So this year we had a hog wash of a railway budget from the stables of our very own lalu prasad yadav ji. Railways is 25000 crore richer, more garibraths, fare 'cuts' in off peak seasons in shatabdi and rajdhani blah blah blah i dont even want to know.
What catches my attention is that people in his very own state(in aurangabad district) admitting that they make tea or chai as this extremely popular hot indian beverage is known as from fevicryl. for the uninitiated, fevicryl is no milk. Its a harmful paint based chemical having pearly white color so it resembles milk.
The perpetrators of this egregious crime plead helplessness and say that making milk based tea costs them Rs 150 per unit which they sell at 200Rs per unit. But the overages in terms of bribes mean that their costs double and combine it with relatively short lifespan of milk based tea means that they cannot earn their livelihood from these means. A fevicryl based tea on the other hand costs rs 50 a unit, lasts upto six days while still staying drinkable upon reheating and brings them the same profit with the bribes.
This may have been reported only in aurangabad but who knows where else its happening. Millions of people travel everyday on these trains. They drink tea, eat snacks during their long arduous journeys. while the very cost of their journey has now been reduced, i guess people should be mindful of the fact that it comes at a price and that the next cup of chai that you have may not be refreshing but be killing instead
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well truly said but this is not the only instance. in kanpur sweet shop owners do a fantastic job with ease. they rather than cooking in the edible oil cook in palmolive oil(sorry for the spelling)
which is much cheaper.
another point have you ever thought that how come all the vegetables of the local vendors and some of the whole sale shops are consumed everyday.they manage to provide you with fresh vegetables everyday. do all of them manage to sell all fresh vegetable stock daily and year by year. so this is the truth when these whole sellers are done with the business, small hotel owners come to them buy these rotten vegetables at cheap prices and prepare food from them. and just in case if you get to see how pickles and pappads are prepared in delhi. well after writing the truth on dce mess the above cases won't be difficult for you to digest.
ahhh atleast something is digestible without giving stomach disorder.
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edulix
"A fevicryl based tea on the other hand costs rs 50 a unit, lasts upto six days while still staying drinkable upon reheating and brings them the same profit with the bribes."
ahmmm... "drinkable"...?? :P
@ shaleen
it is barely drinkaable but tired travellers barely can discern
@ manas hotels we all know about. The context of writing this article was that in the wake of railways making huge profit and evreybody going gaga over it and lalu going to harvard for a lecture, there are some details that go unnoticed
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