When news broke that our traders had sent an SOS to their counterparts in Egypt for 60 tonnes of onion, the city waited with bated breath for prices of the kitchen essential to fall from their soaring height, making it more accessible to the common man (‘Onions: made in India’, September 14).

Bad crop: Of a 50 kg bag of Egyptian onions that entered the market recently, 2-3 kilos were spoilt.