$8.43 gets you 20 pounds of rice in the west, 42 cents a pound. How much cheaper could it be? Put it this way, India is a relatively wealthy nation and a large

$8.43 gets you 20 pounds of rice in the west, 42 cents a pound. How much cheaper could it be? Put it this way, India is a relatively wealthy nation and a large proportion of middle class Indians don't have flush toilets. How can you compare that to a middle class European with a straight face? It's not that the cost of living is lower it's that standards of living are. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-Long-Grain-Enriched-Rice-20-lb https://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-Long-Grain-Enriched-R...