Super commuter mom flies 700 km daily, saves money, stays close to family
Kuala Lumpur: Indian origin Racheal Kaur, who lives in Malaysia's Penang, an assistant manager at AirAsia in Malaysia and a mother of two, has found an unconventional way to balance work and family while saving money, reports Times of India.
Instead of renting a costly apartment in Kuala Lumpur near her office, she flies every day from her home in Penang to Kuala Lumpur, covering a total of about 700 km round-trip. This unique arrangement has helped her cut monthly expenses from around Rs 41,000 to Rs 27,000.
Kaur in an interview to Channel News Asia, revealed that she starts her day early by waking up at 4 am and leaving home at 5 am to catch her flight from Penang Airport. She lands in Kuala Lumpur by 6:30 am and reaches her office by 7:45 am, where she works until 8 pm. Despite the long journey, she enjoys some "me time" during her flights, listening to music and taking in the scenery.
This daily commute not only allows Kaur to be fully dedicated to her job when at work but also lets her return home every evening to spend quality time with her children, aged 12 and 11. “With this arrangement, I’m able to go home every day and see them at night,” she shared. Her employer, AirAsia, has been very supportive of her schedule, making it possible for her to maintain this routine without compromising her professional responsibilities.
While some might find her routine extreme, calling it ‘crazy,’ Kaur sees it as the perfect solution for managing her work-life balance, combining the demands of a busy job with the joys of family life, all while saving money.
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Allahabad HC sets aside maintenance order in favour of earning wife, says she didn't tell truth
Prayagraj (PTI): The Allahabad High Court has set aside a lower court order mandating a man to pay maintenance to his estranged wife, observing that she earns her living and did not reveal the true salary in her affidavit.
Justice Madan Pal Singh also allowed a criminal revision petition filed by the man, Ankit Saha.
"A perusal of the impugned judgment indicates that in the affidavit filed before the trial court, the opposite party herself admitted that she is a post-graduate and a web designer by qualification. She is working as a senior sales coordinator in a company and getting a salary of Rs 34,000 per month," the court said in the December 3 order.
"But in her cross-examination, she has admitted that she was earning Rs 36,000 per month. Such an amount for a wife who has no other liability cannot be said to be meagre; whereas the man has the responsibility of maintaining his aged parents and other social obligations," it observed.
The high court observed that the woman was not entitled to get any maintenance from her husband "as she is an earning lady and able to maintain herself".
The man's counsel argued in court that the estranged wife did not reveal the whole truth in the affidavit.
"She claimed herself to be an illiterate and unemployed woman. When the document filed by the man was shown to her before the trial court, she admitted her income during cross-examination. Thus, it is clear that she did not come before the trial court with clean hands," the counsel submitted.
The court, in its order, said, "Cases of those litigants who have no regard for the truth and those who indulge in suppressing material facts need to be thrown out of the court."
It impugned the lower court's February 17 judgment and order, passed by the principal judge of a family court in Gautam Buddh Nagar and allowed the criminal revision petition filed by the man.
