A GIFT FROM NRI Son to A BIHARI FATHER

Mr. Bihari is a proud Father. His only son is in USA; the land of prosperity; and is very prosperous there. He is working for one of the best consulting firms of the world and after 15 years is on a senior position. The son is well settled NRI or we should say NRB (Non Resident Bihari) drawing five figure monthly salary. The son’s only son goes to a Private school; he has bought a KOTHI in USA spread in half acres or in Bihari terms 16 katthas. (1 kattha=1361 sq.ft in Patna). Additionally Mr. Bihari and Mrs. Bihari frequently visit their son. The son too flies to Patna once in two years for a month or so.

There are only two scenarios where Bihari middle class parents are really proud of their son. If they are settled in a job outside Bihar, the greater the distance of settlement from Bihar the better or the son has a Government Job. For daughters the Bihari parents in addition to these two criteria for sons have another criterion. The daughters married to these worthy types of NRBs or Bihar Government officials.

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Mr. Bihari is well past 65. He is retired. In the last decade or so he has travelled to USA many a times. If you ask him to compare Chicago, where his son lives, with Patna; as a gentleman he smiles and replies, “Let us not do it.” In Patna Mr. Bihari spends most of his time at home, reading. He is a vivid reader. Apart from reading one more regular feature of his everyday living in Patna is the morning walk at Botanical Garden and evening walk at Children’s Park Shrikrishnapuri. He has a gang of friends at both these places. They walk for hours.  They walk and they talk and they talk and they walk in the morning and evening. This part of Patna routine is what Mr. Bihari misses when he is with his son in USA. He admits that he also misses the food and a number of relatives and functions.

Mr. Bihari is in mid 60s but his ambitions are still soaring. He with his retirement funds and with the help of his ABLE son wants to get a KOTHI in Shrikrishnapuri area. We call him ambitious because prices in Shrikrishnapuri are about a Crore for a Kattha of land. Secondly the inventories are rare and the demand is more. The property rates reflect the same.  And it is not Mr. Bihari alone but few colonies of Patna like Shrikrishnapuri, Patliputra and Rajendra Nagar are still the STAR property sites for possessing in Patna. Why not!!! They are few better places of living in Patna.

On Patna ka Apna PropertyPortall, www.buysellrentpatna.in,  Mr. Bihari’s son sitting in USA  found a property in Srikrishnapuri to his and his father’s liking. The property was spread in 3.5 katthas of land with a beautiful garden and an old Bungalow. They saw the Pictures and then the site visit was conducted. They liked it. Now, the game began….NEGOTIATIONS!!! It took three months to reach the final price of 4 Crores and ten Lakhs. Paperwork was readied by BuySellRentPatna.in. Shrikrishnapuri is housing society so a bit more of paper works. Then both the parties came to Patna at the fixed time and the property exchanged hands.

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The interesting part was that the seller too was an NRB. His parents’ had bought it. He has been brought up on this property only. His parents were no more and he is proud Green card holder. He no more wants to come back to Patna. Phew!!! Migratory birds on both sides of the deal.

As consultants we were happy, we got our 2% each from both the parties. But as A Patnaite the heart questioned, what is this really happening, when we will be proud of staying in Patna and working in Patna. When will Patna Middle class stop flying away from their NEST.