Today morning at 6.30AM when I was jogging in the ground near my house, I found the old age group starting little early today. This motely group of people above 65 years is quite regular in the morning. They all do their exercises together by stand
Yesterday it was my wedding anniversary, completing 11 years of togetherness with Anu. These 11 years have been a great journey together and Anu and me have lived some wonderful moments together. In these 11 years we have not only travelled extensi
I am writing this article almost after a month and half, not because I did not get time to write something but because during the last two months I have got numerous emails from students who couldn’t pass their exams, the results for which were
The Service Exports from India Scheme (�SEIS�) was introduced last year under the new Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020 (�the FTP�) to encourage export of services from India. The new SEIS policy initiative is a much better poli
In an era of zealous consumers wanting everything at the drop of a hat, we see a number of new start-ups mushrooming everyday with their unique and ingenuous ideas. We recently met the founderts of one such start-up (�Company�) that made
It was almost 2.5 years we had been working with this company operating in Mumbai. When we started working with them, they were not availing an indirect tax (service tax) benefit that could have saved them millions of rupees. The Client was extremel
It was the day next to Diwali when I thought of spending the remaining three days of holidays with my family out of Delhi. The idea was to relax and spend some time with my wife and son. Diwali period is generally hectic and the idea of taking a va
It is 6.30AM on 12th November 2015 as I write this article. Yesterday was Diwali and as expected, it was fun and frolic for the last two days. The next 2 days are also going to be exciting because offices are closed, weekend is approaching and fes
Last week I was with my team in office sitting quite late (around 10.30PM) finalizing the service tax returns due on October 25, 2015.�
Since last few weeks I have been in hospital with my father who wasn�t keeping too well. Thankfully, he has returned home and is recovering. The time spent in hospital gave me opportunity to interact with a lot of people, doctors as well as