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Letter to a father: FM gets wishlist

PTI | By, New Delhi
Feb 25, 2010 08:46 PM IST

Vying for his attention like every other Indian does around Budget time, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's daughter Sharmistha has written an open letter asking him to exempt artistes like herself from income tax and instead tax up to 95 per cent of the income of eve-teasers.

Vying for his attention like every other Indian does around Budget time, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's daughter Sharmistha has written an open letter asking him to exempt artistes like herself from income tax and instead tax up to 95 per cent of the income of eve-teasers.

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“At home, whenever I try to share my precious views with you on the forthcoming budget, I am silenced by your steely glance (hence the open letter)... I hope you will seriously consider my suggestions regarding certain tax incentives as well as levying new taxes,” wrote Sharmistha Mukherjee, a well-known danseuse.

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Her letter, mostly in jest, also highlights the problems that women face in the country.

Among the new taxes she sought was: “90 to 95 per cent income tax levied on... homo-sapiens found on the roads of Delhi and NCR whose sole purpose in life is to push women-driven vehicles off the road.”

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