Month: June 2020
Rotaplast camp does 148 skin graft surgeries
Thirty-five-year-old Babita had to endure pain and psychological stress for 20 years before she had an image makeover at the 10-day Rotaplast Medical Camp at
Interactors enjoy conference, learn the power of choice
Rotary Interact Annual Festival (RIAF) 2020, hosted by RC Baroda Cosmopolitan, RI D 3060, had specially outlined topics and discussion to make the 260 teenage
Pune clubs open Covid ICU for the lesser-privileged
RI Director Bharat Pandya inaugurated a Rotary Covid-19 ICU facility at a Pune hospital listed under the Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Yojana that treats only
A Rotarian, part of the Covid War Room in Karnataka
One of the Covid warriors in Karnataka, Rtn Karthik Kittu is part of the professional team that put together a website and dashboard to keep
A cancer screening camp in Panchgani
For the first time in its history, RC Panchgani, RID 3132, organised a cancer screening camp for the residents of this hill station in Satara
RID 3060 gets two global grants cleared in record time
RI District 3060’s global grant for a whopping ₹1.8 crore ($240,533) to provide ventilators to hospitals in Gujarat and Maharashtra for fighting the COVID-19 pandemic,
Raising the bar at 60
As RC Mettupalayam, RID 3202, turns 60, the club members are all charged up to do more good for the community. “For starters, we have
Making agriculture a profitable venture
Will Indian farmers be swamped by existential woes arising out of Covid pandemic or emerge out of lockdown with better resilience, equipped with scientific tools
Be a calm mountain
Once, while driving from Mumbai to Mahabaleshwar, our car encountered several rumble strips. We’d go bumpity-bump-bumpity bump… No one grumbled, no one even thought of
Frank will light up heaven with his sparkling smile
Frank Devlyn was always one of my most favourite persons in Rotary — a person, I’d always think of as an ideal Rotarian. Tall,
Frank was the tallest of tall, and a true hero
Frank Devlyn was tall man and whenever we met, he would embrace me very warmly saying, “My President, Abrazo.” As he hugged me, a
Arch Klumph Society More of a good thing
The Arch Klumph Society, named after the man considered the father of The Rotary Foundation, honours Rotary’s highest tier of donors — those who have given $250,000
25 more homes in flood-devastated Kodagu handed over
Bang in the midst of the corona pandemic and the lockdown, Rotarians of RID 3181 kept their promise to the people of Kodagu, Karnataka, who
TRF’s speedy response to the corona pandemic
As the sudden emergence of the Covid-19 virus across the world brought along with it a tornado of untold human suffering, disease and death, and
Rotary India commits Rs.1.5 crore to protect India’s children during pandemic
Rotary was one of the participants at a two-hour ‘Telethon’ organised by NDTV in association with the World Vision India. The live programme titled ‘Together
The post-Covid world
The entire world, without any exception, is grappling with the human, health and economic fallout of the corona pandemic which is bringing back memories of
Kamalamma’s incredible generosity
As the Covid-19 pandemic ushered in a new challenge, the Rotary Club of Heritage Mysuru, RID 3181, took up the task of providing food to
The universal appeal of Hindi film songs
Youngsters today would be amazed to know that Hindi film songs — the pet craze of all Indians no matter where they live, what they