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

Tuesday 5 November 2013

Selling Dreams


Selling   Dreams   ?

Yesterday , on ABP TV , Arvind Kejriwal ( Aam Aadmi Party ) promised to Delhiwallas , unbelievable improvements in ,

>   Healthcare

>   Education

>   Electricity Supply & Prices

>   Safe drinking water ,       etc

Apart from a Jan LokPal

Provided , Delhiwallas vote AAP to an absolute majority ( he expects 48 seats ) , on 4th Dec

At the moment , it appears that he has succeeded in selling a dream  !

That is one kind of ability that most politicians do possess

But most of them woefully lack the second kind of ability , viz:

>   Management of expectations raised , thru delivering on promises made

It does not take a genius , much hard work or a lot of money , if your promise is :

>   35 Kg of free rice per month to each poor family

I hope 71 constituency-wise manifestos that AAP promises to publish by this week-end , do not contain such " Insults " to people suffering for so long  !

Delivering on promises made by AAP , will require :

>     A time bound ACTION PLAN ( Roadmap ) with quantitative Achievement
      Targets ( Milestones )

>     A " Resource Mobilization Plan " which clearly spells out ,

       *   How much money will be required for each initiative ( budgetary
         allocations )

       *    How ( from where ) this money will be raised ?

           Raising taxes is bad !  Borrowing is worse  ! Begging Central Govt is
           worst  ! Can you save from " leakages " ?

>      Transparent procedures , open to public scrutiny

>      A honest / corruption-free / committed bureaucracy to implement

>      Non - interference by elected MLAs

>      How will public be involved ?

>      Which third party will measure the " Actual vs Targetted " performance
        and publish the audited results, and  how often ?

Surely ,drawing up and monitoring such a Project Plan , cannot be a Rocket Science for  IIT /  IIM whizkid volunteers of AAP , when their classmates at ISRO are launching Mars Orbiter Mission ( MOM ) today  !

If AAP manages to display this second kind of post-election " Performance Ability " , then it will truly herald  an " Indian Spring " and re-write the rules of how elections will get fought in State / National elections

Good Luck , Arvind !




*    hemen  parekh   (  05  Nov  2013  )
Mumbai

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