My apologies for going on another ramble again, but the thread and its thoughts made me go for reality checks...so was back-tracing and researching...
Circumstances had made me want to cut myself off from what was happening in the world at real. So from 2006, basically, I completely lost touch of the world I was living in. In Bangalore...in Venkatapura Extension I was living all alone (which I just used for boarding as in sleeping 😆) in a two bedroom house, with bare minimum furniture, gas/stove/kitchen utensils and my most cherished luxury, a computer fixed by my brother and a BSNL internet connection that I got lucky with ...using Dad's connection being a retired BSNL employee with his good friends in Bngl...otherwise would have had to go for other lower bandwidth internet connections. I used to pay a hefty bill at that considering by non-existent living in that house...I think I was paying like 1250/- pm. I was totally immersed in work with me leaving the house at 5:00 AM and then coming back by 11:00 PM. So kind of hazy existence with the world...personal life in inertia...and just working.
The rent was 7500/- with a clause of 10% rent increase every year.
I don't remember the rates much now...the only thing I remember is that I was paying 6.50/- or 8.50/- for 500 gm of Heritage Milk packet on the weekends. Now I don't know what it costs for that same 1/2 litre of milk. Rent, we know it depends on the area...where we take the house.
So today's 90 crores talk...almost started me want to catch up with reality in India now. Of course I can ask mom...but then there are always other things to talk about.
So I found these random rates for some of the actors and actresses
http://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/discussion/how-much-stars-charge-each-movie-shocking-truth
Then I saw that this is the Minimum Support prices available for the farmers
It has 12.50/- per kg of Rice, but in open market, i think it is around 35.00/- kg. Right ?
Then I read this. People are really surprised that we can still buy something for Re1
Check out the stuff that a rupee can buy
A rupee? When a crore is the new lakh, who cares about a rupee? Well, it's still money and therefore it can buy stuff, some very interesting stuff. ET on Sunday hit the markets in India's cities, shopping with a rupee and came up with an eye-popping list. We also looked back at what Rs 1 could buy in earlier times. Answer: a lot, a meal for two, for example.
Thinking of inflation and depreciating Rupee value...I can think of one thing I remember...
The price of one egg in local kirana shop in Hyderabad in 1983 I recall was 0.35 Paisa. I guess now the price is between Rs 3 to 4 (as in 300 paisa to 400 paisa). So inflation or depreciation of Rupee is around 10 times for an egg over last 30 years.
And my mother was saying last year that no maid servants would agree to work for less than Rs 800 to 1000/- now for jhaado-pocha and bartan maanjna in Hyd -tarnaka area.
And the article above says ...a crore is the new lakh...so what's the dip here ? 100 times ...scary.
So if I think in these terms...the rates of the actors do not seem surprising to me now...
Anyways...none of this digging made me any happy. I still feel scared at thinking of life in India and if one marries and consequent responsibilities.
Now I do get the feel, how some of our reviewers are unable to get out the reality factor for RK when he did not keep any money for Madhu.
But then...the zindadil will just say...zindagi jeeni chaahiye, sirf sochna nahin...aur zindagi kat hi jaati hai...jaise taise. Kuch bhi ho himmat honi chaahiye, jigar hona chaahiye aur jeene ka matlab hona chaahiye. Right ?
Edited by 0-SD-0 - 12 years ago