Day: September 1, 2017
Summer magic
The summer that the Indian men’s cricket team recorded a memorable home series win against the Australians, my 11-year-old came down with chickenpox. Predictably,
Restoring Maluti’s glory
Tucked away on the border of Bengal and Jharkhand, Maluti is a nondescript village located around 230 km from Kolkata. Though the village falls under
Editor’s note – September 2017
In his Independence Day message from the ramparts of the Red Fort, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a new slogan — India Jodo (Unite India).
Mantra to succeed as Governors
I often think of my year as President of my club way back in 1987, perhaps the most enjoyable assignment I have ever had, and
Get your iconic projects featured in Rotary News
Rotarians and Rotary clubs, or Districts, that undertake well planned and meticulously executed projects that benefit the local community, transforming people’s lives, naturally want them
Letters to the Editor – September 2017 issue
It’s all in the mind I am 82 and joined Rotary some 18 years back. I was impressed by the article We are all time
Green corridor for organ donation in Rajkot
RC Rajkot, D 3060, has successfully created two green corridors to transport organs to Mumbai and Pune, which are the closest medical centres where an
Gift of Mobility
Gautam Manjhre has lived without a leg “ever since I was born.” He was born with a physical deformity. But now he has “no words
D 3000 Rotarians plant 30,000 saplings in a single day
Within two months of mass blood donation at the district level on a single day when 3,000-plus units of blood were donated, 127 clubs of
Crowding for doing good
A few years ago, Amit Onkar, a fashion technology student from Chennai, met with a terrible accident. A truck hit him when he was crossing
D 3232 attempt Guinness record on oral hygiene
Late into the night of August 18, when Chennaites were fast asleep, enjoying the unseasonal downpour, two Rotarians were experiencing a sleepless night. “Through the
A workshop for District EMG and CSR Chairs
A well-attended and well conducted workshop for the EMG and CSR Chairs of Districts in Zones 4, 5 and 6A, was recently held in Delhi
Sam Owori’s final journey
It was past six in the evening on Friday, July 28, when we drove into a little village in the town of Tororo in Uganda.
What Women Want
Sigmund Freud, the 18th century Austrian neurologist, hailed as the father of psychoanalysis, famously asked the question, “What do women want”? He didn’t have an
A Rotarian’s literary feat
District Governor Elect Sayantan Gupta, D 3240, along with Dr Bina Biswas, recently called on the then President of India Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati
Towards a TB free India
Young Nandita Venkatesan, a TB survivor, got the undivided attention of the assembled District Governors at the seminar ‘Towards a TB-free India’ presided over by
Club Matters – September 2017 issue
RC Nagapattinam Wings — D 2981 The birth anniversary of Tamil Nadu’s former Chief Minister K Kamaraj was commemorated by the club on July 15
Rotary India banks on Rotaractors
Fifty new Rotaract clubs were installed in District 3232 this year. The new presidents and secretaries received their certificates of appreciation from PRIP Gary
Recharging Rotaractors
South Asia, with 1.2 lakh Rotaractors, has nearly 22 per cent of the world’s total strength, but only 16 per cent of it is
Putting them back on their feet
Five-month-old Livya Miranda gives a cherubic smile to Younis, the counsellor at the CURE International’s Clinic in the Institute of Child Health (ICH – Government
Meet your Governors
Empowering women is her mantra Nothing can stop a woman from achieving great success and respect if she is determined, dedicated and hardworking,” says this