Onions are a staple requirement for an overwhelming majority of Indians and so, onion prices matter ---- a lot. In fact, onion prices matter so much that they have been known to decide the electoral fortunes of parties and their candidates. Now that prices have risen sharply again, entire prime time TV segments are dedicated to onion-centric discussions. Of course, the tweeple also had a lot to say:
Here are some of the most iconic Bollywood lines from Karan Arjun, Damini, Deewar and Sholay suitably amended to reflect the stress of high #OnionPrices.
This famous dialogue from Deewar lends itself quite well to the current situation.
As we’ve seen before, onions have the power to topple governments.
Onions are certainly precious, but who wants to wear that jewellery!
This tweet offers some perspective on the issue.
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People are cutting down on onion use as prices rise above Rs. 100 and onion quality declines.
Onion prices hover around the Rs.100-mark in many places; rising well above in others.
This cartoon uses the old ‘know one's onions’ adage to target the Finance Minister whom many have accused of being rather clueless in recent times.
This tweet points out that people can make better use of money by investing in sound stocks --- they are cheaper and non-perishable.
The tweeple also gathered together tweets from before 2014 when members/supporters of the current government had criticised and jeered at the previous government's inability to control onion prices.
…Come back to haunt the pronouncer; this being a case in point --- because as we see repeatedly, the internet doesn’t forget.
The onion is ‘stronger’ than the dollar.
Expectedly, people have also made topical TikTok videos such as these about hoarding precious onions.
Remember how people make kidney jokes about Apple phone prices? Well now people are making Apple jokes about #OnionPrices.
This story about thieves stealing onions but leaving cash untouched has been reported by several leading publications.
Now, this is a ‘high value’ transaction.
In the film she was talking about paneer; this Twitter user made it about onions.
Forget it! With the #OnionCrisis being what it is, onion salad is a luxury until #OnionPrices come down.
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