THE INCOME TAX PAVILLION

INCOMETAX INDIA SMILES !

The signifier image given on the right panel leading to the Homepage of the Income Tax Department, India symbolises the universal scare the IT anywhere generates in the lay and the elite alike. That had to be undone.

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Thus was born the concept of honouring visitors to the TAXPAYERS' LOUNGEat the India International Trade Fair held at the Pragati Maidan, New Delhi from the 14th to 27th November 2015 with one of the most durable of gifts of all times in terms of its rarity and the friendly love and frothy cameraderie it always held forth to the recipient -

the CARICATURE !

The idea was definitely so much as to efface the scary picture people held of the IT department as to showcase IT as the irrepressible neighbour bent on respectfully poking fun at the persona of the taxpayer volunteering to be caricatured.

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There was, occasionally, the hesitant subject who did not wait to pose with the caricature. Once a day, a deadly figure querying at the help desk was spotted from a distance, who demanded immediate immortalising on the drawing card but could not be reached out. But the majority were those who confessed that the Income Tax Department, India has become more endearing before smiling all the way back home.

Thanks to all the honourable men, women and lovable little kids for volunteering for a 1 Minute sitting before the Caricaturist. 

The ENTERTAINERS - NUKKAD

NUKKAD remains the deadliest art form to convey a message in any fair like this. This time, the group was different and the theme, slightly so, with the info on return filing and PAN retaining their safe positions in the 20 minute play held twice daily. Last time, it was the FOURTH WALL from Delhi with four shows daily, which albeit its slightly jarring frequency in appearances on the rangmanch held sway like the present troupe with the hilarious expositions. 

Last year, it was the FOURTH WALL from Delhi again but they were vast in numbers. Curiously enough, the first man in Pragati Maidan that I could recognise this year on day one was Mahesh the Kerala boy in the look out for meaty film roles, who acted as the wise old man in that nukkad, who appears second here. He had apparently grown taller, handsomer as an immediate aftermath of landing a small role in an upbeat Hindi film to hit the screens soon. I would like to see the sincere, truly struggling young man as a considerable actor in Bollywood very soon ...

They called him Guruji. Looked ideally so with his face exuding mystery and world wisdom in good volume !

LIFE AROUND PRAGATI MAIDAN