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!”
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...
ReplyDeleteIf nadu represents heaven (rolling my eyes) then indeed yes :(
ReplyDeleteWell, wud'nt God's Own Country translate roughly to Heaven? :P :P
ReplyDeleteMaybe we shud educate the powers that be about the Camel and the Needle.....:) :) :)
I think English Literature did rather well when it came to handing out that nugget of wisdom to Finance whiz!! :-))))
ReplyDelete(rolling my eyes) But still, 10 lakhs for a cent! 10 crores for an acre of land.. and that too in Trivandrum!
ReplyDeleteMaybe you should buy either in London or New Jersey.
Cheers,
LOL. Very true.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Shail :)
ReplyDeleteSal, guys do think alike, don't they?
Thanks for visiting, Pallavi :)
I 'd lie to laugh out.. but this is a sad sad reality!!
ReplyDeleteNice nugget at the end!!!
Thanks, Usha! Yea...only such nuggets can help one to grapple with such prices :)
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ReplyDeleteFantastic Punchline! But true.
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