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

Sunday, 12 June 2011

On 9th Day of the fast


Here is my appeal to  PM / Pranab / Khurshid / Advaniji :

Please do not make this a personal prestige issue. Compromise for the sake of nation’s prestige.

Settle on following compromise formula – and today itself :

Ø   Prime Minister and Chief Justice of India to be excluded from the purview of proposed Lokpal Bill

Ø   All other ministers / judges to be included

Ø   All MPs / MLAs to be included

Ø   All government servants to be included, irrespective of rank


Ø   Maximum punishment for those found corrupt to be life imprisonment

Ø   Lokpal to be made answerable to the President of India and can be dismissed / punished by the President if deemed to be corrupt

Ø   Lokpal shall not hold any other “ position of profit “, nor can be a retired government servant

Ø   Black money ( whether illegally stashed abroad or within the country ) to be declared “ National Asset / National Wealth “

Ø   Encourage black money to be repatriated legally – and without penalty – if invested in Govt approved Infrastructure Bonds / SPVs

Ø   Gradually reduce personal income tax to a max of 15 % and Corporate tax to a max of 20%

Ø   Start drafting a separate bill whereby voters can recall their elected representative to Panchayats / Municipalities / Legislative Assemblies / Parliament

Ø   Let this be an MOU to be signed by all present at today’s all party meet. Present it to Anna with a request to end fast. 


There are always two parties to a dispute. Any agreement reached must appear like a win-win situation to both. If any party gets a feeling that it “ lost out “, then it will find ways and means to sabotage the agreement.

What good is an agreement that looks good on a piece of paper but just cannot be implemented ?

Please forget the events of last few days. Make the first move towards reconciliation. Nation expects from you humility / magnanimity. Mud slinging will take you nowhere !

With regards

hemen  parekh


Jobs  for  All  =  Peace  on  Earth




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