A couple of days I was adding groceries to the Big Basket shopping cart. I added 250 grams of nimbu or lime and I was told this would cost me Rs. 70. That can’t be right, I thought to myself – Rs. 300 for a kilo of the sour yellow fruit? More than apples and mangoes? Apparently that is right and in other parts of India, rates are between Rs. 300 and 400 per kg. Fuel and LPG prices have been steadily climbing too.
The humble nimbu now enters an elite club of sharp price rises that hurt
We almost didn’t notice. Almost
Sometimes we wish life would give us lemons instead of having to buy them at these astronomical prices.
Every time the price of necessities shoots up sharply we have someone or other giving ‘expensive’ wedding gifts like this.
This one has been done to death but it seems appropriate.
We heard about government-toppling onion prices and tomato prices. Now it is lemon that’s climbing to never before levels.
Drink, don’t drive says this poster – drawing attention to the fact that fuel, a necessity that impacts the price of everything, is more expensive than beer.
For a lot of people the humble lime is a necessity that impacts profitability of their business.
Maybe not Dhansak (a traditional Parsi dish typically had with lemon as a topping) this Sunday.
It hurts – prices hit Rs. 120 in Mumbai today.
They are stuck having to pay for necessities they cannot do without and it hurts.
Over a couple of weeks, the prices have be increased by 80 paise or so each day to its current levels.
Tax is a major component of what we pay at the pump, which is why (some) people are holding the central and state governments responsible for the price rise.
The government if these old tweets are anything to go by.
Hell, Shell, same difference.
It is all precious now – we have no choice but to economize.
Fuel prices being what they are, walk if possible. Nimbu prices being what they are, don’t make dhansak and don’t drink nimbu paani. Try not to cook given LPG prices.
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