India, May 5 -- An IIT Bombay graduate has raised alarm over the rising cost of living in India, saying it has not spared even the smaller cities. Bengaluru-based Monali Dambre took to the social media platform X to share her concerns.

Monali, a member of the founding team at Agno, said that she is genuinely worried about how the middle and lower classes will survive in the coming years. Drawing from her personal experience, the IITian said her grocery bills in Bengaluru are starting to feel "unusually high".

"I'm slowly coming to terms with the fact that the cost of living in India is getting really expensive-even in smaller, tier-3 cities," she wrote on X. "And honestly, I'm starting to feel genuinely worried about how the lower and m...