The Dhaka Times Desk If someone asks you what is available for one rupee now, then you think for a while and then without getting an answer you may say nothing is available. But there is news of a shop that offers breakfast for one rupee!
Even a few years ago, if the shopkeeper did not have retail, he would have given a chocolate for one rupee. Currently that chocolate is not available for one rupee. Breakfast there is one rupee. But this is not talking about Shaista Khan period. I was telling the story of 80 years of Kamalthal.
He has been selling idlis for the last 20 years at a price of one rupee. This idli is a type of pita. Which can be eaten with dal or coconut chutney.
But if food that cost one rupee 30 years ago is still available at this price, then there is no doubt that it is really cheap. The nominal price is not much.
A hotel in India has been selling food at such a nominal price. 80-year-old Kamalthal from Tamil Nadu sells 400 to 500 idlis a day. Each of which costs just one rupee in Indian currency. Kamalthal sells these idlis every day from 5:30 to noon.
There are many who have had breakfast here for a long time. A customer said, if you have breakfast in any other shop, it will cost 10 to 15 taka. A few idlis for one rupee will fill your stomach. According to customers, the taste of his hand-made idlis is unforgettable for anyone who eats them once.
80-year-old Kamalthal from Tamil Nadu said that there are many people who want to eat breakfast at a low cost. Can't spend too much money. I really enjoy eating people like that.
Why did the 80-year-old Kamalthal of Tamilnadu sell Idli at one rupee, why did he not increase its price even in all these years, this elderly man said with a smile that if he wanted to become a millionaire, he would have become it by now. But he prefers this simple life.
On the other hand, the 80-year-old woman's video of this meal and her daily idli making went viral on social media. His video was shared by Anand Mahindra, chairman of Indian car company Mahindra & Mahindra.
He tweeted this news of Kamalthal along with the video. Such a simple life should be the ideal for all, writes the caption. I see this sister still cooking on the wood stove. He even mentioned that he wants to help Kamalthal sell idli and said that he wants to give him an LPG gas stove.
After the video went viral, many started coming forward to help Kamalthal in various ways. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited gifted him a gas stove.
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