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Diwali flowers bring Karnataka farmers to tears

Nov 7, 2018, 8:23 PM IST

Flowers form an important part of Diwali festival. Flowers are as vital as crackers and lamps and sweets during Diwali. But usually during festivals, people are seen complaining of rise in the price of flowers. But, whatever the price is, people still buy flowers and decorate their houses. But the one who grows these flowers is the one reeling under a loss as profit is eaten up by sellers and middlemen. This Diwali, have a look at the plight of farmers, who sweat out the entire year, but still can't make ends meet and are still waiting for their life to bloom to make their Diwali a bright one.