The busy day at office makes me little lazy at home, but a cup of tea balances it. Today evening when I was making tea, realized my sugar pot was empty and my room mates did not make any efforts to refill it. The evening tea addiction made me walk down in same formals to nearby grosser guy. And the moment was killing…I paid 36 bucks for 1 Kg sugar…I remember getting it for my Mom in college days for 12 bucks…somewhere in 2003…with average inflation of 5% this was an increase of 200%...that to in a commodity of daily use and for all sections of society.
This makes me feel that most of us will have to act like diabetic patients if this trend continues. And irony is people are making good money on sugar stocks….honestly, even I made few bucks…but now my conscience does not allow me to trade in them. Who’s to blame the poor government planning, lack of foresight, or corruption? I guess all of them…
By the time the government pressed the panic button last week, situation had spiraled out of control: India’s sugar output is expected to drop by more than 40 percent to around 15 million tonnes in the crop year that ends September 2009. This can be translated into a shortfall of about 5 million tonnes. Our consumption is growing at 2.2%, creating huge demand supply gap…and by the way India is biggest consumer of sugar in world…..”Mind it.” The festival seasons of Navratri and Diwali are around the corner. Sweets are supposed to be most inclusive part of these festivals for a farmer, for a school teacher, for a banker, for a businessman, for an actor and for politician as well. So it’s “Full Tensiondaaa” this season. Such a irony, man earns to celebrate these festivals with great joy and mostly circumstances make him realize that he need to be little passive on joy as future is uncertain…and cycle goes on with same arguments all his life.
That’s why I thought Sugar isn’t sweet these days…..it just can’t take out bitterness out of common man. He is helpless and succumbs to this corrupt system that even can’t allow him to enjoy his festivals well.
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a very good thought that. Sameer, however, lets bear in mind that the politician is a creature of the society. He is a mirror that reflects common consciousness.
We must be the chage that we wanna see... :-)
As it was said in Rang de basanti, we need to take up the responsibility to change things... or silently bear them.
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