The finest part of Mumbai was just under our nose and we never paid heed to its beauty,” commented Rtn Karthik Sha, RC Bombay Seacoast. He was referring to the Heritage Walk recently organised by the National Society of Friends of the Trees (FoT) and the Rotary Clubs of Bombay Seacoast and Mumbai Queen’s

Kumar felt helpless when his daughter decided to spend the money she had saved for her marriage on his cataract surgery. “Bade aspatal mein ilaj karvana chahti thi (She wanted my treatment to be done at a big hospital),” he says. The next day a mobile van arrived in the village and ophthalmologists conducted screening

Just three hours from Mumbai, the commercial hub of India, lie a group of sleepy hamlets tucked away in the interiors away from public gaze. This group of hamlets or ‘padas’ were

The slender girl seated before me, Vaibhavi Patel, says she is 18, but looks 14. Training to be an electrical engineer at the Shroff S R Rotary Institute of Chemical Technology (SRICT) at

September is the month dedicated to youth. We have to remember 3 things as we deal with ‘Millennials,’ a term that refers to anyone born between 1980–early-2000s. This group represents one of the most diverse generations in history, both in demographics and behaviour. The first generation to be raised plugged into the internet, this

MARIO CESAR MARTINS DE CAMARGO Mario Cesar was president of Grafica Bandeirantes and is now a consultant to the print sector in Brazil. He served as director and president of ABIGRAF Brazil for eight years, president of Sindigraf São Paulo for six years, vice

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 Women and Child Development Maneka Sanjay Gandhi disclosed at a Rotary meet in Delhi, “There was a time when I used to

No longer does one have to worry about ignorance about Bidar, while on a

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 K R Ravindran while participating in the Asia Pacific

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’ after eating just a little some- thing for breakfast. The little one had been lazing around, not too much of physical activity, so clearly, she wasn’t too hungry.