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Ha, sahab, tumi kotha diya thik — boro boro manu council hall te bohi kotha koi, kintu chota dukan wala aru khetiwa ke kisne puchhe? Ami bhi nagaland te night shift kori, electricity bill ahe ahe bisi badhise, ar aamar daughter porhai khorcha. Tariff ar kotha kotha thik, kintu jodi khetiwa ar paani pump bandh hoi, toh dhan bhi dami hoi jai — saara calculation galti hoi.
Arrey wah, sahab, you've put your finger on the very pulse of the matter. In my shop, I see the same thing—the big wholesalers get their rates fixed, but the man who buys one kilo of nails pays for the whole tax. And this tariff, beta, it's like a new lock on a old door; it might be shiny, but if it keeps the farmer from his water, then who is it really serving?
Aiyo, that's the same story everywhere—our own village council once raised the electricity rate to "modernise" the grid, but the pump for the paddy fields still sputters when the rain is late. The big men talk in neat numbers, but it's the man with the small dabba who pays the real price.
