Ad on popular portal: Woman on sale for Rs 2,000

KOLKATA: Sub kuch bikta hai (Everything Sells). When OLX India, which claims to be the next generation of free online classifieds, adopted this slogan, those in charge of the portal may not have thought it would come to this.

On October 26, somebody uploaded the photograph of a young woman in an advertisement and offered her for Rs 2,000. The name and telephone number of a contact person was also given. Read more here.......Ad on popular portal: Woman on sale for Rs 2,000

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Baby boy for sale

New Delhi - In yet another shocking incident that illustrates the deep-rooted prejudice against female children in India's society, police have arrested four people in connection with the attempted sale of a newborn baby boy in the northern Punjab state. Read more................Baby boy for sale: bizarre crime shows India's deep-seated gender bias

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A village for sale, any buyer please?

This village is for sale. Is there any buyer please? The name of the village is Dorli; district Wardha, Mumbai in Maharashtra state of India. The posters, urging the buyers, are visible all through the village.

The villagers are desperate to leave because they are totally sold out to the mahajans but do not want to commit suicide. They want to live by selling out the whole village and square up the loans and start a fresh lease of life, may be by begging, elsewhere. They are all cotton producers in the Vidarbha region of western India, which is now known to the world as ‘farmers’ suicide zone. Read more.........................A village in Vidarbha for sale, any buyer please?

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Wife on sale to save husband

In Ludhiana city in Punjab state of India, a 34-year-old woman — in a desperate attempt to save her ailing husband — decided to put her five-year-old son and herself on sale here. Read full story....................Wife on sale to save husband in Punjab

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World Cricketers on Sale!!!! Auctioned in India

On Sale! Sale! Sale!........What's on Sale??????

Best of the cricketers of the world on Sale.

In India there is a saying that "Paisa Bolta Hai", Yes, "Money Speaks" & today Money Spoke, not only Spoke but bought the best of cricketers of the world in the open market. Yes, the Best of the world cricketers were openly auctioned & interestingly no cricketer of the world objected to this open auction of them in the market. So here below are the results of this open auction that was held at the Hilton Hotel in Mumbai city in India.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni of India attracted the highest bid in today's auction for cricket's Indian Premier League, while Andrew Symonds was the most expensive overseas player.

Chennai bid $1.5 million for Dhoni and Hyderabad paid $1.35 million for all-rounder Symonds and $700,000 for his Australian teammate Adam Gilchrist. Players will receive the amount annually over a three-year contract.

Eight teams did bidding for the players .

Chennai also paid $600,000 for Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka, while Mumbai bid $850,000 for India's Harbhajan Singh and $975,000 for Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya. Bangalore paid $900,000 for South Africa's Jacques Kallis.

Mohali bid $475,000 for Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardena, Jaipur secured Shane Warne of Australia for $450,000 and Kolkata took Pakistan's Shoaib Akhtar for $425,000.

The IPL designated some players as so-called ``icons'' to be team captains, getting 15 percent more than the highest-paid member of their team.

They include Yuvraj Singh for Mohali, Sourav Ganguly for Kolkata, Sachin Tendulkar for Bombay, Rahul Dravid for Bangalore and Virender Sehwag for Delhi. The Jaipur, Hyderabad and Chennai teams haven't been assigned icons yet.

The following table gives details of players, teams, ownership and bids after seven rounds:

Player- Country- Bid- Team

M.S. Dhoni- India- $1.5 Million- Chennai
Andrew Symonds-Australia- $1.35 Million-Hyderabad
Sanath Jayasuriya-Sri Lanka-$975,000- Mumbai
Brett Lee- Australia- $900,000- Mohali
Jacques Kallis- South Africa- $900,000- Bangalore
Harbhajan Singh- India- $850,000- Mumbai
Chris Gayle- West Indies- $800,000- Kolkata
Robin Uthappa- India- $800,000- Mumbai
Gautam Gambhir- India- $725,000- Delhi
Kumar Sangakkara- Sri Lanka- $700,000- Mohali
Adam Gilchrist- Australia- $700,000- Hyderabad
Brendan McCullum- New Zealand- $700,000- Kolkata
Manoj Tiwary- India- $675,000- Delhi
Jacob Oram- New Zealand- $675,000- Chennai
Shahid Afridi- Pakistan- $675,000- Hyderabad
Mohammad Kaif- India- $675,000- Jaipur
Mohammad Asif- Pakistan- $650,000- Delhi
Suresh Raina- India- $650,000- Chennai
Daniel Vettori- New Zealand- $625,000- Delhi
David Hussey- Victoria- $625,000- Kolkata
S. Sreesanth- India- $625,000- Mohali
Muttiah Muralitharan- Sri Lanka- $600,000- Chennai
Herschelle Gibbs- South Africa- $575,000- Hyderabad
Shaun Pollock- South Africa- $550,000- Mumbai
Dinesh Kartik- India- $525,000- Delhi
Anil Kumble- India- $500,000- Bangalore
Shoaib Malik- Pakistan- $500,000- Delhi
Cameron White- Australia- $500,000- Bangalore
Mahela Jayawardena- Sri Lanka- $475,000- Mohali
Graeme Smith- South Africa- $475,000- Jaipur
Shane Warne- Australia- $450,000- Jaipur
Mark Boucher- South Africa- $450,000- Bangalore
Zaheer Khan- India- $450,000- Bangalore
Shoaib Akhtar- Pakistan- $425,000- Kolkata
Ricky Ponting- Australia- $400,000- Kolkata
Matthew Hayden- Australia- $375,000- Chennai
V.V.S. Laxman- India- $375,000- Hyderabad
Stephen Fleming- New Zealand- $350,000- Chennai
Ajit Agarkar- India- $350,000- Kolkata
Parthiv Patel- India- $325,000- Chennai
A.B. de Villiers- South Africa- $300,000- Delhi
Younis Khan- Pakistan- $225,000- Jaipur
Joginder Sharma- India- $225,000- Chennai
Scott Styris- New Zealand- $171,000- Hyderabad
Wasim Jaffer- India- $150,000- Bangalore
Kamran Akmal- Pakistan- $150,000- Jaipur
Chamara Silva- Sri Lanka- $100,000- Hyderabad
Team- Owner - Icon
Bangalore- Vijay Mallya -Rahul Dravid
Kolkata- Shah Rukh Khan- Sourav Ganguly
Delhi- GMR Holdings- Virender Sehwag
Mumbai- Mukesh Ambani- Sachin Tendulkar
Mohali- Ness Wadia- Yuvraj Singh
Chennai- India Cements- N.A.
Hyderabad- Deccan Chronicle- N.A.
Jaipur- Emerging Media- N.A.

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Parents put Kidneys up for sale to save son

In Bihar state of India, impoverished parents of a toddler suffering from blood cancer say they are willing to sell their kidneys to raise money for his treatment.

Amarjit Rai and his wife, residents of Shahpurpatori in Samastipur district, about 100 km from here, are desperate to sell their kidneys to save their only son, Sunni, who has blood cancer.They have been roaming the streets of Samastipur looking for prospective buyers over the past few days. They require Rs.250,000. Read more.......................................Couple puts kidneys up for sale to save son

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Man puts up Son for sale to save Daughter

In a bizzare incident a landless labourer from Udaipur village in Kanpur Dehat in Uttar Pradesh state of India put up his son for sale to save his daughter from the clutches of death. Prospective buyers, who lined up at the hospital to buy the 14-day-old son, were later chased away by the hospital staff.

"Kya karta? Aur koi rasta bhi to nahin tha?" distraught father of the children, Ram Babu, told this correspondent from Kanpur. Read full story........Up man puts up son for sale to save daughter

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Wife Puts Herself on Sale

A woman put her five-year-old son and herself on sale in India to meet the treatment cost of her husband who has met with an accident, as per one Times of India report.

Harsh Sharma's husband Bhupinder has been lying unconscious in hospital since August 28 when he was hit by a train in the north Indian state of Punjab.

The 34-year-old woman has sold her jewelry and belongings and spent 2,500 U.S. dollars on her husband's treatment.

"I arranged this money somehow. But now doctors say we need three-four lakh rupees (around 10,000 U.S. dollars) more. I don't have any other belongings to sell except for my five-year-old son. I am ready to sell myself too," the Times of India quoted her as saying.

Doctors, however, said they were unsure how long Bhupinder would take to recover fully.

"The patient is improving, but we can't say how much time he would take to recover completely. It may take a month or much more than that," said Ashwani Kumar Chaudhary, his doctor.

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HIV postive mum forced to sell off newborn - no takers yet

Here is the story of an HIV positive woman from Chhattisgarh state of India who has been driven by poverty to offer her newborn daughter for sale - and the little baby whom no one wants because she too is infected with the virus.

Goldy, in her 30s, has been visiting public places in Kondagaon in Bastar district, to sell off her baby girl ever since she was discharged from the government hospital there Aug 15 after delivery but alas there are no takers.........Read full story.........HIV positive baby on sale - but no takers

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