India, March 30 -- One way of knowing about inflation in India is to place a series of old coins on a table, and compare those coins with today's currency. Today, few would believe that well into the twentieth century, there was a pai which was 1/92nd of a rupee. 16 annas made a rupee; one anna was divided into four pice; one pice comprised three pais. One could, for example, buy puffed rice, gram or chana or peanuts for one pie. When that became impossible, the Government stopped minting the coin. The pice or three pais together continued to be minted until well after World War II. Today, a rupee is about the least required to buy anything; effectively ten rupees are required to acquire anything worthwhile, no matter how poor the buyer i...