tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289342.post111253649740417916..comments2024-03-27T03:57:15.929+05:30Comments on Time and Tide: Poor are getting betterPradeep Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04873369124947878452noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289342.post-1112870809435878922005-04-07T16:16:00.000+05:302005-04-07T16:16:00.000+05:30Somehow I'm reminded of these lines from Bombay Dr...Somehow I'm reminded of these lines from <I>Bombay Dreams</I><BR/><BR/><I>Some live and die in debt,<BR/>Others making millions on the internet</I><BR/>:-)Kishorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17132865102856320818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289342.post-1112630275068151142005-04-04T21:27:00.000+05:302005-04-04T21:27:00.000+05:30I think its hypocracy for most of us to talk about...I think its hypocracy for most of us to talk about the rights and wrongs of haggling - well-to-do or not - first of all - its not about your social status - its part of personality. Whether you are rich or poor - if your personality is such that you bargain/haggle you will do it. (there is also this joke that the well-to-do guy actually became rich by making sure he didn't spend unnecessarily.)<BR/><BR/>Now, its also cultural. If you go to buy vegetables in Kerala - the offer price is very often the final price. But if you go to buy the same stuff in say Calcutta - the first offer price is not the final price - and in most cases it will be hiked up. The final - after-bargain price will be more or less close to the first/final price offered in Kerala. So there is cultural element to it. After travelling to many countries (and regions within India) - this is rather obvious!<BR/><BR/>Fianlly about the anchor - a job that you like - gives you lot of satisfaction - yes indeed thats a very good point - but the reason why there is huge rush towards the latest hottest market is not just money - its again a problem with our culture and systems. <BR/><BR/>Money is important, it will be foolish to deny that reality today - but on the other hand equally important is the perception of "opportunity!" And also chance to actually spend time to understand what is it that you like - your skillset and so on. Unfortunately the way our system has developed both these aspects are screwed up. First about opportunity - I remember at one point it was PO - office in bank, then there was the time when it was becoming a professor - when UGC was new, then IT came along - and then Call centres and so on. Bcause somethign is new - ppl. tend to see opportunity there - not because they know more about it - but because they know for sure that whatever else there is - there is anyway not much opportunity!<BR/><BR/>Then about chance to try and learn about our own skillset - where do we ever get a chance to do that - until our parents are generous enough and brave enough to accept that you might be trying out various things and yet not achieve anythign great in any field??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289342.post-1112616964584692942005-04-04T17:46:00.000+05:302005-04-04T17:46:00.000+05:30I feel sorry when well-to-do people haggle with ha...I feel sorry when well-to-do people haggle with hawkers in the street for sums as little as Re 1. I wonder what they are losing (or saving) with this money. On the other side, this Re 1 could mean a lot to the hawker.<BR/>Once I came across a blind person who was selling needles in the train (Rs 5 for 20 needles). A guy who bought a box did not pay till he finished counting them. The seller was getting restless. He had to move on to the other compartments. I wonder what would the buyer lose if there were only 19 needles instead of 20.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13299168587920941642noreply@blogger.com