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 8 June 2020

Once Upon a Time……….



Some 60 years ago :

Ø  For possessing and using at home, a small ( or big ) RADIO , one had to have a LICENSE issued by the Postal Department . Every year, you had to go to the nearest Post Office, stand in a queue and, when your turn came, pay annual license renewal fee ( Rs 5 for small / Rs 10 for big ) . I do not remember what was the penalty for using a radio without license renewal. If you had 2 radios, you needed 2 licenses !


Ø  Then about 40 years ago, while returning from a foreign trip, I brought with me, a CORDLESS TELEPHONE instrument. Before I can start using it, I had to send it to some Govt Dept ( I think, it was Telephone Department ) for allotment of a SPECIFIC FREQUENCY which only can be used for working of that instrument !  This took several months !


Ø  If you wanted to shift your telephone instrument ( good old circular dialing type ), from your hall to your bedroom, you had to formally “ Apply “ to Mumbai Telephones , who will send a mechanic ( anytime during next 3 months ) to carry out the shifting


Ø  Mumbai Telephone Department used to issue every year ( although, often it ended up being 2 years ), a big ( 400 pages ? ) TELEPHONE DIRECTORY ( one for each phone-owner ) . To get the latest copy you had to go to the Telephone Dept Office and surrender your OLD copy !


Ø  To get my first landline phone ( at Shivaji Park – Dadar – Mumbai ) , I had to apply with a non-refundable deposit of Rs 3,000 and wait for 6 years !

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June 2020

Just came across following news :


Extract :

Ø  An authorised manufacturer or importer can sell its devices only to an individual or entity approved by the aviation regulator DGCA.

Ø  Each drone importer, manufacturer, trader, owner and operator will need to take approval from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation

Ø  An authorised unmanned aircraft system importer or manufacturer must not sell a UAS to any person except an authorised trader or owner.

Ø  DGCA will have the powers to inspect a UAS manufacturing or maintenance facility before granting any authorisation under these rules

Ø  No UAS shall operate in India unless there is in existence a valid third party insurance policy to cover the liability that may arise on account of a mishap involving such UAS

Ø  No UAS should carry any payload except as permitted by the DGCA.

Ø  Only Nano class drones, which are less than 250 grams, will be allowed to operate in India

Ø  only a "qualified remote pilot" will be permitted to operate heavier drones.

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May be , all of these “ Rules / Regulations / Authorizations / Permissions / Approvals “ re manufacture / sale / use of DRONES , are necessary in today’s context


But, in not too far a future ( certainly not 40 / 60 years but very likely, 4 / 6 years ) , technology may have advanced so much that, persons sitting in any corner of the Earth, may send tiny / super tiny DRONES into India’s air-space and operated remotely from 10,000 km away !


Very likely , thousands of young Indians , sitting in hundreds of small towns of India , may themselves, want to deliver all kinds of goods and services , all over the world , using drones !


Imagine ONE MILLION tiny drones flying in our sky !



By then , “ Rules “ may not be able to “ regulate / control “ such Drone-Swarms


But my following suggestions might provide some clues :


Drone – a – Charya                                               [ 02 Sept 2018 ]


Flock Dynamics                                                     [ 04 Sept 2018 ] 


Drones Need Mid-Air Re-fueling                              [  06 Sept  2018 ] 


A Swarm-O-Drone is born                                      [  16  Nov  2017  ]


Locusts are invading !                                            [  24  May  2020  ] 


CC :  
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09  June  2020








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