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, 7 March 2014

Arvind's Unfair Questions ?



Since he could not ask Narendra Modi these questions in person , I believe Arvind has sent these to NaMo by courier


I just overheard NaMo dictating a reply to his secretary , which went somewhat like this  :



Q 1... When will you raise KG Basin gas price to $ 16  ?
A  1... Not immediately



Q  2... You are buying solar energy at high prices
A  2.... Sunlight is expensive in Gujarat



Q  3.... How do you claim Agri growth rate is 11 %  ?
A  3.... Gujaratis maintain duplicate books of account , where 1+1=11



Q  4.... Will you shut down all small industries in the country and handover
           to select business houses ?
A  4.... Even Ambani / Adani empires are a mere  1 %  in size of big World
           Corporations . Who says they are big  ?



Q  5.... How do you claim there is no corruption in Gujarat ?  People are
           talking otherwise  !
A  5...  Kuchh  to  log   kahenge   /  Logo  ka  kaam  hain  kahena   !



Q  6.... Couldn't you find 2 honest persons for your ministry among 6 crore
           Gujaratis  ?
A   6...  Yes , we found Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel
            But they are unwilling to join  !



Q   7...  Comment on your relationship with Mukesh Ambani
A   7....  In politics , there are neither permanent friends nor permanent
             enemies. Only permanent interests

Q   8...  How do you claim there is no unemployment in Gujarat  ?
A   8...  Even an " Employed " Gujarati is always doing some personal " part
            time " business on the sideline . And all , so-called " Unemployed "
            Gujaratis are " self-employed  " !  Ha  !  Ha  !



Q  9...  Can an educated , self-respecting person survive on Rs 5,300  ?
A   9...  Of course , he can
            Aren't you surviving without ANY salary for past 3 / 4 years  ?
            People say , despite being " Self respecting " , you are " thriving "  !



Q  10...  With such an education system , how can country progress  ?
A   10... All Gujaratis are " self educated " at home . Why go to school  ?
             Remember , what eminent philosopher / mathematician Alfred
             Whitehead , wrote in his seminal book , " Aims of Education " ?
             "  Only education worth its name is Self - Education  "



Q  11...  Under such circumstances , why are you making claims of providing
             good health services in Gujarat  ?
A  11.... If we were not , why would doctors from  around the World , call
             our Anand , the " Surrogate Capital of the World "  ?
            Our medical services are so good that Medical Tourism is booming !



Q  12...  In the last few years , 800 farmers have committed suicide in
             Gujarat and you have stopped all subsidies to farmers
A  12...  Suicide - rate amongst Gujarati Farmers is no worse than these
             rates amongst Gujarati Dowery-Brides , Gujarati Jobless , Gujarati
            Labour , Gujarati Minorities etc , which are , in turn , on par with
            similar rates in other states .



Q  13...  When you are not even giving power connections to farmers , then
            why are you making hollow claims on providing electricity  ?
A   13...  So what is the big deal  ?
              Haven't we given to all of them " Internet " connections to watch
              my holographic 3-D projections online  ? Don't make a mountain
             out of a mole-hill  !



Q  14...   You have snatched away farmers' lands and given to industrialists
              at cheap rates
A   14...  Bullshit ! Farmers who sold their lands to TATA-NANO in Sanand ,
              are all driving around in MERCs and AUDIs  !



Q  15....  No water for Kutch . Why this discrimination  ?
A  15...   If there is plenty of water in Kutch , Pak Terrorists will infiltrate it
              everyday  ! Surely you know that across the Kutch border in Sind -
              Pakistan , there is no water . Humm ! A business opportunity  !



Q   16...   Land of Sikhs in Gujarat . Why not take back your court case ?
A   16....  How can I get a " clean cheat " unless and until , Supreme Court
               appoints a SIT  ?



TV  ANCHORS  ,



Fill free to air this " Scoop of the Week " in your " Big Debate " etc

I am sure Jai Narayan Vyas and Gopal Rai would happy to answer
And , in person , too  !



*  hemen  parekh  (  08 March 2014 / Mumbai )



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