include the Delhi duo of Kohli and Pradeep Sangwan. Apart from India, domestic teams from New Zealand, South Africa and hosts Australia will compete in the Twenty20-cum-ODI tournament starting July 20. India will take on AIS in a Twenty20 match on the opening day at Redlands CC in Queensland. Indian Ranji Trophy side Karnataka had won the inaugural Emerging Players Tournament in 2005, while South Africa won it in 2006 and 2007 before New Zealand denied them a hat-trick.

S Badrinath (Captain), M Vijay, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli (Vice-Captain), Manoj Tiwary, Ishank Jaggi, Abhishek Nayar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar Singh, R Ashwin, Amit Mishra, Wriddhiman Saha, Naman Ojha, Pankaj Singh, Dhawal Kulkarni, Pradeep Sangwan and Sudeep Tyagi.\u25a0

waves in the city has more
good news in store. The \ufb01lm
is ready to be remade in
Hindi and Telugu. The director con\ufb01rmed about
his plans, though the actors are yet to be \ufb01nalised.
\u201cI am excited thatNadodigal is taking me to Hindi
and Telugu. It was not pre-planned, the story was
rejected twice and I have been working on the
idea since I entered the industry,\u201d said the

Vivek Oberoi is considered for the role played by
Sasi Kumar in Tamil. While Bellamkonda Suresh is
producing the movie in Telugu, the production
house for the Hindi remake is yet to be con\ufb01rmed.
Samuthirakani is keen on retaining the lady leads
of the original \u2013 Abhinaya and Ananya. Sundar C.
will be scoring the music again.

he Budget was a disappoint- ment considering the huge expectations people had

from it, but the positive point is that it has not created large disturbances. Here\u2019s Pranab Mukherjee\u2019s budget you should understand more:

The income tax slabs have been raised by Rs. 10,000 for tax payers and Rs. 15,000 for senior citizens. The taxable income will hence go down by Rs. 10,000. Based on this the new exemption limits will be: Rs. 1.6 lakh per an- num for men; Rs 1.9 lakh per an- num for women and Rs. 2.4 lakh per annum for senior citizens.

The surcharge on personal In- come Tax has been abolished. Earlier, there used to be a sur- charge of 10 per cent of your tax amount as payment to the go- vernment in case your taxable in- come was above Rs. 10 lakh. Meaning, if your tax payable was Rs. one lakh, you had to pay addi-

The painful Fringe Bene\ufb01t Tax (FBT) has been scrapped. This means your company will save close to 30 per cent of the expens- es incurred on giving you a better work culture. Earlier, perks like travel, telephone and tickets sponsored by the company for personal travel, etc, were consi- dered fringe bene\ufb01ts and taxed at 30 per cent of the amount deemed as fringe bene\ufb01t.

So, now you could now look forward to your company provid- ing more perks. One of the major boosts would be Employee Stock Options (ESOPs) and superan- nuation schemes.

The deduction under Section 80-DD, which relates to mainte- nance, including medical treat- ment of dependents with severe disability, has been raised to Rs. one lakh from the present Rs. 75,000.

full exemption from Income Tax. Also, any dividend paid will not have the Dividend Distribution tax and in case the NPS is in- volved in sale/purchase of equi- ties, no Securities Transaction Tax will be applicable. Looks like it\u2019s a good time to plan your re- tirement with the NPS!

Earlier the interest that we paid on educational loans was consi- dered as a deduction. But, the hitch was that it was only for spe- ci\ufb01c \ufb01elds of study. The new act will provide relief to all \ufb01elds of study

LCD, TVs, branded jewellery and blankets will cost lesser. Mo- bile phones will probably be the same prices for another year on account of exemption of CVD. There is a lot of clarity that will come out in the next few days once the noti\ufb01cations are avail- able.\u25a0

Onlookers watch as Finance
Minister Pranab Mukherjee
delivers his budget speech in
Parliament on the digital
broadcast on the facade of
the BSE.PHOTO: AFP

23rd birthday on July 1 at all its global
locations. The company was incorporated in
1986 with its \ufb01rst of\ufb01ce in the U.S., this at
a time when Business Process Outsourcing
(BPO) was at a budding stage. Today, the
company has established itself as a leader
in IT Enabled and Business Process
Outsourcing market.
The 23rd birthday celebrations were
marked by humungous cakes being cut at
each of the six Chennai centres. The largest
cake weighed 230 kilos, which was cut in
the Velachery of\ufb01ce. The birthday
celebrations also included special
decorations, ethnic wear competitions for
the employees and a live band that played
throughout the night. Team photos were
taken and the best dressed teams were

Jackson. The channel will pay tribute to the late singer playing
hit numbers from his album and bytes from fans. Reach Out, PCO
and Just Connect will also play numbers. Also, their are MJ
merchandises as prizes to be won.

xperimenting with 200 recipes of biryani before starting a res- taurant is not an easy task, es-

pecially in 1950. But the late A.M. Buhari was a perfectionist, keen on providing the best to namma Chennai. Today, though he is no more, the Buhari family led by the third generation carries forward his legacy.

Hailing from a lower middle-class family in Tirunelveli district, young Buhari had to go to Colombo to assist his uncle in a business in the pre- Independence era. Buhari then came to know that Hotel Mardhana Buha- ri, surprisingly by his own name, was

on sale in the island nation. Though Buhari was not interested in the ho- tel business, he was pushed by his well-wishers to buy it. There started the birth of the Buhari restaurant in Colombo.

In the 1940s, Colombo was a major European colony. So, Buhari\u2019s early customers were westerners, who turned out to be strict disciplinar- ians. This helped the school dropout learn the nuances of the hospitality industry. The biryani served in the hotel was a hit. The elite Sinhalese called it \u201cBuhari rice\u201d instead of bi- ryani.

ment and Buhari was forced to leave the country because of political ten- sion between India and Ceylon.

There started the businessman\u2019s second innings in Madras, in 1951. Buhari launched Buhari Hotel on Mount Road, a major centre of trade.

\u201cWith the help of chef Shamydeen my grandfather tried more than 200 recipes of biryani,\u201d says Nawaz H. Buhari, one of Buhari\u2019s grandsons who now runs the Mount Road joint.

There are many anecdotes asso- ciated with this restaurant. They are known to be the pioneers of \u2018Chicken 65\u2019. \u201cApparently, it was the 65th item on the menu and the fry was made from a 65-day-old chicken,\u201d says the director. \u201cBut in reality we started serving chicken fry from 1965. Until then it was only available with gravy. Since then we introduced many ver- sions \u2013 Chicken 78, 82 and 90. But Chicken 65 is famous and has found a place in all non-vegetarian restau- rants. Interestingly, my cousin found the item on the menu of a famous London restaurant and it was called Madras Buhari Chicken 65,\u201d Nawaaz says.

By 1965, Buhari Hotel branched out to four places \u2013 Flower Bazaar, Central, Egmore and Marina \u2013 of which two are closed now. \u201cEach ar- ea was dominated by a different community, so our hot-selling items were prepared in accordance with the local \ufb02avour,\u201d says Nawaaz.

The famous Buhari halwa was a recipe from Ceylon and it was made from wheat. Also, Buhari was the \ufb01rst person to prepare parotta with wheat instead of maida.

The Buharis also own Hotel Impe- rial and Blue Lagoon Resort in Neelankarai.

A.M. Buhari, who was conferred the title Sherif by Kalaignar Karuna- nidhi, was also offered the Padma Bushan, which he declined. He died at the age of 86. The third generation

also claim that their grandfather was the \ufb01rst person to provide chilled wa- ter free of cost to his customers. \u201cHe introduced uniforms for his staff and table settings in his restaurant, which was only practised in star hotels then.\u201d

\u201cAt the Marina restaurant we had a jukebox, which attracted college stu- dents,\u201d Nawaaz recalls.

The hotel staff are mostly relatives of the family who are trained by the elders. \u201cWe have certain secret ingre- dients, which we don\u2019t want to leak,\u201d he explains.

Well-known personalities who have visited the restaurant include actors Sridevi and Jayachitra and for- mer CM Jayalalithaa\u2019s mother and actress Sandhya. \u201cThe cassata ice- cream was a favourite with late Chief Minister M.G. Ramachandran,\u201d Na- waaz adds.

Buhari\u2019s loyalists can now see a renovated \ufb01ne-dining restaurant on Mount Road. \u201cWe also have plans to open restaurants in Malaysia and Australia in the near future.\u201d\u25a0

Made in Chennai is a column that
showcases the evolution of home-grown
businesses that began when the city
was Madras.

Even a London restaurant has a chicken
recipe named after it. The tale of
Chennai\u2019s Buhari Hotel is one of
perseverance and smart business

1955Flower Bazaar (now closed)
1957Central
1958Egmore
1965Marina (now closed)
1956Hotel Imperial
1982Blue Lagoon Resort
2005Tirunelveli
2007Dubai