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Old 11-06-2010, 08:44 AM
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Mukesh Ambani, the richest man in India and the fifth/fourth richest in the world (depending on your sources), has built his skyscraper mansion, Antilla, in Mumbai; standing 570 feet tall, with 27 floors, 3 helipads, dedicated ATC center, parking for 170 cars over six floors, a 50 foot high boundary wall, 600 staff members to man the place, the home is worth over $1 billion according to The Telegraph.

A video on Forbes.com:
http://video.forbes.com/fvn/billiona...airehome043008

All this in a nation where 2.5 million die each year of hunger.
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That is hard to stomach, for sure...
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Old 11-06-2010, 09:34 AM
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That is hard to stomach, for sure...
Your priceless pedal reviews still attract more respect from me than billions of dollars worth of homes
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There was a thread on this a couple weeks ago.
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Old 11-06-2010, 10:02 AM
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There was a thread on this a couple weeks ago.
Whatcha saying? I searched TB for this and got no results:

http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en...=&oq=&gs_rfai=

http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en...=&oq=&gs_rfai=

http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en...=&oq=&gs_rfai=

And if you're going to make a thread on this topic without mentioning the words Mukesh Ambani, Antilla or 'most expensive home', you might as well not make it at all
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Old 11-06-2010, 10:19 AM
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Mukesh Ambani, the richest man in India and the fifth/fourth richest in the world (depending on your sources), has built his skyscraper mansion, Antilla, in Mumbai; standing 570 feet tall, with 27 floors, 3 helipads, dedicated ATC center, parking for 170 cars over six floors, a 50 foot high boundary wall, 600 staff members to man the place, the home is worth over $1 billion according to The Telegraph.

A video on Forbes.com:
http://video.forbes.com/fvn/billiona...airehome043008

All this in a nation where 25 million die each year of hunger.
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Mukesh Ambani, the richest man in India and the fifth/fourth richest in the world (depending on your sources), has built his skyscraper mansion, Antilla, in Mumbai; standing 570 feet tall, with 27 floors, 3 helipads, dedicated ATC center, parking for 170 cars over six floors, a 50 foot high boundary wall, 600 staff members to man the place, the home is worth over $1 billion according to The Telegraph.

A video on Forbes.com:
http://video.forbes.com/fvn/billiona...airehome043008

All this in a nation where 25 million die each year of hunger.

25 million? that is alot
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25 million? that is alot
My bad Should've been 2.5 million (25 lakh in Indian terms)
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