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vijayanands · 7 years

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#ChennaiTricolor #diaries If you ever setup a trust, the assumption will be that it is a non-profit right? Well, not by default. You need to apply for what is called 12A status. The 12A or 12AA registration gives the non profit its non profit status. What it means is that, you are not liable for taxes for money left in the bank at the end of the fiscal year, minus liabilities. What is leftover isnt treated as "profit" and taxed. Most non-profits would need this to be done. Some nonprofits would and can go a step further and apply to be registered under section 80G. Having an 80G status allows your contributors to get tax benefits. If you are an individual you can claim upto 50% (for a ceiling of 10K INR, i think). For corporates the limit is more. Firms with 80G relatively find it easier to convince contributors to give money for the cause, because there is also a tax benefit angle to it. Most folks would pitch in just because it is a good cause, but the tax benefit is the deal that tides over. Most NGOs have this registration that contributors have started to ask for it now. With the Chennai Tricolor Initiative Trust, We were advised to get these registrations done. So naively i thought it would be a form to fill, and a letter to make a case right? This is one of the corrupt departments today. I asked an auditor to help me with this one day and he said it takes abt six months to get each of this done, but it could be "sped up to be done in a few weeks". Anytime i hear that there is a fasttrack option, my alarm bells go off these days. So i got the estimate, and i saw a govt fees and another "fee" that was 20x the amount. I replied back asking if that is a "bribe" and if so i am not cool with it. He called me immediately asking me not to write such things on email and clarified that "it was that only". I said fine, thanks but no thanks. Over the next three months, ive met with a little over 17 auditors and accountants to get help to register for the 12A and 80G. Almost everyone said it was impossible to do it without the fee. It seems that these exemption offices were distributed with multiple centres across the city. So he said a while back if one officer says no you can find another one who empathises who might do it. (Note how availing a govt service has to be described as *might*) But now they have centralized it and the officer incharge knows that sooner or later he is the only one who can sign that paper. We had an informal meeting with an officer who confided in us that, the amount was low and somewhere to the tune of a lakh is what they expected. His justification " Saar youll register non profit and then move your wealth there and escape taxes, and get donations also and buy foreign cars. Then we cant come and ask no? So we take upfront". I explained that the initiative has a larger purpose and it isnt my money to give. I am responsible for every ruppee i have collected from the public towards putting up this flag. He shrugged his shoulders and pointed at a pile of files and said "those have been there for years". I got the hint. As of two days ago, we got our 12A and 80G status done. We didnt pay a single ruppee of bribe. It took its due course - we applied abt 8 months ago, but it came through. It probably doesnt mean much to you. But for us these are the small victories - and the fight that counts. I know its a struggle - it shouldnt be. But it is. That is also the reason this initiative is important. 1/6th of india (close to 200mn) people work for the govt. So these "people" we complain abt, arent aliens who live somewhere else - that peon, that clerk, that officer are all part of the general populace. Hence the reason why the pledge becomes crucial. We believe 1% of the city (100,000 people) taking the pledge to do their job diligently, to contribute to society, to love their country - is a startint point. And for us, the flag that gets hoisted on aug 15th at the marina, will be the eternal flame to remind us of the promise we made. This is for our kids - that they have a country that they can build on. We've screwed up. But they shouldn't have to live with it. We need to give them a better start. Not taken the pledge yet? Do so here : http://ift.tt/2adm1EB You can also contribute (as modest as Rs. 100) http://ift.tt/2f9XKXW David Appasamy Mahadevan Jayram Mridulya Narasimhan Pradeep Muthu Balaji Durairaj Ravi Kumar Santhosh Kr Subramanian Javeeth Ahamed Siddharth Ganeriwala Ranjeeth Rathod Santhosh Babu Shankar SV Kiruba Shankar Arjjun Chander Mithun Sacheti Nishanth Chandran Sam Mehta Prathibha Sastry Hari Ganapathy Vidhya Mohankumar Mahesh Radhakrishnan Joylita Saldanha Chinmayi Sripada Tarun Tripathy Archana Stalin Kumaravel Ck Arun Ramarathnam Palanidaran Chidambaram Abinaya Rajavelu Jyotsna John Sangita Santosham Ranjani Shanker Deepak Chander Janet Vineeta Michelle Maria Thomas Jessica Seddon Wallack Badri Seshadri Badri Natarajan Udhay Shankar J Sam Daniel Stalin Sangeetha Kandavel Sorav Jain Karthik Tmk Anil Srinivasan Suneil Chawla Sujatha Muthayya

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chinmayimusicnpoetry-blog · 7 years

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Permission to create music based on poems of Harivansh Rai Bacchan

प्रति,

श्री अमिताभ बच्चन

जलसा,ब/२

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विषय- हिन्दी कविताओं पर आधारित मेरे द्वारा निर्माणाधीन एलबम में हरिवंश राय बच्चन जी की कविता सम्मिलित करने की अनुमति I

प्रिय बच्चन जी,

मैं पिछ्ले दस वर्षों से संगीत के क्षेत्र में एक गायिका के रूप में कार्यरत हूँ व अनेक राष्‍ट्र स्तरीय कार्यक्रमों में मेरी प्रस्तुति हो चुकी है तथा मेरे स्वरचित गीतों मे दो एलबम इसके पूर्व जारी हो चुके हैं जिन्हें पर्याप्त प्रशंसा प्राप्त हुई है I

वर्तमान में मैं अपने नये एलबम की तय्यारी कर रही हूँ जिसमें हिन्दी के प्रख्यात कवियों की कविताओं की संगीतात्मक प्रस्तुति रहेगी I इनमें महादेवी वर्मा, हरिवंश राय बच्चन, निराला, शिवमंगल सिंह सुमन, पंत, धर्मवीर भारती और दिनकर जैसे महान कवियों की रचनायें सम्मिलित हैं I इस एलबम के निर्माण का उद्देश्य यह है कि अच्छी, सुंदर कवितायें, गीतों के माध्यम से और प्रचलित हों, साथ ही युवाओं में साहित्य के प्रति और रुझान पैदा करें ताकि वो ऐसी सुंदर रचनाओं को पढ़ें और याद रखें I

इसके अलावा, नये गीतों में अर्थपूर्ण, भावात्मक कविताओं का संचार बढ़े, ये भी प्रयास है I इस एलबम का निर्माण मेरे अपने प्रयासों से हो रहा है अतः इसकाकोई व्यावसायिक उद्देश्य नहीं है, तथा एक क्राउड फंडिंग केंपेन के द्वारा इसकी रेकॉर्डिंग हेतु धन राशि एकत्रिक की गयी है जिसमें ऐसे लोगों ने सहयोग किया है जो ये चाहते हैं की सुंदर साहित्यिक गीत प्रचलन में आयें. लिंक- https://www.wishberry.in/campaign/the-music-poetry-project/

इसी उद्देश्य की पूर्ति के लिए कई बड़े इनडिपेंडेंट आर्टिस्ट इस प्रॉजेक्ट को बनाने में सहयोग कर रहे हैं जैसे बैजू धर्माजन , शरत चंद्र श्रीवास्तव आदि I

इस एलबम में बच्चन जी के द्वारा रचित 'पगला मल्लाह', और ‘जीवन की आपाधापी में’ - नामक दो कविताओं को सम्मिलित करने का प्रस्ताव हैI

मुझे विदित हुआ है कि बच्चन जी द्वारा रचित कविताओं का कॉपीराइट आपके पास है I आपसे सादर प्रार्थना है की ऊपर रचित दो कविताओं को अपने निर्माणाधीन एलबम में सम्मिलित करने हेतु अनुमति प्रदान करने की कृपा करें I

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About Chinmayi

A singer- song writer and also co-founder at Songdew.com- A free, open platform for artists that promotes Independent artists and music through publishing, distribution and promotional opportunities. As a musician, Chinmayi is a trained classical vocalist (trained in Hindustani classical music) and has released 2 music albums with Times Music and Worldwide records. As an artist, Chinmayi is known for her own original songs that have meaningful lyrics and rich compositions. Chinmayi has received Vishnu Prabhakar Puruskar for her work in music and poetry and was 1 of the five young achievers awarded by British Youth Awards. Chinmayi is currently working on her new music album project-'The Music & Poetry Project' that would be a compilation of songs based upon the poems of some of the most celebrated writers of Hindi Literature such as Nirala, Harivansh Rai Bachhan , Mahadevi Verma, Shivmangal Singh Suman, Dharamvir Bharti and Dinkar. The album is a small attempt to create contemporary music based on meaningful, rich poetry that can reach out to youngsters and increases their interest in good literature. Also, brings back the poems of some of the legendary writers into circulation. The album will see a collaboration of some of the finest musicians in India such as Baiju Dharmajan, Sharat Chandra Shrivastav(Mrigya) among others.The project has been funded through a crowd funding campaign that has garnered the support and interest of large number of people from all over the world who have crowd funded the campaign

Project link-

https://www.wishberry.in/campaign/the-music-poetry-project/

Other References:

https://www.facebook.com/chinmayi007

http://www.mid-day.com/articles/infusing-music-into-hindi-literature/17505166

http://yourstory.com/2013/09/chinmayi-tripathi-co-founder-songdew-com-music-entrepreneurship/

https://www.amazon.com/Splash-collection-poems-Chinmayi/dp/1481971360

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