10 Years of DDT
DDT completes 10 years and even I cannot believe it!
As we have been mentioning when we crossed every milestone, not many encouraged this idea of a daily dose on taxation in the beginning. A few days before 1st December 2004, when I shared this idea of DDT with my close colleagues, they were not ready to believe that we could run a daily column on tax matters. Leave alone the content, imagine sending a mail everyday without interruption for 10 years. There could be a computer crash; there could be a power failure; there could be a connectivity issue. Even if everything was fine at my end, the above mentioned problems might be there with the uploading team at Delhi. Fortunately, we have overcome all these and could continue this column for 10 years. There were times when we sent DDT from Airport lounges, moving cabs, Hospital Beds and with hands working on computer on a table and fractured leg with POP resting on a teapoy; and this one is from a foreign land. It is possible today only because of the strong support from our netizens, especially those who corrected us when we made mistakes. We will try to continue this column with the same amount of dedication and determination.
Legal Corner Icon — the image was hosted by the publisher and was not captured.During the last ten years, we have collected laurels; three Limca Records; hundreds of strong supporters and many acidic critics. Over the years DDT has become a daily habit for many netizens.
And DDT is all set for another milestone in a few days - DDT 2500.
I am grateful to all my colleagues who made this possible, especially two senior editors whose day starts with finding fault with DDT.
I am thankful to all netizens for their suggestions, criticisms and also the Government for keeping me busy and gainfully employed.
A big Thank You.