Gold and Diamond studded Cars in Dubai, Mumbai and around the world. Super Rich!!

This is a Gold Plated and Gold Studded car being exhibited in Mumbai, India.

The price tag >> A cool £2.9m pound sterling or roughly RM18 Million ringgit or USD6 million..

It is being manufactured by Indian's premier car manufacturers Tata, as a tribute to 5,000 years of Indian craftsmanship.



This Nano type car was made using 80 kilograms of 22 carat gold, 15 kilograms of silver and assorted gemstones.

This car is not for sale, but rather as a marketing tool and rather, to impress people!!



Well to me, that gold plated car in Mumbai is easily beaten by the Superior, Powerful, Grandier and More Stylish Gold and Diamond studded Cars in Dubai and other parts of Arabs.

Like this Gold Plated 4wd in Dubai as seen below :



Or can that Gold Plated car in Mumbai beat the Gold Plated Ferarri here :



And beat these Gold Mercs too?



Or beat this beauty below, a Golden Bentley??



Or this super rich, Diamond studded Mercedes??



Or this Gold Plated AK47 Assault Rifle??



Or this Gold Plated Aeroplane, reportedly owned by the Sultan of Brunei, once the world's wealthiest man???



ENOUGH!!!

AirAsia Celebrates Its Maiden Flight to Mumbai, May 2010

News and pictures - sourced from : Air Asia.Com


Dato' Sri Dr. Tony Fernandes, GCEO of AirAsia Berhad, presenting Encik Wan Zaidi Wan Abdullah, Consul General of Malaysia with a token of appreciation




(Left to Right) Mr. Manoharan, Director of Tourism Malaysia, Mumbai, Azran Osman Rani, C.E.O of AAX, Encik Wan Zaidi Wan Abdullah, Consul General of Malaysia, Dato' Sri Dr. Tony Fernandes, GCEO of AirAsia Berhad, Ms. Kathleen Tan, Regional Head of Commercial flanked by AirAsia flight attendants


Mumbai (India), 6th May 2010 – The World’s Best Low-Cost Airline, AirAsia celebrated its inaugural flight to Mumbai from Kuala Lumpur today signifying its foray entry into Western India.

Marking a major tourism and economic coup for both countries, commencing today AirAsia will be servicing the Kuala Lumpur – Mumbai route between the Low Cost Carrier Terminal and Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport with 4 direct flights weekly through its low cost, long haul affiliate, AirAsia X.

The A330 aircraft deployed for the Mumbai – Kuala Lumpur route, took off on-time at 9:20 am (GMT+8) and touched down at 12:00 noon IST in Mumbai. The momentous event was kicked-off with a traditional Indian welcoming dance for the Malaysian entourage at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.

The event was attended by Dato’ Sri Dr. Tony Fernandes, Group CEO of AirAsia and Founder of AirAsia X, Azran Osman Rani, CEO of AirAsia X, Kathleen Tan, Regional Head of Commercial joined by Wan Zaidi, Consulate General of Malaysia, Mumbai, Mr. Manoharan, Director of Tourism Malaysia, Mumbai and Ms. Sujata Thakur, Regional Director India Tourism Mumbai (Maharashtra).

Dato’ Sri Tony Fernandes, Group CEO of AirAsia and Founder of AirAsia X said “We are thrilled to start this much-awaited service to Mumbai today and provide the people of this magnificent city with unrivalled low-fare flights to Kuala Lumpur, the Gateway to ASEAN and beyond.

AirAsia, the World’s Best Low-Cost airline, is determined to help in enhancing the tourist and commercial links between India and Malaysia. Mumbai is our sixth destination city in India, after Trivandrum, Kolkata, Chennai, Kochi and Tiruchirappali,”

“At AirAsia, 2010 is fast becoming the Year of India. We started out by establishing our strong presence in the ASEAN region (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations), followed by our vast expansion into China. With AirAsia X, our low-cost, long-haul affiliate, we reached further – to Australia and the United Kingdom.

AirAsia has a strong domestic high frequency network that enables the people from India to connect to Malaysia and visit beautiful places like Langkawi, Sabah, Sarawak and tap on our incredible network using Kuala Lumpur as a gateway to the many points served by AirAsia to destinations such as China, Bali, Phuket, Australia, London and many more. Moving forward, we are also looking at introducing flights from Bangkok to this vibrant city later in the year”, concluded Tony.


About AirAsia and AirAsia X

AirAsia, the leading and largest low-cost carrier in Asia, services the most extensive network with approximately 132 routes covering destinations in Asia, Australia and Europe.

Within 8 years of operations, AirAsia has carried 92 million guests and grown its fleet from just two aircraft to approximately 90. The airline today is proud to be a truly Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) airline with established operations based in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, servicing a network stretching across all Asean countries, China, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Australia.

This is further complemented by AirAsia X, its low-cost long-haul affiliate carrier that currently flies to destinations in China, Australia, Taiwan and the UK. AirAsia is the regional carrier with the largest destination network and highest flight frequencies.

AirAsia was named the 2009 World’s Best Low Cost Airline in the annual World Airline Survey by Skytrax.

Flight Schedule KUALA LUMPUR – MUMBAI

Departure/ Arrival

Flight No.

Frequency

Kuala Lumpur to Mumbai

09:20 / 12:00

D7 2516

Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday & Sunday

Mumbai to Kuala Lumpur

13:20 / 21:00

D7 2517

Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday & Sunday

Jointly, the AirAsia Group will have a total of 148 flights weekly to the various points in India which include Tiruchirappalli, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Kochin, Trivandrum, Bangalore, Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai (to Kuala Lumpur and Penang).

"Slumdog Millionaire" child star now homeless!!!

Slumdog Millionaire won 8 Academy Awards. But that success did little to help Azharuddin Ismail and his family...

MUMBAI (Reuters) - City authorities in Mumbai demolished the shanty home of a "Slumdog Millionaire" child star on Thursday, forcing his family into the streets months after the Oscar-winning film shot him to global fame.

Azharuddin Ismail, 9, played the character of Salim as a child in the film, a rags-to-riches romance about a poor Indian boy competing for love and money on a television game show.

Ismail's tarpaulin-covered home in a teeming slum was one of several shanties, illegally built along a drain, that were demolished by local authorities in Mumbai, India's financial capital and entertainment hub.

"When they came I was sleeping, they shook me awake and one policeman even threatened me," Ismail, surrounded by half-broken suitcases filled with clothes and utensils, told Reuters.

"What can I do if they have demolished my house? I will sleep out in the open."

A poster of "Slumdog Millionaire," signed by director Danny Boyle, fluttered from the only wall of Ismail's shanty still standing. Open sewers run nearby and it had no running water.

Authorities said the shanties had been demolished earlier but had sprung up again on the same spot.

"The shanties are all touching a drain that has to be cleaned before the advent of the monsoons," said U.D. Mistry, the local official in charge of the demolition drive.

Earlier this year, there was an outcry after pictures emerged of "Slumdog Millionaire's" child stars living in squalor despite the movie's box-office success and eight Academy Awards.

The film also sparked controversy for its name, deemed by some to be offensive to slum dwellers, and its treatment of the cast. Its depiction of the lives of poor Indians was dubbed "poverty porn" by sections of the media.

In February, the housing authority of Maharashtra state, of which Mumbai is the capital, said they would give Ismail and fellow child star Rubina Ali new houses. But Ismail's mother, Shameem, said the family is now at the mercy of the rains.

"We also heard that the government had promised us houses, but what happened? We are still homeless," she said. "My son has brought glory to the country, shouldn't he get some credit?"