The onion outcry
In my life of 63 years, never have I seen a situation where multiple authorities together could not regulate the price of a simple commodity like onion. It seemed absolutely absurd when all the commotion began a few months back. Then it appeared that the situation will be under control since multiple initiatives to tackle the crisis were being taken by the authorities. Yet, per kg of the infamous spice is still being sold for Tk 240-250! Like many of the citizens, the dots that I am unable to connect are: how come despite the mass imports of onions, the price remains high? Why have we not been able to punish the culprits who fabricated this chaos, yet? Will the situation ever stabilise? Even though the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh is providing onions at a fair price, it is a struggle to stand for hours in the long queues just to end up with a limited amount of the commodity.
It was also shocking to see news reports of onions rotting away while the market prices choked the general public. It made no sense. But I have overcome the burden by restricting the consumption of onions and asked my wife to do the same and we are still a healthy and happy family.
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