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

Thursday 28 February 2019

RE: BETTER LATE THAN NEVER


HRS,

Mumbai citizens will bless Tejora even more if you offer to Shri Bagde , to  develop software for item # 1 / # 2 / # 3

It will be an all-India market

hcp

From: Haridas Shenoy [mailto:hrshenoy1941@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2019 1:03 PM
To: H C Parekh
Subject: Re: BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

I am so glad. God bless you. 

On Thu, 28 Feb 2019, 13:00 Hemen Parekh, <hcp@recruitguru.com> wrote:
BEST transport system is about to undergo a major user-friendly innovation , based on a suggestion I made 3 years ago


But , better late than never !


BEST is also about to implement my another suggestion ( Wet Leasing of 1,000 Electric Buses ) which may bring down the operating cost from Rs 170 per Km to under Rs 50 per Km !


BEST is continuing lead public transport systems all over the country !



Thank  You , Shri Bagde

[ Shri Surendrakumar Bagde – General Manager – BEST 
 gm@bestundertaking.com / Tel - +91-22-22856262 ]


For what  ?
For implementing my suggestion for a passenger-friendly  BEST transport  system
sent as email to Shri Bagde on 15  Feb 2016 ) 




What did you suggest  ?

·      A tablet type digital device fitted behind each seat , where passenger to touch his
      destination on route map displayed (  #  1  )


·      Passenger will also touch his smart phone to the device which will transfer the fare
     amount to the bus operator , through a mobile wallet .      (  # 2  )


·      No need for a conductor - as practiced in many foreign countries ! 

     This will tell the driver , at which stops , which passengers are getting off and how
     many seat /s are falling vacant  (  #  3  )


·      This ( No of Vacant Seats ) sign will also appear prominently on the bus itself as it
     pulls into the halt.


   
·      If bus is already FULL and no passenger is getting off at the next bus stop, then driver will not halt the bus , since he cannot accommodate any standee passenger



·      If a passenger is supposed to get off at , say XYZ stop , digital device will flash a
     signal / ring a bell , a few minutes before reaching the stop


·      Entire intra-city bus traffic will be monitored and controlled from the Central Traffic

    Control Station of the city traffic department , much in the same way ATC control air

     traffic or railways control train traffic


·      Bus Arrival Time Indicators  ( linked with GPS in all buses ) at all bus stops


·      As far as density of traffic on various roads is concerned , mobile apps are already
   available


·      Based on the situation , Central Traffic Control will order additional buses to be
     injected on any particular route , at any given time


          [ some more details at :  BEST : Ready to lead  ]






How do you know that your suggestion is getting implemented ?


Just came across following news report in today’s Times of India :



Extract :

·      The BEST, in a pilot run, has installed the Passenger Information System  in 2809 buses, which means these vehicles will have indicators and announcements will be made to tell the commuters of the next stop

·      Also Vehicle Tracking System via GPS has been installed in 2470 buses
 

·      ITMS  [ Intelligent Transport Management System ] will help commuters plan trips on mobiles, get estimated time of arrival of every bus along with the speed at which it is travelling, tell whether it is crowded or not, and if there are alternate buses for the same route


For example, if a commuter finds that there are three buses on the same route , he can check which bus is less crowded and wait accordingly


·      Based on certain parameters such as crowd at the bus stop, available fleet at the nearest depot, the speed of bus and the distance between two buses on a route, the system will ensure that buses arrive at regular intervals at a stop


·      Bus inspectors will have hand held gadgets through which they can convey to the Central Command Centre at Wadala, the situation at stops and only then buses will be deployed where they are needed


·      The Command Centre will have facility where movement of every bus can be seen on a screen

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Dear Shri Bagdeji,


While congratulating you on this very “ commuter – friendly “ innovation , I urge you to examine the feasibility of also implementing , item # 1  / # 2  /  # 3 , listed above


Having set a BENCH-MARK for Public Transport undertakings all over the country, I urge you to persuade the Central Transport Minister , Shri Gadkariji, to examine implementation of :

Transport : an Integrated Logistic Plan ? 

 

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28  Feb  2019

Rsvp :  hcp@RecruitGuru.com






Wednesday 27 February 2019

LET THERE BE A NEW DAWN OF PEACE


After a Surgical / Non-Military / Preemptive , AIR strike, on a Foreign soil, it is time for a :


Healing / Humanitarian / Pra-active , GROUND strike , on Indian soil !


It is time to implement the dream of a secular India that Bapu cherished his entire life


For Bapu, Ram lived in the hearts of millions - no matter where they lived


A  Home  for  Ram 


Past :

In Ismail Faruqui judgement on Oct 24, 1994 , the SC upheld validity of acquisition of Ayodhya land but had said :

“  This is a matter suited essentially to a  RESOLUTION  BY  NEGOTIATIONS  which does not
   end in a winner or loser ; while adjudication leads to that end
  
   It is in the  NATIONAL  INTEREST  that there is  NO LOSER , at the end of the process

  This can be achieved by a NEGOTIATED SOLUTION  on the basis of which a decree can be
  obtained in terms of such solution in these suits
 
  Unless a solution is found which leaves  EVERY ONE  HAPPY , there cannot be beginning for
  a continued  HARMONY  between ‘ We The People of India ‘  “

 
Present :

On 26 Feb 2019 , while hearing the Ayodhya title suit, Supreme Court urged for a “ mediated solution

Justice S A Bobde said :

“ These are title suits which do not involve private property . It involves public right to
  Worship


  Section 89 of the CPC provides for court-mandated resolution of dispute through mediation


  We are considering it seriously. We would like to have it even if there is 1 % chance of
  Success


  We would like to know WHO ARE THE PERSONS who can mediate 
  It shall be strictly confidential


  Where it appears to the court that there exist  ELEMENTS OF A SETTLEMENT which may be
  acceptable to the parties, the court shall formulate the terms of settlement and give them
  to the parties for their observations and after receiving the observations of the parties, the
court may reformulate the terms of a possible settlement and refer the same for
 arbitration, conciliation, judicial settlement including settlement through Lok Adalat , or
 mediation “




Future :

      At the disputed Ayodhya site , creation of a “ World Peace Complex “ comprising of :

·               Ram Temple    (  for Hindus   )

·               Mosque           (  for Muslims  )

·               Church           (  for Christians )

·               Temple           (  for Buddhists )

·               Synagogue      (  for Jews  )

·                 Akshar-Dham   (  for Jains )

·                Gurudwara       (  for  Shikhs  )

·               University for Comparative Studies of World Religions


o        Hospitals ( like Netralaya / Hridayalaya )

o        India Heritage / History Museum

·             Business Convention-cum-Industry Exhibition Centre


·             Tourist Complex



·              And right in the center of the complex , a giant statue of the “ Father of the Nation 

         {    Source :    Reach - Out Time   ?    -  20  Sept  2013    }

 

 

 


Persons who can mediate  :

#   Dr Vishwanath Karad     (  Chairman , Peace University  )

#   Aamir Khan                  (  Actor  / Social Worker  )

#   Malala  Yousafzai          ( Nobel Peace Prize Winner  /  Terror Victim )

#   Kailash Satyarthy         (  Nobel Prize Winner  / children's rights activist )




Message  from  India :

    Entire world is engulfed with violence . Militants and terrorists are killing innocent people
    everywhere .


Persons with no knowledge of the non-violent teachings of the various
    religions, are inciting hatred among people, in the name of religions


    Among all these , we plan to construct at the disputed site, a WORLD  PEACE  COMPLEX ,
    which will stand for respect for all religions and harmonious living for entire mankind


   
References :

·      Let Ram’s Ayodhya be Secular                          [  31  Jan  2019  ]

·       

·      Sarva Dharma Sthanam ?                                 [  02  Oct  2017  ]

 

 


    This blog sent to :

·      supremecourt@nic.in
·      anju@mitpune.com
·      mit@mitpune.com
·      rahulkarad@mitsog.org
·      vdkarad@mitpune.com
·      swamy39@gmail.com
·      ajay@artofliving.org
·      drsnpathan@gmail.com
I urge all those who support my suggestion to forward this mail to the Supreme Court

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27  feb  2019


Tuesday 26 February 2019

RE: NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE


Guru,

Persons currently working for those Social Media sites have nothing to worry about

I am NOT demanding that we close down their India operations

I am only asking that they,

#  Do not require any Indian user to submit to them, any personal data, directly

#  Allow the Indian users to login ( and use their services ) by just clicking,
     “ Log me in with  www.IndiaDataCustodian.gov.in ” , much the same way , we do
    on hundreds of web sites by clicking.. “ Log me in with Facebook / Google “

#  they use this authentication method and access data ( as pre-decided by each
    user , for each web site ) , from IndiaDataCustodian

#  pay ( thru IndiaDataCustodian , route ) , certain fixed amount to the user , whenever , ( and only whenever ) they place a “ online purchase order “ for purchase of ( say ) 1 million “ anonymized / aggregated personal data demographic records “

Feel free to raise any further questions

And do feel free to share my blog among your contacts

Regards,

hcp


From: Gurudatt Kundapurkar [mailto:kundapurkar@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2019 9:24 PM
To: Hemen Parekh
Subject: Re: NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE

Dear Hemenji

This is simply a clarion call to all Indians, inside or outside the government, to unite and fight for your rights to monetize what is after all OURS! This message is quite compelling to act unitedly and confront the modern-day global opportunists.

Hemenji, how do we, as a nation, handle the most likely internal opposition from the Indians who are working and/or are shareholders in the GAFA & Twitter empires? How can their interests & loyalty also be safe-guarded, I wonder?

Warm regards and best wishes for the fast and full success of this clarion call! = Gurudatt

On Monday, 25 February, 2019, 6:04:30 pm IST, Hemen Parekh <hcp@recruitguru.com> wrote:


It is time for 130 cr Indians to sing :

Nothing is Impossible in the NEW INDIA,

Run Mark run / Run Jack run / Run Pichai run / Run Satya run / Run Bezos run

Social Media , Stop being Unsocial

Social Media , Share your profit with us

Social Media , Pay first and use our Personal data later

And if you won't , QUIT INDIA

Each one of you will get replaced by an Indian Startup within 6 months !



In China :  It is “ Comply or Quit “



That is what the Chinese Government is telling the Foreign Companies setting up shop in China

How  ?
China has a law which says :

Based upon the Company Law, party organizations should be permitted to be established in a foreign-invested enterprise – JV or 100% foreign-owned – if it employs three or more party members.

Article 19 requires companies to provide the “necessary conditions” for the activities of party organizations, which shall be established within the company according to the CCP Constitution.



Does this apply even to American Companies ?
You bet !
In a TV interview on BBC , last evening, Chairman of Huawei Group , Guo Ping said , even IBM, Microsoft and Motorola ( owned by Google ) , had to permit the setting up of Communist Party organizations within their Chinese establishments



How many American companies are obliged to do so ?
Approx.  900 companies with a combined investment of $ 220 Billion



What is the relevance to India ?     
Indian political system is a “ Multi-party Democracy “ , hence there is no question of NDA government asking foreign companies to set up “ BJP Party Committees “ in their local establishments !  We are not a “ Dragon Dictatorship “



Then why bring this up ?
Because , Twitter CEO , Jack Dorsey refused to attend the meeting called tomorrow by Shri Anurag Thakur , Chairperson , Parliamentary Committee on IT , to discuss the issue of fake news / misinformation etc , by Twitter
Apparently he thinks “ Twitter is above the Indian Laws “ and not answerable to Anurag !



How does Dorsey get such an impression ? 
I think he mistakes the politeness of Shri Ravi Shankar Prasadji , who , yesterday said at the Global Business Summit :



“ And if some companies……seek to unleash data imperialism, that will not be acceptable. India is too huge a country to surrender before that .

You need to have data – social , economic .

But that data must be anonymized. If you have this kind of pragmatic ideas, then you would think a good way will be found

But in this debate, every stakeholder has to become pragmatic “




If Indian politeness fails to get our message across, what should we do ?

Bluntly announce our intention to launch IndiaDataCustodian and tell all Social Media sites to sign up agreements with Data Protection Regulator , as outlined in ;



Does any Social Media entity support this view ?
Yes !
At the GBS , Alan Mamedi, co-founder and CEO of TrueCaller said :

“  The fundamental belief of organizations should be that the data belongs to the individual and they are the custodian of such data ………..allowing consumers to trade or benefit off their personal data, is one that needs to deeper introspection “

And Osama Bedier, founder and CEO of Poynt said :

“ Allowing consumers’ greater control over their personal data was a situational issue. … There are things that people profit off, off you, and there is a really good argument there for you to benefit, when others profit “

And Gulshan Rai, National Cyber Security Advisor, said :

“ The country favors data localization to protect its data resources that are more valuable than oil as they are mobile and can be used in different ways.
Every country in the world is doing its own data colonization….
I am in favour of a data protection act because we have no option, because every country has done it and so should we . We have to protect our own businesses and technology development “


Rameesh Kailasam, CEO , Indiatech , says :

The government is making it clear that there is the rule and you are welcome if you play by the rules. “

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In his speech yesterday at Global Business Summit , Shri Modiji said :

“ For decades, a narrative was made that certain things are impossible in India.

  The progress our nation has achieved since 2014 gives me confidence that nothing is
  impossible for 130 cr Indians


Dear Shri Ravi Shankar Prasadji,

Does that “ nothing is impossible “ include ,

130 cr Indians submitting their personal data ONLY on IndiaDataCustodian portal , and Social Media web sites compelled to enable log in through ,


SARAL  [  Single  Authentic  Registration , Anywhere  Login  ]   ?

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26  Feb  2019






How low have we descended in our servility to Social Media companies ?

We have to " beg " them :

Even if you are the New Emperor , do not resort to " Data Imperialism !

Please , do not colonize us !


Oh ! What a fall was there , my Countrymen !

( - without apologies to Julius Caesar )




United  We  Stand  :  Divided  We  Fall


Just read this in today’s Economic Times :

Extract :

India is keen on the storage of key personal data within the country to prevent “ data imperialism ”, Law, Justice and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said at the Global Business Summit on Saturday 



Context :

Keywords are : Colonization  /  Imperialism


To us Indians , these words bring back the memories of the 150 year long British Rule


How did a few thousand British persons posted in India, manage to “ Colonize “ some 33 crore ( 330 million in ‘40s ) Indians and rule over them ?


It was simple

They ensured that our 200+ princely states do not UNITE , but remain DIVIDED


Even fight with one another !


And how !


In 1943 , I remember travelling by BBCI Railway ( Bombay Baroda and Central India ) train from Bombay to Rajkot  ( now renamed Western Railways )


One had to change trains at Viramgam junction, with the two trains on either side of the platform


In the middle of the platform, were a series of concrete benches , where passengers were required to open their bags ( as it still happens occasionally, at arrivals of International flights ), for examination by “ Jakaatdaars “ – and pay duty for some goods !

I am sure , similar “ Customs Duty “ payments were in force in all the princely states !


WHAT  IS  THE  RELEVANCE  ?

Today, an Indian citizen has to submit , more or less , SAME DATA , again and again on the following web sites :

·      Social Media sites
·      Mobile Apps Sites / Stores
·      E Commerce
·      Banks
·      Fintech
·      Search Engines
·      Buyer-Seller online platforms
·      Job Portals
·      Govt web sites for getting DBT / subsidies / filing returns / documents
·      Govt web sites for lodging all kinds of complaints
·      Web sites of Service Providers ( Mobile / TV Channels etc )



List goes on and on


Each of these entities want to create their own DATABASES of citizens

And hold these DATABASES , close to their chests - never want to share with anyone else


They are behaving exactly like those 200 + princely states , fighting with each other


And the likes of Google – Amazon – Facebook – Apple ( GAFA ) and Twitter etc , want to make sure that these Database-Holders , never unite !


GAFA is the New Emperor ( - a handful , like the British posted in India in 1943 )


Millions of Indian companies ( holding citizen data ) are the New Colony

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GAFA Emperor ( Twitter CEO ) , Jack Dorsey , has refused to attend the meeting called by Parliamentary Committee on IT , on 26th Feb

Are we getting his message , viz :

Who are you to say we cannot colonize India ?


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Dear Shri Ravi Shankar Prasadji,



Who ( or What ) can unite us and empower us to throw out GAFA , by telling them :

“  You need to play this game by our rules or Quit India “  ?


Here is the message that India should send to Dorsey :


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24  Feb  2016