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NAME
: Massu or Malana,
60
Massu'sAssets
Rs.30lakh in properties
alone
Day's earnings Rs.1,000 to Rs.1,500
Begs at
: Lokhandwala.. Mostly outside high-end restaurants
visited by TV and film stars.
Working hours : 8.00
p.m. to 3.00 a.m.
Home
is : A one BHK at Amboli in Andheri
(west). He owns another 1 BHK
nearby.
Massu's 1BHK room at Amboli. Both
houses are duplexes
Family : Wife, two
sons and a daughter-in-law share the apartment with him.
Day's earnings
: Rs 1000 to 1500.
Assets : Rs
30 lakh in just properties. One son makes and sells
brooms, while the other hawks knick-knacks near Andheri
station. He has substantial savings, but would not reveal
details.
Cool
quotient : Massu is dressed in spotless
clothes when he takes an auto-rickshaw to Lokhandwala
every evening. He changes into his beggar attire near Ad Labs.
During his working hours, he has a complete sway over the
area. You will never find another beggar in his vicinity. He
takes an auto on his way home too. Stops at Yashraj
Studios for a change of clothes.
NAME:
Krishna Kumar Gite, 42
Krishna 's
Assets
Rs5 lakh in properties alone
Day's
earnings
Rs 1500 to 2000
Begs at: CP Tank, Charni Road
Working
hours: Early morning to late evening
Home is : I BHK
apartment at Nallasopara, which he shares with his brother.
Family : Brother, sister-in-law and their
children.
Day's earnings : Rs 1500 to 2000.
His worth :
The Nallasopara apartment is worth nearly Rs 5 lakh.
Krishna claimed he has substantial savings but would not put a
figure to it. 'My brother manages everything,' he said.
Cool quotient
: Claims he can't be bothered with money matters.
He retires every evening to his Nallasopara home and
hands over the day's earnings to his brother. 'My bhabhi
and brother know best what to do with the money.'
NAME :
Bharat Jain,
45
Bharat'sAssets
Rs70 lakh in
properties alone
Day's earnings Rs 2000 to 2500
Begs at
: Azad Maidan
and Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus.
Working hours :
Early morning to late evening.
Home is : Two
adjacent 1 BHK apartments in Parel, where his family
stays. Bharat, however, visits home only once in a week. His
family, which deals in school notebooks and other study
material, has tried on many occasions to get Bharat to give up
begging and join the family
business.
Bharat's Parel house where he
stays with his family. (right) The Bhandup shop the
family has rented out to a juice centre
Family : Wife, two
sons -- one studying in class X and the other in class XII --
father and brother.
Day's earnings
: Rs 2000 to 2500.
His worth : The
family apartments are worth close to Rs 60 lakh. The
family also has rented out a shop in Bhandup to a juice
centre and gets Rs 7,000-a-month in rent. The rent is
collected every month by Bharat's wife.
Cool quotient :
Bharat speaks impeccable English. He is soft spoken and you
will never find him harassing people for alms.
Name :
Haji, 26
Haji'sAssets Rs 15 lakh
Day's
earnings Rs 1000 to 2000
Begs at
: Deonar and Chembur. Usually begs near
mosques and
temples.
Working hours :
Flexi. Picks the best time to be at a temple or a
mosque.
Home is
: A room at Cheetah Camp, where his mother and
sister run a zari workshop, employing 15 people.
Family : Mother and
sister..
Day's earnings
: Rs 1000 to 2000
Earnings increase
mani-folds during festivals.
His worth : The
Cheetah Camp room worth anything between Rs 3 and 5 lakh.
The zari workshop could be worth 10 lakh. The family
earns a steady income from the zari business and his
mother has tried every trick to get him to give up begging and
join the family business.
Cool quotient :
He says managing the zari workshop is too
much
hardwork. 'I can't be bothered with all that. I like
to be left alone.. Also, I make a decent amount every day.
Name
: Doesn't matter, A Software Engineer (Double Graduate :D)
S/W Enggr 's Assets : Some old C++, Java,
Cryptography Books worth 10,000 INR. Rest all Assets are based
on EMI's (Easy Monthly Installment) so it's the bank that
owns it and not me.
Day's earning : Peanuts :)
Working Hours : Day and Night
Family :
1 intel Pentium 4 3.8 GHz CPU, 1 Flat monitor, 1 mouse
and 1 keyboard.
His worth : Depends on the Tester, If
tester files several critical bugs @ a time then he's useless
:)
Cool Quotient : Whenever he opens his mouth he
knows speaks only C, C++ and Java. Never fires anyone, only he
gets fired everywhere. The only time he stays cool is when he
gulps down two large shots of JD (Jack Daniel, Obvious someone
else is paying for those shots :D)...
So Kya soch rahe
ho. Katora Uthao Aur ...!!!; go
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