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 29 April 2014

Bribing The Voters


Bribing   The   Voters

Retired Chief Election Commissioner , S Y Quraishi , is all set to release his book ,

"  The Undocumented Wonder : The Making of the Great Indian Election "

Talking to DNA ( 15 April 2014 ) he listed some 40 different ways in which , Political Parties try to bribe voters

Some of these are :

>   Cash
>   Depositing money in voter's bank account
>   Liquor Bottles
>  LPG Cylinders
>  Free Rice / Food Packets
>  Payments of Electricity / Water Bills
>  Mass Feasts
>  Screening of films
>  Laptops / Tablets
>  Bicycles
>  Mangal Sutras
>  Gold Coins
>  Buffalos
>  Colour TV
>  Mixer - Grinder
>  Unemployment Allowance
>  Waiver of loans
>  Free Houses ......etc

Political Parties are happy that Mr Quarishi , being an honest / straight forward person , could imagine only 10 % of  the ways of bribing voters  !

And who cares that the EC has managed to seize a meager Rs 300 crores worth of cash so far during the current season , when all of the Rs 40,000 Crores worth of black money ( @ Rs 5 crores per candidate * 8,000 candidates ) , has escaped un-noticed ( looking other way ? ) by ,

>  Income Tax Department
>  Enforcement Directorate
>  CAG / CVC
>  Election Commission.....etc

Even the almighty Supreme Court seemed helpless , when it held recently :

"  Although promises of distribution of freebies may not technically constitute  corrupt practice , under the Representation of People Act , they vitiate the electoral process by influencing voters and disturbing the level playing between contesting parties "


And since there is no difference of opinion between the political parties when it comes to exploiting the poverty of 400 million BPL ( Below the Poverty Line ) voters , I would not be surprised if the next government at the Centre , introduces a  ,

 "  Bribe ( given ) Politically ( is ) Legal Bill " ( for BPL people ! )

 in the very first session of 16th Lok Sabha  !

Expect it to be passed unanimously - and without a debate  !

Political parties are firm believer of what Kaushik Basu ( onetime advisor to PM ) once said ( - although in a different context ) ,

"  Giving bribe must not be treated as crime

   Ordinary citizens are forced to give bribes when they are denied , service that is legitimately due to them

If they are held innocent , they will come forward and report all instances when they were forced to bribe bureaucrats

Only bribe-takers must be punished  "


*  hemen parekh  (  28 April 2014 / Mumbai  )


 






Integration with ccAvenue


Nitin


I refer to our telecon , a few minutes back

" About Us " page is OK

While writing to ccAvenue , ( enclosing relevant links ) , pl emphasize that , our " Terms & Conditions " page incorporates ,


> Delivery & Shipping Policy
   ( You will need to point out the nature of our ONLINE SERVICE , where no physical goods are involved )

> Privacy Policy

> Refund & Cancellation


We , already have a separate pages for FAQ / Contact Us


After sending them the links / explanation , pl phone them up in the afternoon to inquire about the Integration Kit

If , possible , we should try to complete this today

If you need any help from Kailas / Divyesh , feel free to phone up

Pl keep me posted of the progress

hcp

Monday 28 April 2014

B2B Launch


Shuklendu


I refer to my visit to your office on 23rd inst

I hope you have been able to sort out tax- matters with Archit Goradia of ccAvenue

If so , please try to integrate B2B with ccAvenue , if possible , today itself

As far as Netcore is concerned , in our ex-L&T Group meeting yesterday , I have mentioned to my ex-colleague Cynthia ( currently , GM-HR at Netcore ) , that we plan to send to them , our first payment of Rs 6,000 / - for 1 lakh emails @ 6 paise per email

Pl guide Divyesh , how to go about this

In the meantime , Kailas will phone-up Archit this morning , to inquire if their team has visited and evaluated B2B and given their OK for integration

I am still hopeful that , as planned earlier , we will still manage to launch B2B , by this saturday

hcp

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Kailas :

Pl chase Archit

Divyesh :

Under instruction from Shuklendu , pl send Rs 6000 to Netcore

Get password from Kailas

Keep a separate account for B2B , re all payments received ( thru ccAvenue ) and all payments made to Netcore



Did my email got read ?


Dear Team,



Pl look up,




Could be of use

hcp

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Shuklendu :

In B2B , we want to be able to tell the Subscribers , whether their Emails got delivered / got opened

I suppose , Netcore will give us such info , for  " EACH  BLAST ' separately

Then , we can , in turn , migrate this data to , MY CAMPAIGN FEEDBACK  pages of each Subscriber

RE: Urgent Clarification Mail From CCAvenue http://www.b2bmessageblaster.com/

Kailas

After attending to whatever you can , on your own , pl immediately inform Shuklendu , what needs to be replied from his end

hcp

From: Kailas Patil
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2014 11:59 AM
To: Hemen Parekh; shuklendu.baji@sentientsystems.net
Subject: FW: Urgent Clarification Mail From CCAvenue http://www.b2bmessageblaster.com/




Regards,
Kailas Patil

From: Divyesh Shah
Sent: 28 April 2014 AM 11:55
To: Kailas Patil
Subject: FW: Urgent Clarification Mail From CCAvenue http://www.b2bmessageblaster.com/

FYI




 


From: Mercy devassykutty [mailto:mercy.devassykutty@avenues.info] On Behalf Of contact@ccavenue.com
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2014 12:34 PM
To: Divyesh Shah
Cc: compliance@ccavenue.com; 'Contact'
Subject: Urgent Clarification Mail From CCAvenue http://www.b2bmessageblaster.com/

Dear Mr. Divyesh Shah,

We appreciate the opportunity to assist you.

We have received your registration for the INR Payment Gateway http://www.b2bmessageblaster.com/

As our Risk Team and Internal Legal Department were evaluating your website they noticed the following discrepancies for which clarification is required.

Kindly note the below clarification is on the basis of overview evaluation. Any additional Undertaking Letters /Clarification if required will be informed to you & will have to abide by their decision.

1. Please make your website completely live with all the necessary links like About Us (giving us details about your company) Contact Us (giving us details about your contact number, email id & address) Terms and Conditions, Delivery and Shipping Policy, Privacy Policy, Refund and Cancellation, FAQ’s live and updated with proper content. This is required for web auditing purpose prior to activation of your merchant account.

OR provide us with a test/beta link with the following links working, Contact us, About us , Product / Service details with Pricing Structure, Terms and conditions, Delivery and Shipping, Privacy policies and Refund policies.

2. Your domain details are not matching as per the Mailing address details entered in the sign-up form.

Domain Name: B2BMESSAGEBLASTER.COM

Name: NIRMIT
Organization: 3P Consultants Pvt. Ltd.
Address: B-1, Lok Bharati complex, Marol Maroshi Road, Andh
City: Mumbai
State: MH
Postal Code: 400059
Country: IN

Mailing Address: 301, Hyde Park, Saki-Vihar Road, Andheri East, Mumbai - 400 072, India ,  Mumbai ,  400072 ,  Maharashtra ,  India.  (We request you to kindly provide the complete mailing address).

Please get the domain details address rectified and changed by your domain administrator as per your sign-up form contact details mentioned above.
3. Kindly provide us your Bank Account (Current) details and your Bank ‘Pay To’ name.
4. Kindly clarify your Business Filing Status.

Your application at the moment is kept on hold we are waiting for your reply on the same. 

* Please note that the approval of your account is solely at our discretion on the basis of risk evaluation report by the Legal Department of the Banks and our Risk Assessment Team for your URL after the fulfillment of compliance of the requisition as per this clarification mail.

If you have any questions, there is Live Chat Support available Click Here from 1000 hrs to 1800 hrs, on all days (Except Sundays and Public Holidays or can reach us at Contact Us. kindly Click Here  to check our FAQ section (Frequently Asked Questions).

Should you need any further assistance, we would be glad to assist you.

Thanks & Regards

Mercy Devassykutty
Executive-Marketing

Avenues India Pvt Ltd
Plaza Asiad, Level II, S.V.Road, Santa Cruz (West), Mumbai 400054.India.
Phone: +91-22- 67425555 Fax: +91-22- 67425542 Ext : 303

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Sunday 27 April 2014

Interesting Animation


Shuklendu  /  Nitin

See the blinking Radio Button

Interesting

We could use something similar to indicate a Subscriber's Status on B2B , as soon as he logs in

hcp





Saturday 26 April 2014

RE: G - 2 - G ON SUNDAY 27 APRIL BEING HOSTED BY VIVEK MEHTA


Looking forward to meet you all

And here is my latest blog

hcp

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A   Software  Powerhouse  ?

Yesterday , when I went to polling booth , there was a chaos , with a number of people complaining that their names were missing from the Electoral Rolls ( Voter Lists )

As per news-reports , in Mumbai alone , some 50,000 people returned home without casting their votes - including Deepak Parekh  ! Altogether , names of some 15 lakh voters ( out of a total of 98 lakh ) were missing  !


Then there are some 300 million people who will simply won't walk down to the nearest polling booths , and wait for 1 hour to cast their votes ( - assuming that some 40 % of the 814 million eligible voters do not exercise their right to vote )

WHY  ?

Going out to vote is becoming a big hassle

COULD  IT  BE  OTHERWISE  ?

Sure , if Central Government and the Election Commission care to implement my suggestion for developing a mobile App for voting .  I called it , VotesApp

 see .. hemenparekh.in/2013/08/votesapp.html 

Or , just type in Google , " VotesApp "

HOW  WILL  IT  HELP  ?

>  No need for 930,000 polling booths / EVMs / Ink / Papers etc
    Every voter's own mobile becomes a miniature EVM  !
    Any registered Voter can vote from anywhere in the World  !

>  Nor any need to deploy 1,100,000 people to conduct the polls

>  No need for millions of Police / Military personnel

>  No need for months of advance preparations, across entire country

>  Voting can be completed in just ONE day - instead of over 6 weeks -
    and results can be declared next day  !

>  Voting could be 95 % or more  !

>  No worry for booth-capture

>  No  bogus voting ( Bio-metric ID from built-in camera )

>  No duplicate voting ( Self-destruct after single usage )

>  No worry for any terrorist attacks

>  Enormous saving of time for Voters

>  No need to declare a public holiday - costing thousands of crores
     worth of production

>  Central Government will save, at least , Rs 2,000 Crores .

     If business-friendly BJP government comes to power , it would not
    hesitate to earn Rs 20,000 crores , by enabling 15 million Indian
    businesses to advertise to 814 million voters , thru this mobile VotesApp -
    sharply targeting by Gender / Age / Marital Status / City / Street /
    Education / Income Tax paid / Employed or Jobless ..etc

>  No need for Central Government to stop taking even routine decisions

If a tiny country like Estonia ( population 1.6 million ) can elect its Members of Parliament thru a VotesApp type mobile App , why can't we  ?

Already 900+ million Indians have mobiles - all of which , will soon become Smart Phones

And we call our country , a " Software Powerhouse "  !

*   hemen  parekh  ( 25 April 2014 / Mumbai )


From: inder@gmail.com [mailto:indrajitsethi@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2014 7:53 AM
To: GLADYS VAZ; cynthia; A M DESHMUKH 9821014352; Hemen Parekh; cmsrivastava5; krsanghavi@vsnl.net; VKM Vijay K Mahajan Mo•; mohanmadiman@gmail.com; raomvn@ymail.com; L&T G K Apte; Santosh Tiwari; wjn_danait
Cc: Vivek Mehta
Subject: G - 2 - G ON SUNDAY 27 APRIL BEING HOSTED BY VIVEK MEHTA

Dear All!
Good Morning.

Looking forward to meeting you tomorrow:
- At Hotel Tunga Regale - MIDC Andheri East
  Sixth Floor {Nuovo Spazio}
- From 11:45 a.m. onwards
Kindly note that SVK is out of station and will not be able to join us.
Have a great day.
INDRAJIT R. SETHI
9869349465 / 022-25708879


Thursday 24 April 2014

FW: C E O / Managing Director position

Mitchelle
Pl acknowledge
hcp

From: S Rajesh G Mail [mailto:srinivasanster@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 10:04 AM
To: Hemen Parekh
Subject: C E O / Managing Director position

Dear Sir,

I am Seeking a suitable opportunity as C E O / Managing Director. 23 years of experience in Heading Labour Intensive Manufacturing Industries, Projects, Operations, Design, Management Representative, Business Development, Work Council negotiation & Quality Management.

Industry Experience: Automotive, Telecom, Consumer Electronics, Appliance Industry and Heavy Industries

Reason for looking out for change: Automotive business which we had built with Investor for last 4 years, sold to a an European Automotive Tier 1 Leader

Hold a Post Graduate diploma in Business Administration from Annamalai University and Bachelor of Engineering from Madras University

Looking for a suitable opening

*      Global / Multinational Companies only
*      Location : Pune, Chennai, Bengaluru
*      Salary : 1 ~ 1.25 Crores per annum

A tour through my attached resume shall familiarize you with the details of my credentials. I shall be grateful if an occasion is set up for further discussions. Please acknowledge the receipt.
Thanks & Regards,
Rajesh Srinivasan
Mobile : + 91  9011080601
E-Mail : srinivasanster@gmail.com

Saturday 19 April 2014

RE: CHINESE ARE COMING


Dear Mr Birla


It was nice talking to you , a few minutes back
I am glad that you will try out B2B
Pl register at.........REGISTER
Then await our Activation Link , sent to your Email ID
When you click that link , you will receive an email , informing you that your Account has been credited with Joining Bonus of 1,000 FREE email-blasts
After that , you compose your Message ( remembering to mention your Contact Details at the bottom )
Composed messages come to me for Approval
When approved , you will get an email , informing you that it has been approved
Then login at ....."..Blast Message - Chambers " page ( I understand , you wish to send your Message to Chinese Chambers of Commerce ), select ,
> Message
> Chambers of Commerce
> Country ( = China )
> Cities ( one after another )
> Click BLAST button

Caution :
On Blast Message page , it takes a few seconds to refresh the page , after each selection - so be patient !
If there are any problems , feel free to phone me ( 0-98,67,55,08,08 )
Wishing you luck in your efforts ,

hemen parekh

From: info@birlamedisoft.com [mailto:info@birlamedisoft.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 5:45 PM
To: Hemen Parekh
Subject: Re: CHINESE ARE COMING

I am interested. Please contact

Sbirla
9011026090

From: Hemen Parekh <hcp@recruitguru.com>
Sent: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 09:42:36
To: feedback@birlamedisoft.com
Subject: CHINESE ARE COMING
CHINESE   ARE   COMING  !

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Dear  IT  Company  Marketer :

Along with Chinese President Xi Jinping , a large number of Chinese Businessmen are visiting India

To correct India-China trade imbalance ( $ 35 BILLION in favor of China ) , Narendra Modi is asking these Chinese Businessmen to buy from IT Companies like yours ,

Indian Software  /  IT Enabled Services

And this is  YOUR  opportunity to expand  YOUR  business  !

Here is how :

>    Compose your Marketing Message

>    Translate it in Chinese ( using, Google Translate  )

>    Copy / paste at our " Compose Message " page

>    From our " Blast Message - Chambers " page , blast it to
      Chinese Chambers of Commerce  in :

      *  Beijing  /  Changchun  /  Changsha  /  Chengdu  /  Guangdong  /  Guangzhou  /  Hangzhou  /  Hefei  /  Hong Kong  /  Ji 'Nan  /  Macau  /  Nanjing  /  Nanning  /  Shanghai  /  Shenyang  /  Shenzhen  /  Shijiazhuang  /  Taipei  /  Xian  /  Yangchuan  /  Zhuhai

It will take you , just  a few clicks  to blast  !

And within  a few hours , we will deliver your Message ( as Email ) to these Chambers  !

In your Message , request these Chambers to forward your Offer to their  450,000 Member Firms  !

They will be delighted to pass-on , to their Members , info about Indian  IT / ITES  suppliers

But don't  stop with just the Chinese Chambers

Feel free to blast your Marketing Message to 8,000 + International Chambers of Commerce , located in 5,332 cities around the World  !

Luck does not know YOUR email Id

But , now , you know the  Email ID of luck  !

with regards ,

( click to view my profile )
Mumbai , India




Your Mail


Dear Sir

Thank you for writing

At the moment , we are in the process of making some changes to our web site ,


That might take 4 weeks

As soon as we are ready , I will revert to you

regards

hemen parekh

Friday 18 April 2014

FW: [WordPress #1808539]: en.support: Suspended Blog - http://www.hemenparekh.in


Kailas

Pl attend

hcp

-----Original Message-----
From: David W. - WordPress.com [mailto:tosreports@wordpress.com]
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2014 4:00 AM
To: Hemen Parekh
Cc: Kailas Patil; Hemen Parekh
Subject: [WordPress #1808539]: en.support: Suspended Blog - http://www.hemenparekh.in

Hi there Hemen,

> as suggested by you i am replying to this mail from associated ID.

Unfortunately hcp@recruitguru.com is also not the address on file with hemenparekh.wordpress.com.

If you have other active email addresses I'll be happy to confirm when you respond from the one associated with the blog.

Best,

--
David W. | Community Guardian | WordPress.com




Thursday 17 April 2014

FW: B2B PAYMENT MODULE


Shuklendu


As suggested by you yesterday , Kailas has registered 3P on ccAvenue web site yesterday

I also like your suggestion that a Subscriber gets charged at the " Per Email Tariff Rate " prevailing at the exact moment of blasting

Hence , in " My Account Status " page , we will show the " Credit Balance " ( of a logged-in Subscriber ) , in terms of " Indian Rupees " only

For his convenience , we may show the " Equivalent Number of Emails " to his credit at the very moment he looks-up that page

However , right on top of that page , we will display ( in big / bold fonts ) , the following message :

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Dear Subscriber :

> Your Credit Balance that you see in the following tabulation , is in currency of " Indian Rupees " at this moment

> For your easy understanding , we also show in the adjoining column , the " Equivalent Number of Email Messages " that
   you can blast right now , with that credit balance ( at the Tariff applicable right now )

> We reserve the right to alter / modify the " Tariff per Email " , at any time , without notice and make it applicable
   immediately . When we do , your " Equivalent Number of Email Messages " will get recalculated using latest tariff

> Every time  we alter/modify the Tariff , you will be advised by an email

> The moment your " Rupee Balance " reaches ZERO ( NIL ) , your Subscription will stand " Suspended " till you , re-
    charge your account through online payment , once again

> As long as your account stands " Suspended " , your " Marketing Message Emails " will NOT get blasted

> If and when your account is " Suspended " , you will get an email notice and also see , when you login , following
   flashing message in RED  :

   *  Since there is no credit balance in your Account , your Account stands " Suspended " . To re-activate your Account,
       make some online payment from page " Re-Charge Account ". Then look up " My Account Status " page

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Of course , in ADMIN section , we will need a page / feature , from where , we can ALTER / MODIFY the tariff

I suggest this can be done , jointly by   [ You + ( HCP or Nirmit ) ] . No one else should be in a position to access this page

The moment we change the Tariff , our REVISED LIABILITY ( in terms of No of Email Messages that we " Owe " to all the subscribers put together ) , should get re-calculated and displayed

This table should also display complete history of the Tariff - Changes carried out , with corresponding dates and , on each of those occasions , our OUTSTANDING LIABILITY

When each Email Blast takes place , we know the exact " Rate per Email " that Netcore will charge us

We need to accumulate this ( liability to Netcore ) in RUPEE terms , on an on-going basis , with a provision to see TOTALS for a Week or a Month , in a online tabulation called , " Netcore Invoices / Payments Details "

I am assuming that Netcore will invoice us on either Weekly or Monthly basis

From 3P , our colleague , Divyesh will make payments against the Netcore invoices and should be able to enter details of each payment made , right into this Tabulation , so that we can see at any time

>  Invoice Number / Invoice Amount / Our Cheque No / Cheque Amount / Taxes deducted - Applied / Date ...etc

> Cumulative Invoices Amounts Vs Cumulative Cheques Amount ( For any Month / Quarter / Year )

> Net Realization of B2B services ( Subscriber Payments Received thru ccAvenue - Payments made to Netcore ) ( Monthly / Quarterly / Annual )


hcp

cc: Divyesh

      Pl discuss with me


From: Hemen Parekh
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 10:02 AM
To: 'Nitin Ruge'; 'Shuklendu.baji@sentientsystems.net'
Cc: 'Kailas Patil'
Subject: B2B PAYMENT MODULE

Nitin

While designing this module , pl look up my earlier following emails :

>  3rd April 2014

>  7th March 2014  ( Page Write-up for " Re-Charge Account "  )

>  17th Feb  2014   (  Tariff Chart for RecruitGuru.com  )

>  16  Feb  2014     (  Subscriber Console / ADMIN Console  )


I suggest you prepare a Tabulation as shown below , before freezing your design :

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Trigger............................ Type of Message( Online / Email / SMS )........... Draft of Message

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> Balance in A/C

> Pl re-charge

   *  when 20% left
   *  when 10 %  left
   *  when  5  %  left
   *  when  NIL % left

>" Subscriber Registration Form " completed , but NO payment made ( first time )- Your A/C not activated yet

> ADMIN changes TARIFF ( rate per Email ) / New tariff is effective from......... / Suggest look up your balance

> " Payment Transaction " did not get completed , due to ...XYZ ( reason )..........

> Why not used our service ( blasted any message ) since......... ( past 3 months ? ) ?

> Thank you for Re-Charging your A/C ... New Credit balance is.(  In  Rs.... ) / ( In No of Emails you can send )
    ( Remember , this should be computed based on Tariffs prevailing on the Payment Dates , for each payment )



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There could be some more " Occasions ", when we may need to send to a Subscriber , an SMS or a Email or flash an Online Message on his screen . Pl make a comprehensive list , which is like a FAQ for Payments / Account Status

hcp