In the most recent episode, 2009 was a bad monsoon year and this many have been the trigger for prices of pulses to rise sharply, adding their own burden to the steady pressure from demand. In the following year, fruits and vegetables added their contribution, reinforcing and prolonging the inflation trajectory, despite 2010 being a decent monsoon year.
Whether you are rich or poor, in public or private sector, each of us has been given the same 24 hours each day. What we do with it, is up to us. Time is precious. You cannot take it back, if you have spent it. And you cannot recover it, if you waste it.