We'd got up at 6 AM sharp, thanks to Lekha's cellphone's alarms. Went about our chores and we were ready well in time. For the first time after I'd fallen ill, I'd recited the 'Vishnu sahasranaama sthothram' and felt very nice about it. We were ready soon after breakfast when the maid was in.
Earlier, Sajid, our chauffeur for the day, had called up our maid to say that he would be delayed as he was stuck in the traffic at the Mammiyoor junction. He, however, came in before 10 and we'd taken off soon after.
We were at the ECHS, Kunnamkulam where I finished the formalities linking our cards with our Aadhaar cards. We, then, went off to the Pookkodu panchayat. Enroute, we'd picked up Guavas, one and a half kg for Rs.100/-, from a roadside vendor. These are bought in from the neighbouring Tamilnadu and are generally sweet and tasty!
The visit to the Panchayat was necessitated because of a notice received from the Guruvayur Municipality that I'd to pay house tax, to the tune of over Rs.4,600/-, with retrospective effect. This was clearly unwarranted because of the following reasons:-
(a) Ex-servicemen are exempted from paying house tax if they own just one house.
(b) A house with a plinth area of less than 2,000 sq ft is exempt from the tax.<2 are="" exempt="" from="" ft="" p="" sq="" tax.="" the="">
<2 are="" exempt="" from="" ft="" p="" sq="" tax.="" the=""> (c) Since I and my neighbour had been going, annually, to the panchayat to endorse the above, I
was armed with the receipt slips of the previous years from '14 which stood me in good stead!
Sunil and Arun helped me get through the impasse and endorsed so on the notice that was sent!
We'd, then, gone to the Akshaya Kendra at Thampuranpadi to send the online request for the renewal of our passports and the whole procedure took about 20'. The outfit will inform us as to when we've to present ourselves at the passport office, at Thrissur, for the final procedure which, hopefully, should be within a couple of days from now.
We were back at 'The Quarterdeck' by about a trifle past 12.
Preetha, the maid, is not gonna come for the next two days because of the strike called for by the trade unions.
The rest of the day was quiet with nothing happening! We went about our normal chores!!
<2 are="" exempt="" from="" ft="" p="" sq="" tax.="" the="">
<2 are="" exempt="" from="" ft="" p="" sq="" tax.="" the="">
<2 are="" exempt="" from="" ft="" p="" sq="" tax.="" the="">Tailpiece.
<2 are="" exempt="" from="" ft="" p="" sq="" tax.="" the="">
<2 are="" exempt="" from="" ft="" p="" sq="" tax.="" the="">The central government's decision to push forth a Constitution Amendment within this Parliament session to facilitate bringing about 10% reservations for the upper castes on economic basis has taken the entire opposition by surprise! It's simply a game changer!!
Earlier, Sajid, our chauffeur for the day, had called up our maid to say that he would be delayed as he was stuck in the traffic at the Mammiyoor junction. He, however, came in before 10 and we'd taken off soon after.
We were at the ECHS, Kunnamkulam where I finished the formalities linking our cards with our Aadhaar cards. We, then, went off to the Pookkodu panchayat. Enroute, we'd picked up Guavas, one and a half kg for Rs.100/-, from a roadside vendor. These are bought in from the neighbouring Tamilnadu and are generally sweet and tasty!
The visit to the Panchayat was necessitated because of a notice received from the Guruvayur Municipality that I'd to pay house tax, to the tune of over Rs.4,600/-, with retrospective effect. This was clearly unwarranted because of the following reasons:-
(a) Ex-servicemen are exempted from paying house tax if they own just one house.
(b) A house with a plinth area of less than 2,000 sq ft is exempt from the tax.<2 are="" exempt="" from="" ft="" p="" sq="" tax.="" the="">
<2 are="" exempt="" from="" ft="" p="" sq="" tax.="" the=""> (c) Since I and my neighbour had been going, annually, to the panchayat to endorse the above, I
was armed with the receipt slips of the previous years from '14 which stood me in good stead!
Sunil and Arun helped me get through the impasse and endorsed so on the notice that was sent!
We'd, then, gone to the Akshaya Kendra at Thampuranpadi to send the online request for the renewal of our passports and the whole procedure took about 20'. The outfit will inform us as to when we've to present ourselves at the passport office, at Thrissur, for the final procedure which, hopefully, should be within a couple of days from now.
We were back at 'The Quarterdeck' by about a trifle past 12.
Preetha, the maid, is not gonna come for the next two days because of the strike called for by the trade unions.
The rest of the day was quiet with nothing happening! We went about our normal chores!!
<2 are="" exempt="" from="" ft="" p="" sq="" tax.="" the="">
<2 are="" exempt="" from="" ft="" p="" sq="" tax.="" the="">
<2 are="" exempt="" from="" ft="" p="" sq="" tax.="" the="">Tailpiece.
<2 are="" exempt="" from="" ft="" p="" sq="" tax.="" the="">
<2 are="" exempt="" from="" ft="" p="" sq="" tax.="" the="">The central government's decision to push forth a Constitution Amendment within this Parliament session to facilitate bringing about 10% reservations for the upper castes on economic basis has taken the entire opposition by surprise! It's simply a game changer!!
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