KC Ranze Chronicle: Disparities

Mr. Judex Rampaul, the secretary of the fishermen's union, has always struck me as someone committed and reasonable. I might be mistaken, but his recent letter regarding budget discussions contains a sentence that seems out of character for him and caught my attention. "... 3,000 liters of diesel, which previously cost Rs 97,000, now costs almost Rs 210,000,” he writes. These figures are indeed shocking, but to be truly shocking, they must be put in context...