Day: January 29, 2020
A book for our times
It’s been sitting on my bookshelf for a while now: If The Oceans Were Ink by Carla Power. A Pulitzer Prize finalist and named
Of hope, opportunities and the “second sex”
When RI President-elect Holger Knaack unveiled his theme at the International Assembly — Rotary Opens Opportunities — the first recall was of RI Director Bharat
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
RC Nagpur plays Santa Claus for mentally-challenged children on its 75th Charter Day
One of the highlights of the platinum jubilee celebrations of Rotary Club of Nagpur, RID 3030, which turned 75 on December 13, was to ask
Meet your Governors
Cervical cancer vaccination, his prime interest This year has enriched him with a good experience but he wishes that each day has 48 hours and
Kamal Nath’s high praise for Rahat medical camps
Disclosing that he was a “charter member of RC Calcutta Midtown many years ago”, but when he adopted another “profession, I lost my classification
Keep caring alive
Life can be full of joy every moment if you look at everything through eyes of joy, listen to everything with ears tuned to joy,
On the racks – February 2020
From Oberoi to Oyo: Behind the scenes with the movers and shakers of India’s hotel industry Author : Chitra NarayananPublisher : Penguin PortfolioPages : 319;
Beekeeping to boost Pune farmers’ income
Behind his thatched roof house at Maval, a small village to the east of Pune, Natha Maharaj Shelar, a rice farmer, tends to bees kept
RC Madras restores lakes in Chennai
When RIPN Shekhar Mehta was recently taken around the Puduthangal Lake in Tambaram, Chennai, around 30 acres in extent, which the Rotary Club of Madras,
Holger Knaack sees opportunities for Rotary to change, thrive
Rotary International President-elect Holger Knaack is encouraging Rotarians to seize the many opportunities Rotary offers to enrich their lives and the communities they serve.
Simple steps to rescue heart attack victims
Basic Life Support (BLS) courses must be taught in schools and institutions so that victims of cardiac arrest and life-threatening illnesses are given emergency
Keep your Foundation foremost in your minds: Trustee Chair-elect K R Ravindran
TRF Trustee Chair-elect K R Ravindran talked about the Foundation’s new programmes and priorities to the governors-elect at the International Assembly. A new grant scheme, Programmes
Lending a helping hand to educate college girls
Our communities face huge problems and the service projects we do seem to be too little to make significant impacts, said RIPN Shekhar Mehta at
Institute honours strong-willed achievers
Dream big and follow your dreams and never let any obstacle disturb your path, was the watchword for these achievers who were honoured with
Let’s leverage the collective power of charity: RIDN Venkatesh
My dream is to focus on building Brand Rotary, so that we pull people to Rotary rather than push Rotary to people. Let’s build our
Regionalisation and federalism, the way forward: Bharat Pandya
Once Rotary and Rotarians have finished the long journey of polio eradication from the entire world, “different regions could have different priorities. We are looking
Let us do service projects that reflect 10 per cent of government work: Shekhar Mehta
The success of the literacy projects done by Rotarians in India — be it setting up happy schools, training teachers or spreading e-Learning, “has shown