<p>Calm down. Calm down, I tell you. CALM DOWN FOR SACHIN'S SAKE!</p><p>Yes, I know that the government is thinking of increasing tax rates, cutting diesel subsidies and secretly planning all kinds of other devious reforms to make you, the helpless salary-earning cubiclist, pay for its fiscal profligacy.</p><p>BUT PANICKING LIKE HEADLESS CHICKENS IS NOT THE WAY TO DEAL WITH IT. We can cope with this. We've coped with the Deve Gowda administration, we've coped with that whole Lotus Notes thing, and we've coped through that Mamta Kulkarni phase. If we cubiclists put our minds together, we can cope with absolutely anything.</p><p>Over the last one week, thanks to these swirling rumours of increased tax rates, I've been inundated by requests from readers. Having perused these queries and doubts, it gives me great displeasure to inform you that many, many cubiclists have no idea how the income tax system in India works.</p><p><a href="http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/pnOQ67cHhFkDcIVXmv60jK/Fact-fiction-and-taxing-times.html">Keep reading...</a></p>