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 25 December 2013

A Castle in Air ?



When people talk about someone " building a castle in air " , it is said in a derogatory way


But dreamers know no other way  !


All of them build castles in air


And a few fortunate ( - and hardworking ) , even succeed in laying a foundation under that castle , at a later date  !


Modern day civil engineers have even demonstrated that one can build a sky-scraper , by building the top-most floor first and the foundation , very last  !


Being a dreamer , Arvind Kejriwal has , over the past few months , built just such a 18 story sky-scraper  , in the sky ( - remember his 18 point questionnaire to Congress  ?  )


When he gets sworn-in as Delhi Chief Minister on 28th , he must start laying a foundation below that sky-scraper


It will have to be a foundation of " Good Governance ", consisting of :


>  Committed colleagues ( not Ayaram - Gayaram  ! )


>  Non corrupt bureaucrats


>  Transparent processes


>  Timely delivery of services to Delhi citizens


>  "  Always Approachable " ministers ( no beacons / security / bungalows )


>   Periodic public scrutiny of Government's performance


>   Decentralized decision making  .............etc



I may have left out a few items


That is not important


What is very important is ,


In coming days  , will AAP leaders conduct themselves with such honesty / dignity / transparency / sense of purpose , that ,


>   42 opposition MLAs would find it  impossible to oppose the Vote of
     Confidence on 3rd Jan  ?


>   Congress / BJP will be forced to take action against their own corrupt
     leaders ( eg: Adarsh Scam )  ?


>   Some 1400 regional political parties ( as per Election Commission
     records ) may consider merging with AAP , in order to bring about
     a change in the political climate of India ( a viable 3rd front  ) ?



DEAR  ARVIND ,


>  Do not allow the past corruption crimes of Congress / BJP , to cloud
    your vision


>  Do not fritter away your energy in solving pea-nut problems


>  Enlarge your horizon beyond Delhi, to cover whole of India


>  Focus on 2014





*   hemen   parekh   (  26  Dec  2013  /  Mumbai  ) 

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