Month: December 2021
From RI South Asia Office desk – Nov 2021
Rotary Foundation month November is Rotary Foundation month. Here are some ideas to ensure your November events are a success: Educate Rotarians about the Foundation’s
Not all Rotary is the same
The new face of Rotary ‘Down Under’ Rotary in Australia is like the country itself — big and diverse. Australia is the world’s most successful
On a culinary trail of Indian regional food
Nalli Nihari Rajesh Wadhwa Executive chef Taj Palace, New Delhi This rich indulgent preparation finds its origins in Shahjahanabad, which we call Old Delhi today
Prez Mehta puts Rotary pin on a humanitarian
During his visit to Bhubaneswar, (RID 3262), RI President Shekhar Mehta was conferred an honorary doctorate by educationist Achyuta Samanta, founder, Kalinga Institute of Industrial
On the racks – December 2021
Stories I must tell Author : Kabir BediPublisher : WestlandPages : 319; Rs.256 From the first magical encounter with The Beatles as
Meet your Governors
Rotary clubs flourish in Mumbai’s housing societies Three years ago, RC Mumbai Lower Parel was formed in a Mumbai housing society. It set a
RC Calcutta Yuvis constructs 1,000 toilets
Rotary Club of Calcutta Yuvis, RID 3291, has sponsored construction of toilets in 1,001 homes across villages in North and South 24 Paraganas and Hooghly
RC Deonar gifts tabs to schoolchildren
Rotary Club of Deonar, RID 3141, recently gifted 8-inch tabs to 10 teachers and 105 students studying in Class 7 at the Subhaschandra Bose Vidyamandir
Of bureaucracy, and airports
Last month my wife and I had to go to Bengaluru to sign a document that could have been signed electronically. After all, we had
Heart surgery done on Nigerian child in Mumbai
With DG Rajendra Agarwal, RID 3141, declaring 100 heart surgeries on foreign children as one of his thrust areas in this Rotary year (2021–22), RCs
Jena – Germany’s City of Glass
Jena is a small city with a magnificent past in the former East Germany, being a traditional centre for literary get-togethers, scientific research and philosophical
Art auctions to fund menstrual health awareness projects
Three out of ten paintings of Rtn B Dakshayani were sold at an exhibition in Kingston, UK, and she donated one of her paintings to
Into dynamic peace
It’s very good, very healing to have a mental detox; it’s just that many of us don’t know how to go about it. Besides,
PRID Bharat Pandya elected TRF Trustee for 2022–26
PRID Dr Bharat Pandya has been elected by the RI Board of Directors to serve as a trustee of The Rotary Foundation for four years
GPS art to create Polio awareness
Members of RC Guindy, RID 3232, in association with the Cycling Fellowship of Rotarians from Chennai, rode 16km across Chennai to create a GPS imprint
100 handpumps make life easier at a Delhi slum
Life took a happy turn for 45-year-old Maya Devi, her friends and their families at the Yamuna Khaddar slum colony in East Delhi after 100
Guilt-free gifting
After a punishing pandemic, things seem to be looking up at the end of the year. If the third wave does not hit us severely,
Dada, My grandfather
I was a mischievous child growing up. I often found myself in the master-in-charge or the principal’s office in all the schools I attended, whether
A training programme on global grant for Literacy
To educate Rotarians on how to get approval for global grant for basic education and literacy (BEL) projects, the Rotary Action Group – BEL of
American good Samaritans help rural India with medical equipment
During the Covid pandemic, the Rotary Club of Silicon Valley for Global Impact and Indian Covid SOS, a voluntary organisation in the US comprising scientists,
A medical college for aspiring doctors in NE India
Hope lies in dreams, he believed and with a spectacular dream, he created one of the best private state universities in northeastern India: the Assam