Good morning! Ah, it is 71 years that we got freedom in India. What we need to remember is that this celebration is not about singing national songs, sharing picture of national flag on social media… we should all contribute towards growth of our country. If each of us perform our duties with sincerity, that…
Due to energetic and continued efforts put in by disability activists and others across the country, there has been some progress. Here is a quick updated shared by Mr. Javed Abidi of NCPEDP. Based on the 16th GST Council meeting, the rates have now been revised and are as follows: Braille Typewriters – 5% Braille…
Government of India is almost set to roll out Goods and Services Tax. Goods and Services Tax (GST) is an indirect tax throughout India to replace taxes levied by the central and state governments. It was introduced as The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty Second Amendment) Act 2017, following the passage of Constitution 122nd Amendment…
On 28th January, 2017, I have attended 3rd convention of Radio Udaan at Hyderabad. Thanks to Sri Jain Sangh (of course the efforts of our dear good friend Meenal Singhvi and her family) for hosting the convention. As usual, Ministers who have committed to attend inaugural session of the convention did not turn up but…
Bhogi, Makara Sankranthi, Kanuma and Mukkanuma are celebrated as biggest and one of the auspicious festivals in Andhra Pradesh. In fact, celebrations of this festival begins a month before and that is called Dhanur Masam. Bhogi is the first day of this four day pongal festival. Normally it comes on 13th day of January; but…
2016 was a year with mixed feelings. Year started on a good note that our cousin Ramya (Daughter of Hema’s uncle) delivered a baby boy Hanish. We went to visit our grand mother at Injaram – lucky that we did that and then Hema and Varshi stayed back at Tanuku. We have decided to move…
Through 2016, I felt encouraging to write posts for none other reason but visitor statistics that I’m seeing on my Site Statistics. A big thank you all my 10,000+ visitors who have visited my website in 2016. Thank you for your love and I promise to continue writing in 2017. Here is a quick view…
With growing expenses, it’s important we make as much savings as possible for the future; at the same time, we should ensure our current life is smooth and we do not need to sacrifice for usual needs. I am not an expert in this area but here are few things I’m practicing myself. Savings for…
After announcement of demonetization in India on 8th November, 2016 by The Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi, people were rushed to banks for exchanging old currency of 500 INR and 1000 INR. Due to non-availability of new currency notes, banks had to create their own rules in each branch thus there was some inconvenience to…
A while ago, I was walking in our area and as expected, there are huge queues to exchange / deposit / draw money from banks. We have 4 banks on Kaggadasapura Main road (SBI, Andhra Bank, Canara Bank and Karnataka Bank) and situation is same at all banks. At the same time, I saw 3…
