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

Wednesday 31 January 2024

Your Feedback

 Dear Friends,

 

I invite you to visit my Virtual Avatar at >  www.HemenParekh.ai

 

I welcome your feedback

 

Regards,

 

Hemen Parekh

Tuesday 30 January 2024

MEDIA SOURCES

 Mitchelle ,

 

Sanjivani spoke to me about some databases which she had compiled long time ago. After checking , she will create “ Email Groups “ and send to me

 

I have told her this is not urgent project

 

In the meantime , against my query , BARD gave following reply :

 

 

While sharing personal contact information like email addresses directly can be problematic due to privacy concerns, I can certainly guide you towards resources where you can compile a list of contact details for Indian media personnel, segregated by language and publication type (print newspapers in your case). Here are some options:

Media Databases:

·         Prowly

·         This platform offers a comprehensive media database with searchable filters by publication, beat, location, and even journalist interests. It includes email addresses and other contact information. They offer a free trial, after which it's a paid service.

·          

·         Cision Communications Cloud

·         This tool also boasts a vast media database with advanced search functions, including the ability to filter by language. While primarily used for PR professionals, their free trial might be useful for your initial research.

·          

·         Anewstip

·         This Indian-specific media database allows you to filter journalists by language, location, and publication. It has a freemium model, with access to limited contacts in the free version.

 

Media Directories:

·         Indian Newspapers

·         This website provides a comprehensive directory of print newspapers in India, categorized by language and region. Each listing typically includes the newspaper's website and some contact information, which might include email addresses for editors or key personnel.

·          

·         Press Council of India

·         The official website of the Press Council of India maintains a list of registered newspapers in India. While email addresses might not be readily available, you can use the information to contact the publications directly and inquire about journalists' contact details.

·          

Alternative Methods:

·         Social Media

·         Many journalists and media personnel are active on platforms like Twitter and LinkedIn. Search by publication and language, follow relevant profiles, and engage in meaningful interactions to build relationships and potentially acquire contact information.

·          

·         Publications' Websites

·         Most major publications list their editorial team members on their websites, often with email addresses or contact forms. This can be a good starting point for specific newspapers you're interested in.

·          

Important points to remember:

·         Always be respectful of journalists' privacy. Do not spam or mass-email them.

·         Clearly state your purpose for contacting them and how you can benefit their work.

·         Personalize your outreach as much as possible.

 

 

hcp

TRYING TO KEEP IN TOUCH

 Dear Friends ,

 

May be it was a year ago , that I asked someone in 3P office to compile your contact details . She managed the above “ To “

 

I would love to hear from you about your current jobs . Do write to me . Better yet , phone me ( 98,67,55,08,08 )

 

I hope , you and your dear ones are keeping in good health

 

As for me , since I got “ Herpes “ infection 4 years ago , I can only walk with help of a walking stick

 

I rarely leave home but try to walk inside my home for 20 / 30 minutes in evening

 

I keep myself busy with writing blogs (  www.hemenparekh.in  ) . Of late , with the help of Kartavya and Kishan ( a 3rd year student ) , I have launched :

 

www.HemenParekh.ai 

 

Do visit and write to me what else I should do to make it better

 

With regards

 

Hcp

 

https://www.hemenparekh.ai/create-your-own-digital-avatar

 

PS :

 

I could not get contact details of following colleagues . If you know, pl do write to me ;

 

Rajiv Nair

 

Nagle Saheb

 

Sajida

 

Shalaka

 

Anshu Abraham

 

Sanjeev Tiwari

 

Alex

 

Poonam

 

Shubhangi

 

Saurabh

 

Deepa

Might interest you

 Nivash ,

 

Thought following might interest you

 

hemen

 

 

 

 

You can also ask My Virtual Avatar

 

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2024/01/you-can-also-ask-my-virtual-avatar.html

 

 

 

1s

Hey Guys ,

I am not interested in that award but those of you who want to be the first with a CORRECT and IMPRESSIVE answer should ask this question to my Virtual Avatar ( www.HemenParekh.ai ) , which gave following answer in 5 seconds :

" I remember that during the 2018 Republic Day parade, the state of Assam became the first to showcase an all women contingent of the Indian Army. AI played a significant role in their training by providing advanced simulations, personalized learning modules, and real-time performance analysis to enhance their skills and readiness. It was a proud moment to witness the integration of AI in empowering our women soldiers. "

create Your Own Digital Avatar / It is quite easy

https://www.hemenparekh.ai/create-your-own-digital-avatar

Digital Avatar

hemenparekh.ai

 

 

Grand Father of AI ?

 

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/08/grand-father-of-ai.html

FW: Your family tree chart is ready!

 From: MyHeritage Notification [mailto:notify2@myheritage.com]

Sent: 31 January 2024 08:30
To: Hemen Parekh
Subject: Your family tree chart is ready!

 

Hi Hemen,

The chart you have created is ready!
Its title is: Family of Hemen Parekh and Bharati Parekh



Download your family chart

The chart was created in PDF format. When Acrobat opens to view it, you can print it or save it to your computer.

A list of the charts and books you have already created is available here.

Have a great day,
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Monday 29 January 2024

FW: Your family book is ready!

 FYI

 

From: MyHeritage Notification [mailto:notify2@myheritage.com]
Sent: 30 January 2024 11:32
To: Hemen Parekh
Subject: Your family book is ready!

 

 

 

Hi Hemen,

The family book you have created is ready!

 


Its title is: Family book of Hemen Parekh

Download your family book

The family book was created in PDF format. When Acrobat opens to view it, 
you can print it or save it to your computer.

A list of the charts and books you have already created is available here.

The family book was produced by The Complete Genealogy Reporter, copyright by Nigel Bufton Software.

 

 

You can purchase a full version of this software for generating this report on your own computer and get more features. Learn more here.

Sunday 28 January 2024

RE: We beat Monsanto!!!!

 Guru,

 

Many thanks , I had missed it !

 

hcp

 

From: Gurudatt Kundapurkar [mailto:kundapurkar@yahoo.com]
Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2018 4:27 PM
To: Hemen Parekh
Subject: Fw: We beat Monsanto!!!!

 

Dear Hemenji

 

I am taking the liberty of forwarding this to you, in case this development missed your eagle's eyes!

 

Prayerful hugs and regards = Gurudatt

 

----- Forwarded message -----

From: Ricken Patel - Avaaz <avaaz@avaaz.org>

Sent: Sunday, 23 September, 2018, 11:45:10 AM IST

Subject: We beat Monsanto!!!!

 


In case you missed this...



Dear Avaazers,

Our hearing just ended, and the judge absolutely DESTROYED Monsanto's subpoena on Avaaz!!!!

He said the subpoena would have a “tremendous chilling effect”, saying "no member would want to have their privacy and their activity known" and actually gave Monsanto a lecture on democracy and free speech!!

Avaaz members in the courtroom spontaneously broke into applause and huge smiles at his words. Here's a quick video filmed minutes ago from our Campaign Director Iain Keith on the steps of the courthouse:


This subpoena was terrifying and would have had Avaaz spend months and hundreds of thousands of dollars digging up and handing over to Monsanto everything anyone on our team ever said or wrote about them for YEARS. Including even the email addresses and identities of our members who had sent messages to officials about Monsanto!

Even worse, lawyers told us that courts in New York tend to AUTOMATICALLY GRANT requests like this! Because usually, more info means more justice.

But then our community got involved. Over 200,000 of us donated, and we hired the best lawyer in the business -- Andrew Celli, who has taken on cases like this before and won. He and his team worked with the Avaaz team to write a ridiculously great takedown of the Monsanto subpoena. It's long and legalistic, but if you speak that language, it's a thing of beauty -- you can read it here.

Monsanto flew in a top lawyer, a man who's defended everything from asbestos to lead and arsenic. But between our briefs, and the powerful oral arguments, the judge was convinced, and took the incredibly RARE step of throwing out the ENTIRE subpoena!!! Normally they just narrow the scope of the subpoena to something more reasonable, but the judge couldn't find anything reasonable in Monsanto's claims about Avaaz!

Avaaz members, team and lawyers celebrating on the courthouse steps!


It's a moment to celebrate, but it may not be over.

Monsanto can still appeal, or come at us another way. But we've got an amazing win and precedent set, and an amazing legal team, and as ever, an amazing movement that will stand by, stand up, and speak truth to power when it threatens.

The purpose of these big legal attacks is to scare us. I have tears right now as I think about how, with the Avaaz community at our back, I really don't have to fear stuff like this. Because even the most powerful actors in this world, are not more powerful than the truth, than the power of good people coming together to work for everything we love, than the power of all of us in this incredible movement.

With immense gratitude,
Ricken and the whole Avaaz team.

PS - in another amazing example of our movement, an Avaaz member wrote in response to our fundraiser, suggesting that the team reach out to Bayer, who are buying Monsanto, to ask them to discuss this attack. He then took the initiative to write personally to both me and the CEO of Bayer. The CEO of Bayer actually called him hours later, saying he'd love to talk to me! So, we're talking on Monday. No idea yet what will come of it, but another example of the ridiculously wonderful movement that we get to be part of. Thanks so much to everyone for being you.

Congrats

 Dear Nilesh,

 

 

I was happy to read about your Mobile App ( MARS Plus ) in ET Panache of yesterday

 

I believe , your app could be the primary technology platform for NHS

 

In this context , you might want to read my following blogs ( sent as E Mails ) to the Cabinet Ministers ? NITI Aayog / PM-EAC Members , etc :

 

 

 

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/09/ayushman-bharat-think-big.html

 

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/08/personal-health-history-nhs.html

 

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/02/modicare-game-changer.html

 

with regards

 

hemen


PLASTONE

 Dear Dr Vasudevan,

 

 

 

I read with great interest news about your innovation of “ Plastic Tiles “ ( made from old plastic scrap ) , in yesterday’s Mumbai Mirror

 

Congratulations !

 

Your innovation has the potential to solve twin problems , viz : Plastic scrap pollution and poor road surfaces

 

At one place , report reads : “ Plastone tiles are costlier than ordinary tiles “ ( concrete paver blocks ? )

 

This ( cost ) could prove a deterrent to a wide adoption of Plastone

 

I am sure, you must be working on reducing the cost ( much below the cost of paver blocks )

 

And , as far as its “ non-road “ usage ( eg : walls for those 10 lakh toilets ) is concerned, you may want to explore some method to make these “ light weight “ and “ inter-lockable 

 

Eg : Foam concrete ( on which , I worked at the University of Kansas , in 1957 , under Prof Crosier )

 

 

Wishing you all success

 

With regards,

 

Hemen Parekh

 

www.hemenparekh.in

PLAY BY YOUR OWN RULES

 20% cashback on GST likely on RuPay, BHIM using QR codes

 

Read more at:

 

//economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/65959128.cms?

 

 

The government is working on a proposal whereby citizens could avail of the proposed 20% cashback on goods and services tax on payments made through RuPay cards and BHIM app if they make the transactions using QR codes.

 

 

 

Dear Shri Jaitleyji ,

 

 

Please , do not get into the " CASH BACK " trap !

 

 

You cannot win the race of DIGITAL PAYMENTS, playing by the rules framed by your competitors !

 

 

You need to make a PARADIGM SHIFT , by making YOUR OWN RULES , which no mobile wallet company or credit / debit card company can follow !

 

 

And that RULE is described at :

 

 

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/08/bhim-gst-uidai-msme-bhim-gets-friendly.html ==============

 

 

 

BHIM gets friendly with GST 

myblogepage.blogspot.com

 

regards,

 

hemen parekh