- Prof Sivamurugan Pandi
- It doesn't matter if you're tall or short,
- curvy or slim. Any body can make money.
- Here are eight (completely innocent)
- ways of raking in the moolah...
-
1. Hands on
So you don't have the perfect face or figure. But what you do have at hand is, well, a great pair of hands. So show them off and let all those manicures pay for themselves. Hand models are paid between Rs 5,000 and Rs 10,000 for a day's shoot. They're used for two reasons, says Chennai-based photographer Karthik Srinivasan: one, when the actual highly paid model/actress doesn't have time for the-icky-bottle-of-oil shot, and two, when all that's needed is a great hand and the brand doesn't want to pay for an expensive model with a great face. Companies likely to need you are the ones advertising matrimonials (think mehendi and a ring), jewellery, oil and mobile phones.
Fringe benefit : The hand-some pay.
2. Hair today, on sale tomorrow
Got long, lustrous locks that have been untouched by a perm, tint or iron with not a grey in sight? Modern-day Rapunzels can earn up to Rs 2,000 for 50 to 100 grams of hair. If all you've got is short and spiky, you're looking at just Rs 250 or less because what you've got won't result in a wig, more likely in an amino acid. Considering it's going to take you an average of 20 months to get back your 40 inches (hair grows just half an inch a month), we would say this is a p-r-e-t-t-y s-l-o-w way of making money.
Fringe benefit: A fringe?
3. Great egg-spectations
For men, it's Rs 500 a shot, while women get Rs 15,000 to Rs 20,000 for donating their eggs. The huge difference in rates is because all a man needs is a clean cup and a lad mag, while women have to undergo a surgical procedure. If you're thinking of turning into a donor, remember you can only donate sperm and eggs a certain number of times. As per national guidelines, sperm can be donated only 75 times in a lifetime and eggs six times in a lifetime. This is to prevent too many mini-mes from walking the earth and causing a potential medical catastrophe. Surrogacy, where you can rent out your womb, will pay up to over a lakh of rupees, but you can only do this thrice.
Fringe benefit: Someone, somewhere is now a happy family.
4. Is that Shah Rukh? Well, almost
Has anyone ever said you look like a superstar Shah Rukh Khan or Rajnikanth? Time to turn those compliments into cash. The amount you make depends on how far you are willing to go, or how close you get to the real thing. If you just look like a star, you're at rock bottom. Looking and dressing like one fetches you a little more cash. And with the whole look, dress, dialogue, and marketing package, you can really rake in the moolah. Down South, local comedian Vadivelu's look-alike books so many laughathons in the US that he's now a millionaire, jetsetting all over the world where ever the rich NRI Tamilian who loves to laugh beckons.
Fringe benefit: Better money and marriage prospects. A matrimonial firm recently launched a feature that finds matches as close in looks as possible to an actor or any other person. So you'll find someone who loves the way you look!
5. Bare, naked ladies
Since there are very few models willing to pose in the nude, posing in the buff can get you upwards of a lakh of rupees. But that's if you're posing privately for an artist. In a school of art such as the ones in Chennai or Mumbai, nude models get paid less than Rs 200 a session – which explains the numerous complaints from students that their nude models are over 40 and have more cellulite than curves. At the JJ School of Arts in Mumbai, students often whine about needing different and younger models for nude study, a course that has been around since 1857.
Fringe benefit: Only 49 things left to do before you die!
6. While you were sleeping
Hospitals are often looking for volunteers for their clinical research and if you're in the mood to play guinea pig, you could try this. The pay is not much – usually just transport, food and insurance (in some cases). So if you have abnormally large tonsils or are willing to sleep all day so that scientists can monitor your dreams, give it a shot.
Fringe benefit: You could find out some interesting things about yourself!
7. The hostess with the mostest
Ever wondered about those gorgeous women (and occasionally men) hovering around the million dollar trophy at a cricket prize distribution or striking a pose near a new car at the auto show? They're called hosts and hostesses and they're usually just college students who want to make some dough. You can earn between Rs 2,000 and Rs 5,000 for an event depending on the length of your skirt. But be prepared to smile endlessly.
Fringe benefit: How about the 50 air kisses from Dhoni...
8. Extra-ordinary
So, you aren't making it as a star. And after watching Luck By Chance , you're probably sure you never will. How about becoming an extra? It's fun, you get to be in the movies, maybe you don't get to sign autographs, but you will get to hang out with – be at least near – the stars. Technically, you're called 'rich boy' or 'rich girl' and you play the characters who are eye candy in a cafe, disco or college scenes. "They're called rich because they look posh and most junior artistes from the industry can't pull off that look," says a casting agent. You'll get paid around Rs 2,000 for a shoot. Enough to make you a little a rich, we say.
Fringe benefit: Mommy to mommy's friends: "That's my boy. Doesn't he look rich?"
Read more: 8 innocent ways to make moolah - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/relationships/work/8-innocent-ways-to-make-moolah/articleshow/5254154.cms#ixzz10MYQWiN5
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PIG IS THE MOST SHAMELESS ANIMAL ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.IT IS THE ONLY ANIMAL THAT INVITES ITS FRIENDS TO HAVE SEX WITH ITS MATE. IN AMERICA, MOST PEOPLE CONSUME PORK. MANY TIMES AFTER DANCE PARTIES, THEY HAVE SWAPPING OF WIVES; I.E. MANY SAY “YOU SLEEP WITH MY WIFE AND I WILL SLEEP WITH YOUR WIFE.” IF YOU EAT PIGS LIKE PANDIAN THEN YOU BEHAVE LIKE PIGS. WE INDIANS LOOK UPON AMERICA TO BE VERY ADVANCED AND SOPHISTICATED. WHATEVER THEY DO, WE FOLLOW AFTER A FEW YEARS. ACCORDING TO AN ARTICLE IN ISLAND MAGAZINE, THIS PRACTICE OF SWAPPING WIVES HAS BECOME COMMON IN THE AFFLUENT CIRCLES
why this guy has to carry my name he has no moral to use my namehe always sleep with differant partner from barisan and sell cheap his morals I believe most of us know why Anwar did that and PKR accepted it. This is because of the outstanding sodomy issue hanging over Anwar's head. If he go for President position, it would be selfish of him to get members to elect Wan Azizah to be in deputy president position. Even if the members want it, it will not look for the party. As such, there will be a new deputy and this deputy may not be the right person to continue with the party struggle at this moment. In a situation where Anwar is found guilty by the UMNO's court which likely to happen, then the party will be left to the deputy.
However, in current scenario even if Anwar has to go to jail, his struggle with the party continue through his wife. Remember the first sodomy charge when he was in jail and his wife continue with his struggle through PKR. In a situation where he is acquited then there will be a time where PKR will call for EGM where Wan Azizah will pave way for Anwar to take over the Presidency. Based on what happen recently, I doubt there will be ay objection to that.
So Mr Athi Shankar, as learned person I presume you will know that before you write this article. I am sure given a choice this is not what Anwar and the party wants in. But is a situation where they were bullied by UMNO through police, AG office and judiciary, there is little room for Anwar to manoeuvre. Such situation should not happen but it happened. So in such extra ordinary situation, it call for extra ordinary measure.
I would have agreed with you that this arrangement should not happen in normal situation. But what happen in Malaysia now is not normal. Therefore I am fully support the idea Wan Azizah being the president and Anwar being the adviser, and Anwar is the defactor leader. However, when the situation get to normal then this arrangement is not acceptable
The disgrace of politics
Pritish Nandy
20 September 2010, 09:44 AM IST
No one knows how to misgovern better than those who rule over us. None of our problems are all that difficult to resolve. They look complex because they are tangled in self serving politics. Cut out the silly politics and they can be solved by a half wit. Contrary to all the rubbish we read, India’s actually an easy nation to govern. Our people are simple, trusting, ready to listen. Till you push them to the very edge. But who will they listen to? The people who rule us are mostly venal and self serving; they are more busy sharing the spoils of office than running India. That’s the problem.
Kashmir’s not about AFSPA or Omar Abdullah. It’s about Delhi’s failure to address the real issues that plague the valley. All decisions till now have been knee jerk reactions to crises, not attempts to sort out the problems of the people, which stem from poverty, injustice, joblessness and broken promises. What’s worse, there’s no credible road map for the future either. The Government has a million excuses starting with terrorism. But excuses don’t solve problems. Initiatives do. The right initiatives can change everything overnight. What Kashmir needs is a more intelligent, more compassionate response to their problems. It must feel it is an intrinsic part of the new India that’s emerging instead of being constantly written off as a terrorist haven. That the Kashmiris are still protesting by pelting stones, not lobbing grenades is the best proof that the problem can be resolved. Even after so many lives lost, it remains a political problem, not a problem of terrorism.
Naxalites are similar. The tribals are not monsters. They are simple people who are nervous that their land and livelihood are being taken away by an uncaring State in tandem with big business interests. They have tried protesting in many ways. No one listens. No one cares. Not even a CPM Government supposedly committed to the poor. In fact, every time they protest, they are brutally repressed. On top of that, all political parties try to exploit them. Can you blame them for losing their way? Yes, their leaders are misguided. But so is the Government which believes that it can finish them off with brutal repression. Brutality resolves nothing. It exacerbates every crisis. Politics must take a back seat to restoring the traditional rights of tribals to their land and livelihood if this problem has to be beaten back. This is a political issue, not a law and order problem.
The same is true for food. India produces enough to feed everyone but not enough to satisfy the greed of those who trade in it. We have all seen shameful pictures of godowns packed with rotting foodgrains. This year the output will be even higher says the Ministry. The Supreme Court has instructed the Government to distribute excess foodgrain to the poor but this will never happen. Profit thrives on artificial shortage, and profit is what drives the politics of food. That is why the poor in India starve to death and we have more malnourished kids than even the poorest African states. It’s doubly sad that this happens even as our granaries are bursting at the seams. No, you don’t need more godowns as the Ministry claims. Starvation and hunger in India is a political problem, not a problem of a genuine food shortage.
Corruption too is a political problem. Indians are not as corrupt as we think. When you go to meet the CEO of a private company, the peon outside the door (if there’s one in the first place) doesn’t ask you for chai paani. Now try meeting a minister or his lackey. Everybody outside the door wants an entry fee. There’s something in the air of a Government office that breeds corruption. This originally began when Government servants were underpaid but now it has become an intrinsic part of the system. Almost everyone, from top to bottom, wears (like Chulbul Pandey) corruption as a badge of honour. No one’s ashamed to ask for a bribe. Yet corruption can be easily wiped out if we seriously want to. It is almost entirely a political problem.
Sports is another example. India will never excel in sports till we remove politicians and Government busybodies from the sporting scene. They have destroyed our reputation and killed the fighting spirit of our sportsmen. Delegations that go to international sporting events are packed with more officials than sportspeople. As a result, the world’s second largest nation never ends up training or encouraging enough world class sports people. The few who do emerge occasionally quit out of frustration. Kick politics out of sports and we could become a first rate sporting nation.
Yes, all our problems, or at least most of them, stem from politics. If we can fight that, we can escape the fate of Sisyphus. If we don’t, this is the way we will stay forever. Cribbing. Fighting among ourselves. Never achieving our true potential as a nation and a people despite our amazing strength, fortitude, resilience.
- Prof Sivamurugan Pandi
- It doesn't matter if you're tall or short,
- curvy or slim. Any body can make money.
- Here are eight (completely innocent)
- ways of raking in the moolah...
1. Hands on
So you don't have the perfect face or figure. But what you do have at hand is, well, a great pair of hands. So show them off and let all those manicures pay for themselves. Hand models are paid between Rs 5,000 and Rs 10,000 for a day's shoot. They're used for two reasons, says Chennai-based photographer Karthik Srinivasan: one, when the actual highly paid model/actress doesn't have time for the-icky-bottle-of-oil shot, and two, when all that's needed is a great hand and the brand doesn't want to pay for an expensive model with a great face. Companies likely to need you are the ones advertising matrimonials (think mehendi and a ring), jewellery, oil and mobile phones.
Fringe benefit : The hand-some pay.
2. Hair today, on sale tomorrow
Got long, lustrous locks that have been untouched by a perm, tint or iron with not a grey in sight? Modern-day Rapunzels can earn up to Rs 2,000 for 50 to 100 grams of hair. If all you've got is short and spiky, you're looking at just Rs 250 or less because what you've got won't result in a wig, more likely in an amino acid. Considering it's going to take you an average of 20 months to get back your 40 inches (hair grows just half an inch a month), we would say this is a p-r-e-t-t-y s-l-o-w way of making money.
Fringe benefit: A fringe?
3. Great egg-spectations
For men, it's Rs 500 a shot, while women get Rs 15,000 to Rs 20,000 for donating their eggs. The huge difference in rates is because all a man needs is a clean cup and a lad mag, while women have to undergo a surgical procedure. If you're thinking of turning into a donor, remember you can only donate sperm and eggs a certain number of times. As per national guidelines, sperm can be donated only 75 times in a lifetime and eggs six times in a lifetime. This is to prevent too many mini-mes from walking the earth and causing a potential medical catastrophe. Surrogacy, where you can rent out your womb, will pay up to over a lakh of rupees, but you can only do this thrice.
Fringe benefit: Someone, somewhere is now a happy family.
4. Is that Shah Rukh? Well, almost
Has anyone ever said you look like a superstar Shah Rukh Khan or Rajnikanth? Time to turn those compliments into cash. The amount you make depends on how far you are willing to go, or how close you get to the real thing. If you just look like a star, you're at rock bottom. Looking and dressing like one fetches you a little more cash. And with the whole look, dress, dialogue, and marketing package, you can really rake in the moolah. Down South, local comedian Vadivelu's look-alike books so many laughathons in the US that he's now a millionaire, jetsetting all over the world where ever the rich NRI Tamilian who loves to laugh beckons.
Fringe benefit: Better money and marriage prospects. A matrimonial firm recently launched a feature that finds matches as close in looks as possible to an actor or any other person. So you'll find someone who loves the way you look!
5. Bare, naked ladies
Since there are very few models willing to pose in the nude, posing in the buff can get you upwards of a lakh of rupees. But that's if you're posing privately for an artist. In a school of art such as the ones in Chennai or Mumbai, nude models get paid less than Rs 200 a session – which explains the numerous complaints from students that their nude models are over 40 and have more cellulite than curves. At the JJ School of Arts in Mumbai, students often whine about needing different and younger models for nude study, a course that has been around since 1857.
Fringe benefit: Only 49 things left to do before you die!
6. While you were sleeping
Hospitals are often looking for volunteers for their clinical research and if you're in the mood to play guinea pig, you could try this. The pay is not much – usually just transport, food and insurance (in some cases). So if you have abnormally large tonsils or are willing to sleep all day so that scientists can monitor your dreams, give it a shot.
Fringe benefit: You could find out some interesting things about yourself!
7. The hostess with the mostest
Ever wondered about those gorgeous women (and occasionally men) hovering around the million dollar trophy at a cricket prize distribution or striking a pose near a new car at the auto show? They're called hosts and hostesses and they're usually just college students who want to make some dough. You can earn between Rs 2,000 and Rs 5,000 for an event depending on the length of your skirt. But be prepared to smile endlessly.
Fringe benefit: How about the 50 air kisses from Dhoni...
8. Extra-ordinary
So, you aren't making it as a star. And after watching Luck By Chance , you're probably sure you never will. How about becoming an extra? It's fun, you get to be in the movies, maybe you don't get to sign autographs, but you will get to hang out with – be at least near – the stars. Technically, you're called 'rich boy' or 'rich girl' and you play the characters who are eye candy in a cafe, disco or college scenes. "They're called rich because they look posh and most junior artistes from the industry can't pull off that look," says a casting agent. You'll get paid around Rs 2,000 for a shoot. Enough to make you a little a rich, we say.
Fringe benefit: Mommy to mommy's friends: "That's my boy. Doesn't he look rich?"
Read more: 8 innocent ways to make moolah - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/relationships/work/8-innocent-ways-to-make-moolah/articleshow/5254154.cms#ixzz10MYQWiN5
watch this CORRUPTION HAS BECOME MAINSTREAM; HONESTY IS A RIVULET
THE JUDICIAL RHETORIC OF MORALITY, MOTHER OF JUDICIAL AXIS OF EVIL ,GHANI PATAIL,MUSA HASAN ,EZAM ,ROSMA TENGKU SARIFFUDDIN HEADED BY MAHATIR
The Judicial Rhetoric of Morality, the mother of judicial axis of evil – Related articles A cautionary note is in order here. It has forever been the battle-cry of human rights … What of the third axis—that of the secular-religious dichotomy—as it pertains to … In either role, it is the highest judicial instance. On … Read more
However, in current scenario even if Anwar has to go to jail, his struggle with the party continue through his wife. Remember the first sodomy charge when he was in jail and his wife continue with his struggle through PKR. In a situation where he is acquited then there will be a time where PKR will call for EGM where Wan Azizah will pave way for Anwar to take over the Presidency. Based on what happen recently, I doubt there will be ay objection to that.
So Mr Athi Shankar, as learned person I presume you will know that before you write this article. I am sure given a choice this is not what Anwar and the party wants in. But is a situation where they were bullied by UMNO through police, AG office and judiciary, there is little room for Anwar to manoeuvre. Such situation should not happen but it happened. So in such extra ordinary situation, it call for extra ordinary measure.
I would have agreed with you that this arrangement should not happen in normal situation. But what happen in Malaysia now is not normal. Therefore I am fully support the idea Wan Azizah being the president and Anwar being the adviser, and Anwar is the defactor leader. However, when the situation get to normal then this arrangement is not acceptable
The disgrace of politics
Pritish Nandy20 September 2010, 09:44 AM IST
No one knows how to misgovern better than those who rule over us. None of our problems are all that difficult to resolve. They look complex because they are tangled in self serving politics. Cut out the silly politics and they can be solved by a half wit. Contrary to all the rubbish we read, India’s actually an easy nation to govern. Our people are simple, trusting, ready to listen. Till you push them to the very edge. But who will they listen to? The people who rule us are mostly venal and self serving; they are more busy sharing the spoils of office than running India. That’s the problem.
Kashmir’s not about AFSPA or Omar Abdullah. It’s about Delhi’s failure to address the real issues that plague the valley. All decisions till now have been knee jerk reactions to crises, not attempts to sort out the problems of the people, which stem from poverty, injustice, joblessness and broken promises. What’s worse, there’s no credible road map for the future either. The Government has a million excuses starting with terrorism. But excuses don’t solve problems. Initiatives do. The right initiatives can change everything overnight. What Kashmir needs is a more intelligent, more compassionate response to their problems. It must feel it is an intrinsic part of the new India that’s emerging instead of being constantly written off as a terrorist haven. That the Kashmiris are still protesting by pelting stones, not lobbing grenades is the best proof that the problem can be resolved. Even after so many lives lost, it remains a political problem, not a problem of terrorism.
Naxalites are similar. The tribals are not monsters. They are simple people who are nervous that their land and livelihood are being taken away by an uncaring State in tandem with big business interests. They have tried protesting in many ways. No one listens. No one cares. Not even a CPM Government supposedly committed to the poor. In fact, every time they protest, they are brutally repressed. On top of that, all political parties try to exploit them. Can you blame them for losing their way? Yes, their leaders are misguided. But so is the Government which believes that it can finish them off with brutal repression. Brutality resolves nothing. It exacerbates every crisis. Politics must take a back seat to restoring the traditional rights of tribals to their land and livelihood if this problem has to be beaten back. This is a political issue, not a law and order problem.
The same is true for food. India produces enough to feed everyone but not enough to satisfy the greed of those who trade in it. We have all seen shameful pictures of godowns packed with rotting foodgrains. This year the output will be even higher says the Ministry. The Supreme Court has instructed the Government to distribute excess foodgrain to the poor but this will never happen. Profit thrives on artificial shortage, and profit is what drives the politics of food. That is why the poor in India starve to death and we have more malnourished kids than even the poorest African states. It’s doubly sad that this happens even as our granaries are bursting at the seams. No, you don’t need more godowns as the Ministry claims. Starvation and hunger in India is a political problem, not a problem of a genuine food shortage.
Corruption too is a political problem. Indians are not as corrupt as we think. When you go to meet the CEO of a private company, the peon outside the door (if there’s one in the first place) doesn’t ask you for chai paani. Now try meeting a minister or his lackey. Everybody outside the door wants an entry fee. There’s something in the air of a Government office that breeds corruption. This originally began when Government servants were underpaid but now it has become an intrinsic part of the system. Almost everyone, from top to bottom, wears (like Chulbul Pandey) corruption as a badge of honour. No one’s ashamed to ask for a bribe. Yet corruption can be easily wiped out if we seriously want to. It is almost entirely a political problem.
Sports is another example. India will never excel in sports till we remove politicians and Government busybodies from the sporting scene. They have destroyed our reputation and killed the fighting spirit of our sportsmen. Delegations that go to international sporting events are packed with more officials than sportspeople. As a result, the world’s second largest nation never ends up training or encouraging enough world class sports people. The few who do emerge occasionally quit out of frustration. Kick politics out of sports and we could become a first rate sporting nation.
Yes, all our problems, or at least most of them, stem from politics. If we can fight that, we can escape the fate of Sisyphus. If we don’t, this is the way we will stay forever. Cribbing. Fighting among ourselves. Never achieving our true potential as a nation and a people despite our amazing strength, fortitude, resilience.
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