TIOL-DDT 1054 · Tuesday, 17 February 2009 · story 6 of 6

Sound and Fury Signifying Nothing – Interim Budget

Who asked you to expect anything in this interim budget? Congressmen may not be good at economics, but you must give it to them – they know their politics – they were there for more than sixty years.

The Stock market which has more monkeys than bears and bulls reacted sharply, because they understand neither politics nor economics.

All the frills associated with the Budget were there including the customary photo sessions inside and outside the North Block.

But now that Pranab Mukherjee is in the South Block, he would like to continue to be there, preferably in a better room rather than move to the North Block.

Yam Raj (death) and Kar Raj (tax) are two certainties of life – while Yam Raj comes only once in our life Kar Raj is with us every day – between the two, there is an annual budget.

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