<i>Price hike and Ramadan</i>
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Heaps of apples, grapes and pomegranates--the sight is tantalising to the pedestrian who happens to walk beside the fruit shop. So, Ramadan, the month of austerity, is in and the prices of the essentials are skyrocketing. It is the consumers of the low-income group and the middle-class who suffer most because of the soaring prices. As they have to manage their economy with a tight budget, they feel the pinch of a dwindling coffer. As for the condition of the day-labourers, the less said, the better. They are born to suffer as they are caught in the cycle of poverty. Another point that I would like to highlight is that we tend to consider the issue of price-spiral from the perspective of the city-dwellers. That is ,we ignore the fact that the people in the rural areas also suffer due to price-hike. Finally, we think that the need of the hour is to deal with the issue in such a way that the solution benefits all sections of people.
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