Month: August 2019
A Rotary club in Florida donates big to charities
As its fiscal year comes to a close, the Rotary Club of Winter Garden (Flordia, US – RID 6980) has been handing out some big
Rotary-CSR Awards in Pune
RID 3131 recently came up with a unique idea to enhance Rotary’s visibility in the society by organising the Rotary-CSR Awards. The Times of
Restoring eyesight for Gambian children
Geoffrey Hunwicks (Geoff), a 68-year-old British living in the Gambia, in West Africa, has been working with differently-abled children since 2002. For over two years
Old books give us new life
Whatever the weather — wet or dry or cold or hot — this is the season for long reads. In the last 10 days,
On a solo trip across Pondicherry
Can I take a photo?” I ask a gypsy man Ranga selling bead necklaces on the Promenade Beach in Pondicherry. Pat comes his response: “How
From anxiety to ecstasy
Anxiety is the opposite of ecstasy. Anxious people are not striving for peace, they are unconsciously striving for ecstasy. Anxiety and ecstasy have the same
On the racks – August 2019
Becoming Author : Michelle ObamaPublisher : VikingPages : 426; Rs.999 In her memoir, a work of deep reflection, Michelle Obama
Half-read books
Many people ask me if they should write a book. By all means, I tell them but be warned, it is an exercise in futility
The good he did won’t be interred with his bones…
It was with grief and a deep sense of loss that the Rotary world in India digested the news of former Governor of Uttarakhand and
Rotary constructs check dams in Nashik
Rotary Club of Nashik, RID 3030, has constructed two check dams — Shivshet Jalbandh in Ambe village; and Shriram Jalbandh in Shivshet village, both in
Chennai gets a Bone Bank
We are familiar with eye bank and a blood bank. But a bone bank is fairly new to most of us. Tamil Nadu gets its
Huge need to replicate TEACH in Africa
In a short period of five to six years since Rotarians took on the mission to make India literate, “amazing progress” has been made.
Letters to the Editor – August 2019
Thoughtful messages, articles Congrats and best wishes to RI President Mark Maloney and his new team. Johns Hopkins University’s report about the volunteer service hours
A prelude to Centenary Celebrations in Kolkata
I have been to double installations before. This is the first time I am attending triple installations,” said PRIP Kalyan Banerjee who was in Kolkata
Club Matters – August 2019
RC Pondicherry Central — RID 2981 The club donated new desks and benches to the science laboratory of St Anne’s Government-aided School in the city
Breakfast for schoolchildren
The breakfast scheme that we introduced in a school has attracted 30 more students there,” smiles M Balamurugan, member of RC Pearlcity Tuticorin, RID 3212.
Enhancing school infrastructure in Kolkata
As part of its WinS project, RC Chandannagar, RID 3291, in association with the Central GST and Central Excise department, has constructed toilet blocks at
A Rotarian bags Service Award from RI President
Following the recommen- dation of DG R V N Kannan (2018–19), Rtn R Srinivasan was presented with the RI’s Avenues of Service Award for his contributions to