Month: August 2015
Saving them from sex slavery
The difference between percep- tion and reality, one of the great challenges that Rotary India has been battling with, was conveyed when Union Minister for
QR Code for Bidar’s Whispering Monuments
No longer does one have to worry about ignorance about Bidar, while on a trip to this hill-top city on the Deccan Plateau in Karnataka
We recognise your value and appreciate your role
The regional magazines are very important for Rotary because they give regional news in the local language, something The Rotarian cannot do, said RI President
Listening to your Body
Eat well now because you won’t get anything till lunch time,” I overheard a mother tell her 10-year old who was insisting she was ‘full’
A fascinating account of firangis in India
This book made me curious about two things. First, of course, was the title: what in heaven could it be about? The second, after
Project Azmat
Project Azmat is an endeavour by the Rotaract Club of SRCC Panchshila Park and its parent club Rotary Club of Delhi Panchshila Park, District 3011,
Hope after Fire
Fire accident survivors often find themselves in an unimaginable hell — disfigured and deformed, they battle depression on one side and societal rejection on the
A 45-Year Bonding Between German And Indian Rotarians
About 45 years ago, when an Indian, working in the UK had a problem in communicating while on a train in Germany, he was helped out
Tree Stories And More
December 26, 2004, while holidaying with her family at the Nilavelli Beach Resort in Sri Lanka, DG Gowri Rajan, District 3220, was almost swept away
Israel Charms Pune Rotarians
Going to Israel?” Are you mad? Do you want to get killed? These were the comments we heard when we decided to make a trip
Helping Assamese Migrants In Coimbatore
Imagine a group of Assamese children, who have little to eat and hence end up consuming 10 kg of betel nut a day to satisfy
The Changing world of Tambarams
As is evident from my name, or should be, I am a Tamil Brahman. But I have lived 97 per cent of my life in
Literacy comes first here
Literacy was my priority for the year 2014–15, during my tenure as District Governor, because we wanted to support Rotary’s Literacy Mission,” said IPDG Satpal
A Rotary Skin Bank in Nagpur
Rotary clubs in India have opened skin banks in Mumbai, Pune and Chennai. The fourth in the list is the Rotary OCHRI Skin Bank at
Bringing focus to the North East
There is a general view that the Northeastern States — Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura (the Seven Sister States) and the
Breathing life into Puppets
Puppetry has seen a downward gradient from being an art which lit up Indian streets and courtrooms, to being pushed to hopeless anonymity reduced by
From Disabled To Abled
Doing good with TRF help For Tanmay who can only crawl, Devyanshu who cannot walk or stand, Charu who cannot speak and Gargi who cannot
RI Director’s Message – Greener Rotary
For any organisation, growth is the most important goal to achieve. As it moves ahead in years, it sets new benchmarks of achievements. The bar
Water facilitates marriages!
What the availability of water near their doorstep means to rural women was driven home to the head honcho of a Pune company who had
RC Madras pioneers a novel sanitation project
I am glad to be here, one of the Districts that I have admired always,” said PRIP Kalyan Banerjee during his recent visit to RC
President Speaks
In the 1930s, Ole Kirk Christiansen, a Danish carpenter, had a wooden sign hanging on his wall that read, Det bedste er ikke for god: