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Monday, 3 March 2025

Whispers Forum — 3 Mar 2025

The entire country is grateful to the Finance Minister and the Revenue Secretary for simplifying the arcane Income Tax Act. The income tax officers who were happy with the complicated law must be a chastened lot now.
Vijay Kumar
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What action will DoPT take? Even the Central Information Commission will not take any action. Loud words bereft of any action have made these organisations hollow. Time to make sure that action and words are in the same plane
Sanjana S

Saturday, 1 March 2025

Look at Maha Kumbh this way

The Maha Kumbh 2025 represents the spirit of “social cohesion” of the people of India that exists as an innate part of their culture, which goes beyond even national boundaries to profess the whole Earth as one family. The event is not for tourism in modern terms, no business opportunity but complementarity effort of the different sections of the community to lend a helping hand to make it a grand success free of any charge. This is the strength of Bharat, the real Bharat distinct from India. This was the norm till only 5 decades ago and is even now functional in the interior, Tier-II & III cities- visible on the occasion of marriage, when neighbours, friends and relatives “volunteer” to shoulder and share responsibilities and even financial help to some extent. This cooperative spirit had dwindled but not forgotten and the Maha Kumbh has proved it in the form of visitors exceeding 66 Cr. Ordinary people came forward to the aid of the government to ensure that the visitors are looked after well including their food (even free food).
M L Gupta