A Tale of Ten Cities ?

No, Shakespeare did not write it.

Here are the people who did :

Ø   Tunisia……………………….Ben Ali

Ø   Libya………………………….Muammar  Gaddafi

Ø   Syria………………………… Bashir Assad

Ø   Egypt…………………………Hosni Mubarak

Ø   Yemen………………………Bin Saleh

Ø   Iraq………………………….Saddam Hussein

Ø   Iran………………………….Ahmedinejad

Ø   Afghanistan……………..Osama Bin Laden

Ø   Sudan……………………..Omar al-Bashir

Ø   India…………………………Many Contenders !

But since India is the only democracy in this list, let people decide by voting / electing, who  authored the “ Ravan Lila “ in Ramlila Maidan  on the mid-night of June 04, 2011 !

With regards

Hemen  Parekh

A People’s Home ?

If India’s TATA group can deliver a People’s Car for Rs 100,000 ( Euro 1700 ), then why not a People’s Home for Rs. 32,000 ( Euro 500 ) ?

That is the question that Sumitesh Das – Chief of Tata Steel’s global research program – must have asked his colleagues.

As per DNA Money ( 16 July, 2011 ), the answer was, “ Yes of course ! Why not ? “

So, they came up with following specifications for People’s Home :

Ø   Flat roof with an area of 20 square meter for Rs.32,000

Ø   Upgraded 30 Sq Meter model to cost Rs 44,000 ( Euro 700 )

Ø   Pre-fabricated kit containing all parts

Ø   Kit to have significant amount of “ non-steel “ components

Ø   Kits to be manufactured ( under license ), all over India, in order to generate local employment

Ø   People’s Home must last about 20 years

Ø   Buyer should be able to assemble himself within 7 days

For India, with a current shortfall of 25.7 million dwellings, this is nothing short of a technological breakthrough !

Deliveries are expected to start within next few months.

Congratulations, Sumitesh !

With regards

Hemen  Parekh

A drop in the Ocean ?

India’s Health Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad wants Indian medical students to sign a bond , before going to USA , that they will return to India after finishing their higher studies

Why ?

Because India is short of doctors

He is right. Here are figures for numbers of doctors per 10,000 population ( 2000 – 2010 ), published in World Health Statistics – 2011:

Ø   India  …………………… 6.0

Ø   China  …………………. 14.2

Ø   UK  ………………………. 27.4

Ø   USA  ……………………  26.7

Question :

Will forcing 1,000 medical students [ who do not return after higher studies abroad every year ], make a drop of difference to our Ocean of Ill-health ?

No doubt , Minister of Health knows best !

With regards

hemen  parekh

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WHITE PAPER ON BLACK MONEY !

19 Dec 2011

WHITE  PAPER  ON  BLACK  MONEY  !

How much money has flowed out illegally from the developing countries over the last 10 years ?

DNA [ 16, Dec. 2011 ] sourced following figures from a report titled, “ Illegal financial flows from developing countries over the decade ending 2009 “, published by Global Financial Integrity – GFI :

     
       Country                              $  Billion

• China…………………………………………..2,740

• Mexico…………………………………………….504

• Russia……………………………………………..501

• Saudi Arabia……………………………………380

• Malaysia………………………………………..350

• UAE………………………………………………….296

• Kuwait……………………………………………..271

• Nigeria…………………………………………..  182

• Venezuela……………………………………..  179

• Qatar………………………………………………  175

• Poland…………………………………………….. 162

• Indonesia………………………………………… 145

• Philippines…………………………………….   142

• Kazakhstan………………………………….. 131

• India……………………………………………….. 128

Poor people of India are telling Finance Minister ,Pranabda :

“ Sir, we don’t need your white paper. We need our black money back” 

With regards

HEMEN  PAREKH 

The Case of Missing Mentors

As reported by DNA ( 10 May,2012 ), following are the findings of The Standing Committee on Human Resource Development – Government of India :

Ø  % age of Faculty positions lying vacant in

          *   24 Central Universities ..........................  35  %

          *   39 Central Universities …………………………….  39  %

>  %  age of Professor level vacancies

                         [ in 16 Central Universities  ]…………………………… 55  %

Ø  %  age of Faculty positions lying vacant

                  In 77 State Universities………………………………………50+ %

But why are faculty positions lying vacant ?

Here are ( educated ? ) guesses of the Committee :

Ø  Young students were not attracted towards teaching profession

Ø  Recruitment process was a prolonged one

Difficult to digest when India’s colleges are churning out some 3.5 Million graduates every year

Did it occur to the Committee that may be these graduates are simply “ Not Employable “ ?

Proof :

When AMCAT ( Aspiring Minds Computer Adaptive Test ) was conducted in 20 colleges of Mumbai University, only 1 % of the final year students appearing for the test ( 50 out of 5,000 ) were found “ employable “ !

We are in a vicious circle !

With regards

hemen  Parekh

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