Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Autobiography of an Another Yogi

Cosmic Voices    Tuesday, December 30, 2008    10 comments
Today, I woke up very very early. At 7:10 am. Thanks to the kind-hearted soul who banged my door as he ran to the sports complex for the morning Yoga. In a jiffy I ripped off my shirt, the one in which I dozed off last night watching a movie, and groped for my t-shirt in the darkness. It was there exactly where it was 56 days ago, under the pile unread newspapers, scissors, a DVD which I rented three...

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Honest Taxpayers

Cosmic Voices    Tuesday, October 07, 2008    10 comments
“I have some more cases for you”, my surrogate trainer (ST) announced. It was around 10 days since my “On Job Training” (OJT) began. He handed me a case bang on the day I reported to him. It was a case where the investigations were in progress. He asked me to study it, find Grey areas and prepare a questionnaire. That he served my questionnaire on the assessee[1] without much change was a...

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Performance Anxiety

Cosmic Voices    Wednesday, August 13, 2008    7 comments
Last week, I came across an open letter to Mr. Vinod Rai, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. Mr. Rai mooted for performance-linked pay for PSU bank managers at a certain lecture. In response, the author raised the issue of assured pay and promotions in the civil service and wondered why not such a scheme begin with the civil services.Considering the paltry increase in pay one gets with...

Saturday, July 05, 2008

Thursday, April 03, 2008

The Making of a Taxman

Cosmic Voices    Thursday, April 03, 2008    22 comments
(This post is dedicated to my Cultural Secretary, who silently works hard and comes up with innovative proposals. Be it purchase of new musical instruments or creating a collection of different genres of music from all parts of the country or celebration of every festival from Lohri to Pongal to Holi or an extended game of Dumb Charades, he is always working to ease out the stress of tax laws. Commissioner...

Saturday, January 12, 2008

Saturday, January 05, 2008

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