My Income-Tax Money and its Disappointing Returns..!!

With financial year ending, few days back we have received our form 16 to file our income tax return. Today when i am going through form 16, I am feeling literally disgruntle about my tax money payment to Indian government.

This disappointment is not because a lot of money going as tax, but there is no/enough return benefit or services from the government. I am just questioning to myself, is this money going to help in development of my country or help needy people through government funds or help in creating better services for people or it is just going in some corrupt politician’s Switzerland bank account?  I am filing my tax return as this month’s end dead line approaching with a feeling that I am throwing this money in gutter of corrupt politics. I am wondering what else we can do and come up with few suggestion to this problem, why government can’t provide a detail summary of investment they have done using my tax money. Don’t you think so people who are paying tax right to know where this money going?  Another approach will be tax payers should have rights to say or select to put his/her tax money with break ups in this particular areas/scheme of development from government or may be development of sustainable technologies? Never know this will help or not, but at least I feel that this will reveal out exact usage of money and reasons for lack of services which we face as problem from government.

There is another point to highlight about number of people who is paying taxes in India. From the article in economic times, I found that the number of income-tax payers are just about 35 million (2.9%) in a population of 1.2 billion. These 2.9 % people are mainly salaried people who have no choice (trying to hide earning from government) because employer has to cut their income tax. Looking at the number do you think that this taxation money will be enough to help out or give benefits to all 1.2 billion people? We sometime blame government for corruption, but first reason to get this corrupt government because we are corrupt. We, as in buyers, are responsible for buying things without any bill in all transactions and hence these retailers don’t pay any tax on it. So this money turned in as black money.   

At least to improve this, we as in people must buy things from mega retail store and use credit card/debit card for payment instead cash payment. This way money directly credited into bank account of retailers. So that at least whenever government/Tax Dept. wants to check the account of retailers, they can see transactions in store keeper’s bank account. Another approach what government can take is that, buyer’s needs to file all bills of its spending over the month to income-tax dept., so income-tax dept. know transactions of every shopkeepers from buyers submission and force them to pay right amount of tax and there is no way of hiding money here. Make more and more services online, so people don’t have to ask for favors to agents and government officers. This will give choice to people to avoid corruptions and favors. Making an online application for passport and Indian railway reservation is some of the big example which government has taken to improve situations and many more is in pipeline. Give extra/different benefits to the people who are paying taxes beyond some amount, this will help in encouraging to those who don't pay taxes at all.

At last file your tax return on time, pay right amount to tax on your earnings, question government about where did they spend our tax money?, and provide help in improving this country...!!

Method is more important than the result..

When we were in a school, parents taught us that every puzzle or sum you solve in a mathematics paper, your method has to be correct. Even if you don’t get the right answer because of some silly mistake, your teacher will give you some partial marks because you have chosen the right method.

Same is equally applicable in our life. Sometime we don’t get the desired result what we want, but our method of putting efforts is correct, then some way or other, we will get the benefit out of it.

Parent’s nurturing is not restricted only just to solve the mathematics paper but to solve the puzzle of our life. They put such methodology in us during our childhood which helps us through out our life.

PS: I am so dumb, that I understood such things very late.

Our mind and Processors..!!!

Processor has wonderful mechanism which I came to know few days back.

Processor never know which is the right path in the code, so it picks up any one of the option (path) and go till it decides that this is wrong path. After that it starts moving on to the right path. At same time it stores selection of the wrong path as information. Processor has wasted almost 20-22 execution cycles behind that wrong path but now it’s on the right path. But, next time when the processor is standing at options to decide, it predicts as per the information it has and try to minimize its own mistakes of selection.

It seems that it is very similar to how our mind works….!!

Password Phobias..!!

Have you ever thought how many passwords we are using in our day to day life?

Suppose say you login into the computer, login into the bank account, ATM machine and almost everywhere we need a password.

If you count in a daily basis then average 8-9 passwords we are using.

For me it sometime difficult to remember all those passwords, so I write them in one file and use it whenever requires. Only smart people do that way... :): P

Whenever it expires, we require some special creative skill to think a lot that what will be my next password.

As a human tendency, we usually keep our password with related to someone or with some incidents (of course our birthday is also one incident or an accident: P) i.e. Our father’s name, brother’s name, birthday, anniversary date and with little manipulation.

Also there is constraint like if you have used the password once in a system, sometimes don’t allow you to use it again (depends upon the system). On top of that, we have already tried almost our entire family person’s name for the password (no one left), because no one should feel of injustice.

Here one incident which describes that even password policy makers feeling the same phobia.
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Once, I was sitting with my Security Manger. (Security Manager of our Office who’s mainly responsibility to look after the security policy related to computer and media). Suddenly, He forgot his password and asking his colleague that what password he kept it for his machine?

I saw that he is also suffering from the password phobia.

After that, He started criticising about “why too many passwords”?
I wonder because he is the chief in designing the security policy for the organization and asking about his own password to his colleague. : P.
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Any how, we all are experiencing this password phobias and some or other way we are managing that.

As we grow in this digital world, security is the one major aspect which we mainly have to focus. We will get little relaxation when the movie like Minority Report becomes actual reality where everything is accessible through your eyes or finger print as a password.

Happy New Year ...!!!

Wish you a very Happy New year to all of you. Giving you good wishes that you will move towards your dreams to realize them.

Another year completed….!!! At the last day of the year, we always realize that life is going little faster. On this day we remembered all things which happened in this whole year. We cherish all our happy and sad memories we also decide something that in this coming year we will do this and will not do this. May be I can say we keep resolutions.

In this, most of the people keep it for their personal betterment. Let’s do something new in this year. I will not pledge anybody to do this or do that because it should be their own choice. But I would like to say that everyone should keep some resolution to save our environment. Few days back, I had visited Ananda Valley. There, I met one old age person who has impressed me like anything. He had done something very admirable things in that Ananda valley. But he said one wonderful thing “if you want to save the environment, don’t go into villages and don’t work for NGOs. Just work where you are”- meaning is that you can do lot of things in your daily life or may be through your hobbies. He gave an example of how he is saving the petrol by using public transport though he can afford a fantastic car. By considering his example, I think that I can go to office by bus rather than auto-rickshaw. Also putting a full-stop on my go-carting hobby. It is just adding pollution in the air for the sake of my hobby and happiness which is sometime meaningless.

Let’s do something which makes difference rather than just keep saying “Save environment”. Now actually we don’t have any choices. It’s necessary that everyone should have at least one resolution to save our environment because only good environment gives you good health and good life.

Once again Happy New year to all of you and wish you all the best for this coming year 2009. Enjoy….!!!

Music brought us together for humanity

Music – touches the soul, brings us serenity, spread the messages & feelings, inspires us and lots more. I had been to many musical concerts and live rock band performance for the entertainment purpose. But this concert was truly special as a great cause to help destitute people, who lost their home, families due to Bihar flood calamity. Wonderful initiative and venerable act to help the children who had been through this calamity few days back. Music was the reason to bring all of us together and to contribute direct and indirect way to support these already lifted helping hands. Also, it lit the fire and reminds us the responsibility of building a better nation for the next generation. What more I can say than this. It’s time to “Rock On”.

How are you?..!!!

A typical question usually we asked when we meet someone. And extremely typical answer to it is “I am gud" or "I am fine". How is that possible? How can it be possible that everyone is in the gud state all the time. Actually our mental state is very impulsive and change rapidly with the conditions or environment(except very few people). But still we answered that "I am gud or fine." I think that we might not aware about our mental system status or we do not want to answer correctly. Actually, perception of our mental system is really required.

I agree that we might not want to share the actual status when you meet someone first time. But when you are with your near or dear one you can share it. It is good if we actually know our mental state or share with others. It may help you.

We can be “not so good"," okie"," not bad", "not good and not bad" and many more.

Impression....!!!

Our day to day thoughts/activities are creating impression in our memory. Some impressions stay for a while or others have very long life. Now if the impressions are good than it bolsters us and recalling them brings a smile on our face. On other hand if the impressions are negative than they damage us in ample ways. It’s really worth if you lost these harshing impression from your memory. But memory lost is not in our hand. So other way is "Don't remember those things?" But you can't control the thoughts. So, as many times that negative thoughts come in your mind, you are making that impression thicker and thicker. Even trying to avoid that thoughts end up in making that impression more thick.

Only seeing one solution. Let the thoughts flow from your mind, don't tinkle them. If you do than they invade on you

First thought when you wake up..!!

First thought, when you wake up in the morning(not in afternoon :) ), decide how is the day will be. Is that true? I have observed many times. Below are my thoughts when i woke up.

• What a great day? It is really a good morning – once in a year (very idealistic condition).
• I still want to sleep more – (feeling very laziness and drowsy.)
• What was my dream last night? was it the scary one? (Than it’s not possible) . Is it possible in reality? Yeah …!! (If it was a good dream)
• Ohhh Man.. !! I don’t want to go to office. --- (many times)
• Where is the newspaper?
• Hey man..!! Don’t turnoff the fan...(when my friend turned off the fan to wake me up)
• I will write a blog on this (he he he :) )

Omens

Do we really need to believe on them?

I read The Alchemist and he said that we all should know the language of the Omens. As mostly I don't abruptly believe on any book's philosophy. But this time it imbues me with some internal feelings that they do exist. They are presence to guide us. But somehow we are not able to understand their profound and convoluted language.

Just trying to relate with something. We have 4-5 options to do the things. You had tried one of the options. Actually, it’s most difficult and arduous task. But lack of confidence and focus put you in imbroglio and you ended with conclusion that it is not my battle. After that, trying other options ended in a big failure due to circumstances (everything is not in our hand). So, every door is closed and except one (which you have left earlier) from where luminous light is still emitting. Thinking, let us give a chance to Omens. If they are correctly deciphered than they will usher me to destiny.

Leaving everything aside, started running on that path which is actually full of obstacles. Just keeping one thing in mind "If Gods sends you down a strong path, may he give you strong shoes. Just need to look for that..!!!".

અજાણ્યો હ્રદય પ્રોટોકોલ(unknown heart protocol)

હસતા, રમતાં, ઝૂમતાં, કરતાં અમે કિલ્લોલ,
ભેગા મળી સૌ એ કર્યો રવિવારે કોલાહલ;

ત્યાં આવ્યો યાદ મને ભણવાનો એક પ્રોટોકોલ,
સદા કાને પહોંચાડે છે એ કોઈને કોઇનો કોલ;

રણકવતા નથી જ્યારે દિલથી દિલનાં એ કોલ,
કામનાં શું પછી આ કુત્રિમ પ્રોટોકોલ;

બધાં ને શીખવ્યો છે ઈશ્વરે આ એક પ્રોટોકોલ,
ના કરશો અજાણ્યો એ છે હ્રદય નો પ્રોટોકોલ;

~DP

Ended up in a stupid poem, while having ambiguity in protocol :)