Month: February 2023
Plea to Indian Rotarians to support the last mile in polio
Enumerating the sheer reach and scope of the work done by The Rotary Foundation, TRF trustee Jorge Aufranc, representing trustee chair Ian Riseley at the
RID 3212 creates freshly minted entrepreneurs
RI District 3212 is successfully encouraging entrepreneurship through its regular and ongoing 3-day residential RYLA programme sessions conducted every month in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, to
Heart surgery for Ethiopian children in Bengaluru
Four children from Ethiopia suffering from congenital heart disease were successfully treated at the Jayadeva Hospital in Bengaluru, thanks to RC Bangalore Midtown and RI
5-min kitchen tips to good health
A 43-year-old steps into Dr Rangan Chatterjee’s clinic. He is slightly overweight and low on energy. The wonderful thing about Dr Chatterjee is, he doesn’t
Towards making events carbon neutral
All of us have at some point or the other received invitations for what are billed as ‘green events’. These are happenings where the
Enhanced opportunities await Rotaractors
As Rotaractors world over will have to pay membership dues of $5 and $8 from January 2023, RI President Jennifer Jones explained the benefits
RC Bombay Worli Rotarians transform a tribal village
The untiring efforts of the passionate and dedicated Rotarians from Rotary Club of Bombay Worli (RCB Worli) were recognised and celebrated by the senior leadership
Indian laws need active citizenry: Ex-CJI
Public apathy and indifference is a social malaise that we have to get rid of as it does not augur well for a vibrant
A mobile home donated to war-hit Ukrainian children
It is difficult to estimate Rotary’s contributions in providing relief to war-torn Ukrainians, “but in the nine months of war, The Rotary Foundation has disbursed
Rotary should reach the LGBTQ dialogue to Indian homes
The unanimous opinion of all the three panellists who participated in the DEI session moderated by RI director Vicki Puliz was that Rotary clubs in
RID 3231 hosts a multidistrict meet
At the inaugural session of Deepam, a multidistrict meet hosted by RID 3231, at Tiruvannamalai PRIP Kalyan Banerjee appreciated “every member of the district
DGs have made India proud through their service projects
At the mid-year review for district governors held a day prior to the zone institute at Vizag, RI President Jennifer Jones thanked the DGs
Alleppey club donates fish tank, home
Rc Alleppey East, RID 3211, donated a 22,000-litre fish tank made of biofloc technology and costing ₹1.5 lakh to Vijay Lal (68), a motor mechanic
Drinking water facility for the Sundarbans
Over 10,000 people across four villages of the Sundarbans will enjoy safe drinking water, thanks to the water purifiers installed by RC Calcutta New Alipore,
Hemant: King of soft, seductive, caressing voice
He had a seductively soft and caressing voice that captivated millions all over India. But he had a special status in Bengal where he
In Brief – February 2023
Man runs a marathon for 365 days Gary McKee, a North England resident, ran a marathon every day of 2022 to raise money for cancer
Celebrating the diversity of Indian food
If you’ve been to a South Indian wedding or a festival celebration in the south, you would’ve probably seen rows of people sitting cross-legged on
What ails Rotary
At the GETS/GNTS in Abu Dhabi, RI general secretary John Hewko presented a realistic picture of Rotary in the next 10 years. “Six critical
Making Rotary irresistible
When you are not so successful in pushing the community into Rotary, you can still pull people into Rotary by making it irresistible,” said
A walk through the wonderland of words
We are familiar with the word, bibliophile. It describes a person who loves books and possibly also collects them. However, it’s only this morning