‘Poor bear the impact’: Sugar prices soar in India, souring festive season
Jai Krishan, a 43-year-old labourer from Bihar in northern India, has saved 15, 000 rupees ($160) to travel home from Indian-administered Kashmir, where he works, to celebrate Diwali with his family in November.
Jai Krishan, a 43-year-old labourer from Bihar in northern India, has saved 15, 000 rupees ($160) to travel home from Indian-administered Kashmir, where he works, to celebrate Diwali with his family in November.
What happened
Each year, he buys boxes of sweets – laddu, barfi and kaju katli – to take home as gifts for his family and friends. As he prepares afternoon tea for himself and his roommates in their rented accommodation in the Hawal area of Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir's largest city, he spends regarding $35 just on sweets for Diwali, he states.
The bottom line
In short, 'Poor bear the impact': Sugar prices soar in India, souring festive season is the central thread here, and readers can expect follow-up reporting as the picture becomes clearer.
