actually IT types in Bangalore are not wannabe Americans; they are wannabe
Californians. Yankee reserve and fiscal conservatism is something they have
not encountered.
On BNN I recently heard someone describe the situation of the average
American as being that of a people where two generations ha
ss [26/10/08 06:49 +0530]:
Nobody, but nobody would ever ever quote the price of an apartment, and when
the price was eventually quoted I have rarely heard a figure less than 40
lakhs.
40 lakhs (4 million)? Maybe 1bhk somewhere way way out of town.
In madras, 2bhk in Adyar is around 1 crore (
On Sunday 26 Oct 2008 6:17:05 am Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> property prices are set to tumble post Diwali.
I may be mistaken and since I am not on the lookout for an apartment I don;t
really follow these things closely, but I have heard a spate of radio ads in
the last few weeks advertisin
Gautam John [25/10/08 23:32 +0530]:
On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 8:54 PM, Srini Ramakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I don't think Indians digest bad news as easily as the rest of the world,
everyone seems to be pinning their hopes on a good Diwali.
From what I've heard, property prices are set
On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 8:54 PM, Srini Ramakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't think Indians digest bad news as easily as the rest of the world,
> everyone seems to be pinning their hopes on a good Diwali.
>From what I've heard, property prices are set to tumble post Diwali.
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Pleas
On 25-Oct-08, at 7:32 AM, "Ramakrishnan Sundaram"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
2008/10/25 Aadisht Khanna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
We must be living in different Indias. My experiences:
house prices to collapse as they surely must. Nobody is getting
telemarketing calls for overdrafts or credit car
2008/10/25 Aadisht Khanna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
We must be living in different Indias. My experiences:
> house prices to collapse as they surely must. Nobody is getting
> telemarketing calls for overdrafts or credit cards anymore.
I'm being pestered with calls for Barclays, ICICI and Amex cards
e
On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 1:35 AM, Eugen Leitl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Any first-hand reports from the trenches?
>
> http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/23/business/rupee.php
>
>
Eugen, is there anything specific you're looking for?
Consumer credit is in very bad shape. Many banks have decid
Srini Ramakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Possible sample selection bias, but the 4 flights I've been on in the
> past two weeks have been full. Plus I've been multiple times to the
> Reliance Digital store this week (only once to buy) and every time the
> store has been busy. On one o
