CONTAINING THE PRICE SPIKE OF RAMAZAN

Every Ramazan, like clockwork, the markets begin to change their rhythm. The footpaths thicken with shoppers, as fruit stalls glow brighter, stacked high with bananas, apples and other seasonal fruits. The vegetable sellers speak faster, not because they want to deceive you, but because there are simply too many customers and too little time. This isn’t an anomaly, this is seasonality. The patterns repeat every year and disposable income keeps shrinking further. Over the last six years, price...

By [email protected] (Ammar H Khan)