RE: Lesson Number One

Dear Ayushi

Thank you for your CANNED reply  !

Find below my latest blog - which , I have posted on a few dozens of web sites ( apart from www.aapandswaraj.com )

I continue to support AAP

But , all of you must learn from your mistakes

And cultivate some humility  !

hemen

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Ides  of  March ?

In ancient Roman calendar , 15 March is called , " Ides of March "

A few days earlier in 44 BC , a seer had warned Julius Caesar to " Beware of the Ides of March "

On that day , on his way to Senate , Caesar joked to the Seer , " Ides of March have come "

Seer replied ,

" Aye , Caesar , but not gone "

Once inside the Senate , Caesar was assassinated !

Caesar paid the price for ignoring the warning  !

Thankfully , 2000 years later , there are no physical assassinations But , what about political " harakiri "  ?  Self - inflicted wounds  ?

Entirely possible , when ego combines with anger - a deadly cocktail !

Why else should Arvind Kejriwal threaten ALL media by saying , " Media are corrupt . They are bribed by political parties and businessmen to air PAID NEWS If we come to power , we will investigate and send ALL of them to jail "

Of Course , we understand the anger , the enthusiasm , the frustration with the present political system and can forgive AAP leaders for the following :

>  a few hundred people were inconvenienced when Arvind travelled by

    rickshaw / local train in Mumbai

>  some AAP workers misbehaved in their enthusiasm to show their

    support to Arvind's crusade

>  AAP organizers did not  apply for the necessary police permissions

    sufficiently in advance

We can also concede that media will place before the public , not the real / total / unblemished picture - but its " tainted " version , dependent upon that media's political leanings

Eg :

How many TV anchors thought it fit to place Nitish Kumar ( CM - Bihar ) in the witness box , when he brought the entire state to a grinding halt , a few days back  ?

Or when those election rallies of Narendra Modi / Rahul Gandhi disrupt millions of lives ?

Sure , Arvind is given to hyperbole and we could have brushed aside if he were to say ,

" In my perception ,- and I have no proof - , some TV channels are being financed by some people / parties , to tell white lies and to malign AAP

If we come to power , we would investigate such nexus , if any , and try to make media , truly independent of such undesirable influences "

But he allowed his ego to overtake his genuine / well-placed anger  !

ARVIND

It is still not too late to be warned - to militate with decency 

The Ides of March is here  !

*   hemen  parekh (  15  March  2014  /  Mumbai  )

   

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From: Delhi Elections [mailto:delhielections@aamaadmiparty.org]

Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 10:19 PM

To: Hemen Parekh

Subject: Re: Lesson Number One

Dear Hemen ,

We apologize for the delayed response.

This is your party and we can never think of hurting your sentiments.

Keep working for the cause.

Lets keep in touch.

long live aam aadmi!

Warm Regards,

Ayushi saxena

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On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 12:36 PM, Hemen Parekh <hcp@recruitguru.com> wrote:

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> After I posted my following blog this morning , I just learnt from TV that

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> Live up to your promises

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> regards

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> Lesson   Number   One

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> For Arvind Kejriwal - and his team of ministers and MLAs - lesson number one

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> TALK  LESS   /  WORK  MORE

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> You did not have to declare ( from roof-top too ! ),

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> "  If elected , we will shun government bungalows / cars / servants etc  "

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> No one had asked you for proof of your simplicity

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> But you went ahead and did it on your own !

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> Now that you have placed yourself under the microscope , people of Delhi are

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> "  Why is Arvind moving into a 10 room bungalow  ?

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>     Why has he accepted security from UP government  ?

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>     Why are AAP ministers using government cars ( - chauffer driven too )  ?

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>     What were you trying to achieve - except perhaps fool the public - by

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>     travelling in metro / auto / Wagon-R , for first 4 days  ?  "

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> People of Delhi think that ,

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>>   they have been taken for a ride ( - no doubt , on metro ! )

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>>   you have pulled a fast one on them

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>>   you have betrayed their trust

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> DEAR  ARVIND ,

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> There was no need for you to have made those lofty declarations

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> But for your failed attempt to project your simplicity as a virtue , no one

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> People may have even appreciated that you intend to continue your office

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> Every single Chief Minister of India  has to do that  !

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> More than 50 years back , Dr Jivraj Mehta ( - the first Chief Minister of

> Gujarat ) , spent a night at my father's modest house in village Vadia

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> He had just one peon in his retinue ( - apart from his driver ) , who

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> After dinner , he sat down cross-legged , on a bed laid out on the floor and

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> When I got up next morning , I saw him going thru those files and making

> notes . My father later told me that the CM had started work at 4 am - still

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> Dr Jivraj Mehta did not have to declare his " Simplicity " to anyone  !

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> Then 3 years later , corrupt Congress MLAs of Gujarat , who could not

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> DEAR  ARVIND ,

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> You have many lessons to learn from history

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> Lesson  No ONE  is  :

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>>  Do not undertake / promise anything that you cannot sustain

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>>  Once you promise anything , don't go back on it

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>>  Always ask , " Will I be able to defend my position later ? "

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>>  TALK  LESS  /  WORK  MORE

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> *    hemen   parekh  (  04  Jan  2014  /  Mumbai  )

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