Indian households run the risk of running out of household or food resources faster than any country in the world during lockdown warn socio-cultural experts in the country. The lockdown restricts the replenishment of the food resources in the house leading to an unplanned shortage of daily supplies leading to a crisis, according to recent studies.
With various state governments across India implementing lockdowns due to the growing number of COVID19 cases, residents have been queueing up and planning out their shopping and purchase of basic requirements to last the lockdown period. Different states have different periods of lockdown which makes it difficult for us to draw a direct comparison among the states.
For example, Maharashtra implemented a 15-day lockdown, Kerala a 10 day one and Tamil Nadu was at 14 days. What is open and available although similar in most parts of the country, there are slight variations as well, which means things are available in some states whereas it might not be available in another.
The biggest mistake Indians do when preparing for a lockdown is that they only take into consideration the consumption of the food items and not the actual usage. Indians are notorious for using hacks or “jugaad” to get things done at a cheaper cost around the house. This is most true in the case of beauty hacks or secrets passed down from generations.
Every family in India has their recipes and top-secret concoctions that their grandmother used to swear by. This beauty tip is then passed down from mother to daughter becoming an essential part of our self-care routine.
This is not a phenomenon that is intrinsic to rural India where the reach of branded cosmetics is limited. The urban area and people from all walks of life also indulge in this practice. Even list celebrities like Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra have come forward and shared beauty tips that were passed on from their mothers. The number of beauty centric DIY channels on YouTube is another testament to the popularity of this form of beauty treatment.
Our sources within the Niti Aayog have informed us that the committee is concerned that this behaviour, which is culturally prominent in the subcontinent, is never taken into consideration in the various data modelling mechanisms around the world. This will lead to a miscalculation of how much food the average Indian household needs for a month resulting in the benefits rolled out by the government becoming insufficient.
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