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For a slice of land in God’s own country...

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“10 lakhs for a cent!!! 10 crores for an acre of land....in Tri...Trivandrum” My hubby’s consternation bubbled and blew all over the arm chair he was bristling in.
The thin dry palm leaves, poised precariously over the armchair, quivered.
My lips curled ever so slightly in a smile.
“You know what? I can get an acre of land in the suburbs of London for...”
I continue with my Mona Lisa act...
“Gosh! I can even get a mansion in New Jersey...New Jersey” as though repetition would make it even more shocking!
I put down William Golding’s Paper Men and look up with my English Literature-gonna-give-Finance whiz-a- nugget- of- wisdom look and said… deliberate condescension dripping from each word, “But daahling, you are not buying in London or New Jersey…you are getting a slice of land in God’s Own Country! Daivathinte naattil oru nazhiyidangari manninu ponnum panam kodukkanam, mone!”
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  1. Soul-TalkinOctober 24, 2008

    LOL....The times are a changing...Seems like it is indeed easier for the rich man to enter heaven than for a camel to squeeze through the proverbial needle's eye...

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  2. GangesOctober 24, 2008

    If nadu represents heaven (rolling my eyes) then indeed yes :(

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  3. Gingerbread & MeOctober 24, 2008

    Well, wud'nt God's Own Country translate roughly to Heaven? :P :P
    Maybe we shud educate the powers that be about the Camel and the Needle.....:) :) :)

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  4. AnonymousOctober 24, 2008

    I think English Literature did rather well when it came to handing out that nugget of wisdom to Finance whiz!! :-))))

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  5. SalilNovember 07, 2008

    (rolling my eyes) But still, 10 lakhs for a cent! 10 crores for an acre of land.. and that too in Trivandrum!
    Maybe you should buy either in London or New Jersey.
    Cheers,

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  6. AnonymousNovember 17, 2008

    LOL. Very true.

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  7. GangesNovember 18, 2008

    Thanks, Shail :)

    Sal, guys do think alike, don't they?

    Thanks for visiting, Pallavi :)

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  8. Usha PisharodyNovember 24, 2008

    I 'd lie to laugh out.. but this is a sad sad reality!!

    Nice nugget at the end!!!

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  9. GangesNovember 25, 2008

    Thanks, Usha! Yea...only such nuggets can help one to grapple with such prices :)

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  10. Star of the SeaOctober 11, 2009

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  11. Star of the SeaOctober 11, 2009

    Fantastic Punchline! But true.

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