Debashish Sharma

"Change cannot be given to you every time. You must bring the change."   These lines feel so great in one sense but on the other side of the coin, we often get to hear this from shopkeepers, bus conductors, taxi drivers, fruit sellers etc. Shopping Malls escape these lines through card payments or chocolates. The problem of getting change from vendors is really a fundamental problem in India. Many a times, we are bound to accept toffees in lieu of change. In this post, I shall describe a few funny incidents that happened with me for this "change problem". During my college days, a xerox centre near our college always used to offer chlormints instead of giving change. I had to accept their chlormints against my will on several occasions. Many of my friends also faced similar situation at the same xerox centre. The staff at the centre never returned the change to the customers. Being near the college, the xerox outlet used to have a huge rush of students almost the en

Inspecting the pineapples, I asked the vendor "Are these sweet ?". He replied "Guaranteed sweet !". He went on to give a statutory warning - " If you are a diabetic, then please do not buy these". The guy is dangerously skilled at marketing !  I bought one and after eating the delicious pineapple, I am scared of actually contracting diabetes. The pineapple is really sweet and the statutory warning is justified. Please taste Cachar's own product - the sweet pineapples !