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

Monday, 30 April 2018

#SC #ST #OBC #BackwardCaste


Bankruptcy  of  Imagination ? or a Conspiracy  ?



Hindustan Times ( 30 April ) carried following news :










Excerpt :


District officials, who did not want to be named, explained that the initials — SC for scheduled caste, ST for scheduled tribe and O for OBC, or other backward class — were put on the chests of male candidates from these categories as they have different selection norms under the reservation policy.

This, they said, was done to identify one section of candidates from the other and avoid any mix-up.




Elsewhere , there have been cases of similar shameful ways of tracking people


Eg :









and ,


After staying in a US prison for 18 months, Rajat Gupta , former MD of McKinsey , was

confined to his apartment and required to wear an ankle bracelet that monitored his

movements



Some years back , a few Indian students studying in

 US , were also forced to wear such

bracelets - ostensibly for tracking their movements

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It is a pity that the country which prides itself as being “ Software Super-power “ , could not use technology as described below :



*  Some time back , there was a news report that all foreigners entering India , will be given special SIM cards that they must install in their smart phones - enabling Indian Authorities to track their movements and to quickly locate a foreigner who overstays his stay


*  GPS satellites of USA / Russia / China enable their militaries to locate objects on earth , just ONE CENTIMETER apart  !


*  RFID sensors inserted in clothes worn by candidates


*  Smart watches , worn by candidates


*  QR  Codes  printed on ID cards of candidates or any papers carried by them


Or , was this a case of those examiners finding some sadistic pleasure in humiliating those SC / ST / OBC candidates ?


Or , is someone trying to create embarrassing situations for the NDA government , in order to provide fodder to the opposition parties ?


If such incidences were to repeat , NDA has bleak future in 2019  !



01    May  2018

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