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, November 15, 2023

Intriguing Vision

 Jaspreet ,


Yours is an intriguing vision

In this context , you may like my following thoughts
https://lnkd.in/dcsxKhFH
/ 24 Nov 2017 :
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That advance heralds the birth of ARIHANT V 2.0

No more just finding out who is harbouring  Evil Thoughts  and then directing a human police to catch the  Evil Thinker  even before he can translate his evil thoughts into some  Evil Action

V 2.0 will neutralize those “ Evil Thoughts “ of the “ Evil Thinkers “ and replace those with “ Benevolent / Positive Thoughts “

Here is how that could happen :

In Electrical Engineering , we learned about “ Induced Current “

In a wire , which is rotated in a magnetic field , a current starts flowing

In much the same way , when a person thinking “ Good Thoughts “ walks by another thinking of “ Evil Thoughts “ , those evil thoughts will get neutralized and get replace with “ Good Thoughts “ !

Fortunately , in any crowd ( - equivalent to a magnetic field ) , persons thinking “ Good Thoughts “ outnumber the persons thinking “ Bad Thoughts “ ( - except in a meeting of terrorists )

But , even a terrorists has to mingle with “ Good Thought Thinkers “ , before he can do much harm

Monday, November 13, 2023

The Chosen One

 Dear Voter ,


District Election Officer ( DEO ) wants you to cast your vote by :

..... you should press the button of the EVM, in front of the candidate of your choice ,,,,,,,,,, and show your inked finger "

When I received this letter from DEO ( Mumbai ) , I got reminded of the ancient method of SWAYAM-VAR , used by the princesses to choose their husbands

It seems DEO wants to revive this method for " Selection / Election " of MPs and MLAs !

Now dont be uncharitable and say > DEO seems to have a hidden agenda !

Who knows, he / she , took the help of ChatGPT / BARD , to draft this letter !

Thursday, November 9, 2023

Mumbai Desalination Plant : Some Missing Facts

 BMC is planning a desalination plant for residents of Malad / Manori


This project is under " planning " for over 2 years !

Even at current stage ( of awarding the contract ), many FACTS / DATA are not revealed by BMC !

BMC claims , it will use Solar Power only for electricity required to heat the salt water or for Reverse Osmosis process

That will require PV Solar Panels of 10 LAKH sq ft , costing over Rs 1,000 crore

I am afraid this will be unviable project . To know WHY , pl read on >

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Smart Phones

 Some 7 years ago , I proposed that technology should enable illeterate rural , millions of Indians to make payments ( for purchases ), by just SPEAKING into their smart phones


BHASHINI is about to introduce my suggestion ! Look at what ChatGPT has to say >


" It shows that Bhashini's 2023 implementation follows many of the principles and ideas outlined in your 2016 proposal, with an emphasis on simplicity, accessibility, and innovation. "

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Central Govt

 Central Govt ( Ministry of Environment ) has announced a Scheme under which , any entity ( including individuals ) can earn GREEN CREDITS by undertaking one of the 8 activities prescribed by the Ministry


To me , there appears some confusion between Green Credit and Carbon Credit

Will some reader explain ?

Monday, November 6, 2023

why - and how - L&T manages

 Have you ever wondered why - and how - L&T manages to complete its MEGA infrastructure projects , within estimated TIME and COST ?


Answer :

Almost 40 years ago , in 1983, L&T set up its first Cement Plant at Awarpur

L&T managed to achieve this in 2 years and Rs 70 Crore ( 1 million ton )

By using PERT - and without a single Computer ! I was a witness , who retired from L&T in 1990

I would not be surprised if today L&T just " feeds " a DPR ( Detailed Project Report ) for a new project , to an AI tool , which , within a matter of minutes, spews out :

> List of Activities to be undertaken
> Estimated Time for each activity
> PERT chart showing CRITICAL PATH
> Resources required for each activity
> Project Cost

No surprise here since I expect L&T to have developed its LLM AI , by training it on above mentioned DATA for thousands of projects that it has completed over the past 40 years !