After the initial shock of the dramatic rise in onion prices, a couple of months ago, it does not come as a jolt to hear of vegetables costing between Rs 40-50 per kg. Tomatoes also saw an increase in their rates but then came down to Rs 45, which even seems reasonable to us, inured as we are to paying through the nose.

But we should not have to put up with it. As the “common man” played by Naseeruddin Shah in the film A Wednesday says, “We become used to things very quickly.” We assimilate changes, work our lives around them, and soon, the changed scenario is the norm.