Month: June 2018
Spreading TB awareness
R C Bangalore Cubbon Park, Garden City and Metro, D 3190, jointly hosted awareness programmes and screening camps for tuberculosis in Bengaluru recently to
Rotary Global Rewards – June 2018
Rotarians and Rotaractors can take advantage of discounts on travel, online shopping, dining, entertainment and a variety of other products and services under the
Message from RI South Asia Office – June 2018
Rotary Citation 2017–18 Earning the Rotary Citation is an honour that RI President Ian Riseley hopes all clubs strive to achieve. To earn the citation,
Celebrating Success
Dear Rotarians, The Rotary year has come to a close. A year full of activities which saw enthusiastic participation from all Rotarians. Having interacted with
The Magic of Making a Difference
Dear Fellow Rotarians, For 60 years, choosing a theme has been the privilege, and sometimes the challenge, of each incoming president. Looking back on those
Let’s plan our year ahead
It’s hard to believe that the first year of our Foundation’s second century of service — and my term as chair of The Rotary Foundation
A Rotary fridge to feed the hungry
Surplus foods and unconsumed fresh fruits at households in Cuddalore, a small town 190 km from Chennai, are now being packed and displayed in
Rotaractors’ date with RIPE Barry Rassin
It was just an hour-long meet, but for the DRRs, “it was 60 minutes of opportunity to get charged. He is just superb, so
Rotary honours a philanthropist par excellence
It’d have been the most important highlight of my year as Trustee Chair to be here and thank you personally. I am sorry I
Club Matters – June 2018 issue
RC Manora Pattukkottai — D 2981 The club presented cots for the inmates of an old-age home in Pattukkottai. The total project cost was ₹1
Rotary reaches out to farmers
If you think farming is an easy job, you should spend an entire day at the farm with a pitch fork and shovel,” says
When the media can twist, turn or do worse
From 2004 to 2011, I worked as a consultant to the history cell of the Reserve Bank of India. Once, in 2006, an assignment involved
The importance of plain speaking, honest reporting
I was barely a little over a year old in Rotary News, when on a fine February morning in 2016 I got a letter by
The feisty women presidents of D 3232
District 3232 recently saw an exciting celebration of 20 of its women presidents being felicitated for their leadership role during the year. Of the
Practise mindful immersion
When Saroja had a nervous breakdown, her family rallied around. Demands stopped, negative comments were held back, personal chores were quietly done, her private space
D 3060 sets up Rotaract Endowment Fund
To inspire Rotaractors to make a transition into full-fledged Rotarians, a unique platform called Samanvay was organised by District 3060 with PDG Mohan Palesha (D
The Aurangzeb story
I remember my music teacher once telling me, speaking about her daughter, “Oh, she’s a regular Aurangzeb.” Meaning, she didn’t like music, which clearly
Machines & Robots train underprivileged students
Enthused by the prospect of further upgrading the vocational training of orphan boys looked after and educated by the Ramakrishna Mission and giving them a
D 3000 gets a massive dose of Rs.1.2 crore CSR funding from KVB
Karur Vysya Bank has donated ₹1.2 crore to The Rotary Foundation under its CSR funds for setting up four low-cost dialysis centres at four
Chuck – The Complete Man
Every man’s life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguishes one man