--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson <mjackson74@...> wrote: > > I worked it out one time in US dollars - came to one billion, one hundred > fourteen million and some change, but I might have calculated incorrectly - > either way Girish and the Srivastavas brothers are not hurting. > > > > ________________________________ > From: salyavin808 <fintlewoodlewix@...> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 3:05 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] A Tidy Sum! > > > > Â > > > I was checking up on the *real* big story in TM just to see if there > were any developments in the argument over Marshy's alleged 60,000 > crore fortune: > > http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/maharishi-mahesh-yogi-rs-60000-crore-fortune/1/201925.html > > Turns out there isn't but I thought I would work out what 60,000 Crore > actually was in proper money. > > 1 crore = 10,000,000 rupees. > > 1000 rupees = 12.9 British pounds. > > 1 crore = 112,885 British pounds. > > 60,000 crore = 6,833,100,000 British pounds. > > This is a quite extraordinary amount of money and completely > give the lie to Marshy's plea for a billion dollars to save the > world. They already had it many times over! But still the call goes > out to support the pundit programme. Still, my friends give money > every month - thinking that the movement actually needs support. > > People I know working for the TMO *still* don't get paid a penny > for their efforts, but more money is going to be needed to pay > lawyers to get back the money people have already given. > > The rajas presumably know all this and have acquired Marshy's > gift of compartmentalising the TMO so that one section (the mug punters) > think it's in a state of poverty and spend their lives working to donate and > keep it afloat. While the other section > spends its time investing in land and managing the ever growing fortune.
Sadly this is the nub of the money issue > When I learned TM I was put on the "very keen" database which > meant I got begging letters for every project the TMO claimed > to be working on. But I decided not to give them anything until > I knew a bit more about them - like where the money actually went. > > Now I know and feel happy that I was never a donor. What a rip-off. > What a con. But I do almost admire a mind capable of pulling off > such a stunt over so many decades. > > PS. This all assuming the Indian paper has its facts right. I've checked the > conversion rates and used two calculators to make > sure of my figures and it looks like £7 billion. If my maths are completely > askew don't blame me, blame my maths teacher. She was > rubbish, it wasn't me. >
