Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Monday 21 January 2013

BSNL CANNOT HELP !


It must get rid of 100,000 employees – and fast

Here is why :

  • It has a work-force of 281,000 employees as on 31 Mar 2011

  • It had a profit of Rs 10,183 Crores in 2004-05

  • Profit turned into a loss of Rs 6,384 Crores in 2010-11

  • Its salary burden is 48 % of its revenue

  • By getting rid of 1 lakh employees , salary burden will come down to 10-15 % of revenue

  • The average age of employees is about 50 years

  • This aging work-force don’t have the skill-set to compete with Airtel / RIL / Vodaphone / Idea etc
  
All of this , notwithstanding Congress Jaipur Declaration , promising to create 10,000,000 ( 1 Crore ) jobs each year , starting 2015 ( provided people believe in such promises and vote UPA to power in 2014 ! )

In the meantime , to survive , BSNL is selling real estate worth Rs 8,000 Crores

Obviously to those who will contribute generously to Congress Party Funds , which , are currently around Rs 2,000 Crores

NB

Payments in cash welcome from Individuals and Corporate if in sums of less than Rs 20,000 / - not requiring verification !

Hemen  Parekh

Saturday 19 January 2013

GOOD NEWS : BAD NEWS


DNA ( 18th Jan 2013 ) reports ,

·     Good News / Food Securuty Bill

·     National Food Security Bill is likely to be placed before Parliament in forthcoming budget session, under which,

·      800 million poor people ( 67 % 0f Indian population ) will each get ,5 Kg of rice or wheat or millet , every month for Rs 5 / 2 / 1 per kg


·     Hopefully , this will save those 1.6 Million children ( under age 5 ), currently starving to death every year. Better late than never !

·     May be we should hold National Elections every alternate year !

·     Bad News  /  Decline in Education Standards

·     Annual Status of Education Report ( 2012 ) found following decline in education standards :
      -------------------------------------------------------------
Students Tested…………Test……………% age of students who failed test in
     2010……………2011…………….2012


Class 3…………………… Read Textbooks
Of Class  1 ………….54.4 ………….59.7……………..61.3


Class 5…………………… Read Textbooks
Of Class  2…………….46.3……………51.8……………53.2


Class 5………………… Solve Division
Problems…………………  58.6…………….67.2………….77.4


As it is , India has the dubious distinction of having the largest illiterate population in the World – with or without Right To Education Act

Soon, we will also boast the largest “ Unemployed “ work-force in the World !

Hemen  Parekh

Wednesday 9 January 2013

Guru-Speak

O , Mothers of Men
Mark my words :
Ignore your perishable body
Save your immortal soul
Blame your attitude
And change your outlook,
A rapist ceases to be a rapist
The moment you cry, Brother Dear
And fall at his feet.
Don’t venture out of home
And if you must , never alone,
Repeat after me :
“ I have no use for mobile,
Nor for a pair of jeans,
I will never wear a skirt
And go to hell for wearing shorts,
I will never give birth to a girl,
Or fall in love “
Chant my children
Chant a thousand times :
“ Guru is my Asha
And he is my Ram “
hemen parekh

Tuesday 1 January 2013

But Democracy is a good thing !


The Girl is dead
India’s darling daughter is dead
But democracy is alive
And democracy is a good thing.

The womanhood is raped
Poor are starving to death
Farmers are committing suicide
But democracy is alive
And democracy is a good thing

Every day , 3279 children die of malnutrition
Even as millions of tons of grain
 Rot under sun and rain
Thousands die of tobacco smoke
But democracy is alive
And democracy is a good thing

Hundreds die in floods
Few thousands die crossing railway tracks
A million children die working for 18 hours
In dark / dungeon slave factories
Living on a slice of bread and glass of dirty water
But democracy is alive
And democracy is a good thing

Where else but in a democracy
Do people have a right
To vote / select their own Masters
Who , for the next five years, will

Ø  Silence them

Ø  Torture them

Ø  Maim them

Ø  Loot them

Ø  Rape them

Ø  Murder them

Cry, Beloved Motherland
And don’t stop crying
Till your tears sweep these tyrants into the Arabian Sea !

With utmost contempt

hemen  parekh

Jobs  for  All  =  Peace  on  Earth


A TRIBUTE



Dear Friend

Here is my tribute to the Delhi rape victim

Express your anguish , add your own verse ( and your name ) , at the end and forward to your “ Contact Group “ ( available in Outlook / GMail / Yahoo Mail etc )

Then request them to do likewise

Let , a million version of this tribute echo in the hearts on all Indians
  

But  Democracy  is  a  good  thing !

The Girl is dead
India’s darling daughter is dead
But democracy is alive
And democracy is a good thing.

Every year
21,000 mothers , daughters , sisters get raped,
Countless others burnt to dowry-death;
Poor starve or, shelter less
Freeze on footpath;
On each rainless day
A hundred farmers commit suicide
But democracy is alive
And democracy is a good thing

Each year , 1,600,000 children die of malnutrition
Even as millions of tons of grain
Rot under sun and rain
Thousands die of tobacco smoke
But democracy is alive
And democracy is a good thing

Hundreds die in floods
Few thousands die crossing railway tracks
A million children die working for 18 hours
In dark / dungeon slave factories
Living on a slice of bread and glass of dirty water
But democracy is alive
And democracy is a good thing

Where else but in a democracy
Do people have a right
To vote / select their own Masters
Who , for the next five years, will

Ø  Silence them

Ø  Torture them

Ø  Maim them

Ø  Loot them

Ø  Rape them

Ø  Murder them

Cry, Beloved Motherland

And don’t stop crying

Till your tears sweep these tyrants into the Arabian Sea !


Hemen Parekh