Month: December 2019
Together let’s run the last mile
Ni hao, Rotarians! Something amazing happened in Vienna in October. A runner from Kenya named Eliud Kipchoge was the first person in history to run
Vocational Service, a key to build relationships
Dear fellow Rotarians and members of the family of Rotary, People from all over the world have multiple reasons for joining Rotary. Many
You are the eyes and ears of your spouses: Gay Maloney to DGE partners
The Indore Institute had special sessions to prepare the partners to support the DGEs. Gay Maloney said: “You are the eyes and the ears
We are a $2 billion a year NGO: John Hewko
Where will Rotary be in the next 10 years? Will it still hold relevance to diverse professionals to do service projects? How is it
TRF seminar generates a frank discussion on global grants
One of the very lively and peppy sessions at the Indore Institute, where you could palpably witness audience participation, engagement and plenty of animated
An Institute to remember
The Indore Institute, with RI Director Bharat Pandya as convener and Raju (T N) Subramanian as chairman, is bound to be remembered for a long time,
Scenic New Zealand takes you breath away
Having heard so much about New Zealand last July three of us classmates from college and our wives decided to go there. It is very
One-to-One
The recently concluded Rotary Zone Institute, Dare to Dream, at Indore, India’s cleanest city, was attended by a very large number of past, present and
Promote vocational service
Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have the right to do and what is the right thing to do. During January, vocational service
Polio Pioneer Award for Ashok Mahajan
The Polio Pioneer Award was presented to PRID Ashok Mahajan by RI President Mark Maloney in the presence of RID Bharat Pandya and TRF
Women seek opportunities, not favours, to succeed: Smriti Irani
Coming as she did in the backdrop of a slew of violent acts of rape and burning alive of women, Union Minister of Women
You are the key: Maloney to DGEs
To the graduating governors-elect at the Zone Institute in Indore, RI President Mark Maloney had a four-word message — You are the key. This,
TRF to open four more peace centres by 2030
At the TRF dinner at the Zone Institute in Indore, Trustee Chair Representative Trustee Seiji Kita said that TRF was very happy with its
Binging on street food in Indore
When you have to cover the proceedings of a Rotary Zone Institute for the magazine, in however spectacular city the conference may be held, you
Short Takes
A teary-eyed farewell How much the meticulous planning and successful execution of a Zone Institute means to an RI Director hit the participants at
Sanghvi promises an “Institute of heart” at Kochi in November 2020
It was a colourful intro of the next Zone Institute at Kochi by RI Director and Convener Kamal Sanghvi, and PDG Sanjay Khemka who
Rotaractors to pay dues, but less than Rotarians: Maloney
The increasing importance of Rotaractors — from the resounding success of the #Elevate Rotaract vote at the last CoL, invitation of 60 Rotaractors at
An appeal to save Paul Harris’s home
Rotary Founder Paul Harris and wife Jean’s home in Chicago is called Comely Bank. “Here they had lived till Paul died in 1945, and
Think from the heart, not the mind: RIPN Mehta
RIPN Shekhar Mehta exemplified the Indore Institute’s theme — Dare to Dream — in his address to the governors-elect. “You all have been eagerly