India’s middle class isn’t complaining — it’s suffocating.
Every supermarket bill is a horror story.
Every grocery item has gone from necessity to luxury.
And yet, officially, inflation is magically hovering around 0.25%.
If the economy is “stable,” why are families cutting essentials?
If prices are “under control,” why is the same 5 kg atta that cost ₹190 now ₹425?
Because while the data is calm, the kitchen is on fire.
And the middle class is burning silently.
1️⃣ The Aashirvaad Atta Story Is the indian Middle-Class Story
Look at this single essential item:
2015 → ₹190
2025 → ₹425
That’s a 123.7% increase in a decade.
Not gold.
Not electronics.
Just basic flour — the backbone of indian meals.
If this doesn’t reflect inflation, what does?
2️⃣ Every Year, the Price Climbed Like a Slow Poison
The rise wasn’t sudden.
It was annual and relentless:
+8%, +14%, +15%, +15%, +10%, +13%, +10%
Year after year, silently, your kitchen budget doubled.
But the official inflation graph? Flat as a hospital ECG right after death.
3️⃣ Official Inflation Says 0.25%. Your wallet Says “Please Stop.”
You aren’t imagining the pain.
Groceries are costlier.
Dairy is costlier.
Vegetables swing like Bitcoin prices.
Electricity bills creep up quietly.
Fuel prices never return to old levels.
Yet official inflation says:
“Relax. 0%. All good.”
The middle class says:
“Bro, I can’t afford my own life anymore.”
4️⃣ The Biggest Lie? Salary Growth vs Price Growth
Middle-class salaries have stagnated.
Meanwhile:
School fees → skyrocketed
Rent → up
Groceries → doubled
Healthcare → brutal
Eating out → luxury now
You lose money every year, even when your salary goes up.
That’s not inflation.
That’s economic erosion.
5️⃣ The Middle Class Is Subsidising Everything — Except Its Own Survival
Taxes go up.
Subsidies bypass the middle class.
Benefits skip them.
Savings evaporate.
FD interest rates don’t match expenses.
The middle class funds the economy, but gets nothing back except shrinking purchasing power.
6️⃣ “0% Inflation” Is Not Just Wrong — It’s Insulting
When your household struggles…
When your grocery bill hits new highs…
When your EMI eats 40% of your income…
When your savings drop every month…
…being told inflation is 0% feels like a slap.
A denial of lived reality.
A gaslighting of an entire economic class.
7️⃣ The Real Danger? Middle Class Collapse
When essentials rise faster than incomes, society collapses in stages:
First: cut luxuries
Then: cut comfort
Then: cut quality
Finally: cut essentials
India is now between stages 3 and 4.
8️⃣ If One Pack of Atta Can Expose the Truth, Imagine the Full Basket
Milk.
Rice.
Oil.
Pulses.
Vegetables.
Transport.
Gas.
Fees.
Rent.
Track any of these over 10 years — the story is the same: prices doubled, salaries didn’t.
But officially?
Inflation: 0.25%.
Because numbers can be massaged.
Bills cannot.
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