problems in the country’s institutions, culture, and society.

I discuss the continuing pain caused by demonetization, the hollowing out of India’s inherited institutions, the rise of Hindu nationalism, the appointment of Yogi Adityanath in Uttar Pradesh, and why India’s political and social trajectory increasingly resembles Pakistan’s.

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