Demonetisation was both Policy and Politics. The Politics was won by the tough signalling, the common man in the serpentine queues saw the rich man penalised. This won the Day. The fine print on the policy is less emphatic. The messaging was powerful in this radical step.

I am very glad for the non linear experiential work trajectory with all the failures, disappointments and the moderate positive outcomes. From biotechnology to environmental engineering to sociology to journalism with consulting, research and non profits as functional areas – this rather thin and broad spectrum has resulted in an incredible journey over the past decade. Solutions are often bursting at the seams of the disciplinary borderlands, and I excited for the journey for the decade ahead in sustainability and writing. I am kind off done with non profits with egoistic founders. More keen about working with organisations with scale, as scale has the bandwidth to innovate solutions rather than pay salaries. Founder led teams are personal vehicles for vanity. A big thanks to mentors over the years.

With a clear majority in the Rajya Sabha, Modi ji will decide everything from President to Big Bang reforms, Demonetisation was one certainly. A new political imagination is getting institutionalised with secular, caste being relegated to the bin. A clear muscular narrative with a majoritarian bent is commonplace. Prof Yogendra Yadav calls it the ‘Indira Gandhi Moment’ with a pro poor shift in voice; MNREGA, Loan Waiver etc. The game is for 2019 and beyond.

Like Political Islam in Egypt, Turkey and Malaysia; the BJP is mainstreaming the ‘Political Hindu’, with a greater discursive space for the post caste era, ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’ is community blind as it is a new vocabulary to dismantle the Mandal Construct. Social Justice is fashioned beyond affirmative action aka reservations. 
On a side note, the Lutyens Seminar Set, is as detached from the ground as ever, and I can observe a new intellectual elite emerging with Sanjeev Sanyal and Hindol Sengupta challenging the traditional knowledge class.

The electoral map of India is saffron. Modi ji since 2012, has done his job. The inherent Hindu sentiment is voting at the ballot box. Radical policy decisions such as DeMo is translated as strong development signals. The Indian Developmental dream, is seductive. The post caste era is here. Achche Din with Majoritarian Developmental Politics. 
The flip side is a total demolition of the secular opposition. Punjab has voted for the Maharaja of Patiala, and not the GOP. AAP becomes opposition in Punjab, although a distant second. 2019 will be a greater mandate as the footprint is expanding, with Karnataka and Manipur. The Maharashtra Municipal Polls were a BJP show. Odisha as well. 
The opposition simply does not have a personality of the lines of the Prime Minister, like him or hate him. The hard work, the energy is evident. Few parts of India apart from the Deep South are away from its reach. Kanyakumari also has a BJP MP. 
Opposition please fight polls to at lease present a credible face; Mamata di, Nitish Saheb are oasis bearers. 
Maurya ji, BJP UP President quips on NDTV: 
‘Demonetisation ka virodh, Narendra Bhai ka virodh aur PM ka virodh Uttar Pradesh bardhasth naheen kar sakta’ or in English 
The criticism of Demonetisation is the critique of Narendra Modi, and the critique of Narendra Modi Uttar Pradesh cannot tolerate’
We will have a more affirmative regime from now on. HCU,JNU and others are small blips on the radar.