Month: July 2018
Starflight chopper at Rotary breakfast
The Rotary Club of Dunkirk-Fredonia (New York, US – D 7090) has announced that the Starflight medevac service will send one of its medical evacuation
Wellness in the Workplace
When you are a working person you often feel short-changed for time. Wellness, however, is not time-bound or reserved for the supermodel, athlete or
TRF Grants officer visits D 3054
Chandra Palmer, Regional Grants Officer from The Rotary Foundation, visited different projects of RI District 3054 in Jaipur and Ahmedabad that are being implemented through TRF
Tata Technologies signs MoU of Rs.1 crore with TRF
Tata Technologies has been partnering with RI District 3131, particularly RC Pune North, for spearheading an e-learning programme in schools in the area. Now the
A tribal village goes from candles to solar lamps
Rotary Bangalore Downtown, in association with RC Bangalore Koramangala (D 3190), has installed solar lamps in 39 tribal homes at Imbet, a Kota village 60
Rotary Editors meet in Evanston
The one clear takeaway from the World Magazine Press Editors biennial meet was the need for all the 33 regional magazines to adopt a more
Water and sanitation in Katwa
The Rotarians of RC Katwa, D 3240, have installed drinking water facilities with cooling system in public places for the benefit of the community. PDG
Rotarians create 3 Happy Schools in Jalandhar
At a Jalandhar school, a team of Rotarians led by PDG Dr Surinder Pal Singh Grover from RC Jalandhar West, D 3070, was shocked to
Call Me Barry
Several miles off the shoreline of Nassau, Barry Rassin, the 2018–19 President of Rotary International, balances in the bow of the bobbing Rat Bat.
The economics of haircut
Earlier this month, I needed to get a new passport-sized photograph. My wife said my hair was in a bad shape and would I please
Libraries… spaces of the free mind
My maternal grandfather was a doctor and after he retired from government service, he volunteered at the clinic run by the Ramakrishna Mission on
Where women are given wings
How was the idea of Swayam Siddha conceived? When I was judge at the Family Court in Mumbai, a woman High Court judge asked me
Rotarians green a village, reverse migration
Gone are the days when farmers of Pingori village near Pune in Maharashtra, after 6 to 8 months of farming, depended solely on the yield
Letters to the Editor – July 2018
Rotary in smaller cities It gave me immense pleasure to read the coverage on the devoted and extraordinary efforts of RC Ratlam, D 3040, in
Improving women’s livelihood
Even before the ban on plastic and thermocol plates and cutlery was announced by Jai Ram Thakur, the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Rotary Club
Club Matters – July 2018
RC Vedaranyam — D 2981 A camp for detection of bone diseases was held by the club in association with K S Orthopaedic Centre, Karaikal, and
Meet your Governors – July 2018
To do something different, her mantra She admits that she likes to do things differently. For a woman Rotarian to rise from the ranks of
An innovative project to empower divorced women
District 3131, under the leadership of DG Abhay Gadgil and Vaishali Bhagwat, District Literacy Committee Chair and advocate by profession, has forged a partnership with
Giving a second chance to girl dropouts
In a heart-warming project, Rotary Club of Ankleshwar, District 3060, is on a drive to identify girls and young women who have dropped out of