A very costly greeting
Our beloved brothier Siddharth had recently
sent a sales advertisement. 900 grams of natural river sand is Rs. 290 was
quoted as the price.
One kg means 290 + 29 = 319 rupees. Price to
pay for quality Tirunelveli Alva.
Knowing that river sand and Alva have become
one in the country, will we be proud of being born with river sand in the
riverside civilization? Or do we reminisce about our youth spent in precious
river sand like the children of rich households born with silver spoons?
We live in a time where we can buy and sell
anything through the internet. River sand has also started to be sold like
that. Speaking of which, can we say that the internet mafias have started doing
what the sand mafias did earlier?
A liter of water is selling for twenty rupees
and less than a kilo of river sand is selling for 290 rupees, only the future
will tell what will be happen in coming days.
"Much
more than Paguli river’s sand" (Purananuru,
9:10)
A poet called Netimaiyar in Purananuru,
famous sanga literature of Tamil would have greeted Palyagasalai Mudukudumi
Peruvaluti. When comparing his greetings with today's river sand sales period,
he has greeted very expensively, that is, very castiliest.
Below is the sales ad that mentions the
above. You should also look at that level of quality cruelty of that ad.
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