Month: January 2018
Let’s serve through our vocation
Dear Rotarians, The happiest people I know are the ones who have discovered the true meaning of happiness. Much of a person’s abilities have to
Why should girls have all the fun?
Last month I was invited for an event in Bengaluru as a speaker. All speakers were staying in a five star hotel, where when I
Straight talk… with philosophical sprinkling
Mahatria Ra If you have to achieve a target of 1.25 million members in India by 2025, introduce Rotary to at least 15 million
The classroom in a book
Sometimes, the oddest book captures your fancy. I’m a typical case, right through school totally terrified of arithmetic and anything mathematical. Thanks to an
Rotarians have raised and invested $4.1 billion in the last 100 years
Your year (2018–19) as Governors will be the second year of the second century of The Rotary Foundation and the opportunities we have before
I dream of a “strong, complaint-free Rotary in our zones”: RID Basker
The Kuala Lumpur Rotary Zone Institute Convener and RI Director C Basker, addressing its inaugural session, said Rotary had a strong presence in our
Many firsts at GETS
With RI Director C Basker’s penchant for training well-known, well articulated and well enforced through training sessions not only for RI general officers and
TRF: Towards a second century
As The Rotary Foundation has begun its second century under the leadership of Trustee Chair Paul Netzel, Past RI President and past Trustee Chair
Cut out the extravaganza and fuss from district conferences: Usha Saboo
Those familiar with Usha Saboo, the tiny frail woman, well-known in both the Indian and international Rotary world, also know that the tiny package
Rotary satellite at retirement community
Oklahoma’s Rotary International District 5750 is breaking new ground — in seasoned territory. The Edmond Rotary Club is establishing the state’s first Rotary satellite based