Comments on: A Case study in going back to India – Ramesh & Swati Ramanathan http://www.sastwingees.org/2006/11/25/a-case-study-in-going-back-to-india-ramesh-swati-ramanathan/ Knowledge is Scrumptious Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:13:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://www.sastwingees.org/2006/11/25/a-case-study-in-going-back-to-india-ramesh-swati-ramanathan/comment-page-1/#comment-268 Anonymous Mon, 28 Nov 2005 00:43:00 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/2006/11/25/a-case-study-in-going-back-to-india-ramesh-swati-ramanathan/#comment-268 good points Ganesh. Like you say, i will give you my first hand experience in a few months. good points Ganesh. Like you say, i will give you my first hand experience in a few months.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sastwingees.org/2006/11/25/a-case-study-in-going-back-to-india-ramesh-swati-ramanathan/comment-page-1/#comment-267 Anonymous Wed, 23 Nov 2005 20:44:00 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/2006/11/25/a-case-study-in-going-back-to-india-ramesh-swati-ramanathan/#comment-267 Sukumar, I agree with you. Rs. 50 Lakhs a year does seem high. I guess that includes what Ramesh calls as 'staff' (which implies full time employess rather than part-time maid etc.) and the vacation trip around the globe. The only full-time staff that I think will be needed is a car driver. I believe that if your mortgage is paid for (i.e, you own your home), in a city like Chennai you can certainly live a *very* comfortable life with half the amount. Assuming that you own one of these new 'american' type homes, the biggest variable I hear could be your child's education fees. I hear that Western style schools such as KFI could amount to 3 lakhs per year, while a sankara would be Rs. 50,000. Who knows, maybe I am way off base and you can certainly give your first hand opinion in another 6 months :) Ganesh Sukumar,

I agree with you. Rs. 50 Lakhs a year does seem high. I guess that includes what Ramesh calls as ‘staff’ (which implies full time employess rather than part-time maid etc.) and the vacation trip around the globe. The only full-time staff that I think will be needed is a car driver.

I believe that if your mortgage is paid for (i.e, you own your home), in a city like Chennai you can certainly live a *very* comfortable life with half the amount. Assuming that you own one of these new ‘american’ type homes, the biggest variable I hear could be your child’s education fees. I hear that Western style schools such as KFI could amount to 3 lakhs per year, while a sankara would be Rs. 50,000.

Who knows, maybe I am way off base and you can certainly give your first hand opinion in another 6 months :)

Ganesh

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