Sunday, January 25, 2009

Working class a Third grade citizen : We pay the taxes and pay more taxes

I live in India and we proudly try to sing "Saare jahan se accha", though whenever I think about taxes, VAT, service tax it turns out that its the service class who pays tax on income and then also pays VAT to buy things from already tax paid money, on top of that service providers deduct service tax from the consumer only, I hardly can sing that anymore.

I was looking out to buy a decent car for commuting to office, and the options I have are far more expensive then they are in Europe and yet the quality is not upto the mark ,they are expensive because they are highly taxed.
On the other hand agricultural instruments have relaxed taxation , there are subsidies, there are provision for owing a gun license for protection of crop and fields (protection of means of earning and life) but for service class there is no such provision as if ours life is not in danger.There are terrorists in and around cities aint they city based animals from whom we need to defend ourselves ?
We the service class are there to provide necessary money to run the system, keep toiling hard and live under burden of taxes, deprived of basics ,for, this is a country of farmers and soldiers long live soldier and love live farmer.
We are struck in between somewhere as er bees, collecting the honey and supporting the colony.
Why there is not a urban and city regulation and a relaxed policy for better vehicles , service taxes so that one can have a fair share of what others are having in similar amount of money in other parts of world ?

Below are the cars I would like to own, I have the money they are worth, but I can't muster the amount they are taxed for.

2009 Mitsubishi Outlander
Price Range: $19,990 - $25,780
2009 Ford Escape
Price Range: $19,140 - $27,670


Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Mahatma Gandhi on Gun ownership law

"Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India,history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest." : Mahatma Gandhi.

Monday, December 08, 2008

some other opinions on mumbai attacks ?

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-luttwak5-2008dec05,0,7905913.story

Monday, December 01, 2008

Rewarding brevery and Recognising a Martyr : Heros of the Gamdevi Police station.

I was wondering what is the scale for measuring bravery in the minds of our leaders who happen to represent us (?).
This is in reference to the Gamdevi station police team which intercepted and killed one terrorist and managed to capture one other who was firing with his automatic assault weapon near Girgaum chowpatti area.
The police team from Gamdevi police station lost Asst Police inspector Tukaram Umbale in the action, did we see his name in the list of three martyrs which was relayed umpteen times on the national news in various TV channels?
Whom do we consider a martyr ? someone who was shot at while driving past a group of terrorists (no offense to the event intended) or someone who pro actively intercepted and fought with exceedingly dangerous and armed opponent and had courage to face such an enemy in open?
We should also keep in our mind that had it not been the prompt action of the team from Gamdevi police station, we would still be groping in dark about the unfolding of events and the origin of the terrorists.

Do we require people to die before we start to honor them ? Why can't we have living heroes ?
I strongly feel that now is the time when the age old tradition of 'worshiping the dead' should be done away with and we should also decorate and award people who exhibited extreme courage in the line of duty with only handguns and bamboo staff against highly armed opponents.

Hope the extremely courageous police officers and team members from Gamdevi police station get their due reward and appreciation.

Later.