Rules of surviving in Mumbai

Life is not hard everywhere, all it takes is just some time to adjust to the changes.
The more faster you adjust to it, the better for you.

In Mumbai, it doesn't matter where you stay.. everywhere is far and everywhere is near. It depends on your perception. A place staying 5 kms away might take the same 1 hour to reach as some places 100 kms away, depending on the way of convenience. All you have to decide is how you travel to that place. Now that my office is going to be shifted i a month or so, i am rethinking of my options available. If i stay in this current place, i will have to face the traffic, which i have not been abel to adjust yet. And if shift to a new place, i will have to cash out more money on the rent and try to adjust to the changes all over again fom zero.

The rule is that..no matter where you stay, make sure that there are maximum availibility of conveyances possible..train, auto, bus... Train is the lifeline of Mumbai and transort almost 35% of the population everyday from one place to another. So i am still open to my options... i will have to first see if i amopen to accepting the changes ..either in place or traffic! Some people spend some 35-40% of their daily time in just travelling.

I am fortunate that it wont be that much for me, hope so! Keeping the option is the only option i am left with ,it seems. So see ya guys.. will let you know soon

A question for Finance experts

I am not sure i know about Tax Deduction at Source in Indian Income Tax system!
If i did, i would not have arrived at this juncture and get stucked.

My question is simple,
does Tax Deduction at Source depend on the type and source of income?

The question arise from the fact that i am planning to invest some money on real estate projects which will definitely attract taxes. And to show that my investments are genuine and not illegal, they will provide me TDS certificates too.

I am worried if providing TDS of my savings account (not my salary account) will raise eyebrows or not? Whether organizationons allow a second source of income?
Please rush me your answers ASAP

A question for Finance experts

I am not sure i know about Tax Deduction at Source in Indian Income Tax system!
If i did, i would not have arrived at this juncture and get stucked.

My question is simple,
does Tax Deduction at Source depend on the type and source of income?

The question arise from the fact that i am planning to invest some money on real estate projects which will definitely attract taxes. And to show that my investments are genuine and not illegal, they will provide me TDS certificates too.

I am worried if providing TDS of my savings account (not my salary account) will raise eyebrows or not? Whether organizationons allow a second source of income?
Please rush me your answers ASAP

Homecoming thoughts

I am delirious nowadays, keep seeing people from the past off and then. Seems like my time has come, to pay respects to the aged folks. Every night, i woke up in exasperation, unable to complete the incomplete dream. Maybe the souls are calling me, maybe its about time...i visit my hometown after a year!

I can feel the freshness bloom of the flower, cutting through the thick humidity of Mumbai. I am excited, happy and tensed at the same time..as if i am going to shed my image and start a new life. I burned my pockets a few days ago, to decorate my home there in hometown..yet i am not so sure if it will be worth the size of the pocket! I had spent my childhood days by the banks of the river, laying idly on the soft green grasses watching the blue yonder, played on the heaps of straws of the recent harvests, cycled all my way to school enjoying the view whatever comes its way, wore gumboots in the scorching heat filled with water... and yet i am feeling awake!


An image suddenly appeared on the right corner of the brain and behind the eyes, where all my thoughts and dreams disappear with the far faded away bluish green mountain "Baruni". I have a special relationship with that mountain. I believe she will keep all my secrets which i have told, gazing at her, lost in some thoughts, mostly when i was lonely and alone. I now know, she will not tell anyone about my secrets coz its me who had left her, its me who had forgotten her and not vice versa. When i am down and lonely here, all i see is dusky smoke with skyscrapers and noise everywhere, cant even lament in peace!
Now that i am coming home, let me retrospect and bring the memories alive. How can i forget that place! No matter what is happening there, lawlessness one may say, but they are human beings too and not animals! How can someone be so hard enough to stay order rules applicable to animals? Everytime i went home, i felt better, and thought maybe next time when i come - it will be better; but seems like time is running faster than i anticipated! Whatever be the reason, i am coming home now, i cannot bear the delirious nights anymore, i cannot bear the pain alone.
Manipur, my sweet small hometown, here i come.


Image courtesy:
Manipur Skyscrapercity
Baruni Rakeshbanta
Armies Sinlung