TIOL@15 - at your service
TODAY TIOL completes 15 years of existence. Just close your eyes and imagine the year 1999, when www.taxindiaonline.com was not there. It was a humble beginning in the year 2000; your support all these years make us humbler. Our 15th birthday is no occasion for us to celebrate or blow our trumpets; it is work as usual for us to bring you the best in tax journalism. We know the expectations are very high and we promise to continue to strive to meet your expectations - it is not easy with our limited resources and unlimited demands - sky is not the limit. But we in TIOL, especially my young colleagues who smilingly bear the long hours and unending hard work, are committed to give you the best.
It is a little embarrassing to write about our glory and achievements - should I gloat over the incident of an advocate who lost a case in the morning, saw a case law flashed by us during lunch break and after lunch when the order was to be dictated, brought the TIOL Citation to the notice of the Bench and won the case; should I be proud that we have been responsible on several occasions for changes and corrections in Law; should I share the information that the National Human Rights Commission awarded a compensation of Rs. 1 lakh to the family of a dead person based on a story in TIOL? Well, it can go on and on - but the fact that TIOL is a daily habit with thousands of Netizens, is enough reward for our struggles. We are grateful to our Netizens and the Government for making this a reality. It was so succinctly stated by Mr. V. Sridhar, the then Chairman of the CBEC, five years ago - the trade, Taxindiaonline and department; we make a possible trinity.
We seek your continued support.
An editor's nostalgia: May I invite your attention to an article I wrote for the 2 nd anniversary souvenir of TIOL, thirteen years ago in 2002? I had no idea at that time that I would be part of this great happening team. Please click here for the article.