"Saahab, aam aadmi ka kela ho raha hai", I said.
"Yeh jo hai zindagi!", an old VHS reminded me...
Ever since the Congress took over the charge of the country, and in fact, whenever they've been in power, it has all along been the rattle about the aam aadmi. Initially, the aam aadmi would be the farmer, but over the years, the aam aadmi definition was broadened by them to include a large mass which had Air, Water, Food and Mobile. Then came the next move where the aam aadmi was 'inspired' to be a part of the great economic power of India by investing in the stock market. the aam aadmi thought it is his time to invest and finally make it big - send the kids to foreign institutes, buy a house , get a mid-size car.......Dhish-kyaoon! the bear is running and the bull ran over! the red in the market has washed a large part of savings of the retail investor who had worked hard at saving the small sums he/she had put in...Me and the husband did it too...we carefully followed the advice on business channels - buy bank, dont buy power..blah blah blah. Broke now...Hamara bhi kela ho gaya!
But the point is...shall I pick some up while they're down? :-)
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