Month: December 2018
Classification ensures diversity, and must stay: RIDE Pandya
An interesting session at the Institute was one in which Past RI President Rajendra Saboo pitched questions regarding the classification system, flexibility, Rotary’s public
Polio, The Odyssey of Eradication
After smallpox, how did polio capture the imagination of the world to become the largest mass immunisation programme in history? Thomas Abraham brings decades
A carnival for women and children
The campus of Bright Minds Vidyodaya School at Walajapet, in the suburbs of Chennai, resonated with conversation, laughter and cheer as D 3231, for the
Rotaractors meet President Rassin
On the sideslines of the Rotary Zone Institute in Chennai, RI District 3232 organised a Leaders meet Leader programme, where the serving, incoming and
Refusals for polio immunisation in Pakistan fall drastically
As the entire Rotary world looks forward to eliminating the last cases of Polio from Afghanistan and Pakistan, at the Chennai Institute, PDG Aziz
I haven’t done anything great: Ravi Shankar
At the Chennai Institute, RC Bangalore Orchards President, D Ravi Shankar, who recently donated Rs.100 crore to The Rotary Foundation, was the cynosure of all eyes. As most of the RI officers congratulated him and made a beeline to pose with him for pictures, Ravi Shankar brushed off the accolades and insisted he was no hero. What struck me the most was that during a nearly an hour-long chat, he mentioned the figure of Rs.100 crore only once, and that too in passing. In a chat with D 3190 DG Suresh Hari and Anita, Ravi Shankar and Paola regaled the audience with their answers.
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Poverty of living role models
Inspirtational speaker Mahatria Ra, addressing the Chennai Institute, gave a new perspective to the RI President’s theme — Be the inspiration. Referring to the
Partner Power at the Chennai Institute
At the Chennai Institute, spouses of incoming governors learnt the nuances of providing support to their partners’ progress in Rotary. Addressing the spouses, Usha
Mock council gives District Representatives a taste of CoL 2019
District Representatives of Zones 4, 5 and 6A got a taste of the 2019 Council on Legislation (CoL) to be held in Evanston, at
Meet your Governors – December 2018
His focus is on sustainable projects A third generation Rotarian, Gustad Anklesaria has Rotary blood in his veins. He has been an Interactor and Rotaractor
It’s all about Length
Three years ago, in a fit of beer induced silliness, I told some friends about the great virtues of those who write in newspapers, especially
Felicitating a Golden Jubilee club
RI President Barry Rassin and RI Director C Basker participated in the golden jubilee celebrations of RC Madras North, D 3232, on the sidelines
Discard your anxieties, hang-ups
It was, you’d think, a very serious moment. Two of the most venerated icons in the world — The Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu,
RI President Nominee’s felicitations in Mumbai & Jaipur
At a felicitation meet for RIPN Sushil Gupta and Vinita hosted at Mumbai by Districts 3030, 3131, 3132, 3141, 3142 and 3170, Convener and RIDE
An RI President comes calling… to Chandigarh
The one project in Chandigarh that RI President Barry Rassin showed a lot of interest in and spent some time interacting with the beneficiaries, particularly
Chart a better path
Dear fellow Rotarians, It’s traditional that the first Rotarian magazine of the Rotary year carries a profile of the incoming
A commitment for perpetuity
For many of us, December is a time of reflection about the year that is about to end. We think about the things we resolved