Budget circa 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/strong>It\u2019s that time of year again when every other news becomes backburner material, and the only topic that merits endless discussion, debate, dissection is the Union Budget tabled by our esteemed Fin Min Nirmala Seetharaman.<\/p>\nHere\u2019s a capture of Budget 2026 in a lighter vein, quoting Shashi Tharoor who has summed it up in his inimitable style in verse form, thus:<\/p>\n
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Tax our petrol, tax our shirt<\/p>\n
Tax our footwear, tax our dirt<\/p>\n
Tax our mobile, tax our calls<\/p>\n
Tax our hovels\u2019 crumbling walls.<\/p>\n
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Tax our salary, tax our ride<\/p>\n
Tax our mithai on the side<\/p>\n
Tax our sorrow, tax our cheer<\/p>\n
Tax our future year by year!<\/p>\n
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GST, income tax \u2013 forms pile high<\/p>\n
Cesses, surcharges make us sigh<\/p>\n
Roads with potholes, trains that derail<\/p>\n
Where does it go? Is it all a fail?<\/p>\n
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When we ask \u2013 is this all in vain?<\/p>\n
You smile and say \u2013 it\u2019s for the nation\u2019s gain!<\/p>\n
And if we ask you to try and fix it<\/p>\n
You point and say \u2013 you will be Viksit!<\/p>\n
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Yet still we pay with a patriotic heart<\/p>\n
Hoping our tax will play a small part<\/p>\n
In building a future bright and fair<\/p>\n
For the nation we love beyond compare.<\/p>\n
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And the last verse sums it up rightly \u2013 we may rant and rave, criticise and grumble, but somewhere the belief is there that we too have contributed our mite to the task of nation building. And made a difference in some part.<\/p>\n
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Pullout<\/u><\/p>\n
Quoting the eloquent Shashi Tharoor on Budget woes\u2026<\/p>\n
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