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, 12 March 2014

Bribing the Voters ?



Election Commission thinks Narendra Modi is trying to bribe the voters


By offering to voters ,  a FREE cup of tea at Namo Chai Stalls


Obviously , a serious breach of Model Code of Conduct  !


So , EC has asked BJP to stop this " Unfair " practice , right away


But the Geek Brigade of NaMo knows clever ways of bypassing EC strictures by pseudo-compliance with the code  !


By charging Re 1 / - for the first cup


Then offering unlimited free Re-Fills  !


Just bring the original polystyrene cup with NaMo face printed on it  !


No more breaking Code of Conduct  !


After all , aren't BJP " hiring " a Falcon Jet plane from a leading business house at just Rs 1,000 per hour , whereas , going market rate is Rs 3 lakh per hour !


What with this EC guys asking " hisaab " for every little thing  !


I never knew  that the 814 million Indian Voters are so deeply mired in poverty that they can be easily " bribed " with a single cup of tea  !


May be it is high time our Planning Commission revised downward , its definition of poverty from Rs 27 per day ( Urban ) and Rs 16 per day ( Rural )


EC could have done better by insisting that NaMo Chai Stalls use earthen tea cups instead of polystyrene cups


That will save our environment and provide jobs to the community engaged in making earthen pots and pans


Unless , of course , someone's son put up a factory to make millions of polystyrene cups , in anticipation of the forthcoming elections  !



*   hemen   parekh   (  13  March  2014  /  Mumbai  )


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