{"id":539,"date":"2017-11-28T12:42:43","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T07:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homefirstindia.com\/?p=539"},"modified":"2024-05-22T09:34:48","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T09:34:48","slug":"homefirst-digizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homefirstindia.com\/hi\/blog\/homefirst-digizens\/","title":{"rendered":"Digizens of HomeFirst &#8211; Stories of the Progressive Indian!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span class=\"im\">When it comes to being progressive, it doesn&#8217;t matter how rich or how well read you are, but it&#8217;s the will to evolve and being future ready that counts!<\/span><i><span class=\"im\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It has been 395 days since the historic announcement of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2016_Indian_banknote_demonetisation\">demonetization<\/a>&nbsp;that disrupted the whole Indian economy! A huge cash crunch was experienced across the nation as the existing notes of Rs.500 &amp; Rs.1000 were declared invalid and replaced with new currency of higher denomination. A huge number of cash-stashers were uprooted across the country. This was followed by raging media coverage of super-lengthy queues of people standing outside Bank ATMs, everyone had an array of opinions when asked about their views on <strong>&#8220;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraphindia.com\/india\/notes-on-a-year-ofnotebandithe-demonremember-remember-the-month-of-183431\">note bandi<\/a>&#8220;<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>While some were of the opinion that it was an&nbsp;insane decision by the Modi Govt., a few believed that the idea was good but the implementation went a little haywire. It was like a festival of thoughts, opinions, beliefs, forecasts &amp; predictions across the country!<\/p>\n<p>However, there was a small chunk of believers who shared the dream, the dream of a <a href=\"http:\/\/cashlessindia.gov.in\/\">Cashless India<\/a> &amp; put their hearts into making India go digital. They were then known as the &#8216;Digital Citizens&#8217; or as we like to call them &#8211; Digizens. They were the calm&nbsp;in all the chaos! They were ready to accept the change wholeheartedly. They were ordinary people from every stratum of the society, they were the &#8220;aspiring Indians&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-574\" src=\"https:\/\/homefirstindia.com\/app\/uploads\/2017\/11\/noal-1-300x140.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"508\" height=\"237\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/homefirstindia.com\/\">HomeFirst Finance Company <\/a>takes pride in having such Digizens as our customers. So we thought of starting a series&nbsp;<b>&#8216;Digizens of HomeFirst&#8217;<\/b>. It will be stories of those customers who have braved the storm and just kept going on about their life, as &#8220;the show must go on&#8221;.&nbsp; This attitude has not only helped them fight the De-Mon gracefully but also set an example of how progressiveness is a function of will and intent rather than literacy or wealth!<\/p>\n<p>Keep watching this space as we roll out some of the most inspiring stories of our&nbsp;customers!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to being progressive, it doesn&#8217;t matter how rich or how well read you are, but it&#8217;s the will to evolve and being future ready that counts! It has been 395 days since the historic announcement of demonetization&nbsp;that disrupted the whole Indian economy! 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