Slow Dollar and Fast Rupee
Everyone
talks about globalization. I wish someone seriously thought about
globalizing the dollar. As we hop from country to country you
have to be very judicious, calculative and alert. If your arithmetic is slow
and weak you will empty your wallet very soon. Holidaying in Dubai, Kulalampur
and Singapore, I reasonably learned the trick of finding the equivalent the local currency to our dear rupee. Many a
time I have shunned the object of my interest as if I touched an ignited wire. Even
the salespersons could identify the shoppers of this kind and subtly look the
other way. But in this country the paper is more valuable than the dinar, the ringgit,
and the Singapore dollar. Suppose I cram my small bag with Indian bucks and go
shopping in a mall of America like Walmart or Meijer or Target and the shopkeepers don’t mind accepting our
poor dollar, this much only would be paid by me.
A bottle of 600
ml. water -
126
(in Indian Rupees)
A can of 12 ounce . Coco Cola - 21
A gallon of Petrol – 175
(3.785 litres) one litre - 46.23
A plantain (nenthrapazham)
- 30
A red banana -
16
A small salad cucumber -
26
A kilo of tomatoes -
163
A ripe mango (not Alphonsa) - 63
A coconut -
126
A loaf of bread -
189
A sapling of Indian Jasmine (mulla) -
819
An egg – -
8
A litre of low fat milk -
66.57
A large milk chocolate bar - 252
An office scissors -
490
A masala dosai -
378
A can of beer -
28
A water bottle -
630
A tooth brush -
126
A 200 page note book -
252
An American lunch ( ordinary) -
315
A 2 kg. dressed chicken -
630
A kilo of lamb meat -
340
A small bunch of curry leaves - 60
A small can of Dosa mix - 250 Pre cooked chappathies - 15 - 440
A small can of Dosa mix - 250 Pre cooked chappathies - 15 - 440
A hotel room - 6000
Minimum taxi fare - 175
A cup of coffee -
126
A packet of salt -
112
Well, that is a small inventory of common interest to a visiting Indian. Be on your guard!
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