” If they can not get bread, let them eat cake” – Queen Marie Antoinette of France (18th century,  who was guillotined in 1793).

” If people could spend Rs.15 for a bottle of water or Rs. 20 for an ice cream, why they make a big issue if the price  of wheat or rice were increased by Re. one” – Minister P.Chidambaram. (21st century, Cabinet Minister in UPA-II government).

What a disdain and inhuman attitude to the  genuine problems of the common people by those in power despite the difference of two centuries!