Last month, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi unexpectedly demonetized 500- and 1,000-rupee banknotes. His long-term goal is to crack down on corruption, but the result so far has been chaos…likely to be followed by a substantial economic slowdown.
Last week, on December 2, a pregnant woman in Uttar Pradesh went into labor while waiting in line at the bank. With the help of other bank customers, she delivered a baby boy on bank premises. To mark the occasion, the baby was named Khazanchi, which means “treasurer” or “cashier” (from khazana, “treasure,” plus the agentive suffix -chi).
Sources: Born in bank, UP baby named Khazanchi (cashier) Nath, Born in bank queue, boy named Khazanchi
Image: Adapted from Queue at Bank to Exchange INR 500 and 1000 Notes – Salt Lake City – Kolkata 2016-11-10 by Biswarup Ganguly under CC BY 3.0.
