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Monday, December 27, 2010

What can one derive out of money!!

I was just trying to understand the various numbers that came around in news. So, I put some of them in descending order, and the results are in the table below:

Scenario
Amount (Rs)
USA Fiscal deficit (FY10)
92,500,000,000,000
China's reserves (FY10)
90,000,000,000,000
US bail out package (FY08)
40,500,000,000,000
2G Spectrum scam (FY10)
1,750,000,000,000
India's defence expenditure (FY10)
1,433,440,000,000
Compensation paid to BP oil spill in Gulf of Mexico - Till Date
135,000,000,000
Mukesh Ambani's home (FY10)
80,000,000,000
Compensation paid to Bhopal Gas Tragedy (FY01)
21,150,000,000
Loss due to power procured from dabhol power plant (FY01)
10,806,555,000
Profit of Reddy brothers per day (FY11)
170,000,000
Bonus to a typical i-banker in Wall Street (FY11)
40,000,000
Daily Collections in Tirupathi Temple (FY10)
20,000,000
Average MP take home salary (FY11)
4,500,000
Monthly electricity bill of Mukesh Ambani (FY11)
4,000,000
Salary that Iam seeking from my new company (FY12)
2,400,000
Total cost of the MBA course for my juniors (FY11)
1,200,000
Total Cost of the same MBA course when I passed out (FY09)
400,000
Donations to Nursery admission (FY11)
50,000
Annual income of a landless farmer in AP (FY11)
25,000
Money that Govt. is not willing to pay for farmer who lost his crop (FY11)
10,000
MSP of Grain per Tonne (FY11)
1,300
Money paid to carry coal on the back from a depth of 300 mts (FY11)
60
Money, the lack of which made weaver commit suicide (FY06)
50
Daily income of 300 Million people in India (FY10)
35
Average money given to Gurkha per home per month (FY11)
10
Price of 1Kg Rice on subsidized rates (FY10)
2

At the end of it, I did wonder about the disparity!!

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Life is the Same!!!!

20 year back - School bag.
Today - Office bag.

20 years back - Lekhak Note book.
Today - HP Note book.

20 years back - Hero Ranger.
Today - Hero Honda.

20 years back - Half pants.
Today - Full pants.

20 years back - Playing with plastic car running on battery and remote.
Today - Playing with metal car running on petrol and gear.

20 years back - Scared of Teachers and exams.
Today - Scared of Bosses and targets.

20 years back - Wanting to be class topper.
Today - Wanting to be 'Employee of the month'

20 years back - Quarterly exams.
Today - Quarterly results.

20 years back - Annual School Magazine.
Today - Company Annual Report.

20 years back - Annual exams.
Today - Annual appraisals.

20 years back - Pocket money.
Today - Salary.

20 years back - Waiting for Diwali crackers.
Today - Waiting for Diwali bonus.

20 years back - Running after grades and prize cups.
Today - Running after incentives and promotions.

20 years back - Craving for the latest toy in the market.
Today - Craving for the latest gadget in the market.

20 years back - Eager to watch the latest cartoon show.
Today - Eager to watch the latest blockbuster.

20 years back - Fruity.
Today - Bacardi.

20 years back - Crush on class mate.
Today - Crush on colleague.

So essentially nothing has changed!!
ITS ALL ABOUT RAT RACE AND WHILE COWS COME HOME..!!!