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- Sun Dec 29, 2024 8:32 pm
- Forum: India Finance
- Topic: Direct Tax code- removal of RNOR status
- Replies: 40
- Views: 78437
Re: Direct Tax code- removal of RNOR status
It's why one needs to protect their NRI status at all costs. Even if one can't afford retirement or healthcare in the west, they can go on months-long vacations around India for 6 months or so every year to retain the NRI status. not sure about staying 6 months every year. According the rules, http...
- Wed Dec 18, 2024 8:03 pm
- Forum: Life in USA
- Topic: USA Bashing
- Replies: 78
- Views: 75451
Re: USA Bashing
It has everything to do with USD being reserve currency. Military might and projection is a basic requirement for a currency to be reserve. Thats why it was the Pound back when UK was still a power. The decline of US dollar has started - see this https://dailyreckoning.com/gradually-then-suddenly/ ...
- Sun Oct 20, 2024 9:23 am
- Forum: Current Affairs
- Topic: Chennai Rains
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3736
Chennai Rains
https://www.instagram.com/newindianexpress/reel/DBGep84hpVv/ Following the heavy rain warning in #Chennai, people have started parking their cars on the #Velachery flyover as a precaution pretty soon they will start building small kudisai on these flyovers - may be the best solution for the floods ...
- Wed Sep 25, 2024 9:13 am
- Forum: Current Affairs
- Topic: Tirupati Laddu controversy
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13583
Re: Tirupati Laddu controversy
Tirupati laddu is the most sacred of all foods in India. If they find a way to adulterate it I do not trust any outside foods in India. I have a nagging suspicion most of the oils they sell are bulk neutral oil they import and then add flavoring to convert it to gingelly oil etc (based on price of r...
- Wed Sep 11, 2024 4:36 pm
- Forum: Diaries
- Topic: Summer Vacay Chronicles
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15385
Re: Summer Vacay Chronicles
We recently went to Denver, CO and decided not to rent a car for our vacation. Denver has excellent public transportation system and the cost to ride are miniscule compared to private shuttles and rental cars. Did RMNP through public transportation (they have insane reservation requirements if you b...
- Fri Jun 07, 2024 10:53 am
- Forum: Life in USA
- Topic: How is living experience in Texas?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9208
Re: How is living experience in Texas?
Houstonian here - Houston suburbs are still priced reasonably compared to crazy increases I saw over the last couple of years in FL cities (~100K cheaper for a 2500 sq ft house). smallish Indian grocery stores compared to NJ. while the property taxes seem high (~3.2% in some new developments due to ...