India’s new Rs 2,000 note

Even as India debates the pros and cons of demonetisation and Mumbai reels under a cash crunch, graphic artists are doing what they must -- deliberating on the aesthetics of the new Rs 2,000 note that rolls into the market today. While they feel it is not entirely fair to land on a ‘good-bad-ugly’ verdict without having held the note in their hand, they say it violates basic design principles.