--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> t3rinity wrote:
> > Just wanted to send you a hello from here. I am now since about
one
> > week in Madanapalle, with a small group of people. We have a
nice
> > time, its not too hot, as Madanapalle is higher, I just bought a
> > cycle. We were also one day in Tiruvannamalai, and stayed in one
of
> > the oldest Ashrams there.
> >
> >
> >
> I know you've traveled much to India over the years. Do you see
much
> change to the country over the last ten years, especially with the
> economy? I know they are having a tech boom but like the US that
> doesn't get everywhere. But I did read an article in the local
Indian
> magazine by some Indians who returned and thought they were going
waltz
> right in an pick up a nice house in a great neighbor cheap and
live like
> kings. But they found that was no longer possible.
>
Well, I'm not buying houses or ground here, but I heard that prices
in Tiruvannamalai for ground are doubling every year. You can also
clearly see that Hotel prices in big cities are rising, its not
anymore possible to have a sort of nice place for 200 rupees, so you
rather pay up to 800 - 1000, and yet this is still good value. I
have just eaten a very good indian meal for Rps 18. Now I get over
50 Rps per 1 Euro. It depends very much on where you are. There is
still a big number of people being very poor, or even those people
who are on the lower scale of middle class, and for them there is a
low cost infra-structure. So, I would say its mixed. Comparatively
to other countries its still one of the cheapest countries to live
in. If you look at the streets, the cars, the cell-phones, much has
changed. 10 years ago there was mainly the ambassador, now it has
become rather rare. Tiruvannamalai is also a special example as it
is flooded by westerners, ex-poonjaji, ex-osho. Its an elorado of
western seekers, satsang culture with different Gurus being there.
Best see http://arunachalagrace.blogspot.com
