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 12 February 1986

THE FISH, THE FROG & THE TORTOISE

Synopsis: Communication For Productivity
Letters written to some 7500 Workers / Managers / Union Leaders, following a period of strike / Go slow / Murders (1979 - 1987), at Mumbai factory of Larsen & Toubro Ltd. This direct / open / honest communication led to a remarkable atmosphere of trust between Workers and Management, which, in turn, increased productivity at 3% per year (ave). 

12 Feb 1986

To:

Dear Manager


THE FISH, THE FROG & THE TORTOISE

In the "Tales from Panchatantra", there is a story about 3 friends, a fish, a frog and a tortoise, all of  whom stayed in a small  pond.  One year there were no rains and the pond started drying-up.   As soon as  the  fish realised  this (it was the first  one to  realise) it slipped  out of  the small pond into a  stream which flowed out and  took shelter into a large lake.

It took the frog somewhat longer to realise the danger when some children caught it in the drying mud. But somehow it managed to escape from the hands of the kids and slipped away into the stream.

The  tortoise was  the  slowest  -  both  in walking  and  in thinking; and  did not  realise what was  happening till  the entire pond  had dried up.  He  kept on roaming  aimlessly on the caked-up bottom  of the pond wondering what  had happened to his friends who were not to be seen around.

If you wish to know what "naseeb" befell the tortoise, you must read the Panchatantra yourself.   On the other hand, you can always make a guess.

But to answer the question    

"Could PEICO or BINNY have guessed their fate?"

You will need to, read the enclosed articles/news-items.

Which raises the next question,

"If  we at  L&T  could forecast  our  fate, could  we  do something now to change it to our liking?"

H.C. PAREKH

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