A formidable speaker he brings wit and humour to an otherwise dry subject like tax laws. I've known him for a long time as a co-faculty at various institutes where both of us train. Incidentally, he is also a popular faculty on Direct Taxes at the Management Study Centre.
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Before begining our main discussion, we were engaged in small talk including the correct method of drinking Corona beer and the relative merits and demerits of red and white wine and why good single malts should never be insulted by adding soda! The talk naturally turned to fitness and I asked him casually if he went to a gym.
He doesn't. But he does something better. He practices Karate and Tai Chi! This tall Taxpert is a Karate specialist and is mastering Tai Chi.
Before we went on to our more mundane deliberations he demonstrated a few simple Tai Chi holds and techniques. Tai Chi uses focused force rather than strength. Most of the time the opponents strength is used against him by turning aside or redirecting his movement as well as by moving the target away! I could experience an entirely different facet of Banusekar today!
So next time you read his column in Business Line on Taxation, remember he can give a good account of himself in martial arts too!
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