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A beggar came to an emperor and the beggar said, 'If you are going to give me anything there is a condition.' The emperor said, 'What do you mean? What do you mean by your condition?'   The beggar said, 'This is my condition: I accept only if you can fill my begging bowl absolutely.' It was a small begging bowl. The King said, 'What do you think I am? Am I a beggar? I cannot fill this dirty small begging bowl?' The beggar said, 'It is better to tell you before, because later you can get into trouble. If you think you can fill, fill.' The King called his vazir and told him to fill it with precious stones: with diamonds and rubies, emeralds. Let this beggar know with whom he is talking! But then there was difficulty. The bowl was filled but the king was surprised -- as the stone fell into it, it would disappear. It was filled many times and each time it was again empty. Now he was in a great rage, but he told the vizier, 'Eve...

Taxes

Jayant Sinha: "The problem is no one wants to pay tax" My Interpretation: "As most of us do not pay tax, we decided to screw ~3% minority who legally do so. The more you pay, the more we extort"

One Community?

So, the present value of monies lost in some recent calamities or terror attacks equates or lags behind the collateral damages of Haryana in 2weeks. Guess this political mayhem has more layers than isolating responsibility to one community

The Economics of protests

We have promised freebies to protesters(long term if not immediate) ,also announced some compensation to victims(~₹340b lost in business and property). How would the economics work here? Will the tax payers again bear the brunt? How much would you squeeze?

The India of Today

While world continues its development spree, India and her people remain committed to self destruction by way of Kashmir, Hindu- Muslim, in tolerance,reservation, beef and everything that hurts to the core.

Haryana

Difficult to assess situation through set top box, spoke to a friend and have come to know that bulk of swanky Rohtak has surrendered to fire. I don't think I am enlightened enough to comment the dire need for reservation but common sense says we have derailed haryana by miles. The physical repairs may happen in a couple of years but it may take ages to unite hearts that have parted way in this great community divide.