Day: February 1, 2024
RC Bharuch brings cheer to the elderly & disabled
On a unique and happy Sunday morning in December, RC Bharuch, RI District 3060, and R K Hospital, in partnership with several organisations in this Gujarat city, organised a walkathon for a group of 300 people. The title of the march was Chalo saath kadam badhae (Let’s walk together).
RID 5610 delegation visits Gorakhpur
A delegation of six Rotarians from RI district 5610, USA, made a two-day visit to Gorakhpur in Oct 2023
Project Vignettes – February 2024
Members of RC Chennai Meraki with (from L) PRIDs A S Venkatesh, TRF Trustee Larry Lunsford, RID T N Subramanian
Over 1,200 surgeries at 10-day Kashmir camp
It was a challenging, but most satisfying mission for a team of 35 doctors
Letters to the Editor – February 2024
Mantras for longevity The article Mantra for health & longevity by Bharat and Shalan Savur gave us a lot of clues to enjoy a long
Thane Rotarians conserve/reach water to 33 villages
Thanks to a long-standing, sustained partnership between the Rotary Clubs of Thana West, (RID 3142) and Maple Grove, Minnesota, US (RID 5950), a clutch of 33 villages in the talukas of Jawahar, Mokhada and Vikramgad, about 125km from Thane, Mumbai, have water for both irrigating their fields and household use.
RAG for organ donation
A new chapter of Rotary Action Group on Blood, Tissue and Organ Donation (BOD) was formed with Rajesh Mittal, charter president, RC Delhi Manthan
Ray Klinginsmith, a Rotary leader of the highest calibre
The first time I saw Ray Klinginsmith in action, he was chairman of the 1998 New Delhi Council on Legislation, where I was a delegate. He had his own unflappable, unique style conducting the council deliberations, having one hand leaning nonchalantly over the podium, which was quite mesmerising for a novice like me. Little did I realise then that one day in the future, this person I was admiring from afar and I, would serve together… Ray as chair of the trustees and I as RI president. He served as RI president from 2010–11.
Survey shows over 90% Rotarians happy with GGs
In a recent evaluation of global grants (GGs) done by The Rotary Foundation to find if Rotarians were satisfied with the grants process “we found that over the last 10 years since global grants were introduced, 50 per cent of clubs have participated in one way or another in GGs.
RC Delhi South impacts communities
In the past seven years RC Delhi South, RID 3011, a 55-year-old club with 79 members, has empowered nearly 2,000 women with a new career in tailoring through its vocational training centre established in association with the NGO Nai Disha Educational and Cultural Society on the NGO’s campus. The club has equipped the centre with 20 sewing machines. Presently, 40 women from less privileged families are undergoing the course.
Nigar Shaji: breaking gender stereotypes
In ISRO, I believe, all the missions that we have taken up have become possible and met with success, because our mantra is taking pride in whatever we do and thanks to a sense of belonging. Self-motivation is the ISRO culture, for the Aditya mission too,” said Nigar Shaji, project director of ISRO’s Aditya-L1, India’s first solar observatory, which has reached its destination. She was addressing a session at the Bengaluru zone institute where she was honoured for the role she was playing in leading the Aditya-L1 mission to the Sun.
Reach out to the disturbed / depressed
In the last few months, very depressing news have hit the headlines… mothers taking their lives along with that of their children… sometimes infants. The
Weaves of words
We live in troubled times, and as the years roll by matters will only get more complex.
Meet your Governors
Rotary must hold training and orientation sessions for new members to educate them about “our global activities, so that they are involved in our service projects. It will increase our membership, and we must focus on public image building too,” says Arun Mongia.
Let’s make our clubs interesting
Dear Rotary Family, Greetings as we embrace the enchantment of a new Rotary theme — The Magic of Rotary. As we journey through the seventh
RID 3030 empowers girl students
Adorned in exquisite white and gold sarees, women presidents from clubs in RI District 3030 welcomed DG Asha Venugopal, RIPR Pubudu de Zoysa, and
The groundwork for peace
Following the news is challenging these days. Stories of war and violence are deeply discouraging. It breaks my heart when I hear about innocent bystanders,
No fake clubs, no bogus members, no cooking up numbers: RIPN
If the session moderated by PRIP K R Ravindran was titled ‘Frankly speaking,’ the address delivered by RIPN Mario de Camargo at the Bengaluru institute deserved the title ‘Plain speaking’.