South Block

Delhi Government has decided to reduce another 10% on entertainment tax. Till March’2003, the entertainment tax on cinema was 60%. It was later on reduced to 30%. Now it is going to be 20%. The National Association of Motion Picture Exhibitors and the Multiplex Association of India gave ample reasons for seeking further tax reduction, less viewership being one of them. This plea definitely has benefited the Multiplexes, but not sure whether these multiplexes will pass on this benefit to public. In the past it has not been done. So lets see this time will be cost of movie tickets gets reduced with the reduction of entertainment tax.

If we refer a developer’s adverstiment one major thing that we find missing is one-bed room flats in their layouts. This is basically because builder earns margins by making two or more bedroom flats. GDA and DDA use to make one room flats in large numbers. No one can actually put pressure on these builders who think of only their own profits. Today, a nuclear family’s demand is 1 BR flat of about 650-700 sq.ft, which is not available nowadays and 2 BR’s are out of their budget and need. Government should come up with some financial incentives for builders to develop 1 BR flats which will be instrumental in fulfilling many middle class families dream of owning their own house in and around NCR.

Today women in India in both poor families and in affluent families are facing domestic violence. And every time they go through it they start afresh thinking that everything would become better one day. The uneducated and the ignorant even believe that they deserve this as they are not worth anything better. They are now used to the false promises and apologies of their husbands. And so they scum to domestic violence. The reason for this is the upbringing of the Indian girls. We are made to believe that the men are more powerful and superior to us and we should worship them. Till this notion is changed women in India will keep facing domestic violence.

It has been an age old craze in India, to have a male child. Boy has been always the first preference of the parents and grand parents. This can be seen more in the business class, where people think that the male child will grow up and run the father’s business. Hindu also believes that if their last rites are done by their sons then they will go straight to heaven. But now time is changing and so is the mentality of the people. Today there is hardly and difference between the girl child and the male child. Girls are giving competition to boy in all the fields and making their parents proud of them.

Jackie Chan visited India for a day last weekend for the music release of the film Dasavatharam. This film will be produced by Kamal Hassan. Jackie came on the invitation of his friend Oscar Ravichandaran but got confused pronouncing his name. But there was some on who came to his rescue. It was none other than his good friend Mallika Sherawat with whom he did Myth. Mallika stood by Jackie all the time and also shared meals with him. Jackie feels that she is a fantastic actress and is looking forward to working with her soon. But in between all this he for got to promote his film Forbidden Kingdom which is releasing soon in India.

Like every Thursday this Thursday also the Sai Baba Temple at Lodhi colony was crowded with several devotees. The unusual part was, this evening all the devotees were rushed out of the temple all of a sudden when the PCR (Police Control Room) got a hoax call about a bomb being placed in the temple around 4.45 pm. Within few minutes the whole temple was evacuated. The bomb diffusing squad’s along with the security dogs went in immediate action to check the entire area. The police declared the call as a hoax call when even after vigorously checking for an hour when they did not find any bomb in the temple. This hoax call was taken seriously as recently there had been serial blasts in Jaipur which turned the Pink city to red blood area.

The management institutes have gone ahead and raised their fees but this may have an adverse effect on the people who aspire to be a part of these institutes. The students who want to go in for these institutes will think twice now as getting loans for such amounts will be difficult and also at times not affordable. This will lead to a drop in the number of applicants in these management institutes. Some advice that even if the management institutes are not ready to cut down on their fee they can charge the fee after a student gets placed. This way it will be easier for the student to pay up.

Another debate that is firing up is if Delhi University should have a grading system or no. Some say that it will be good to have a grading system and the pressure on the student will be lesser. The admission process will also become simpler as many students miss out on good colleges because of few percentages. And of course there will be no re-evaluation of papers. While there are few who think otherwise. According to them grading will create confusion as one will not be able to make out who is better than whom. Plus its implementation has to be done carefully as to how the students will be graded.

Will they come to Delhi too? We all wish they do. Venus and Serena Willams are in Bangalore for the tournament. Besides practicing for the game the sisters are also taking out time to enjoy the food and clothes of India. In fact as a part of the inauguration programmer they were seen wearing sarees. They said that they loved it and are enjoying their stay in India. They are really excited about the artis, tikkas and garland. The like the traditions we follow here in India. Indian culture is what they want to explore and experience. What really got them excited were the bangles and binds. Indian Khanna has is a new addition to their list of favorite food. Our south Indian actress Ramya visited them and felt that Venus and Serena are very down to earth. And knowing that they really like Indian clothes she gifted them with designer salwar and kameez.

Skip tracing is to locate customers that have quit paying on their accounts by using software programs and internet resources.  Once customers are located, a legal action is started such as job and bank garnishments. Other tactics to collect on a debt are making phone contact or mail. Negotiations are done with businesses to come to an agreement to pay by means of an agreeable settlement. Collection of the debt are made from anywhere be it a small tool shop to a production company. A lot of the accounts handled are General Contractors. One has to perform detailed investigations necessary to locate people in order to establish collection activities. Skip tracer establish any and all assets, current location and court case status on individuals/businesses that are handled by legal department. They utilize advanced database techniques and systems. Additionally, they also utilize telephone techniques in order to gain information that is pertinent in the location of individuals and business entities