Month: November 2014
Message from the chair – November 2014
Help us promote peace It is surely the wish in all our hearts that there is peace in our world. Our Rotary Foundation is endeavouring
Taking Literacy to Rural India
In continuance with Rotary’s mission to achieve total literacy goals through teacher support, e-learning, adult literacy, child development and establishing happy schools (abbreviated as T-E-A-C-H)
Two Rotarians in new Maharashtra Assembly
District 3131 has the unique honour of returning not one, but two, legislators into the newly formed Maharashtra Assembly. Rtn Dattatray (Mama) Bharne from the
India at The Asian Games 2014
The Indian men’s hockey team will be participating in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, all thanks to the gold medal they won
Taking Literacy to Rural India
Ln continuance with Rotary’s mission to achieve total literacy goals through teacher support, e-learning, adult literacy, child development and establishing happy schools (abbreviated as T-E-A-C-H)
Rotary was there earlier
Well before Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Swachh Bharat campaign on October 2, which is celebrated as Gandhi Jayanti in India, Rotary and Rotarians
Water Harvesting
Gatachiwadi is a village in Barshi, located in Solapur district of Maharashtra. It is famous for its toor dal and other agricultural products. This village
Pune’s Jalpari
The first thing that strikes you about Rotarian Meena Borate, Past President of the Rotary Club of Pune Hillside, who is a medical doctor by
World Roundup – November 2014
Rotary Club of Versailles, France Free vegetable gardens ‘Potalib,’ an international food-sharing movement was launched by the Rotaract Club of Versailles. More than
Innovative Innovation Mantras
Change is the only aspect that never changes. Innovation should become a habit if one has to be consistently successful. From an individual’s perspective, innovation
The Giving Festival
Daan Utsav or Festival of Giving is India’s weeklong celebration observed every year during the week including Gandhi Jayanthi (October 2–8) to promote ‘giving’ among
Connect to Collaborate
A CSR conclave was organised by Rotary International District 3051 at Gujarat Chambers of Commerce & Industries, Ahmedabad on August 23, 2014. The meeting, hosted
Um café, por favor
The first coffee plants in Brazil arrived in the early 18th century, but Brazilians’ love affair with coffee really took off in the early
Rajesh Khanna: Lights and loneliness by Rasheeda Bhagat
Yet another book has been published to tell us about the loneliness and dark patches of gloom that inhabit the world of most celebrities.
A Spanish sojourn
One has to be exceptionally lucky to travel to an enchanting Mediterranean country like Spain half a dozen times … I’ve had that good fortune
Dialysis Made Affordable
Rotary International Director P T Prabhakar inaugurated Rotary Dialysis Centre at Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital and Research Centre, Pune on September 30, 2014. The dialysis centre
District 3131 shares Membership Secrets with District 1270
PDG Deepak Shikarpur, RI District 3131 participated as RI President’s Representative at the District Conference of RI District 1270, United Kingdom held at Yorkshire during
President Speaks — November 2014
Dear Fellow Rotarians, Four months into this year of working to Light Up Rotary, I am more excited about Rotary than ever before. I’ve
Language of life is I Can
It seems the heart of a man told the man, “I began beating when you were in the womb of your mother and I will