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, 20 October 2023

RE: How are you?

 Dear Jayantbhai,

 

What a pleasant surprise ?  For which, many thanks

 

For sometime now, I have been thinking of writing to you but somehow lost your mail ID ( buying a new PC )

 

We too , have been mostly confined to our home – except for visits to dentist / doctors and to my younger son Nirmit’s residence, 10 km away , once a month.  Not left town for 4 / 5  years

 

During short periods, we ( myself and my wife, Bharati ), did manage to visit next door garden , with support from housemaid and driver ( I need to use a walking stick even while moving about in home )

 

My wife too needs a walking stick, occasionally

 

My pain in left leg ( due to attack of HERPES in April 2019 ) still persists. Other than that , I am ok and spend ave. 3 / 4 hours on my PC , blogging / e-mailing (  www.hemenparekh.in  )

 

During past few years, I lost all of my School / College friends ( I prey to God for your long life ) – I have stopped going to office since 2011

 

Among some interesting news, my grand- daughter  Aneree ( a practicing Psycho-therapist for past 5 years and living one floor down in our building ), got married on 21st April . Her husband, Elton runs a small Digital Marketing company . It was a grand affair , with some 150 relatives visiting us, spread over 3 days ( we had to book 90 rooms in a hotel )

 

Here is a link to a photo taken during the wedding >  https://storytellerbybt.pixieset.com/anereeandeltonwedding-preview/p/Njc5NTY3ODU3NQ==-NTY5OTIyOTU/ 

 

How is your wife and son ?

 

How do you keep yourself busy ?

 

Will write more after your response

 

Regards,

 

hemendra

 

From: Jay Alagia [mailto:jayalagia@gmail.com]
Sent: 20 May 2022 03:44
To: Hemen Parekh
Subject: Re: How are you?

 

How are you? 

Since 08/06/20 it has been Covid days. No covid for us but its effect has been a more secluded life.

Please bring me up to date with you.

Gratefully,

Jayant Alagia

 

 

On Sun, Aug 9, 2020 at 3:51 AM Hemen Parekh <hcp@recruitguru.com> wrote:

Jayantbhai,

 

Thanks for bringing to my notice re the offensive content – which I found as a link posted as “ Reader Comments “ below one of my blogs

 

I removed it . This went unnoticed since I rarely look up the Comments getting posted

 

Regards

 

hemendra

 

From: Jay Alagia [mailto:jayalagia@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 6, 2020 10:29 PM
To: Hemen Parekh
Subject: Re: How are you?

 

I am very glad to get your e-mail. 

Referring to your website that saved old mails from family and friends, I am impressed by the fact that mails of myself and my father are some of the oldest mails that you have saved. When I surfed through the others, I found one where someone had sent you a pornograhic page. You may want to remove that.

Let us keep in touch. 

I did not know you are a poet. I will look you up on the net.

-Jayantibhai Alagia

 

 

On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 4:40 AM Hemen Parekh <hcp@recruitguru.com> wrote:

Dear Jaybhai,

 

My apologies for not responding earlier

 

We are all fine { wife Bharati / Sons Vishesh & Nirmit / Daugher-in-laws , Niyati & Pooja / grand daughter Aneree – practicing Psycho-therapist }

 

I completed 87 in June . Am able to walk around the house with help of a walking street . We rarely go out , - only for a short drive . Rest of the time , confined to house , I spend 4 / 5 hours daily on Net , writing blogs and sending to Policy Makers , through e mail ( www.hemenparekh.in  )

 

A few weeks back , elder son Vishesh , got printed 3 books of my poems ( English – Hindi – Gujarati ) for private circulation among relatives / friends ( of course, all these poems are on my blogging site – including my audio recitations ) . I am now trying Hindi transliteration of Gujarati poems . Audios are also on Youtube

 

I have no contact with Desai or Joshi

 

Herpes blisters were gone within 2 months but left knee has become stiff and there is constant burning sensation in toes ( Neuralgia ) . Must live with it

 

I do view TV news channels / Comedy Central , for about an hour each evening and 2 hours listening to old songs ( Pankaj – Saigal – Kanan etc ), on Youtube

Regards,

 

Will keep in touch

 

hemendra

From: Jay Alagia [mailto:jayalagia@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2020 4:50 AM
To: Hemen Parekh
Subject: How are you?

 

I responded to your last e-mail but I have not heard from you since.

I hope you are doing fine as we all are so far.

Jayant Alagia


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