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What You Always Wanted to Know about Home Painting but Didn’t Know where to Find

What You Always Wanted to Know about Home Painting but Didn’t Know where to Find

On a Sunday afternoon when the sun was about to set, Nayanika and her husband visited their new flat. This is their first home ownership after spending a few years in rental apartments. As they entered their flat, they were overcome with joy. Their own home, finally. A home they will decorate in their own…

Why It Is the Right Time to Buy Property Even When Prices are Going up

Why It Is the Right Time to Buy Property Even When Prices are Going up

Every difficulty comes with an opportunity to benefit if you are alert. The current meltdown in the financial markets is another such opportunity for a massive gain.  Financial markets have witnessed major price erosion with stocks, cryptos, and almost every financial asset heading lower. As inflation is rising fast and furious, it is destroying the…

How You can Create an Admirable Garden even if You are a Total Starter

How You can Create an Admirable Garden even if You are a Total Starter

Living beside greenery has many health benefits, and you can create a fascinating green space at your home with some tips and minimal effort. A well-developed garden can make you joyful and happy if you just spend some time in it. In our fast-paced urban lifestyle, very few have time for gardening but this hobby…

Ready-to-Move or Under-construction Property — What should You Prefer and Why?

Ready-to-Move or Under-construction Property — What should You Prefer and Why?

Anirban almost always suffers from dilemmas. The situation became worse after he got married because his wife and mother generally do not agree on any point. He feels helpless as he must take one’s side and upset the other. The three of them have been staying in a rented home for a long time and…

Why Live in a Gated Community, Not a Traditional Locality in Kolkata?

Why Live in a Gated Community, Not a Traditional Locality in Kolkata?

Sujoy grew up in a North Kolkata neighbourhood. He loves the closely-knit houses with hardly any space among them and rooftops so close that you can just cross over them. Sometimes, you never know where a house ends and another begins. James Bond would have loved it! It is easy to jump from one roof…

Will the Rising Home Prices Put the Focus Back on Affordable Housing?

Will the Rising Home Prices Put the Focus Back on Affordable Housing?

It is almost a month now. The last time Raj and Moonmonn visited her father’s home is more than a month. Although summer is on us, along with the rare heatwave, Jamaishashthi is some time away. However, Moonmoon’s mother wanted to see them and as the heatwave subsided a bit, Raj and Moonmoon were at…

Does Repo Rate-Hike Signify Costlier Home Loans Going forward?

Does Repo Rate-Hike Signify Costlier Home Loans Going forward?

Rajat, a 30-year-old software developer working in a top IT company at Salt Lake, Sector 5 in Kolkata, cannot avoid getting into some disagreements with his father. Rajat’s father has recently retired from a large engineering company and lives off the interest earned from his savings. With the bank interest dropping to a minimum, he…

Pros and Cons of Living in a House near Waterbody

Pros and Cons of Living in a House near Waterbody

Every winter, as migratory birds arrive in droves at different jheels and lakes in West Bengal, Rajat takes out his camera and other paraphernalia to take photographs. He visits Santragachi Jheel, Rabindra Sarovar, and of course, Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary whenever there is a holiday from his high-pressure software developer job. Although the winged visitors…

Is the Indian Economy in Fine Fettle? Is there any Dark Cloud in the Horizon?

Is the Indian Economy in Fine Fettle? Is there any Dark Cloud in the Horizon?

This has never happened earlier. Never in the history of India. Tax collection figures have gone through the roof and even surpassed Union Budget estimates. India’s tax collections soared to a record high of Rs 27.07 lakh crore in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, as mop-up from income and other direct taxes as…