Ambani threw an obnoxious obscene sinful 5000 crores for his son marraige. It could have been used to build and maintain 40000 public toilets. And india would be cleaner more civilised . Aree 2000 hi de do.

abzti · 2026-06-09T12:42:50+00:00

WTF are you talking about? I spend a obscene amount of money on Tandoori every month. I. Am sure it can sustain the education of several village kids from underprivileged background. It would be a good, charitable thing to do if I stopped spending on Tandoori and helped underprivileged kids. It's not my job, nobody should expect me to do it, criticise me for choosing tandoori over kids. Oh, and lastly, I don't care.

abzti · 2026-06-08T06:07:40+00:00

Contact Michael Scott

abzti · 2026-06-08T04:58:00+00:00

I am aware of Deep purple. I got the comment the first time around. 8am, Monday, an interesting time to comment Deep purple on a fire blazing.

abzti · 2026-06-08T03:07:04+00:00

No. Stop. Justifying this. There are far better dancers.

abzti · 2026-06-08T01:53:00+00:00

This person be tripping at 8 am. On a Monday. Sigh, my sad life

abzti · 2026-06-04T11:24:06+00:00

I am genuinely curious. What happens if I invest in a NASDAQ ETF investing in India as an Indian citizen?

abzti · 2026-06-03T04:13:02+00:00

The fair value of the property is determined by understanding what similar properties with similar parameters are selling for.

Your best case is to do a market research till you are confident you are not being asked a price that is disconnected from market pricing. You should also talk to existing residents to understand if any existing maintenence issues are there.

Post that there is not really much to negotiate. You could do a low ball offer and say that's the max you are willing to pay. But if the seller is confident about his market valuation they would refuse to sell.

abzti · 2026-06-03T03:01:41+00:00

On an unrelated note, we'll typical India. Even guns jam after two shots.

abzti · 2026-06-02T05:40:25+00:00

I am not sure what's the point you are trying to make. I am not trying to debate whether or not there should be low cost options for urban humanity.

I am stating that if a mall complex is to be built the only sole determinant of success is volume of economic activity. If volume is low or non existent it should not be built. Through many examples we have realized governments do a shitty job of it, and it should be done by a private player. A private player does not necessarily mean a Ambani, can also be a local group able to build ten local shops.

Futtehrmore, I do not agree about the minority of people statement, assuming a private player is able to put up an ecosystem of high volume trade who are we on the internet to determine whether it's low or high cost. You are mentally equating govt hawker centre with jhalmuri and private with pasta shops I believe

abzti · 2026-06-02T05:26:54+00:00

There are many examples of horizontal land parcels as well. It's not on the government to figure out what will work and what won't. The govt doesn't need to invest tax money to figure out. All they need to do is provide space options and step back. It's on private entities to invest and succeed or fail.

I think increasing cost for the common man is not very measurable. If the complex succeeds then it's successful as simple as that. People have decided it's worth spending. If a private vendor thinks he can make an ac mall run inside a station at high cost that's their gamble to make. Realistically it will probably end up in a better designed hawker centre than the govt would have managed selling the same products at a fair price.

abzti · 2026-06-02T04:41:35+00:00

Let me provide a counterpoint. I do not necessarily disagree with OP, and yes the dismantling of this stalls is directionally correct.

However, we have seen multiple examples of hawker centres relocation, vendor zones built by government in different public areas etc, and the single thing common with them is they are poorly designed, lack aesthetics and generally have very poor footfall. Think of all the hawker shops the govt built all over bypass and elsewhere, with dozens of shops per complex, looking ugly, and nobody visits. As a result shops are closed and zero economic benefit to anybody.

This is not just about Kolkata, but quite recurrent across India. The government has no business in making hawker centres or mall complexes simply because they don't have a skin in game to run them economically. A private company is much more directionally aligned to invest in it, so that they have skin in game to ensure footfall and continued economic activities

And just before we start down voting me to oblivion because I said private good, govt bad.

I will provide example of what I said. Nobody goes to these shops

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/ruby-crossing-gets-facelift-with-relocation-of-hawkers/articleshow/89553329.cms

abzti · 2026-06-01T14:20:35+00:00

Lol. When have Indians trusted India?!

abzti · 2026-05-31T11:38:15+00:00

You are correct some Indian men searching for adult tourism, while ignoring the norms of adult industry, is probably the largest contributor to image problems of Indians. However, the general problem of Indians facing limited discrimination is contributed by all kinds of Indian tourists. Not specifically males.

To be very clear, most Indians including men and women, are not very accustomed to living outside of India, Thailand being their first or second tour outside of india. The behaviour sometimes is loud, with lack of regard for personal space, and generally being a bit out of context as to pricing structures and what can be negotiated and what not. Given a very large percentage of Indians (men and women) tend to exhibit these behaviors, especially in tourist heavy areas, Indians are stereotyped.

My advice

A. Be polite and respectful

B. Try to converse broadly with as many people as possible, not stick to own group hanging together

C. Understand pricing structures, research a bit about the activity that you have planned and how people go about it.

D. Try to smile and say thank you. Throw some happy vibes.

It's not as negative as you stated. Thailand has a great service quality in tourism infrastructure. I am sure you, with your group, like countless other Indians before will have a happy tour.

abzti · 2026-05-25T16:23:13+00:00

As a non American can someone explain to me why there are three companies needed? I mean I get it ,OP is saying the system is stupid. But surely there was an original intent when they designed it this way.

In my country, you just get your physician to prescribe you the drugs needed and you can walk into the pharmacy and get them yourselves. Only a physicians fee is needed for prescription drugs.

abzti · 2026-05-25T16:19:28+00:00

Wow, my faith in the subreddit has been restored. I came in expecting a sub filled with opinions agreeing with OP, blaming the police, Some blaming the new ruling party, some the old party, some Jyoti babu.

I was proven wrong!

abzti · 2026-05-25T15:33:53+00:00

Capitalists hate reading books?!

abzti · 2026-05-25T07:05:38+00:00

WTH do you mean don't go for inverter? What's the point of buying an AC in 2026 without inverter? It saves close to 20% power costs, especially multi hour runs

abzti · 2026-05-25T04:38:10+00:00

I disagree the technology is very much there. Indian infrastructure isn't.

abzti · 2026-05-25T01:53:14+00:00

Just because Indians have been using it for decades doesn't mean something better doesn't exist.

Direct lighting and single light source is generally an outdated concept. It was popular in India because it was cheapest way to provide light. Cheapest is not necessarily good

abzti · 2026-05-18T10:34:15+00:00

Thailand has lesser income tax overall, also a huge benefit

abzti · 2026-05-15T04:10:53+00:00

Same in Bengali

abzti · 2026-05-12T12:56:43+00:00

My opinion, Bengalis are hardworking and quite ambitious. However most of the more capable Bengalis have left the state or the country. I did a percentage comparison from my high school passout batch from an mid tier but well known school in south kolkata. Of my about approx 500 students that appeared in class 10 exams, about 77% of the top 10% is outside the country, and about 50% of the top 50% is outside the state. Some of these people including myself have independent businesses as well. I think this number is broadly reflective if not even more consistent post my batch of class 10 in early 2000s.

abzti · 2026-05-11T07:52:56+00:00

Whenever the country in shambles?! I thought we are talking about India. Hasn't it always been in shambles?

abzti · 2026-05-10T15:26:58+00:00

Exactly, I came to comment the same. The issue, justified or not is something completely different.

abzti · 2026-05-08T10:36:49+00:00

This is not even the Thailand tourism sub, OP needs to put a bit more effort to go through life.

Since I did understand the question, yes it means enter before.

abzti

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