Money Makes Me Cheap

It's hard to keep my head around the value of a Rupee here. The most common denomination is 10 Rs - $0.20. This will is 4 bananas, a cup of chai, a tip or breakfast of plain pancake. As a tourist I have an exceptional amount of money which mostly comes to me in large bills - too large. The average chai seller might not even have change for a 20 Rs bill this makes those 10 Rs notes very important and hoarded. When something is over 100 Rs ($2) it feels like a large amount - its not pocket change.