New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- For a business journalist, Budget Day is nothing short of the World Cup final (ICC or FIFA, you decide). It is the D-day for which edit meetings are held months in advance. It's the day for which editorial teams plan months in advance, crafting center spreads, fine-tuning graphics, and, come 11 AM on February 1st, waiting with bated breath for the finance minister to speak.

The only thing comparable to a Budget Day newsroom is probably the newsroom on the day of election results. However, Mint being a business newspaper and having made its debut on Budget Day back in 2007, the event holds a special place for all of us here, as it also happens to be the newspaper's birthday!

Not only that, but for years, our pre-budg...