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In 2017 the Indian government required taxpayers to link their PAN, the tax identity number, with Aadhaar, the national identity number. The deadlines in 2017 were July 31, August 31 and December 31. Then came March 31, 2018, and more dates after it. In 2021 the fact-checking site BoomLive called the latest move “the 11th such extension.”

In March 2023 the deadline moved once more, from March 31 to June 30, 2023. From July 1, 2023, the PAN of a taxpayer who had not linked it was to become inoperative.

Date After Date

Tareekh pe tareekh, tareekh pe tareekh, tareekh pe tareekh milti rahi hai, My Lord, lekin insaaf nahin mila. Date after date, date after date, date after date we were given, My Lord, but no justice. Sunny Deol says it as a lawyer in the courtroom scene of Damini (1993), directed by Rajkumar Santoshi.

Since July 2002, the Code of Civil Procedure has limited adjournments to three for each party during the hearing of a suit. The same rule, Order XVII, Rule 1, lets the court grant time “if sufficient cause is shown.”

The Family Registers

In Haridwar, around 2,000 pandas, priests of the holy city, “preserve the lineages of their clients in the ‘Bahi khatas’,” the registers they keep. “The clientele of a particular panda is decided on the basis of the village, district and the state they come from,” DT Next reported in 2021.

Before written records, the pandas “used to memorise the names, clans and places of origin, and pass down the information orally to their next generations.”

The Recommendation Letter

At Tirumala, the temple of Lord Venkateswara near Tirupati, a VIP break darshan is a special slot for viewing the deity. In May 2025 the Andhra Pradesh Endowments Minister, Anam Ramanarayana Reddy, announced that it would continue, “based on recommendation letters from MPs, MLAs and MLCs,” the Deccan Chronicle reported. Slots for the legislators of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana resumed on May 15.

The One-Line Resolution

On May 14, 2023, the newly elected Congress legislators in Karnataka met to choose their leader. They “passed a one-line resolution, moved by Siddaramaiah and endorsed by Shivakumar and other leaders at the meeting, authorising Kharge to name the new CM,” The Tribune reported. Mallikarjun Kharge was the party’s national president.

Siddaramaiah and D.K. Shivakumar were the two contenders for the post.

The Tied Thread

In May 2006 the singer Girija Devi tied a sacred thread on the wrist of the singer Malini Awasthi at her home in Varanasi. The ceremony is the ganda bandhan. “Gandabandh is a traditional knot-tying ceremony, which cements the relationship between a guru and his shishya,” wrote The Tribune. “Usually performed on an auspicious day, it heralds the beginning of teaching.”

Pandit Jasraj, the newspaper reported, holds the other side of the bond. A guru cannot demand respect. He has to command it with his conduct.

The Father’s Blessing

In Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Raj, played by Shah Rukh Khan, loves Simran, played by Kajol. Raj will not elope with her. He wants to win her father’s consent instead.

At the climax the father, Chaudhary Baldev Singh, played by Amrish Puri, lets his daughter go: Ja Simran ja, jee le apni zindagi. Go, Simran, go, live your life.

Hired Through a Colleague

In 2011 Business Standard asked Indian companies how they found their staff. “We hire almost 30% of our lateral talent acquisition through our employee referral programme,” said Raghavendra K, head of human resources at Infosys BPO. At iGATE Patni, Mahesh Guru said that 24 percent of the previous year’s hires had come through referrals.

Sifarish

Sifarish means a recommendation. A person with sifarish has someone who has spoken for them. The Rekhta dictionary gives recommendation and intercession as its first meanings. It notes that the word can also mean “undue favour or influence.”

Canvassing in Any Form

Recruitment notices of the Union Public Service Commission, which selects candidates for India’s top government posts, carry a standard instruction: “Canvassing in any form will disqualify a candidate.”