Well, rcmj, you'd have to factor in PPP - purchasing power parity - if you want to translate this into US dollars. Let's say you need to multiply all this by a factor of 3 (approx) for an equivalent level of a middle class in the US.
I did not get you about the air being essential in life.
I am from South. You mean to say Vodka is the most recent trend nowadays in Kerala? I do not know the more recent trends(been outside of country for long) but I know it is used to be whiskey or rum in TN and similar in Kerala. And
Actually Thalapakattu is very famous nowadays !! I am still a non drinker , but plan to try once after new year
Between its true, have to bear, when my friends start drinking and the fun after that !!!
I bought two 2-bedroom flats in Perungudi, 6 km away on the outskirts of Chennai in 2005 for Rs 12 lakhs each as no one wanted to buy anything out there. After the 6-lane IT highway came up in 2008, the area developed into an IT hub with swanky shopping centers, hospitals et al. I sold them for Rs 50 lakhs each in 2010!! That's more than a 400% appreciation within 5 years!!!
Now if that was not a jackpot, then I don't know what is!
Rum and Brandy still rules. Vodka being more flexible with mixes and assured of more purity is the choice of the elites.
Also the lesser smell make it have better chance of not being caught at home.
? Or are you quoting as a general trend?I bought two 2-bedroom flats in Perungudi, 6 km away on the outskirts of Chennai in 2005 for Rs 12 lakhs each as no one wanted to buy anything out there. After the 6-lane IT highway came up in 2008, the area developed into an IT hub with swanky shopping centers, hospitals et al. I sold them for Rs 50 lakhs each in 2010!! That's more than a 400% appreciation within 5 years!!!
Now if that was not a jackpot, then I don't know what is!
Bro - do you still have that issue - I mean now that you have your own job and family
Do u mean anjappar? Man it sucks.
Yesterday, we went to many fancy hotels to try biryani, but rates were not in our price range.. one is 120, another is 140, another is 275
Finally we had to settle for Thalapakattu at 70 !! Students are the most stingiest
U give a loan of 1000 and hell, u always expect ur friend to return it, even after completing the coll
This is a part of life
Don't worry! I've bought two flats in North Bangalore with the money. So no capital gains tax!
In fact I've spent more for buying these Bangalore flats than what I sold the Chennai houses for!
Rum and Brandy still rules. Vodka being more flexible with mixes and assured of more purity is the choice of the elites.
Also the lesser smell make it have better chance of not being caught at home.
His wife is the one who wears the pants at home, being the Chief of Staff. No booze means NO BOOZE! Period!Bro - do you still have that issue - I mean now that you have your own job and family
Yes sirrrrrrr!
Yeah Anjappar - And can't agree more on the highlighted. Still owe my friend who lives in California some 800 rs which I vividly remember but have pretended having forgotten then(waited for him to ask but he did not as he went away on a short-term work to UK then) - Bro-student life is the toughest - no money management - if you have 1000 rs(which I dont come across often and is huge for me during college days after my hostel bill have been paid for), you spend in a single day and for another 29 days it is all poverty -
U manage with less money as student, and u can manage full life taking from experiences 
