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Flamenco by Street Artists of Barcelona

Operation whitewaters: A saga of action, suspense and spy games

Sometime in June 2015, the Atacaq island in the Andaman and Nicobar Island chain comes alive with the action under Mission Storm Harrison, where Captain Vir Goel, Col. Kaushal Singh and Air Personnel Girish were on a secret mission to get Han Nicholas, a diamonds smuggler, arms dealer as well as funding member of terror outfits of the neighboring country Xanade, dead or alive. On their way, they face a strong enemy force that is heavily fortified. Yet they complete their mission even with lots of dangers. Yet they had an unknown enemy who despite being down has ambitions of doing something : " You had your time of joy and action. You came, killed and conquered. You came, killed and conquered. We were down and smoked. We were down and smoked. Killed and blasted. You had your laugh, and the victory highs. You thought we were out, out and out of the way. Yet you are not the Gods. You might be the Good guys, but you need something to be good. To be good, to be good. That is the evi...

So GST has finally kicked off in India!

After much hype, noise and lots of confusion and protests, GST or Goods and Services Tax- a single tax to replace multiple state and central taxes like VAT, Octroi, Cenvat, Service Tax etc has started on 1st July 2017 in India. The Software systems and the Traders are still not totally ready. It will take time for things to settle in. The transition would be a bit chaotic. People ranging from traders to consumers will have to bear some pains. With some services like Insurance, Credit Cards outstanding increasing from 15% to 18% will pinch some, some other things like some essential goods turn a bit cheaper. I am also trying to understand a few things and terms, as this stuff is creating a big bubble of excitement in me. One thing I did observe in bills was 2 components- CGST - Central GST SGST-  State GST So a split is taking place. And the GST is not on total price. So it means, the rest of amount is Input tax credit?? Well, I would also like more clarity on Input Ta...

Redeemed on Literacybase today : 08 May 2017, after nearly 5 months

Pressed redeemed today: Here are the screenshots My (till now) 17 part series on a fiction story with spies and small war scenario has been the mainstay, but I also have written some Technical articles and about a few movies.