D N Singh
Ginger, tomato, garlic, Lemon are in double century tracks . And let’s not forget green chilly, inching at a tone.
If the prices are something to be taken as a yardstick, then Indians have to adjust with food minus many ingredients.
Garlic(lassan) has jumped to Rs.280 long since and now it is the turn of the Tomatoes which has taken a new pick to stand at Rs,100 p/kg. Eat without that plump stock, better.
Now, howm many of us know that vitamin C rich Lemon has since last few months joined the league of the its rich associates in this class.
Lemon sales at Rs. 10 to Rs 15 if you do not go for bulk buy.
Last but not the least, not to lag behind the amoeba faced Ginger has taken a huge leap and believe it or not, ginger now sales at Rs.200 plus, and just flabbergasting.
Right from fuel hike to transport chocking and so on there are en number of leeway for the government to escape from such bottom realities.
No soft power demonstration can eradicate hunger we have written earlier and nor it can jab on the unhealthy nexus of producers, procurers and traders.
This time around the issue of inflation at all fronts almost, should graduate itself to be the most important issue out there either today or in 2024 electoral jamboree but not the personal rebranding execises in the US by the Prime Minister.
What is interesting that, this is one issue on which the Centre maintains the most shocking silence ever.
Women have to brave the inflation first Inflation has made it difficult for the common man to survive.
Time has changed. Earlier people used to barge on to the streets in any such issue that related to common man. Now, not a voice is heard, the media may find it down market content and the opposition cries from a wilderness but never heard .
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