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Telangana stir worsens outlook for realty sector in Hyderabad

Dotted with the sprawling campuses of information technology (IT) firms such as Microsoft Corp. and Wipro Ltd, Hyderabad’s fast-moving growth corridor—the Gachibowli area—looks skeletal with half-done buildings, yellow construction cranes and giant billboards that promise delivery of homes on time.

Hyderabad was hailed some years ago as one of India’s hottest property destinations, with firms such as US-based Tishman Speyer Properties and Malaysia’s Sunway City Bhd coming in to launch their maiden projects in the country.In its present condition, Andhra Pradesh’s capital city remains the lone realty victim of the slowdown.“Other cities are already on the recovery route. But Hyderabad has been in the news for all the wrong reasons,” said George Johnson, city head (firm management), Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj, a property advisory.The downturn perhaps shook Hyderabad more than it did other large cities due to certain disturbing events.The first was the unravelling of a multi-crore accounting fraud at Hyderabad-headquartered Satyam Computer Services Ltd last January, followed by the death of chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in a helicopter crash in September.And just as the sector was beginning to recover, the struggle for a separate Telangana state that includes Hyderabad, intensified.

“Whether the market bounces back depends on if they can control the Telangana agitation,” said N.R. Aluri, managing director, NCC Urban Infrastructure Ltd. “The residential segment particularly looks uncertain though we are expecting some demand in the budget category.”City-based NCC Urban, a subsidiary of Nagarjuna Construction Co. Ltd, has moved its focus to Bangalore, where it is building four projects, compared with one in Hyderabad.NCC’s signature project, a 400-acre mixed development on Hyderabad’s outskirts in Tellapur, in a joint venture with Tishman Speyer India, has been put on hold. Its only ongoing project in the city, Nagarjuna Residency in Gachibowli, has been cropped from 12 blocks to six.Following the 1990s’ IT boom in the city, Hyderabad’s realty market reached its peak between 2005 and 2007, with rising land prices triggering a wave of speculative buying.

Property consultants say the key problems with Hyderabad have always been its unplanned real estate growth, demand-supply mismatch and steep land prices.In 2007, for example, a consortium of developers bought 5.8 acres in the city’s posh Jubilee Hills area for Rs58 crore an acre. The project, which hasn’t been launched yet, would need to sell at Rs15,000 per sq. ft at least to be viable, said a property consultant, who didn’t want to be named.“Everyone was buying large land tracts and planning big projects. Most projects launched in the last two years are nowhere near completion,” said P. Premkumar, member, AP Real Estate Developers Association.Premkumar’s firm, Doyel and Co., part of Opus Developers and Builders Pvt. Ltd, is building Sunway Opus Grand with Malaysia’s Sunway City. The Rs1,700 crore township in Hitec City, a technology hub in Hyderabad, was announced in 2007 but construction hasn’t started yet though bookings have begun. It will have luxury homes and is Sunway City’s maiden project in India.Yap Chun Hua, chief operating office of Sunway Opus, refused to talk about the project citing company policy.

According to Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj, around 5 million sq. ft of commercial space in the city is expected to come into the market in 2010, of which a little more than 3 million sq. ft is likely to be absorbed.Many buildings that were supposed to be operational in 2009 are still under construction, it added.S. Pochender, director and chief executive of Lanco Hills Technology Park Pvt. Ltd, a mixed-use project in Hyderabad, said the Telangana struggle ripped apart the local property market in December, just when the city was seeing green shoots of a revival.Around 400,000 sq. ft earmarked for office space in the Lanco Hills project is yet to find takers, after five-six nearly-finalized deals fell through in December, he said. Around 2 million sq. ft of retail space, including a 14-screen multiplex, is also going slow. “We have closed 60% of bookings for the homes, the rest is still there.”Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj’s report says only 0.72 million sq. ft of retail space in the city will be launched in 2010, and demand will be dormant.

Bangalore, some 550km from Hyderabad, has been gaining from Hyderabad’s loss. Not surprisingly, many investors want to exit projects in Hyderabad or delay investment commitments.Nervous of getting stuck, Naresh C. Reddy, an independent investor, who also runs his own pharmaceutical business in Hyderabad, exited from three premium housing projects in the Madhapur area in the last week of November, when the Telangana movement was gathering steam.“I made a loss compared to the initial investment that I had made in mid-2008. But I am now talking to builders in Bangalore because I think the city is safer to invest in,” said Reddy.Irfan Razak, promoter of Bangalore-based Prestige Estates Projects Pvt. Ltd, said he, too, has put on hold a villa project in Hyderabad, originally planned for a 2009 launch.

DTC and its impact on properties

The Direct Tax Code (DTC) is a major evolutionary step in the direct tax history of the country, which is all set to change the entire financial landscape of India. As it spells major change, it will require a fairly in-depth study before all its implications can be understood and assimilated. On the face of it, DTC may have benefited Indian tax payers due to some of its moves, but it looks like a dampener for the Indian realty industry. Moreover, it is likely to undergo many changes and corrections before it is finally enacted. Hence commenting on DTC is a minefield. With these qualifications let us analyse some aspects that will apparently impact the property market. First, there is a significant change in the way income from house property is calculated under DTC, most of which is adverse from the point of view of residential property investments.

1. Tax on every property: Current tax provisions provide for paying tax with respect to every property (except a self-occupied property) whether let out or not, based on contractual rent and where that is not available then based on a reasonable rent. There is also provision for a vacancy allowance in case of property that has been previously let out at any time.Under the DTC Bill, tax is payable on all properties on the basis of a higher contractual rent or presumptive rent. The provision for vacancy allowance has also been deleted. In most cases the local authorities have now moved to a market value based rateable value. Possibly the presumptive rate has been kept at a middle value of 6 per cent considering that commercial properties can be rented out at around 8 per cent of the market value. Of course this simplicity works against residential property ownership. Since the income is higher of contractual rent or presumptive rent the end result will be taking completely non-existent income as income. Thus whether or not a tenant is available for the premises, it forces the owner to pay tax on income.Without the protection of the vacancy allowance that is available under the current tax laws this single change will drive investors out of the market. Some may argue that not having investors may not necessarily be a bad thing but it may not be an ideal situation either.

2. Unclear clause: The words for not applying this income clause to one non-let-out property (equivalent to a self-occupied property under the current provisions) are a little unclear and if left unchanged can jeopardise even this small relief.

3. Gross rent: For let out properties the standard deduction has been reduced from 30 per cent to 20 per cent of the gross rent.

4. Deduction: Deduction is available on all properties for local taxes and service tax to the extent paid.

5. No deduction for interest: There is no deduction for interest for non-let-out properties where the income is taken as nil unlike the current provision where this is available up to Rs 1, 50,000.

6. Principal payment: There is no provision for deduction on the principal payment of the loan taken to buy a home.

7. Commercial property: As far as commercial property is concerned it is now clear that renting out property in whatever guise will now be taxable as income from house property and not as business income or income from other sources. The impact is that no deduction for any other expenses will be allowed except local taxes, service tax and interest on loan.

8. Joint properties: The good thing is that calculations for jointly owned properties has been made absolutely clear as also the treatment of interest payable for loans taken to re-pay the original home loan.

All in all, the real killer here is the presumptive rent. Clearly, this is a stiff annual wealth tax on owning a residential house property in the guise of creating an objective benchmark for the rental potential of a residential house property. With changes in capital gains tax as well as the current rental laws, which discriminate against landlords, and the stiff service tax on rentals, owning residential property except one for self-occupation will be a fairly taxing thing. These provisions, if enacted, are likely to have a very large impact on the residential property market. Residential properties purchased for investment purposes or ownership of second properties are likely to go down significantly. Still these are early days so let us see what actually gets enacted into law. Till then you move on with your decisions of home buying!http://www.maaproperties.com/Pages/ModuleContent.aspx?Module=Articles&nid=1112

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~Visa process and documentation are very sensitive for Germany. You need experienced person to guide for your visa process.
~Your financial condition should be good to process for your application.
~At the time of visa you need to show 7800 euros bank DD or same euros in student blocked account. Without bank DD getting visa is highly impossible.
~Student work permit will be only 20hr per/week (Tax free).

PLEASE NOTE

~ Studies in Germany are the best compared to US and GBR.
~VISA process is case sensitive.
~No immigration process is open in Germany.After your bachelors or masters they issue only one year job search visa please mind it.

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FREE EDUCATION with SCHOLARSHIPS in GERMANY.

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Note: please don"t encourage our consultants with your precious initial payments, as a rule we charge only after your admission.

This is Sunil Reddy Mallela.
I have completed my masters degree in computer sciences from HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY, GERMANY. I am working now, as a consultant for a number of consultants who are widely known for their reputation in Hyderabad.

Actually, I have started this blog initially in 2008. This was the first blog to educate the students about studies in Germany and Europe. The idea behind posting a blog was to interact with more no. Of students as this is the best social networking in day today life. And the content can be discussed easily with a large number of friends and thus check out the GENUINE in it.

But, unfortunately after i have placed my blog, some of consultants have copied this idea of posting the blog and a few, i found, have copied my blog itself.

I have now updated this blog to give a complete idea of education in Germany
Some people don”t know anything about Germany and other countries in Europe but they make you believe that they are the best in Hyderabad.

Advantages with my consultancy:

9+ years experience in free education.
I accept only eligible applications, i don”t want to waste your precious time.
No initial payments(no hidden cost).
Expertise in free education, Scholarships and PhD.
* Time taken for admission : 2-3 months
Intake timings: MAR/APR and SEP/OCT.
Students should have at least 60%(4years degree) in final degree.

* Courses offered:
MS in computer science, multimedia, networking technologies,Geo Informatics, Bio Informatics.

Masters in electronics,Embedded Systems, RF Integrated Circuits, Digital Signal Processing, Chip Design, Communication,STM,Power Electronics,Automation,Energy Engineering.

Mechanical and Process Engineering, Mechatronics,Production, Material Science, automobile.

Bio Technology, Bio science, Bio Medical Engineering, Process Engineering, Energy Technology, Environmental, Water Resources, Chemical Engineering,

For 3 year Graduates: International Business, Marketing, Finance(B.com and BBA with 65%)

EDUCATION with 900 Euros SCHOLARSHIP.
Time taken for admission : 2-3 months
* Intake timings: MARCH/ APRIL and SEPT/OCT.
* Students should have a minimum of 75% in their final degree course (4 years).
* Courses offered : MS in computer science, Masters in electronics, EEE,Mechanical.
Required IELTS score -6.5 /TOEFL.
If you are financially poor my consultancy charges will be 0 (ONLY FOR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS).

AFTER THE ADMISSION.

~Visa process and documentation are very sensitive for Germany. You need experienced person to guide for your visa process.
~Your financial condition should be good to process for your application.
~At the time of visa you need to show 7800 euros bank DD or same euros in student blocked account. Without bank DD getting visa is highly impossible.
~Student work permit will be only 20hr per/week (Tax free).

PLEASE NOTE

~ Studies in Germany are the best compared to US and GBR.
~VISA process is case sensitive.
~No immigration process is open in Germany.After your bachelors or masters they issue only one year job search visa please mind it.

HOW DO I REPORT CRIME:

This blog is designed only for genuine student service. Recently i heard of so many cheating cases, if you are a victim, you can compliant to Hyderabad police at

http://cyberabadpolice.gov.in/howdo...

Regards
Osmium free education consultancy.
M.Sunil reddy
Kothapeta-Hyderabad
Sunilreddy1212@yahoo.com
ph:9959560679. contact after 10am-6pm.

Note: If you have any query feel free to contact us on 0091-9959560679 or you can send an sms with your brief details. Due to huge mails i can't post any reply for each and every single response. Please kindly co-operate.

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Free education in Germany.

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Note: please don"t encourage our consultants with your precious initial payments, as a rule we charge only after your admission.

This is Sunil Reddy Mallela.
I have completed my masters degree in computer sciences from HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY, GERMANY. I am working now, as a consultant for a number of consultants who are widely known for their reputation in Hyderabad.

Actually, I have started this blog initially in 2008. This was the first blog to educate the students about studies in Germany and Europe. The idea behind posting a blog was to interact with more no. Of students as this is the best social networking in day today life. And the content can be discussed easily with a large number of friends and thus check out the GENUINE in it.

But, unfortunately after i have placed my blog, some of consultants have copied this idea of posting the blog and a few, i found, have copied my blog itself.

I have now updated this blog to give a complete idea of education in Germany
Some people don”t know anything about Germany and other countries in Europe but they make you believe that they are the best in Hyderabad.

Advantages with my consultancy:

9+ years experience in free education.
I accept only eligible applications, i don”t want to waste your precious time.
No initial payments(no hidden cost).
Expertise in free education, Scholarships and PhD.
* Time taken for admission : 2-3 months
Intake timings: MAR/APR and SEP/OCT.
Students should have at least 60%(4years degree) in final degree.

* Courses offered:
MS in computer science, multimedia, networking technologies,Geo Informatics, Bio Informatics.

Masters in electronics,Embedded Systems, RF Integrated Circuits, Digital Signal Processing, Chip Design, Communication,STM,Power Electronics,Automation,Energy Engineering.

Mechanical and Process Engineering, Mechatronics,Production, Material Science, automobile.

Bio Technology, Bio science, Bio Medical Engineering, Process Engineering, Energy Technology, Environmental, Water Resources, Chemical Engineering,

For 3 year Graduates: International Business, Marketing, Finance(B.com and BBA with 65%)

EDUCATION with 900 Euros SCHOLARSHIP.
Time taken for admission : 2-3 months
* Intake timings: MARCH/ APRIL and SEPT/OCT.
* Students should have a minimum of 75% in their final degree course (4 years).
* Courses offered : MS in computer science, Masters in electronics, EEE,Mechanical.
Required IELTS score -6.5 /TOEFL.
If you are financially poor my consultancy charges will be 0 (ONLY FOR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS).

AFTER THE ADMISSION.

~Visa process and documentation are very sensitive for Germany. You need experienced person to guide for your visa process.
~Your financial condition should be good to process for your application.
~At the time of visa you need to show 7800 euros bank DD or same euros in student blocked account. Without bank DD getting visa is highly impossible.
~Student work permit will be only 20hr per/week (Tax free).

PLEASE NOTE

~ Studies in Germany are the best compared to US and GBR.
~VISA process is case sensitive.
~No immigration process is open in Germany.After your bachelors or masters they issue only one year job search visa please mind it.

HOW DO I REPORT CRIME:

This blog is designed only for genuine student service. Recently i heard of so many cheating cases, if you are a victim, you can compliant to Hyderabad police at

http://cyberabadpolice.gov.in/howdo...

Regards
Osmium free education consultancy.
M.Sunil reddy
Kothapeta-Hyderabad
Sunilreddy1212@yahoo.com
ph:9959560679. contact after 10am-6pm.

Note: If you have any query feel free to contact us on 0091-9959560679 or you can send an sms with your brief details. Due to huge mails i can't post any reply for each and every single response. Please kindly co-operate.

Cities see boom in sales of luxurious housing

The country’s largest real estate developer, DLF, sold apartments worth Rs 1,000 crore in December. This is the highest monthly sale the company has recorded in its history. There are many developers like DLF who have seen a surge in the sale of apartments across the country in the quarter ended December, especially in the luxury and semi-luxury category.A large chunk of DLF’s sales are also from the luxury and semi-luxury segments. It sold 76 apartments of Rs 5 crore each in The Magnolias, Gurgaon, netting nearly Rs 400 crore. The project has apartments of 5,825 sq ft each and duplexes and penthouses of 9,000 to 10,000 sq ft each.It made another Rs 200-300 crore each in its relaunched projects, DLF Belaire and Park Place, in Gurgaon. Belaire had a price of Rs 2-3 crore each and Park Place of Rs 1.25-1.5 crore.

Indiabulls Real Estate has sold 100 apartments in its 65-storey ‘Indiabulls Sky’ in the Lower Parel area of Mumbai in the past four months. It has also recently launched Indiabulls Sky Suites with full-age advertisements, promising ‘A head in the clouds experience’’. While, apartments in Sky were priced at Rs 6.75-22.5 crore, depending on the size, Sky Suites are expected to be higher.Indiabulls is also working on a super-luxury, ‘By invitation only’, Indiabulls Sky Forest, where homes are more than 10,000 sq ft each and priced 10-20 per cent higher than Sky projects.Buoyed by response for its premium housing projects, Orbit Corporation, another Mumbai-based developer, says it will launch one luxury project in the city every quarter. Orbit has sold off its first lot of 18 flats in Orbit Terraces — a premium housing project in the Lower Parel area where apartments ranged from Rs 3.3 crore to Rs 6.6 crore — within 17 days of its launch in September. It sold another dozen flats in the same building later.Orbit earlier sold its Orbit Arya project in South Mumbai, where apartments were priced at Rs 10-15 crore, within a month.

The increasing sales are a result of many factors, besides general economic recovery. “A host of reasons have helped property sales. Interest rates are down, property prices are down 30 per cent from the peak and markets are doing well. All these are giving confidence to buyers to buy premium homes,” says Rajeev Talwar, executive director, DLF.Agrees Raminder Grover, chief executive of Homebay Residential, part of Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj: “Post slowdown, this segment has clearly picked up and we must have marketed and sold 60-70 of homes of Rs 5 crore and above.”Developers are cashing on this demand by offering even more expensive and exclusive apartments. For instance, Pune-based Kumar Builders is planning to build ‘sky villas’ in the Worli area of Mumbai, where the first villa will start from the twelfth floor. Called Kumar Couture, it will overlook the Bandra-Worli Sea Link and will be priced at Rs 30 crore each, for about 8,000 sq ft.

Beyond Delhi and Mumbai

In Hyderabad, Dax Properties Pvt Ltd (part of Countryside Realtors Pvt Ltd) has sold 65 to 70 villas in its Golf Retreat Project since the launch last month. Costing Rs 1.2-2.5 crore each, they vary from 500 sq yards to 2,000 sq yards.“There are takers from all over the country,’’ says Hassan, managing director of Dax. Another developer, Aditya Housing and Infrastructure Development Corporation, has sold 20 villas out of 30 at Empress Park in the Jubilee Hills area of Hyderabad. Each villa costs Rs 3.5 crore.A few days earlier, Aditya Housing announced Mount Castle at Nandagiri Hills in the city, where each floor was occupied by a single flat. Of the 24 it plans to develop, it has already sold five.In Pune, Kumar Builders sold 77 flats within a short span of time in its premium project, 45 Nirvana Hills, where apartments are priced above Rs 1 crore. The company plans to launch two or three luxury housing projects — flats, bungalows and row houses — in prime localities like Kalyani Nagar and Hadapsar.Bangalore is also likely to see more luxury projects in the category of Rs 4 crore-plus by developers such as Prestige and Nitesh Estates, as developers have seen good response for the premium products in the past three months.http://www.maaproperties.com

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Free Education in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Norway, Finland, Swiss

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Note: please don"t encourage our consultants with your precious initial payments, as a rule we charge only after your admission.

This is Sunil Reddy Mallela.
I have completed my masters degree in computer sciences from HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY, GERMANY. I am working now, as a consultant for a number of consultants who are widely known for their reputation in Hyderabad.

Actually, I have started this blog initially in 2008. This was the first blog to educate the students about studies in Germany and Europe. The idea behind posting a blog was to interact with more no. Of students as this is the best social networking in day today life. And the content can be discussed easily with a large number of friends and thus check out the GENUINE in it.

But, unfortunately after i have placed my blog, some of consultants have copied this idea of posting the blog and a few, i found, have copied my blog itself.

I have now updated this blog to give a complete idea of education in Germany
Some people don”t know anything about Germany and other countries in Europe but they make you believe that they are the best in Hyderabad.

Advantages with my consultancy:

9+ years experience in free education.
I accept only eligible applications, i don”t want to waste your precious time.
No initial payments(no hidden cost).
Expertise in free education, Scholarships and PhD.
* Time taken for admission : 2-3 months
Intake timings: MAR/APR and SEP/OCT.
Students should have at least 60%(4years degree) in final degree.

* Courses offered:
MS in computer science, multimedia, networking technologies,Geo Informatics, Bio Informatics.

Masters in electronics,Embedded Systems, RF Integrated Circuits, Digital Signal Processing, Chip Design, Communication,STM,Power Electronics,Automation,Energy Engineering.

Mechanical and Process Engineering, Mechatronics,Production, Material Science, automobile.

Bio Technology, Bio science, Bio Medical Engineering, Process Engineering, Energy Technology, Environmental, Water Resources, Chemical Engineering,

For 3 year Graduates: International Business, Marketing, Finance(B.com and BBA with 65%)

EDUCATION with 900 Euros SCHOLARSHIP.
Time taken for admission : 2-3 months
* Intake timings: MARCH/ APRIL and SEPT/OCT.
* Students should have a minimum of 75% in their final degree course (4 years).
* Courses offered : MS in computer science, Masters in electronics, EEE,Mechanical.
Required IELTS score -6.5 /TOEFL.
If you are financially poor my consultancy charges will be 0 (ONLY FOR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS).

AFTER THE ADMISSION.

~Visa process and documentation are very sensitive for Germany. You need experienced person to guide for your visa process.
~Your financial condition should be good to process for your application.
~At the time of visa you need to show 7800 euros bank DD or same euros in student blocked account. Without bank DD getting visa is highly impossible.
~Student work permit will be only 20hr per/week (Tax free).

PLEASE NOTE

~ Studies in Germany are the best compared to US and GBR.
~VISA process is case sensitive.
~No immigration process is open in Germany.After your bachelors or masters they issue only one year job search visa please mind it.

HOW DO I REPORT CRIME:

This blog is designed only for genuine student service. Recently i heard of so many cheating cases, if you are a victim, you can compliant to Hyderabad police at

http://cyberabadpolice.gov.in/howdo...

Regards
Osmium free education consultancy.
M.Sunil reddy
Kothapeta-Hyderabad
Sunilreddy1212@yahoo.com
ph:9959560679. contact after 10am-6pm.

Note: If you have any query feel free to contact us on 0091-9959560679 or you can send an sms with your brief details. Due to huge mails i can't post any reply for each and every single response. Please kindly co-operate.

Maytas Properties may go to strategic investor

Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid today said the government is looking at the possibilities of inducting a strategic buyer for Maytas Properties, the company promoted by the kins of disgraced Satyam founder B Ramalinga Raju "For all practical reasoning, obviously that (strategic sale) is something that would work out... but they (board members) have to decide," Khurshid said when asked whether efforts were on to find a strategic buyer for the troubled company.

"Ved Jain (Chairman of Maytas Properties) is working out all permutation and combinations, and we are trying to give him all help required... We have very limited option since we have started the process we want to bring it to a satisfactory end," the Minister said. Following the admission of accounting fraud in Satyam Computer Services by Raju last year, the government appointed its own nominees on the twin companies -- Maytas Infra and Maytas Properties -- promoted by Raju's sons.

Ved Jain, the then President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, was appointed Chairman of the company in March 2009 and was give the task to rehabilitate Maytas Properties, a company with interest in real estate in and around Hyderabad. Several Non-Resident Indians who booked flats in projects promoted by Maytas Properties have been asking the government to expedite rehabilitation of the company. The company had raised Rs 650 crore from customers for the Rs 1,100-crore Hill County project near Hyderabad. Maytas Properties reportedly has a land bank of about 6,000 acres. Maytas Properties and Maytas Infra were the two companies which Satyam had tried to purchase in December 2008 but the deal was aborted following objections by shareholders.http://www.maaproperties.com/Pages/ModuleContent.aspx?Module=News&nid=1122

The Homecoming

December 11 '08, 6.47pm
The clock showed 6.47pm. It made noise with the tick of every second, but nobody heard. It has become a part of the din of the day. The evening faded and the layer of dust on its top thickened.

Aslam entered the room with haste. He closed the door behind and moved toward the bed. His steps were loud. Sarah lay on the corner of the bed. She heard the approaching steps and cried, "please do not". The protest was lame. It was a pleading. She was thoroughly languished and had barely any energy. Her back was bare and bruised. She couldn't feel her legs anymore. Tears filled the eyes that reflected emptiness and blood trickled from the corner of her mouth.

"Please do not", she pleaded again. She knew it was futile to plead. In the last 90 minutes, six men ignored her words. She resisted, even violently, the first two. She hit the third and he punched and kicked her. When the fourth walked in, she began to accept her fate. Hope faded; energy gave in; will broke. Six men. From behind. 90 minutes.

Aslam looked at her thighs. When he moved closer, he noticed the blood on the pillow. He couldn't see her face clearly. He stopped and observed for a few seconds. "Please", Sarah said, tears running down her cheeks and soaking the pillow. Her voice was barely audible. "Scream!", Aslam said in an audible whisper. Sarah was too much in shock to comprehend. "Scream!" Aslam raised his voice. Sarah heard him now, but she failed to construe his suggestion. Even as she strived to understand, Aslam explained, "Look! If you don't scream, they will feel something is odd. You must scream. I won't fuck you. Don't worry. But you must scream".

Sarah thanked his gesture with a glance. She could do whatever at that moment, if only it saved her from another round of rape. Another round of fucking. But, has it ended? What if there's an eighth who is waiting for his turn? What if there are more? What is she? What is left of her? Sarah started screaming. Aslam sat on a chair and watched her scream. A kind fucker watching a helpless woman, raped and sapped of her life. For the moment, though, he was the saviour. Fifteen minutes went by when he stood up and walked out.

Sarah looked into the mirror. She sought to find herself. She couldn't. Tears, blood and void - that's all she could see. At the foot of the mirror, she noticed the burnt remains of her passport. Two hours before, she was a woman with dreams, wishes and hopes. In two hours, she saw her life slip by. Forcefully taken, caged and mauled. An erased identity, shattered dreams, quivering frame, pulsating heart and lifeless soul are all that remained.

Aslam walked toward Varadan who was engrossed in watching television. Aslam fastened his belt, tucked in his shirt and pretended to adjust his hair. Varadan looked at him, gulped a sip of beer and winked. "Awesome, wasn't she?" he asked. "The best bomb, boss!" Aslam smiled. Both of them shared a good laugh.

December 11 '08, 4.00pm
The car was speeding and Sarah's hair was swaying with the breeze. "I'm so excited", she said, looking at Asghar, her spouse for three years, who was driving. "After a year when we will have saved much money, we will come back and take mom along with us. She will be so happy", she shared her plans with glee. "A small house, and she will have her own room". She tapped on Asghar's shoulder. "And, you know, we will...", she continued when Asghar's phone rang. "Varadan", the name read. Asghar answered promptly. "Yeah yeah!" A pause. "Soon", he kept it brief. Sarah was lost in her world of dreams. She looked at the sky and noticed the solitary bird flying at leisure. She imagined herself cruising through the skies, comfortably seated in aircraft. "Can't wait to get into the flight... just a few hours away!" she enjoyed a brief monologue.

Sarah turned to Asghar. She put her arms around his neck and asked lovingly, "You will come soon, right? I will miss you, love!"

"I will join you in three weeks, sweetheart", Asghar assured.

"Listen! Do they serve wine in flight? I will try two", she said. Asghar smiled and said, "I am tired. How about stopping by at a friend's?"

Sarah continued, "I won't get tipsy, don't worry!"

A moment later, she nodded, "Yeah, sure dear! We can. You can take me wherever you want. So long as you drop me at the airport next morning on time! I'm all yours, honey!". She gave a quick peck. Asghar looked at her. "We will have a ball", he teased. "Airport will just be 30 minutes away. I will drop you on time. Worry not", he assured.

Sarah looked at Asghar fondly.

December 11 '08, 4.25pm
Satya opened the door. Asghar smiled and walked in. Asghar took Sarah's purse and asked her to come in, too. A gentlemanly gesture. Sarah followed him. Satya smiled and stared at her. It had the suggestion of being lewd, and it inconvenienced Sarah. They walked in to a spacious hall. Varadan was playing a game of cards with Irfan and Mitra. As they exchanged greetings with Asghar, Sarah noticed three mugs of beer and a few butts of cigarette on the table. At the corner on Irfan's side, there was a briefcase. On its top, she noticed a pistol. She moved closer to Asghar. As Irfan and Mitra looked at her admiringly, Varadan grinned and said, "Welcome home!"

"Thank you!" Sarah said, with a hesitant smile. It was a formal, ingenuine response. But it seemed like nobody cared.

Irfan took the pistol and pushed it into his pocket. Irfan was swift. Sarah observed the gesture with extreme alertness. None of the others did.

Suddenly she felt a hand slithering across her waist. She shuddered instinctively, held Asghar's hand tight and looked back. "Sorry! Some insect", Satya said. Sarah looked at him but didn't say a word. His was a sly smile, and Sarah noticed it. She moved further close to Asghar and whispered, "You want us to stay here?" She actually meant, "I don't feel good at this place. Let's go!" Asghar looked at her and assured, "Relax! Nice people".

"Killed it", Satya told Sarah as he crossed her to stand beside Irfan. Satya sported a wide grin. It repulsed Sarah.

Sarah overheard a few men shouting and clapping in the room behind Irfan. It felt they were enjoying a cricket match. She was unsure of their number, but she was sure they would be at least three.

Satya pulled the briefcase up and looked at Varadan. They communicated with glances; a code they had agreed upon, practised and perfected through years. Sarah could not comprehend anything. Her impulse was to just run away. She wished Asghar would change his mind about staying there for the night.

"Here, dude!" Satya handed over the briefcase to Asghar. Asghar gave Sarah's purse, in exchange.

Sarah's heart skipped a beat. The code wasn't private to the group. Asghar also, she realised, knew the code. "Asghar!" she meant to tell him to not give the purse.

"Passport?" Mitra asked.

"Yeah. Everything in", Asghar replied. "Thank you", he told Varadan. It was clear to Sarah that something was amiss. Asghar let his hand off Sarah's grip and made a move. Sarah was nonplussed. Mitra pulled open the zips of the purse and held it upside down.

"Excuse me! What the hell are you doing?" Sarah asked Mitra. Asghar walked toward the door. Mitra pretended he hadn't heard. Varadan looked intently at Sarah. Irfan and Satya laughed. Sarah made a frantic move. "Asghar! Where are you going? What's going on?" she shouted. Asghar ignored and walked ahead. Sarah ran towards Asghar and held him by the collar and pulled. Everyone enjoyed a good laugh. "Chill, babe!" Irfan said loud. "This is your home", he laughed.

Mitra emptied the contents of the purse on the table. He found the passport and gave it to Varadan.

Asghar turned back. "Where are you going??" Sarah yelled. A muscular fellow, he pulled Sarah's hand off his shirt and pushed her with force. He heard her no more. He won't answer. Sarah almost fell down, but Satya held her from behind. He had his hands press against her breasts. It was deliberate. "Easy, sweetie", he said. Sarah was irate. She tried to loosen his grip. "You bastard! You can't do this to me. Don't go", she shouted at Asghar who was opening the door. "You can't do this to me!" Tears rushed down her cheeks as she still wrestled with Satya and yelled at Asghar who closed the door and walked out. Without a word. Without a trace of remorse.

"I loved you!" Sarah cried. "I loved you!"

She tried helplessly to remove Satya's hands. She attempted to run toward the door. She wanted to run away. However hard she tried, she was too powerless for Satya. He lifted her and took back to Varadan. "Let me go, you asshole!" she dug her nails against Satya's hands. He laughed and ignored. Varadan held her passport up and licked her photograph.

"Fucken assholes! What do you want?" Sarah yelled.

Mitra picked his glass and threw the beer on her. Her eyes were fuming with anger and the chilled drink hit hard against her face. "You", Mitra said with a smile. A pack of wolves ready to pounce and gorge on the prey. Sarah was the prey. The hunt was complete.

"How do they feel?" Irfan asked Satya.

"Let me go!" Sarah pleaded.

December 11 '08, 5.17pm
The room was dimly lit. Satya finally let Sarah off. "All yours, boss!" he told Varadan. He quickly walked out and bolted the door. Varadan walked close to Sarah and sprayed perfume on her. He threw the bottle on the bed and moved closer to hold her. She moved back. "Dare not touch me, you fucker!" she warned.

Varadan smiled. "You are in, honey! There's no going out from here".

Sarah rushed to the door. She tried to open, but it would not. She banged the door. "Open", she shouted. "Open the door, filthy bastards". Varadan approached her with ease. He was absolutely sure of the opponent's moves. He was in total control of the game. He ran his fingers through her hair. She quickly turned around and pushed Varadan fiercely. "Don't!" she reminded. Varadan was unmoved. He moved closer as Sarah avoided him. He clasped her hands. She tried in vain to avoid him. He tried to kiss her lips. She quickly turned away her face. He bit and licked her cheek. Possessed by rage, Sarah kicked him in the abdomen. Even for a rugged, strong man that Varadan was, it was painful.

It took him a few seconds to collect himself. He punched Sarah on her face. She fell to the floor. "Remember the equation, doll. I am the Man", he said.

"Shameless bastard! One must be a disgusting worm to hit a woman. And you call yourself a man! You are just a male. Not a man. You can never be".

Varadan moved towards the mirror and picked the lighter up. He pulled out Sarah's passport, air ticket and other documents from his shirt pocket. With an arrogant smile at Sarah, he held them against the flame.

Sarah hurriedly crawled toward him to stop. "Son of a bitch!" The documents were on fire. She held his legs and tried getting up. He slapped her hard again. She fell down. At his feet. The burned remnants of her documents slowly fell beside her. She held his foot and bit his leg with all her strength. Varadan grabbed her hair, pulled her up and threw her on the bed beside. Sarah fell down on her face. Varadan threw down the burning documents. He admired her body for a moment and stripped her skirt. She tried turning around and kicking the fellow. He held her hands tight from behind and pressed her against the bed. She couldn't turn. He stripped her undergarment. Sarah lay naked from below the waist.

"I will show you who the man is, you intelligent cunt". He unbuttoned his trousers.

Outside the room, Irfan, Mitra and Satya were playing dice. To decide whose turn it would next be. "There! Me next", Irfan revelled.

"She's a tough nut", Satya said.

"My foot! It takes just a few weeks even for the toughest to crack", Mitra joined. "Third week on, one starts adjusting. Six weeks, she begins liking it", he shared his insights. "Six months down, this same tough nut will be a professional whore, liking it every bit. Wanna bet?" They laughed. Sarah's life; their joke.

December 12 '08, 2.12pm
"Hello?" said the voice from the other side of the phone.

Sarah restrained breaking down. "Hello?" she heard the voice again. A pause later, Sarah greeted, "Hello, mom!"

"How are you, darling?"

"Fine, mom. Reached an hour ago. How are you?"

"Found the place? Did Asghar's friend come and receive you?

"Yes. Mom..."

"God bless Asghar! I always knew he is right for you. Else, I was worried how you will go".

"Yeah. Asghar was a great...", Sarah's voice choked. "...a great help".

"Is it very cold there, Saru? Wear sweater. And did you take the medicine last evening? I hope you didn't puke on flight!"

"Ya. Took the medicine, mom".

"Is this the new number?"

"Yes. Ah... no. No, this isn't. This is a kiosk. Will tell you the number later".

"Oh, you haven't reached the place yet?"

"No. I did. Mom,... I will give the number later".

"Tell me the address, Saru. Let me write it down. Wait, I will get the pen".

"Mom. Wait! I will... I will write you a letter. I don't know the street number and zip yet. I will write you and let you know".

"Okay. Write soon. And take good care of yourself, child. I always think of you".

Sarah was in tears. "Yes, mom... you do, too. ...and..."

Irfan cut the line and took the pistol away from her forehead. As he put it in his pocket, he said, "Good job. One call a month. One letter. Some bucks. Don't worry, the old girl will be fine".

As he walked away, he turned and said, "You wanted to go to the U.S for fast bucks only, after all. You will make more here".

January 09 '09, 10.53am
"I don't want to fucken eat!" Sarah yelled at Mitra who brought her the breakfast.

"All right. One call from the boss and they will fucken pump ten fucken bullets into the fucken brains of your fucken old woman. How about that?" Mitra left the breakfast on the table and left the room, closing the door with a bang. He took away the envelope addressed to Sarah's mother. It had a letter and two five-hundred dollar notes.

Sarah wept. She had no choice. She remembered her mother. The unwritten words remained with her. "Dearest mother, I am dying. Please save me!"

February 10 '09, 01.16am
The last client left ten minutes ago. It was a long day for Sarah. She lay naked on the bed. She looked up. The ceiling was white. Quiet. Empty. Emptied. Like her eyes. She got up and walked toward the window. She pulled the curtains open. Behind the iron railings was the glass window through which she could see the enire city. Shimmering in lights. Speeding cars. Weary pavements. Trampled cigarette butts. A sleepless metro hosting millions of dark lives.

As she focused hard, she saw her own faint reflection in the glass.

April 06 '09, 4.34pm
Sarah gave the envelope to Aslam. A letter and four five-hundred dollar notes. "Careful", Sarah reminded. "Absolutely", Aslam reassured.

Aslam walked out and shut the door. Sarah looked at the door. "Dearest mother, I am retreating. Don't let me go!"

April 06 '09, 11.03pm
Sarah sat naked against the pillow and sipped wine. The young man pulled out his wallet and counted the money. "Look. I don't want money. I made plenty. I make...", Sarah said and paused.

The chap looked at Sarah. "Come again!"

"Look. You said you are with government. I want a passport and a pistol".

The young man shrugged. "Why?"

"I will pay you 10% more".

The man threw two five-hundred dollar notes on her and left.

October 22 '09, 12.23pm
"How about the day after? He's a rich ass. He will give you two trucks of gold for an hour", Irfan asked Sarah. Varadan laughed. "Didn't I tell you I'm busy all this week?" Sarah commanded a reply. "Only after November 2nd. Till then, ask him to cool his dick in gold". Varadan burst into laughter. Irfan couldn't help laughing, either.

Irfan took the envelope from Sarah. He wanted to try again. "He is a dude with great power. Will be good for our business", he tried to convince.

"Power! Power is when you have strength but don't use it. Not when you do", Sarah replied. "He who exercises strength is not powerful; he is a weakling. An ant is more powerful than such a shaky ass", she added. "Fuck off!"

Sarah liked Varadan. She made the best business for him, so Varadan showered her with incentives. It was easy, now, for her to command everyone. Stockholm syndrome didn't perplex her anymore; she learned about it the hard way, in real time.

"Dearest mother, I am vanishing. Don't let me go, please!" The unwritten words, yet again.

March 01 '10, 11.41am
"We will go and visit her. Don't brood. She has been put in the best hospital in town. Rizwan knows everyone. He is running the show fine", Varadan assured Sarah.

"I need to visit my mother", Sarah insisted.

"We will get your passport in a day. Irfan is doing the tickets for us. Relax. Don't brood. You are a strong slut".

Sarah looked at Varadan. She reflected: "Strong? What was I? What am I? What is left of me? A woman who walked out of home to chase her dreams. An abject pawn in a chilling tale of ruthless betrayal. A professional whore with a dead soul. A living commodity for the needs of lust. An involuntary accomplice in the cruel game of abuse of humans".

"Dearest mother, don't leave me alone. Please! I am coming. I am coming home". She never uttered these words. Her mother never heard.

"Irfan. Three tickets. Dubai to Mumbai", Varadan reminded Irfan.

March 08 '10, 6.19pm
Sarah put the flower gently on the grave. Varadan and Irfan stood behind, at a distance. Sarah looked at the inscription.

Josephine d'Souza
(September 21, 1946 - March 06, 2010)

She ran her fingers along her mother's name. She longed to feel the warmth of her love. All she felt was the cold of the stone. "Dearest mother. I have come home. But where am I? Where are you? Where are dreams? Where is love?" Tears rushed in cascade.

March 08 '10, 6.47pm
Irfan accelerated the car as they hit the expressway. He spotted a huge, brightly-lit billboard a few metres away. The ad read:

For the beautiful half of the world
Happy Women's Day!

99 years of celebrating womanhood. Share your vision. Call: 9000933399 E-mail: vision99@iwdindia.org

It featured the smiling face of a model. Irfan looked at her and she reminded him of Sarah. He looked at her from the rear-view mirror and fantasised abusing and fucking her.

Sarah opened the window. Her hair danced wildly in the breeze. The sun had just set. In the fading light of the day, Sarah looked out of the window and noticed the retreating waves of the sea.

Her eyes, devoid of all dreams, would not seek to stop her retreating soul anymore.

The Great Indian Laughter Challenge

If we rank governments as regards compassion, ours should rank first. So that the citizens never get bored, it cracks jokes with amazing frequency. Laughing is good for health, so making people laugh is the best healthcare and compassionate gesture. The latest one came in the form of women's bill. Only, the joke is on women! And on us, the citizens, at large! As it always is, truth be told!

A historical move, they said on the idiot box. A few women anchors seek opinions and reactions from a few pretty young girls at some academic institution. "Women rock!" is the unanimous verdict. They giggle a lot, yell a lot, and think little. And the TV channel passes it as if they are the jury and they have just announced the judgment. It's quite likely that none of these would make it to mainstream politics in their lifetime. Besides, it's quite likely they may settle in a foreign country. And I can bet my money that most of them haven't spent even two minutes to think what the bill is all about. Look at it from whichever way, they are an inappropriate sample (for this issue) to represent the generation. It's the opinions of these that the news channel airs as the "voice of India's young women"! It's tough to decide whom to laugh at - the government? the media? the audience (you and me)?

When there has never been, in the first place, any restriction for women to participate in politics, what's the rationale to press for quota for them? Politics is serious business, and it's ridiculous to seek participation by invitation. That effects a new form of discrimination, doesn't it? - that against men. You may be the best man for the job, but the seat is meant for a woman! Are women incapable of getting elected without a law to push them along? It confounds me that women are thrilled at this move, when the message actually is - they are not as good as men and need the help of law to get political power!

We had Indira Gandhi at the helm for many years. We have Sonia Gandhi, Pratibha Patil, and a bunch of women parliamentarians and legislators. So when the process doesn't have a bias against women, why this need for quota? Besides, the law is flawed for it assumes that if there are more women in parliament they will fight for women's rights more strongly! Assuming that the law is indeed meant to benefit women, which "women" are they exactly referring to? If the government is so very clear as to which women it wants to help and what kind of benefits it wants to provide to them, what is stopping it from doing it right away? If they really care for their upliftment and believe that this can be achieved only by having more women in parliament, why not mandate parties to nominate 30% women as their representatives? What stopped Sonia Gandhi to mandate her party to allocate 30% tickets to women? Why doesn't she push Priyanka into politics? Why Rahul Gandhi? Instead of mandating the parties, why mandate citizens to elect a certain percentage of women? She obviously didn't want to risk the ire of the male party representatives.

And whom do they want to uplift? The spouses and relations of the goons (read politicians) that we have now? After all, it will be them who will contest and win. And loot the country. The downtrodden, the oppressed, the poor women will never be given a chance. So, whom will it exactly benefit? There are, even now, many women who are working for the upliftment of the disadvantaged. But they will never be allowed to enter mainstream politics. If the government really cares, as it would have me believe, why doesn't it invite them right away and provide them with the requisite funds and infrastructure? What has government done to, say, Sunitha Krishnan who has been working for the exploited and marginalised women? Instead, a few of her colleagues have been eliminated! And she continues to receive threats.

The reference group for politicians is always an abstract one. They always talk about change happening "somewhere there". And the gullible buy it too. Change is always in reference to "the others". They always talk in terms of "we will help them". Nobody ever questions who exactly them are.

Doesn't the government know where the poor live? Doesn't it know where prostitutes live? What stopped the government to rehabilitate, educate and employ the thousands of exploited women in, for example, a Sonagachi or a Kamatipura? What stops the government from doing so? Does it need more women parliamentarians to research, analyse and do a thesis in order to take action? Bullshit. The government makes a huge revenue from these spots and slums alike, so it will never touch them. Instead, it would want them to thrive. So the poor and the exploited would remain as they are. Affirmative action is just a political point-making in this country. Nothing more.

If it really cares, why not improve the quality of education for women? Why not penalise parents who don't send their girl child to school? Why not execute those who commit female feoticide and infanticide? Why not encourage more women to become social entrepreneurs? Why not persuade women to think more independently? What is really required is a change in the culture of how men and women relate to each other. The problem is with attitudes and values. You cannot change these by passing laws. It's akin to a large company that razes hundreds of acres of forest for its survival and does a few CSR exercises to flaunt that it cares for the world! It works good for the feminist organisations as well. They need some situation or the other, else the funds will stop. And if there's no situation, they must create one. Nobody gives a damn to the poor, the exploited, and the disadvantaged. The few who do are pushed into the background.

India is a telling proof as to why democracy doesn't work for a large, diverse population. As a scholar noticed, "India's grotesque personality cult built around the Nehru-Gandhi family continues to make its people the laughingstocks of the world. Let's face it, the primitivist politics belying India's democratic facade shows the country's true face. The bill is a farce. It personifies the Congress government's impotent rule. If the government really wanted more Women participation there must have been a reservation for the weaker sections of the society. Now, bigger classes and upper castes will have the last laugh. The one time electable 1/3rd women will plunder the country in 5 years and waltz away overseas".

Arun Shourie sums up perfectly the current state of the country: "Now, mediocrity has become the norm. Intimidation has become argument, and assault has become proof. Because I can assault you therefore I am right".

They talked about liberalisation as if it was the panacea. It has been twenty years. Trade has certainly changed for the better. The rich have become richer, the successful have become more arrogant, and the powerful have become more ruthless. What else has changed? Of course a few crumbs were thrown at the poor, for that helps the PR chaps to project that the campaign has been immensely successful.

A fitting quote: "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy".

The joke is on women. The joke is on us. I wonder when we will wake up!

Three Birds

There are three kinds of birds.

The first bird is aggressive in flight and defending of its purpose. Aggression is its defence. It revels when you forget to fly, and clips your wings to accomplish its own flight. Ruthless in ambition, it's intolerant to deviations to its trajectory and its care is conditional. If you fail to comply, its eyes are red with fury. The rules are its, the game is its, and it takes you for granted. It is the master, you are the slave. It perseveres to impose its strength. Even when you fly along, it doesn't let you speak. Its delight is in reaching its destination.

The second bird is pliant but firm in resolve. Vulnerability is its strength. It grieves when you forget to fly and strains its wings to fly even to the end of the world just to see you fly. Unconditional in care and patient with trajectory, its delight is in watching you fly. If you give up on flight, its eyes are red with tears. It cares for you above itself. There are no rules, it is no game, flight is life. It braves devastating gales and rains to stand up for you. It perseveres to remind you of your strength. Even when you can't see it, it's never far enough to not hear your voice. Its focus is flight, not destination.

The third bird is too occupied with its own flight that it doesn't care whether you fly or not, or where you fly to. Its greetings are cursory and its smile is shallow.

The Mirror of Time. In Future

stiff and young
the pillars
huge and august
rising into the sky
adorned the corridor
and, as i walked,
light and swift,
smiled along

dance in my step
song in my heart
i walked past
the pillars
as beside walked
she, my world,
in hues stunning
black, red and white

dancing tresses, dark
music in laughter
whispers sweet
and joy of heavens
in her eyes, beautiful
hand, tender and loving,
in mine, seeking,
hasty and blithe

dance in my step
song in my heart
did i walk
past the pillars
that, with years,
aged, as i did,
into stones
weary and stoic

at the dusk of life, now
jaded and sullen
as i walk past
the pillars grim
i walk alone, musing
of memories unparted
precious as love
and of dreams undone

i walk past
the pillars sombre
and a life done
walking ahead in space
but i wish to
walk back, once,
back in time!
oh! if only!

languid and old
the pillars
dull and defaced
sinking into the floor
saddle the corridor
and wring my heart
with echoes, unfading,
of times, dear and distant