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MMS on Twitter
As expected, Twitter erupted with jokes and memes as former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh began his scathing criticism of the demonetisation
Ghost from the past
Demonetisation has had different effects on different people
Das misses Sebi board meeting
Shaktikanta Das had to miss the Sebi board meeting, given his preoccupation with the implementation of demonetisation
Catch them young
A senior journalist has been telling all who would care to listen how the I-T Department has issued a notice to his four-year-old granddaughter
Money 'laundry-ing'?
Jokes about demonetisation of certain currency notes by the government abound on social media
Less is more
Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra will not buy an Apple watch again
A different ATM
Demonetisation has also impacted the wedding plans of children of politicians
Simple wedding
Demonetisation has also impacted the wedding plans of children of politicians
Delay demons
Thanks to demonetisation, infrastructure companies now expect more delays in project approvals than before
Playing golf in Delhi
Amitabh Kant, CEO of NITI Aayog, has had to change his exercise routine, thanks to the city's alarming pollution
Austere wedding
All bemoaned the cash crunch, how it might impact wedding preparations and even wondered that wedding might have to be scaled down
Public mood test
The ban has taken most pressing public issues off media glare over the past 12 days as millions stand outside banks and ATMs
Analogies galore
Sometime back, expelled Goa Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leader Subhash Velingkar had described Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs in Goa as "asuras" (demons) and held Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar (pictured) responsible for the degeneration of the saffron party in the coastal state
All about notes
What has chaebol Samsung got to do with demonetisation? Nothing, on the face of it, till you read this joke doing the rounds on Twitter: "2016 has been really bad for big notes like Rs 1,000, Rs 500 and Samsung Galaxy Note 7."
Knock knock...
Somebody in the Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India has overlooked the fact that there has been a tectonic change in the currency status of the country
Gold coins as bribes
In many places bribes are now being exchanged in the form of gold coins - which is likely to continue
Proxy customer
A Delhi-based school is concerned that a conspicuous number of its students are suddenly absent
Mr Complaint
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Agriculture SS Ahluwalia (pictured) is a harassed man these days
New addition
All visitors to Parliament House are allowed to enter the main premises after a thorough check and issuing of photo identity cards
Same difference
The Rajya Sabha debate on the government's move to withdraw Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denomination currency notes brimmed with wry humour