A gift worth 242 crores

November 2, 2007

AeroplaneMukesh Ambani, was recently in the news, apparently because some sources had made him the “World’s richest man” overtaking the software giant, Bill Gates.

It didn’t take long before an official statement was released saying that nothing from that news was true. In fact, forbes lists him @ number 14.

Now, even though the news turned out to be false and Mr. Anil Ambani might have danced merry in the rain, it didn’t take long for the senior Ambani to be in the news again.

Apparently, Mr. Senior Ambani loves his wife so much, that he’s gifted her a whole friggin plan. Yes, you read that right, an Aeroplane. The plane costs a whopping Rs. 242 Crores and takes a place equal to the size of Mumbai’s Wankhede stadium.

Now, we all know how happy Mrs. Ambani would be. But seriously, how often would the place be used ? She’s probably gonna use it to travel to the nearby jewelery store or something similar.

Mukesh Ambani and his wife Now, what I don’t understand is the need of such expensive gifts. Do these people forget about all the under-developed and developing countries in the world. Forget about that, these people are trying to ignore the problems faced by Mumbai itself.

Imagine how many poor families would have been fed with those 242 Crores.

As they say, “Yehi toh India hain

 

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