TWISTY TALE OF INDIAN INFLATION

My goodness me, one kilo apple costs Rs 250
Yeah better to avoid apples these days
You heard Amazon is selling Apple mini i-pad for only Rs 15,000
Rs 15,000 only, wow man what a deal, I am going to get one for both my sons
Hey need to pick up the book – Nine Lives, In search of Modern India by William Dalrymple
Look at this man, the book costs Rs 400/-, too much for one book
Forget it yaar, will live one life instead of nine lives, ha, ha
Blackberrys is having a sale, shirts for only Rs 500
Forget Indian brands, quality sucks, can’t vouch for their quality
And come on there is the prestige issue too
Yes like they say wear your brand on your collar
Lets go and buy a shirt from Marks & Spencer
But they are bloody expensive yaar, Rs 4000 plus
Sometimes you need to pay for the brand rather than the shirt
Wearing a Mark Spencer shirt with an apple-ipad in hand, I went to see the Indian doctor
Your haemoglobin is low, blood pressure high and you have put on 6 kilos in the last 3 months says the doctor
The doctor prescribes some Multinational brand medicines
Why not Indian brands doctor, I ask, foreign brands are so bloody expensive
Indian brands suck says the doctor
This doctor must be getting a fat commission on these brands, I think
Well he thinks he is smart, I go and buy the same medicines of Indian brands
My body aches and is feeling weak for many months now
I meet another doctor
He asks “ are you eating fruits, are you eating apples, a apple a day will keep me away you know”
But doctor apples are so costly
Well my fees are too