TIOL-DDT 1060 · Wednesday, 25 February 2009 · story 8 of 8

JAB DESH ME THI DIWALI
WO KHEL RAHE THE HOLI

JAB HUM BAITHE THE GHARO ME
WO JHEL RAHE THE GOLI

Even I had to forego my samosas at a Central Excise Day function to rush back to savour the notifications.

With so much happening, we are sorry we are not able to report much about the Central Excise Day functions in various zones.

However we can't resist the temptation to report that in Hyderabad, the Day was different with environmentalist Amala Akkineni, the charming yesteryear film star making an impressive presentation on Global Warming and former CESTAT Member Moheb Ali making a very humorous speech wherein he mentioned about the tax collector being like the bee which collects the honey without damaging the flower. “But the point is”, he said, “who asked the flower?”