Month: October 2021
Supporting girls and women
In a bid to empower adolescent girls with shielding and attacking techniques, RC Bombay Seaside, RID 3142, conducted a self-defence workshop at a school in
Rotary’s polio programme has helped avert a world war
World War I killed 20 million people; Rotary has helped to save 19 million people from being paralysed since its pioneering fight against polio
Recharge and reboot at Mahabalipuram
Savour a delicious slice of raw mango coated with red chili and salt as your eyes feast on the huge monoliths and monuments at Mahabalipuram,
RC Haripad spreads cheer through hearing aids
Sooper” says a young woman, her eyes lighting up with happiness, before she folds her hands in a gesture of gratitude. Another little girl is
Fogging machine to fight mosquitoes
RC Bagha Purana, RID 3090, has installed a handy fogging machine in a van for mosquito control and it was inaugurated by DG Parveen Jindal.
Presidential Conference in Korea
The first presidential conference for this Rotary year was held at Gyeongju in the North Gyeongsang Province, Korea. Rotary’s two areas of focus —
Meet your Governors
Sanitary napkins & Happy Schools, his priority Empowerment of girls is the top focus of his district’s clubs. “RC Gulbarga Midtown will be setting up
IPL: Performance vs result
Every year the IPL resurrects an annual dilemma for followers of cricket: do you support the team that takes its name from the city you
Find your inner wanderer the vagus nerve
Have you heard this saying? ‘Some wander to get lost and some to find themselves.’ It’s a beautifully apt observation because our inner wanderer
Wood deserves a second innings
Living sustainably is not only about generating green energy, harvesting water, and segregating your waste. It means embracing a whole new lifestyle and a
RC Chennai Bharathi aims to empower 1,000 girls
Global Empowerment of Women Association, GEWA in short, was launched by RC Chennai Bharathi, RID 3232, with an aim to empower at least 1,000 girls
Building a fairer, inclusive, sustainable society during pandemic
Covid-19 is seemingly shrinking in India and perhaps around the world. In February-March 2020, India found itself in the grip of the deadly virus. Neither the
AI-powered spectacles for the visually-impaired
In a novel outreach to improve the lives of visually-impaired, RC Madras East, RID 3232, has launched Project Drishti which provides a pair of smart
A dolls street in dire straits
While on a search for some unique dolls to adorn my Navarathri golu this year, I chanced upon an interesting FB post that spoke about
Rtn Benjamin List receives Nobel Prize in Chemistry
This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to the German Benjamin List, a member of the Rotary Club Mülheim a. d. Ruhr-Schloß Broich, and the Scottish-born US researcher David
Rotary blood bank at Mahavir Vaatsalya, Patna
As part of its many collaborative ventures with the Mahavir Vaatsalya Aspatal, a charitable hospital founded by former IPS officer Acharya Kishore Kunal, RC Pataliputra,
A Rotary hospice in Hyderabad at Rs.14 crore
Rotary Club of Banjara Hills, RID 3150, Hyderabad, has upgraded its decade-old modest hospice into a bigger, modern one at a cost of ₹14 crore
Leading RAG’s de-addiction initiative
Two clubs that have really taken the bull of substance abuse by its horns are Rotary Club of Mumbai Ghatkopar (RCMG), RID 3141, and RC
A Rotary Action Group combats addiction
When Johan Maertens, vice-president and chair, Scientific Committee, of the Rotary Action Group for addiction prevention (RAG-AP) invited me to chair this action group, as