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

Sunday 5 November 2017

ACCEPTING THE REALITY


An  Electronic  Amalgam  ?



In high-school , we learned that , certain ( not all ) , finely ground metal powders  :


·         When mixed and stirred , form a “ MIXTURE “ , which permits those metals to be “ separated “ by mechanical methods

·         Same powders when thoroughly mixed and heated beyond their melting temperatures , create an “ ALLOY “ , which cannot be separated mechanically


This observation is true of BITS of MATTER


Does it hold good for BYTES of DIGITAL DATA ?


To me , it seems so  !

I am tempted to call this phenomenon , ELECTRONIC  AMALGAM  !


Take the case of Aadhar , which is our BIO-METRIC DATA ( captured as BYTES )


Over the past 3 years ( - and especially after De-Monetization ) , Aadhar has been alloyed  inextricably with the following other BYTES of DIGITAL DATA , to form an ELECTRONIC AMALGAM  :


·         130 DBT Schemes

·         Bank Accounts

·         Mobile Wallets

·         Ration Cards

·         Credit-Debit Cards

·         PAN Cards

·         Driving Licenses

·         Income Tax Payments / GST Payments

·         E Commerce Apps
·         Voter ID Cards ( soon ? )

·         Online Purchase of Train ( - and other transport ) services

·         Registration on most web sites / all Messaging Apps / Social Media

·         Passport / Travel Documents

·         Appearing for Online Exams / Tests


·         Altogether firmly linked with ,

#     50 crore SIM cards

#     54 crore Bank Accounts seeded with Aadhar

#     118.64 crore Indians who used it for authentication nearly 1217 crore times

#     19 crore Jan Dhan bank accounts used Aadhar for identification

#     9.54 crore MGNREGA workers have used Aadhar to receive wages in accounts

#     1.48 crore pensioners have linked Aadhar to bank accounts

#     1.36 crore Indians got passport based on Aadhar

#     Due to Aadhar linkage, 11.35 lakh duplicate PAN got detected / deactivated

  
List keeps growing by the day !


Therefore , I am not surprised that 2 days back , Supreme Court refused to grant a stay to petitioners for Aadhar Act legitimacy and  linking with Bank Accounts / Mobile Nos


It referred the matter to the 5 Judge Constitutional Bench , formed for this purpose , which will decide by end November


I would be surprised if that Constitutional Bench were to decide :


·         Aadhar Act is “ Un-Constitutional “ and must be struck down


That would be like discovering some, hitherto unknown method of separation / dis-entanglement / dismembering  / destruction , of  an ELECTRONIC  AMALGAM ,


- a task of erasing trillions of petabytes of 0s and 1s , from millions of computers from all over the World – remotely and without the permissions of those Computer Owners !


The chaos that is bound to ensue, will make us forget the pains of DEMONETIZATION and GST , combined !


We have many examples of “ Un-implementable Laws


Striking down Aadhar Act will be an example of “ Un-enforceable Judgement “ !


Such a “ discovery “ would merit a Nobel Prize ( - in “ Virtual Unreality “ category ? )


I have no doubt , the Hon Judges of the Supreme Court have heard about :

The Law of Un-intended Consequences



06  Nov  2017






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