THE GRAIN SELLERS

 

This is a story I wrote a couple of years back and posted on social media. If you see  an allusion to the perennial political scenario where the opposition is hell-bent on stymying the ruling party's attempt to implement any legislation- good or bad- then it is not coincidental.


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