This is an unbelievably biased story. Reading the title you might assume as if there were widespread protests e.g. the term "begins to bite". In fact on the contrary banks have noticed a decline in use of digital payments due to remonetized currency notes. It appears that NYTimes really wanted a story about large scale panic/riots but not having found any it is now left with bunch of anecdotes while keeping a ridiculously click bait headline.
Edit: Also the image used clearly shows Indian Congress party supporters (identified by numerous flags with the hand symbol) yet they are termed as generic "activists" rather than supporters of a specific political party.
https://www.google.com/amp/www.livemint.com/Politics/uJnq2fp...
Edit: Also the image used clearly shows Indian Congress party supporters (identified by numerous flags with the hand symbol) yet they are termed as generic "activists" rather than supporters of a specific political party.