Letter to BS: Budget speech lasting 160 mins bound to fatigue the listener

One way to curtail the duration could be by changing the structure of the speech.

This refers to the editorial “Beyond numbers” (February 5). A Budget speech could be terrible or terrific. It is believed that a speech should be limited to 45 words as this is “what a mind can handle in one sitting”. So a comment on the duration of the Budget speech will be relevant. Considering that this speech addresses different classes of people —Members of Parliament, experts, business community and masses — it is a challenge to stitch together a short speech, which holds the attention of all. Yet a speech lasting for about 160 minutes and with 1,325 words is