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  On Krishna Jayanthi day and on Ganesh Chathurthi day  let us invoke the unique relationship between Lord Krishna and  Lord Ganesha. 1)Lord Ganesha is the scribe of Veda Vyasa and therefore he wrote Lord Krishna’s Bhagavat Gita as recited by Veda Vyasa! Hanuman in the flag of Arjun also listened to the Word of Bhagavan-Bhagavat Gita. Krishna, Ganapathi and Hanuman are the deities linked to Bhagavat Gita.That is why it is the most sacred. 2)By tradition Vishnu Sahasranamam, a part of Mahabharatha ,singing starts with “Shuklam Baradharam Vishnum…”.This sloka which Is found in Avantya Khanda of Skandha Purana is the invocation of Lord Vishnu by Lord Brahma but is also widely considered as Lord Ganapathi invocation!! 3)Their birthdays are also celebrated in the same solar month of Avani/Sravana i.e one following the other!!

  TN Govt has huge arrears of Property Tax and also in many cases, Property Tax has not been revised for years together . Local bodies are wallowing in financial crisis. Is it  possible to Securitise these taxes with either Govt. Departments like VAT/Commercial tax dept taking them or under outsourcing  PPP model. Atleast it will bring some discipline into collection of Property Tax in the future if a third party collects it, of course,  with necy checks and balances. 2)Also Property Tax,Local Body Tax,(even  EB tariff) increase may be indexed to CPInflation rate once a year in April .This will also reduce unnecessary bickering and dithering in raising Tax rates for political ends. 3)TASMAc retailing liquor is the biggest retailer  Co. of the Country, and  is run as a Co. as per The Cos. Act, 2013. However, since it is classified as a pvt co., there r no independent directors on its Board. From Good governance point of view will it not improv...

 Covid has not been an economic leveller even though it is considered to be a social leveller. High or the low, weak or the mighty in terms of social status have not been spared by the disease but it has created greater inequality between income earners. 1)Better paid white-collar workers are Working From Home whereas low paid blue-collars have no privilege like this and many have them have been laid off. 2)Higher level of low paid workers are in areas like Nursing, cleaning, policing, teaching, garbage removal and store or delivery attendants where they are more likely to come out with more touches with those who are infected; 3)low paid workers in hotels, restaurants and tourism & hospitality sectors have been severely affected without jobs. 4)richer countries have bailed out their small businesses by pumping more liquidity into areas that are suffering but smaller and weaker countries have no adequate finances and therefore have not been able to protect the small businesses ...

 1) This news item in Dinamalarin June 2021 shows that Local bodies,Govt departments r not paying EB tariffs for many years. If Govt itself is the delinquent, this is a serious loss of credibility and governance. Long-term remedy has to b thought of. Further funding reqtuirements of these local bodies to b linked to payment of pending EB bills. Beyond a point should withhold even Salaries to the Top Govt secretaries ,like in private sector ,for non-payment of EBdues,Property tax or any other govt levies. For unpaid Motor accident compensation ,courts many times initiate distraint proceedings against Govt transport corporations.Something similar to b done for these unpaid dues. Or fast track privatization of EB distribution. 2 ) w.r.t media why not ask those who have PEP(Politically exposed Person/s) in their Boards, their relatives, those affiliated to parties &controlling their labour union,donating ,providing ads revenue more than 10% of income http:// etc.to show in small l...

1)  Fundamentally, we all go by our System 1  thinking - with  'perception  bias"," recency bias" and what not. All of us including the so-called Economists are basically Irrationalists. We are all very good critics and so we want to find all the wrong reasons to blame the Government at the Centre and Modi in particular. (E.g Some of the questions our analysts and researchers frame for fixing the blame for the pandemic deaths/distress in their families- Do you Blame Centre or State or your fate-sounds childish-no blame for China!!!) Those who want to blame Modi often confuse others  with Pandemic induced downturn with economic policies of the Govt  , which are bad according to them. So many of their arguments are based on their convenience and not based on any economics per se.Most of them will start by saying "Tea sellers do not know anything beyond Pakora", or "Demon led to all these economic downturns etc. with a sweeping judgmental tone". None...

 Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is the economic alliance formed with China and other 14 countries primarily from Asia recently but including  non Asian countreis like australia, New Zealand. India was said to have entered into this economic pact and was negotiating for its membership, but withdrew later when it rightly found that this trade partnership would only benefit other countries but not its interests. Maybe in the long run India would have to enter this trade pact but certainly not at this time when China's hegemony is strangling many of the Asian and African countries. With many of the other Asian countries India already has a free trade pact except China. China is a net exporting country to India and therefore any free trade pact removing the tariff barriers would only directly and indirectly benefit China. Let us look at the specific pros and cons to RCEP: Pros 1)The purpose of RCEP was to make it easier for products and services,investments, int...

  The two major loved deities of the Hindu pantheon are Hanuman and Ganesha. Let us dwell into the concepts and significance of these two dieties. Ganesha, the son of Parvati and Shiv, is worshipped first before starting any new job or work. Even if you want to start writing or reading , you invoke the blessings of Lord Ganesha who goes under various names- Ganapathi, Vigneshwar, Vinayak, and  Pillayar in Tamilnadu. Ganesha Gayathri, Pancharatnam are some of the important Ganesha mantras and hymns. Adi Ganesha idol is in a Temple near Tiruvarur in Tamilnadu with a human face.The mythological story says that Shiv slew His head and then fixed the head of the animal that He saw first after this beheading of His son. Ganesha after that with the elephant head is worshipped as the wisdom god by Hindus. Why only Hindus. He is worshipped in Indonesia where He finds Himself in their currency notes. He is considered the destroyer of evil in Japan. In Mexico, Ganesha idols were said to h...