50 days after the biggest financial disruption in the history of India and there are more answers than questions. Even as the Prime Minister’s self-imposed window for the return-to-normalcy draws closer, there are ominous signs that #Demonetisation (and attempts to make it look successful) are beginning to resemble actions taken during the (now infamous) mass sterilisation program (Nasbandi) during the Emergency years. We take a ‘SERIOUS’ look at why Notebandi is history repeating itself 40 years later.