What a week has passed, with everyone feeling the heat of green chillies - many without even consuming it. If the term skyrocketing needs to be explained, the price of green chillies should be included in textbooks, as we saw its price shoot up from Tk 400 per kg to Tk 1,000 within three days during the Eid-ul Azha. Netizens were quickly comparing its price with a kg of beef which was selling around Tk 750.  Green chillies proved so hot to handle for the government that at one stage the commerce minister attempted to redirect the media to the agriculture minister for an explanation about the crisis. Though the crisis did not lead to any disorderly situation, the home minister, too, stepped in, and tried to placate consumers by saying that prices would come down soon.  Some apologists have tried to blame weather extremes, saying prolonged heatwaves have burnt chilli plants and crops in the northern parts of the country, and few others have said recent excessive rainfall is the ...