Updated On: 07 November, 2013 07:23 AM IST | | MiD DAY Correspondent
Yesterday, this paper ran a front-page report about how the price of the humble spud or the potato is inching higher, soon to join onions on the 'veggies that make you cry' list
Yesterday, this paper ran a front-page report about how the price of the humble spud or the potato is inching higher, soon to join onions on the ‘veggies that make you cry’ list.u00a0
It is shocking that an essential like the potato, used in most Indian dishes and certainly not considered a luxury food, is slowly becoming expensive for the middle class. Recently, we saw onion prices yo-yo for a while and then climb to ridiculous heights. Various reasons were churned out for the so-called onion shortage and the subsequent price rise.