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Thats 1732.5 INR. Thats pretty good. Lower middle-class should have not problem affording this. As it costs less then a family night out in India.

by knodi 15y ago

microarchitect 15y ago
This is nitpicking, but no middle-class family can afford to spend 2k on a night out in India. Hell, I was earning a boatload (relatively of course) of money, and I wasn't comfortable spending more than 1k or so on a night out.
- desigooner 15y ago
  Depends on the time frame that you have in mind. If you've been there in the last year or so, you could see yourself spending more than 3-5K for the 1K night out you're referring to.
- solutionyogi 15y ago
  Completely agree. Right now I am in US and earn in dollars and support my family back home, even then my dad would never spend 1700 rupees on a night out. Also, if someone can afford to spend that kind of money for a night out, I am very sure they can afford a higher quality tablet. I think this is for someone like the maid who works at our home and makes around 3000 rupees a month. She can save money and buy this for her kid so that they are better educated.
  - sharkman 15y ago
    Wait.. you're saying by working in US, you can support yourself here AND support your family back home including hiring a maid!? I wish I could work there with a global pay salary...
    - irahul 15y ago
      > Wait.. you're saying by working in US, you can support yourself here AND support your family back home Considering that 1 USD is 49.5 INR, why does this come as a surprise to you? For context, 1000 USD will be around 49000 INR at current conversion(it will be less but for argument's sake) which is more than what a software engineer with 3 years of experience makes in a month. > including hiring a maid!? I pay my maid 800 INR to do my dishes and clean the house. Manual labor in India is dirt cheap. > I wish I could work there with a global pay salary... It's easy. Find a contract job in the US which allows you to work remotely from outside the US, move to a country where the currency conversion makes you rich and cost of living is low. Places like Singapore won't work - currency conversion doesn't buy you much, and cost of living is high.
      - 0x12 15y ago
        You either have a maid or you are a maid. Even some of the maids have maids, go figure.
      - ctdonath 15y ago
        Ah, the benefits of not making low-pay jobs illegal: the maid _has_ a job, and a middle-class family can afford to hire her for what the work is worth to them. This in contrast to the USA, where it is illegal to pay her what the work is worth (thanks to "minimum wage" laws), so she doesn't have a job and must be given some form of welfare, which the middle-class family which wants to hire her ends up paying without the benefit of a clean house in return.
        irahul 15y ago
        My maid does the job because the job is pretty light weight and takes about half an hour on an average day. This setup enables her to work at other places. Maids aren't paid highly here because there is no welfare, the general income is quite low, and my maid can either make those 800 bucks working for me, or has to find another job. Depending on the situation, it might or might not be working well for her.
        politician 15y ago
  - megablast 15y ago
    Ok, so how much would he spend on a night out, that would be useful onfo. 100 rupees? 500 rupees? Give us some context here.
    - microarchitect 15y ago
      My father - who is a retired bank officer which means he is relatively well off - wouldn't be comfortable spending more than something like Rs. 300 or so on a night out.
      - jeswin 15y ago
        IMO, Rs.800-999 would be closer to the mark, for a family of four with a bank officer. About $20 US.
vijayr 15y ago
wait!! you are saying a family night out in India would cost more than 1700 INR? Unless you are going to a five star restaurant, I am pretty sure this is not the case. This would be awesome if they don't allow the cost to increase, down the road.
- retrofit_brain 15y ago
  2 years back i spent 2K on a group of 4, movies and dinner. It is getting expensive. Growing up, i never spent more than 100 rupees on dinner for one.
- juxta 15y ago
  I went to India last year and an average Indian restaurant meal at a non-high end restaurant was about 200INR for 2 people. For a group of 8-10 people it was about 1000INR to eat. On the other hand - if i went out to Dominoes and got a medium pie which basically only fed me - it cost 300-400INR. Quite the price difference. I noticed that most families got the single serve pizza and split it with their kids which cost about 50INR (that was the size of a personal pan pizza).
- juxta 15y ago
  Now we stayed about decent hotels time to time on our travels and the cost varied as well. We stayed at a decent hotel (probably 2-3star - not even) in mumbai and that cost us 2000INR a night; in goa we paid about 1200INR a night for even a crappier room but it had AC. But on average a hotel room cost about 1000INR/night. If we stayed at a high-end we would pay 5000+INR a night.

Thats 1732.5 INR. Thats pretty good. Lower middle-class should have not problem affording this. As it costs less then a family night out in India.

by knodi 15y ago

Thats 1732.5 INR. Thats pretty good. Lower middle-class should have not problem affording this. As it costs less then a family night out in India.

microarchitect 15y ago

This is nitpicking, but no middle-class family can afford to spend 2k on a night out in India. Hell, I was earning a boatload (relatively of course) of money, and I wasn't comfortable spending more than 1k or so on a night out.

desigooner 15y ago
Depends on the time frame that you have in mind. If you've been there in the last year or so, you could see yourself spending more than 3-5K for the 1K night out you're referring to.
solutionyogi 15y ago
Completely agree. Right now I am in US and earn in dollars and support my family back home, even then my dad would never spend 1700 rupees on a night out. Also, if someone can afford to spend that kind of money for a night out, I am very sure they can afford a higher quality tablet. I think this is for someone like the maid who works at our home and makes around 3000 rupees a month. She can save money and buy this for her kid so that they are better educated.
- sharkman 15y ago
  Wait.. you're saying by working in US, you can support yourself here AND support your family back home including hiring a maid!? I wish I could work there with a global pay salary...
  - irahul 15y ago
    > Wait.. you're saying by working in US, you can support yourself here AND support your family back home Considering that 1 USD is 49.5 INR, why does this come as a surprise to you? For context, 1000 USD will be around 49000 INR at current conversion(it will be less but for argument's sake) which is more than what a software engineer with 3 years of experience makes in a month. > including hiring a maid!? I pay my maid 800 INR to do my dishes and clean the house. Manual labor in India is dirt cheap. > I wish I could work there with a global pay salary... It's easy. Find a contract job in the US which allows you to work remotely from outside the US, move to a country where the currency conversion makes you rich and cost of living is low. Places like Singapore won't work - currency conversion doesn't buy you much, and cost of living is high.
    - 0x12 15y ago
      You either have a maid or you are a maid. Even some of the maids have maids, go figure.
    - ctdonath 15y ago
      Ah, the benefits of not making low-pay jobs illegal: the maid _has_ a job, and a middle-class family can afford to hire her for what the work is worth to them. This in contrast to the USA, where it is illegal to pay her what the work is worth (thanks to "minimum wage" laws), so she doesn't have a job and must be given some form of welfare, which the middle-class family which wants to hire her ends up paying without the benefit of a clean house in return.
      - irahul 15y ago
        My maid does the job because the job is pretty light weight and takes about half an hour on an average day. This setup enables her to work at other places. Maids aren't paid highly here because there is no welfare, the general income is quite low, and my maid can either make those 800 bucks working for me, or has to find another job. Depending on the situation, it might or might not be working well for her.
        politician 15y ago
- megablast 15y ago
  Ok, so how much would he spend on a night out, that would be useful onfo. 100 rupees? 500 rupees? Give us some context here.
  - microarchitect 15y ago
    My father - who is a retired bank officer which means he is relatively well off - wouldn't be comfortable spending more than something like Rs. 300 or so on a night out.
    - jeswin 15y ago
      IMO, Rs.800-999 would be closer to the mark, for a family of four with a bank officer. About $20 US.

vijayr 15y ago

wait!! you are saying a family night out in India would cost more than 1700 INR? Unless you are going to a five star restaurant, I am pretty sure this is not the case. This would be awesome if they don't allow the cost to increase, down the road.

retrofit_brain 15y ago
2 years back i spent 2K on a group of 4, movies and dinner. It is getting expensive. Growing up, i never spent more than 100 rupees on dinner for one.
juxta 15y ago
I went to India last year and an average Indian restaurant meal at a non-high end restaurant was about 200INR for 2 people. For a group of 8-10 people it was about 1000INR to eat. On the other hand - if i went out to Dominoes and got a medium pie which basically only fed me - it cost 300-400INR. Quite the price difference. I noticed that most families got the single serve pizza and split it with their kids which cost about 50INR (that was the size of a personal pan pizza).
juxta 15y ago
Now we stayed about decent hotels time to time on our travels and the cost varied as well. We stayed at a decent hotel (probably 2-3star - not even) in mumbai and that cost us 2000INR a night; in goa we paid about 1200INR a night for even a crappier room but it had AC. But on average a hotel room cost about 1000INR/night. If we stayed at a high-end we would pay 5000+INR a night.