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

Friday, 1 February 2019

ATTN : DEAR PRIME MINISTER


Let  Ram’s  Ayodhya  be  Secular

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This is exactly what I suggested some 6 years ago in my following email to our Policy Makers  :

Reach - Out Time ?    [   20  Sept  2013  ]

-    where I suggested as follows :
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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

·         Hospitals ( like Netralaya / Hridayalaya )

·         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 

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Over the past 6 years , I made the same appeal repeatedly to :

#    All political parties

#    VHP – RSS – Sunni / Shia Boards – AIMPLB etc

#     Supreme Court



Then yesterday I came across the following news report :

-     which reads as follows :
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“ The size of the disputed land is very small . However, there is a barren plot of land, measuring 67.7 acres, which was acquired by the government in 1993


We are writing an open letter to the Prime Minister that the government should construct ,

#  the Ram temple on that plot , and should build

mosques , churches, and places of worship for other religions as well,

#  besides facilities for pilgrims , and


#  a library



----- said , S N Pathan , drsnpathan@gmail.com
former Vice-Chancellor of Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj Nagpur University and the founding president of “ The Vice Chancellors’ Collective “

Pathan added that this could be an “ acceptable and secular “ solution to an emotive issue and complimented the government for having appealed to the Supreme Court to release the plot of land for temple construction

“ Ours is an open letter; it is just a proposal on our part. We hope to gain support for this from various stakeholders “ , said Sharad Nimbalkar ,{ dgicm_nagpur@yahoo.com }
- former VC of Punjabrao Deshmukh Agricultural University

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Dear Presidents of all the Political Parties ,

Even as you may be anxiously waiting for Shri Piyush Goyal to read out the Budget speech in the next hour , I urge you to remember that the Vice Chancellors are our GURUs

And, in India we have a tradition of ,

#  revering them as “ Guru Devo Bhava

#  offering “ Guru Dakshina

There can be no better Guru Dakshina than to treat their wishes as our “ Agnaa

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01 Feb  2019






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