Month: September 2016
Records Galore
Record Swearing-in A record 110 Rotarians gathered at Nazrul Manch in Kolkata on July 1 to be sworn in as Club Presidents for the current
The cells that save lives
Every year 24 million babies are born in India and along with the placenta and the umbilical cord that is disposed as biological waste, precious
Facelift for Jaipur schools
It is a sight to behold as the boys and girls assemble for their morning prayers, dressed in their spanking new uniforms, seeking the
Two new records & a model tribal village
As each RI District across the Rotary world gears up to create a record of sorts in doing good to the world through TRF, specially
A million dollar dinner
The Rotary Foundation has decided to introduce a special scheme for its Centennial year (2016-17) called the AKS Centennial Family Circle Celebration, wherein an AKS
Message from the RI Director – September 2016
Art of Balancing Is it not true that we are in a world that seems to prefer argument over dialogue (Vi-vaad over Sam-vaad)? We are
TRF Chair Message – September 2016
Literacy: key to a better future A few months ago, I read a story in this magazine (The Rotarian) about a man named Carl Sanders,
President Speaks – September 2016
An unbeatable combination Dear Fellow Rotarians, In the summer of 1917, only a few months after the United States entered the first world war, Rotary
The Raj and its Civil Servants
Such was the enigmatic aura and majesty of the 150-year-old civil service in India that in the 1970s, at the St Stephen’s College in Delhi,
Where crafts weave magic
Kutch in Gujarat, with its stunning landscape, brown, barren and yet so enchanting… particularly the Rann of Kutch stretch… is a traveller’s delight of