Economic concerns and Lean times

The economy is not so booming anymore.The bulls are not snorting their dominance. The bears are. They have dug their claws well into the stock market. India has lost a bit of that shine. Companies are downsizing. New jobs are getting harder to come by.How is this going to affect us. A trite look at things that are going to change.

 

1  Vegetables are to be bought by the number. One tomato, three potatoes, five chillies etc.Fruits are deemed to be non - exist ant to ordinary people.

2  Fruit juices are luxury items. Drunk in place of champagne at special occasions.

3  Restaurants are something you say in past tense. Like ' in the good old days, we ate out at restaurants'.

4  Clothes is something bought as and when an absolute necessity arises. Like even after darning (at home) the fifth time, the seat of your pants still show a tear.

5  Shopping again is referred in past tense. Refer point 3

6  Cars..what cars?? Oh! those things which children play hide and seek in and where we sleep   when housing loans cannot be repaid.

7  100 Rs can buy only 2 tomatoes. Inflation is a glutton. It's a sin, we need to tell our dear FM.

8  Telegrams are to become a rage and sending letters by post, the new 'thing to do'.Frankly it's the only thing to do :)

9  People can be fashionably thin and wear fashionable clothes (read tattered, mismatched and tiny)

10 Entertainment is playing on he streets and socialising by neighbours. ( Doesnt sound that bad eh?maybe economic bust is a good thing after all)

11  Dinner is always 'candlelight dinner'.

     Hmmm..ON the other hand, maybe the environment will be healthier as people will stop using their own transport, consumption will decrease (and hopefully, so will procreation  ;)), people will learn the art of socialising and children will learn how to play without the TV for distraction and people will learn to take things a little slower. Good old days eh..? or Back to the future :) . You decide.