^does that make him a superior being? is he above all of us just coz he got an oscar? what is so great about the oscars or cricket. sachin plays well, so what?. he has only amassed wealth for himself. not for the country's needy.
When you win something your family shows appreciation in different ways, 1 of them is by buying you something or giving you money to get yourself what you want. Rahman has done India proud not specifically by winning the Oscar but giving us Indians countless masterpieces of music that you & me pirate & happily listen to and then when he succeeds & is appreciated by the world for his genius we rush to call him Indian, but exempting him of tax for an award he has won becomes wrong? Dhoni, Bachchan, Akshaye Kumar, SRK all of them are high tax payers.
This exemption is not because he is a celeb. It is a gesture by the govt. of India to show appreciation for his acheievment abroad & bringing fame to India. It is your mentallity that you will pirate & enjoy his songs but when he wins & is appreciated you go around appalling comments.
We even have people on this forum who go to the extent of saying that I support oiracy as opposed to DRM!
the man that you are taking up for, will not even care to say 'hi' to you.
Unfortunately like many who are smitten by others' fame I'm not. I don't give a rat's rear or 'hi' by someone. Rahman's music is creative genius & brilliant, I'm a fan of his work. besides I'm not taking up for Rahman, but for the govt.'s decision to exempt his trophies of being tax.
what about those NSG commandoes? what about people who run charities? what about people who run old people's homes? what about soldiers? dont they put their lives on the line for the country?
Because they don't get any benefits you will hold Rahman responsible?
is rahman above all these people just coz he won an oscar?
As of now yes. I don't think many Indians have won Oscars & stood there amidst firangis spoken in Tamil.
Besides it's not about being above someone. He has given us amzing songs, he has been appreciated by the foreign community, he has been awarded an honor that many dream but can/will never acheive. The least we can do to show our appreciation is let me of a couple of taxes.
If you're so tax conscious go catch the politicians & businessmen who evade taxes, not 2 people who otherwise are tax payers. But in rare occasion are exempt for they brought us glory.
(your comments appal me.)²