Know Your Onions

What is it with the red bulb onion?

Throws about its weight better than bullion.

When the prices hit high at the time of the election

Politicos fear about its impact on succession.

Analysts go into a frenzy, its causes, into the dissection.

For commoners, it is about consistent dispensation.

 

When you slice the onions, it sends you into tears

When you eat it with your sabji, it brings you into cheers.

The north recipe ‘dopyaja’ is one so special

In the south, it is the button onion with which women usually wrestle,

For onion storage, the issue has never been spatial.

But the tripling prices at times of shortage is quite unnatural.

 

When the red bulb prices go upside

For the ruling establishment, it is usually a downside

It does not matter you are which side

The crux is whether the onions are there by your table side.