OBSCENE WEALTH
MUMBAI DREAM
When Mukesh Ambani, the fourth-richest man in the world, is home, he can be a homebody for the rest of his life. His new place in Mumbai, dubbed Antilia, is 27 stories tall, though because each floor is twice the height of a normal one, it looks closer to 60 stories from the outside. It has a 168-car garage, more than 110,000 square feet of floor space, and a permanent 600-person staff. Estimated at more than $1 billion, it’s probably the world’s most expensive home.
From an architectural point of view it looks absolutely wonderful, but is such wealth justified even in a country where there are such divisions socially and economically?
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