Sad but true, inflation in India surged to a 3-year high of 7.41 % this week.
Nowhere were the ramifications of this more profound than the southern city of Bengaluru. A maid who used to charge a reasonable 800 for two bachelors staying in a 1-BHK started charging 1000-1200 for just one of them !
Poor fellow, little choice did he have but to discharge her from service, expecting to find a replacement rather comfortably. As fate would have it, the fresh applicants quoted even higher figures, with one of them going upto Rs. 1oo a day !
As it is rightly said, when the going gets tough, the tough get going. Our protagonist decided that enough was enough and he had to take matters in his own hands. He also learned the bitter truth about life that in difficult times, nobody stands by you. All he had at his disposal was Surf Excel, a broom, phenol, Vim Bar and Scotch Brite. And so off he went ...
Nowhere were the ramifications of this more profound than the southern city of Bengaluru. A maid who used to charge a reasonable 800 for two bachelors staying in a 1-BHK started charging 1000-1200 for just one of them !
Poor fellow, little choice did he have but to discharge her from service, expecting to find a replacement rather comfortably. As fate would have it, the fresh applicants quoted even higher figures, with one of them going upto Rs. 1oo a day !
As it is rightly said, when the going gets tough, the tough get going. Our protagonist decided that enough was enough and he had to take matters in his own hands. He also learned the bitter truth about life that in difficult times, nobody stands by you. All he had at his disposal was Surf Excel, a broom, phenol, Vim Bar and Scotch Brite. And so off he went ...
