aware of their tradethere are more enterprising housewives anna george 55 a kochibased housewife wanted to buy an air ticket to attend her sons wedding in the us for this she dabbled in shares i want to trade to buy my own ticket as i dont want my son to pay for it she studied the market for this purpose and has built what she thinks is a formidable portfolio that she will encash before the november weddingnot everything that housewives do in their spare time is to make money sometimes they tread unfamiliar avenues to save money kirit s shah of ami pharmaceuticals supplier of ayurvedic drugs for hypertension osteoarthritis skin allergy and other ailments at podar hospital knows shah says that many female patients go in for clinical trials in exchange for free treatment their job is to give feedback to the doctor on the new medicinemost risk unexpected sideeffects they are usually not literate enough to understand the consequences or too poor to care since their ailments need longterm medication this arrangement benefits the patients says shah some women also bring in relatives and friends if they feel the treatment has helpedafter all this housewives quietly tolerate a description of themselves that they are not working women