Kumar Vembu

[Kumar Vembu @KumarVembu2]

A four-member team built in under 100 person-months what took us 100+ person-years at Gofrugal. Their goal for 2026 is to forget coding.

Five startup stories, and what Isaignani Ilaiyaraaja and Kaviperarasu Vairamuthu teach us about AI.

https://t.co/KhzKkstsaG

[Kumar Vembu @KumarVembu2]

Why rate a law? I rate everything, from idly and sambar at home to products, processes and experience at work. While a number does not tell the whole story, it helps with context for a good conversation. It has also helped me improve continuously as we increase our expectations. I believe rating is fundamental to achieve excellence.

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How would you rate GST on a scale of 1 to 10?

I built GST software in 2017. I gave GST 3.3 then. Today I give it 5.3.

I believe simple laws are the cheapest tax cut India can give. Here is why, and why India should consider one GST rate.

My article at https://t.co/iUyxgEzJNe

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Sharing it with @nsitharaman @FinMinIndia @cbic_india @nsitharamanoffc @AshwiniVaishnaw . The reforms from the 57th GST Council meeting are a welcome step. I hope these ideas from someone who built GST software for small businesses help take GST further.

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@sandeep_PT Well said

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@IndiGo6E @AbijitG @IndiGo6E I shared my experience on 16th and why am I not getting any response ?

I have sent emails on other issues to support as part of feedback but not getting any response in any channel ?

Do you have any minimum twitter followers for responding to issues ?

[Kumar Vembu @KumarVembu2]

I had the same experience when I traveled with my wife yesterday. My wife and I were assigned seats in two different rows. I was in 24D and I was shocked to find that the entire 24A,B and C were unoccupied and free. My wife who was seated in 21E told me the person in 21D and her husband were also assigned seats in different rows.

I always checkin to indigo with auto assign seats. I used to get the boarding pass 3 hours before the flight. In the last 3 months, while indigo promised to give the boarding pass 3 hours before departure, they don’t. I can’t use DigiYatra in airport because I don’t have boarding pass, I can’t even get a boarding pass in their kiosk in the airport as the seats are unassigned and I am forced to go to their checkin counter to get the boarding pass.

I am entitled to a seat when I make the booking and Indigo is forcing me to spend 30 minutes extra and anxious moments because I don’t want to pay for a seat.

I have started feeling harassed by Indigo for checking in with auto assign seats. They don’t understand that this is no way they are going to make me pay for the seat

@IndiGo6E @MoCA_GoI @RamMNK

[Kumar Vembu @KumarVembu2]

I had the same experience when I traveled with my wife yesterday. My wife and I were assigned seats in two different rows. I was in 24D and I was shocked to find that the entire 24A,B and C were unoccupied and free. My wife who was seated in 21E told me the person in 21D and her husband were also assigned seats in different rows.

I always checkin to indigo with auto assign seats. I used to get the boarding pass 3 hours before the flight. In the last 3 months, while indigo promised to give the boarding pass 3 hours before departure, they don’t. I can’t use DigiYatra in airport because I don’t have boarding pass, I can’t even get a boarding pass in their kiosk in the airport as the seats are unassigned and I am forced to go to their checkin counter to get the boarding pass.

I am entitled to a seat when I make the booking and Indigo is forcing me to spend 30 minutes extra and anxious moments because I don’t want to pay for a seat.

I have started feeling harassed by Indigo for checking in with auto assign seats. They don’t understand that this is no way they are going to make me pay for the seat

@IndiGo6E @MoCA_GoI @RamMNK

[Sarang Bhalerao @bhaleraosarang]

Absolutely appalling experience with IndiGo.

My wife, my 2-year-old daughter and I were assigned THREE different seats. How does a system allow a 2-year-old child to be seated separately from both her parents?

Even if we give the check-in team the benefit of the doubt and accept that it was a mistake, we expected the cabin crew to show some empathy and help resolve it.

Instead, the staff on board were incredibly rude and dismissive, and actually tried to blame “Navi Mumbai Airport” for the situation.

We weren’t asking for preferred seats or special treatment. We were simply asking that our TWO-YEAR-OLD CHILD be seated with one of her parents.

Mistakes happen. What matters is how you respond to them. Passing the blame and showing zero empathy to parents travelling with a toddler is simply unacceptable.

Get your game up @IndiGo6E

[Sarang Bhalerao @bhaleraosarang]

Absolutely appalling experience with IndiGo.

My wife, my 2-year-old daughter and I were assigned THREE different seats. How does a system allow a 2-year-old child to be seated separately from both her parents?

Even if we give the check-in team the benefit of the doubt and accept that it was a mistake, we expected the cabin crew to show some empathy and help resolve it.

Instead, the staff on board were incredibly rude and dismissive, and actually tried to blame “Navi Mumbai Airport” for the situation.

We weren’t asking for preferred seats or special treatment. We were simply asking that our TWO-YEAR-OLD CHILD be seated with one of her parents.

Mistakes happen. What matters is how you respond to them. Passing the blame and showing zero empathy to parents travelling with a toddler is simply unacceptable.

Get your game up @IndiGo6E

[Kumar Vembu @KumarVembu2]

Banks must be accountable and liable.
When people lose money to scams via banks, banks say they can't trace the account holder. I do KYC every year. So how do scamsters get a free run?
100% trust and security in bank transactions is the foundation of economic growth.
@RBI @FinMinIndia @nsitharaman @narendramodi @PMOIndia

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Simplify the law. Trust people. Verify later.

That is the only way this backlog actually clears.

Full piece here: https://t.co/8DYYMYVrW4

What has been your experience? Would love to hear your views.

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Our FM said pending tax appeals will take a “century” to clear, and asked CBDT to focus on litigation prevention.

Good instinct. But this kind of statement worries me on two counts. Honest taxpayers may start thinking pending appeals is somehow rewarding. And criticising your own team in public hurts officer morale and dignity at work.

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I share three personal experiences in this piece. A tax case, an RBI penalty, an NBFC application. Different departments, same root cause.

Laws are big but not clear. Officers are not empowered. So everything stays pending.

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I wrote about all of this in medium. It covers what a real, clean-slate rebuild of our system could look like.

Full piece here: https://t.co/lg1iamSRQu

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I delayed my daughter’s school admission by a few months.

Best decision I made as a parent.

Here’s why

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So what should education actually build?

Exploration.
Talent awareness.
Goal setting.

And the one thing we almost never talk about: love for craft.