You Dream : Someone Someday Will Make it Happen

 

 

Context :

 

MY  TAKE :

Ø  Next Generation Newspaper ? ……………………………[  21   Mar   2016  ]

 

Extract :

 

Hence , it is only a matter of time before you experience following scenario :

 

 

*  Your paper newspaper gets replaced by a plain white LED embedded and internet connected sheet of

 

    Plastic ( fold-able too )

 

   

 

*  Every morning , unfold it , and touch on a icon at the top bearing the name of your desired news-source (

 

    Publication / TV Channel / Web site etc )

 

 

*  Touch a Subject Icon ( Politics / Sports / Entertainment / Economics  etc )

 

 

Voila  !

 

All - and the only news , you ever cared to read - will instantly appear on that plastic !

 

 

Without advertisements , if you so desire

 

 

And where , touching on any NAME of any person ( or of any organization ) , appearing anywhere , will enable

 

you to,

 

 

*  Read out / record your message , or

 

*  On a virtual keyboard , type out your message

 

 

A long press on the name will reveal ALL the messages ever sent to that person ( or that Organization ) , in a

 

reverse chronological order

 

 

If any message is a spoken message , the " News-Plastic " ( cannot call it " paper " ), will read it back to you

 

 

Now , those targeted recipients ( of the messages ) will  receive those messages on their own " News-Plastic " ,

 

under an icon called , IN-BOX

 

 

Of course , nothing stops them from " long press " on their own name appearing in the news article and find

 

out what other readers are trying to convey - and in what context

 

 

If  a person's name appears anywhere in the news , in his own " News Plastic ", it will be highlighted in RED

 

Color

 

 

No need for me to search those Email IDs in Google !

 

 

For those who worry about invasion of personal privacy , I quote onetime CEO of Sun Microsystems , Scot

 

McNealy who , in 1999 said :

 

 

" Privacy is dead , so get over it "

 

 

All that we can hope is that it is an Indian Start Up which comes out with " News Plastic "

 

 

I hope news paper industry remembers Ted Levitt's  ( Marketing Myopia ) :

 

 

" If you don't obsolete yourself , someone else will "

 

 

 

With regards,

Hemen Parekh

hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  09 Nov 2022

 

Related Reading:

 

Ø  Redesigning Newspapers ?............................. [  23  May  2016  ]

 

Extract :

 

With arrival of dozens of news-aggregating Mobile Apps , hard copy news-papers are in danger of getting " extinct "

 

 

What will news-papers look like 5 years from now ?

 

 

Here is my prediction :

 

 

#   All news will become digital

 

#   These may appear on your bed-room wall or on a foldable blank sheet of

 

      plastic ( display device ) , whenever you choose to ignore your Mobile .

 

 

      Of course , VR device makers would want you to wear a headset  !

 

 

Now comes the FUN part  !

 

 

Currently , most hard-copy news papers group their news on pages titled :

 

 

City  /  Nation  /  Global - International / Sports / Politics / Entertainment etc

 

 

Tomorrow's digital news will get aggregated under following genres :

 

 

Scam /  Fraud  /  Fiction-like  /  Irony / Insult / Arrogance / Hope / Reform / Red Herring / Shame / Bravo / Future / Ego / Introspection / Ridicule / Bravado / Boasting / Insensitive / Scorn / One-up-man ship / Holier-than-Thou / Absurd / Tongue-in-Cheek / Laugh / Deja Vu ...........etc

 

 

CAA : A Home for the Persecuted

 

 

Context :

Ø  India sole rational shelter for persecuted: Govt to SC over CAA petitions ……..[ HT – 01 Nov 2022 ]

 

Extract :

 

The 2019 Citizenship (Amendment) Act, or CAA, does not discriminate on the ground of religion but makes a distinction on the grounds of “religious persecution” in countries where Islam is the State religion, the Union government has submitted in the Supreme Court , adding that CAA seeks to undo the “historical injustices” meted out to persecuted minorities in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh.

 “ CAA does not classify or differentiate on the ground of religion rather it classifies on the ground of religious persecution in countries functioning with a State religion.

Arguing that CAA does not approve of citizenship to Tibetan Buddhists from China or Tamil Hindus from Sri Lanka, the government said that the allegation that the law attempts to classify the persons belonging only to the Muslim community as illegal migrants has no basis in law or in fact.

 

 “It is submitted that rather than breaching any principle of freedom of religion, CAA seeks to protect the freedom of religion of the classified communities which have been persecuted for exactly expressing and practicing their respective religions in the particular neighbouring countries,” stressed the affidavit.

 

 Responding to a complaint in the batch of PILs regarding the choice of the countries and the communities sought to be granted citizenship under CAA when religious persecution is prevalent in several other countries as well, the Centre contended that CAA does not seek to provide answers to all kinds of purported persecution across the world

 

 

MY  TAKE :

 

Dear Amitbhai Shah,

 

I am disappointed that this Govt Affidavit, fails to follow the “ amendments “ to CAA, as suggested in my following 3 YEAR old e-mail :

 

Ø  CAA Compromise : With Malice towards None ………[  22  Jan  2020 ]

 

 

Extract :

 

Short title :

This Act may be called :

 

Religiously Persecuted Foreign Minorities ( grant of Citizenship ) Act, 2020   [  RPFM  ]

 

Amendment of section 2 :

Under this amendment, Indian “ Certification of Naturalization “, may be granted to foreigners who have entered into India, on or before the 31^st day of December, 2014, under following criteria :

 

 

[ A ].. Country of Foreigner

 

          Such a foreigner could hail from any country of the world

 

[ B ]… Religion of Foreigner

 

           Such a foreigner could belong to any religious community

 

[ C ]…. Status of Foreigner

 

            In his / her own native country, said foreigner must belong to a religious

            minority, which has been or  currently being , persecuted for his / her

            religious belief

 

            

 

[ D ]…. Proof of persecution

 

           While applying for Indian “ Certification of Naturalization “, under this

           RPFM Act, the foreign person would need to prove to the satisfaction of the

           Home Ministry, that he / she was persecuted by the majority religious

           community in his / her native country before entering India

           

      

 

Foreigners failing to fulfill the conditions for issue of “ Certificate of Naturalization “ :

If an applicant fails to fulfil the conditions laid down for the issue of the “Certificate of Naturalization “, then ,

 

         Ø    He / she will be reimbursed the cost of repatriation to his / her native

               country

 

         Ø    In case of his / her native country refusing to take him / her back, he / she

               may continue to stay in the same city / town of India, where they are

               currently residing, with the status of, “  Atithi of India “

 

          Ø    As an “Atithi “, such person cannot buy / own any property in India but

                may continue to earn their livelihood as at present and pay legal taxes on

                their income as per Income Tax Act

 

                

 

Detention Camps :

Persons failing the conditions for getting “ Certification of Naturalization “, will not

be forced to stay in facilities specifically created for their stay by the Government

 . But , if requested , they will be granted “ Temporary Accommodation “ in such

 facilities

 

Children born to such Foreigners :

If such children are born in India, they will be granted Indian Citizenship, even if

 the foreigner failed to get “Certificate of Naturalization “ 

 

Dear Amitbhai,

 

Today, India is facing a problem of :

“ Migrants persecuted in their Country because they belong to a Religious Minority in their own country “

This ( religious persecution ) is not the main reason why millions from :

Ø  Mid-East and North Africa are flooding the rich European Countries / UK

Ø  South America and Mexico are flooding USA

Ø  Myanmar / Bangladesh are trying to reach Phillipines-Indonesia-Austalia-NewZealand

They are trying to escape POVERTY / UNEMPLOYMENT in their countries

This trend is picking up after the COVID pandemic and UKRAINE war has pushed up inflation in all countries around the world , while simultaneously slowing down economies and rendering millions jobless

Economies of Pakistan , Afghanistan and Bangladesh ( not to mention Sri Lanka ), are deteriorating

Before long, “ Economic Migrants “ from these countries ( to India ), will far exceed the “ Religiously Persecuted Migrants “

And among these, MUSLIMS will be TEN TIMES the HINDUS  !

When that happens, current “ trickle “ will seem like a minor irritant !

What India needs is to start preparing itself for :

 “ How to stop this TSUNAMI of MILLIONS of MUSLIM ECONOMIC MIGRANTS ? “

 

 

With regards,

Hemen Parekh

hcp@RecruitGuru.com

03 Nov 2022

 

Related Readings :

 

Ø  An Alternative to CAA ? …………………………..[ 22 Feb 2020 ]

 

Ø  Granting Refuge to Afghan Citizen…………. [ 16 Aug 2021 ]

 

Ø  Past-ly Jest : presently Just ?................. [ 24 Feb 2018 ]

 

Ø  Floating Island Nation ? …………………………….[ 27 May 2018 ]

 

Ø  United States of Migrants  ……………………….........[  25  April  2016  ]

 

Ø  Not So far - fetched , After all !  ……………….[  02  Feb 2017  ]

 

Ø  World Migration Day ……………………………………[ 08 June 2015 ]

 

Ø  MUAMMAR GADDAFI - A VISIONARY ? ………..[ 04 Aug 2015 ]

 

 

Ø  FREEDOM BEHIND BARS ? …………………………..[ 16 Sept 2015 ]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dear R K Singhji : This is YOUR chance

 

India's first solar village in Gujarat's Modhera lights up the lives of poor residents

{ Deccan Herald  -  01 Nov 2022 )

Extract :

The project in Modhera, financed by the federal and provincial government at nearly Rs 82.53 crore ($10 million), involved setting up over 1,300 rooftop panels on residential and government buildings that were connected to a power plant. 

The government buys excess energy produced here from residents if they do not use all of the capacity allotted to the households

With this money, Praveen Bhai, 43, a tailor, plans to buy a gas connection and stove, since many houses in the village cook food in wood-fired stoves that leave a smoky haze.

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My Take :

Dear Shri R K Singhji

{ Minister - MNRE }

For past few years, we have been reading about various organizations ( including

ONGC - IOC ), coming out with designs / prototypes of SOLAR CHULHAS 

Despite licensing of the design / technology to several PRIVATE SECTOR parties,

unfortunately there is no news of any commercial MASS PRODUCTION

As repeatedly urged in the past, I urge you once again to make MODHERA a "

laboratory " and distribute FREE of COST , one SOLAR COOKER each to 1300

villagers of Modhera

Its success will ensure all 600,000 villages of India wanting to REPLICATE the

Modhera Model 

with regards,

hemen parekh

hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  02  Nov  2022

2017 ( 1 ) :

Solar  Chula  ?  Some  Unanswered  Questions …………………….[  03 Nov  2017  ]

 

2018 ( 1 )  :

Solar Chulha : Where can I buy ? …………………………………………….[ 16 July 2018 ]

 

2020 ( 4 )   :

Dear Shri Goyalji : How about a Solar Cooker ? ……………………..[ 26 Aug 2020 ]

Time to " Talk the Walk " …………………………………………………………..[19 Sep 2020 ]

Not in one day : What about 3 years ? …………………………………….[ 25 Oct 2020 ]

Enough to entice Elon ?  ……………………………………………………………[ 03 Nov 2020 ]

 

2021  ( 3 )  :

Inscrutable are the ways of the Providence ? ………………………….[15 June 2021 ]

Air Pollution Sources : And “ How to save 2.5 Lakh lives “………[ 25 June 2021 ]

Congratulations, Dr Harish Hiraniji …………………………………………..[ 13 Nov 2021 ]

 

2022  (  4  )  :

A Battery Swapping Policy for Battery-Powered Solar Cookers ? [ 25 Mar 2022 ]

Getting Closer : Battery-powered Electric Cooker …………………….[ 11 May 2022 ]

3C = Congratulations, Calicut Cooker-Walas  ……………………………[ 10 June 2022 ]

 

My Solar Cooker dream about to materialise ? ………………[ 07 July 2022 ]

 

 

Dear Narendrabhai : Thanks for reminding ……………………………….[ 04 Mar 2022 ]

 

Extract :

 

Ø  He said innovations are required in in the areas of clean cooking and SOLAR COOKING can be a big market for Startups “

       

Ø  In Sept 2017 , while inaugurating ONGC’s corporate office, PM Shri Modiji said :

      “ Our poor rural ladies are suffering due to air pollution caused by burning

        wood – straw – cow-dung cakes – kerosene , for cooking on chulhas .

        Millions of them are prematurely dying due to lung diseases

 

        We must give them Solar Chulhas “

 

       

Ø  How can Govt help to accelerate a RAPID ADOPTION of Solar Cookers ?

 

        By providing a DBT ( Direct Benefit Transfer ) of 75 % of the Sale Price 

        of a Solar Cooker ( meeting very specific performance criteria – and 

       having  obtained a prior ISI certificate ), into the Jan Dhan Account of  the

       buyer (  subject to max of Rs 7,500 )

         

        This subsidy would be available to a HOUSE-HOLD ( and not to each 

       person in the family ), and can be availed only ONCE per family. Aadhar

        details would be mandatory

        Subsidy would be available for only DIRECT PURCHASE from govt

        approved Authorised Dealers – and not from Re-Sellers

       

        

Ø  Allocation of Rs 37,256 crore for LPG subsidy ( for cooking ), is an ANNUAL RECURRING expense

Ø  Govt had specified its max “ Sale Price” at Rs 10,000 /- per Stove [ $ 135 ]

Ø  For Rs 37,256 Crore, govt can buy and distribute ( FREE ), some 3.7 cr (37 million ) solar stoves

Ø  Within about 2 years, Govt can handover a SOLAR STOVE to all households covered by Ujwalla Scheme households covered by Ujwalla Scheme

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