Get on board the 'inflation' train!

Bottomline - people who intellectualize about 'inflation' don't feel the pinch as hard as people who are actually on the receiving end of it...

So we have finally broken the double digit barrier after 13 years! (triskaidekaphobia: ring ring!)

What does it mean for you and me! Not sure, haven't awakened the economist inside of me...dont even want to, all I know is that while there are the colors of rainbow that we are celebrating (India shining, India leading, India poised....whatever!), but at the risk of exposing our puerile minds, we are being delightfully oblivious to the acidic downpour!

As Indians' we have the tendency to 'crib', be it the BRT corridor, be it inflation, be it rise in LPG cylinder....but do we make tough decisions to improve and fight back (fight back not 'Bainsla style')? I wonder how many of us do car-pooling (I am the culprit, my lazy bones dont allow me to commute from point A to B and then pool with friends to office), I wonder how many of us want to change our eating habits and eat less of 'overnight cooked lentils' (Bukharas' claim to fame), how many of us want to follow rules and exercise patience while commuting on BRT? How many of us wants to take the signals of growth in positive stride and move forward...

As a process of evolution, growth always brings along short-term inconveniences, the choice we have to make is to either 'crib about those inconveniences' or work towards enjoying the process of becoming a global superpower - both in terms of numbers, as well as in terms of mindsets....

Think about it....

One spoon please.....!:)

Allow me to also share with you some interesting facts (well.... interesting yet grim!). It has been projected that 300 million individuals would be affected with diabetes by the year 2025. In India it is estimated that presently 19.4 million individuals are affected by this deadly disease, which is likely to go up to 57.2 million by the year 2025 (ironically, is the year when India is projected to be at the acme of the world) . Also, people with diabetes are 25 times more likely to develop blindness, 17 times more likely to develop kidney disease, 30-40 times more likely to undergo amputation, two to four times more likely to develop myocardial infarction and twice as likely to suffer a stroke than non-diabetics.

Dovetail the data as mentioned above with 75% of Indian women being obese and 58% of Indian men being obese (courtesy: http://www.obeseliving.com/obesity-rates-in-India-getting-higher), and you have the proverbial 'bulge-in-population'..............well of a different sort!

The diseases of far-west which were part of tales for an Indian, are now becoming effective realities. A lot of Indians are falling prey to these 'medical medusas'. I think going forward we all have to be consciously aware of what goes inside of our abdomen.....also urge you all to make exercise as an inseparable part of your daily regimen...while abdication of sweet is indispensable, exercising will build stamina and immunity in the body

So the next time you dig you teeth into the very sinful temptations of sweets, think about the figures again......