The rupee,seriously

But seriously speaking,this is going to take all the fun out of weddings. Extravagant weddings are central to the idea of India. North Indian weddings are mostly rich with cash and often redolent of gunsmoke. The spoilsport authorities already take a dim view of firearms,thanks to a series of accidental shootings in weddings. If cash is also deprecated by the norms of propriety now in currency,the Indian wedding will be about as lit-up as a fused bulb.

Unmindful of the irony,the RBI wants us to revere cash as a national symbol. But fortunately,the dignity of the rupee is not protected by law. The rules governing the proper use of the national flag have caused enough trouble to people who have found creative and relatively innocent uses for the tricolour,in clothing or drapery,for example. Now,do we really need to criminalise the national hobby of accountants and bookkeepers to deface rupee notes by scribbling their sums on the watermark?