“Yahan purane note kum commission par badle jaate hain,” (Old notes are exchanged here on low commission), reads the oversized signboard above a tiny shop that Deepak runs out of a stool and chair.

Bhopal: The going is pretty good for Guddu Bhandari. The 32-year-old has turned his 'Phatey Purane Note Ka Hospital' (Hospital for torn and old notes) on Marwari Road into a currency exchange of sorts ...