Month: October 2024
A global peace gathering
Attending the Rotary International Convention in Calgary is a way to support peace. When you walk the House of Friendship, meeting fellow members and learning about clubs’ concerns,
Read more
A complete Rotarian
On March 24, 2020, PDG Ramakrishna Raja passed away. Just a month earlier, he was honoured with the Doyen of Rotary Award by RI District 3230 on the diamond jubilee of the Rotary Club
Read more
Rotary Foundation (India) receives Best CSR Partner Award
The Rotary Foundation (India) was honoured with the ‘Best CSR Implementing Partner (Global Organisation) Award’ at the 14th India CSR Awards held in New Delhi on August 22.
Read more
Rotary E Club empowers night school learners
The Rotary E-Club of Empowering Youth, RID 3132, undertook literacy initiatives in August, benefiting the 25 night schools in Ahmednagar. Night schools serve as a vital resource for young adults who, despite financial constraints, are determined to pursue education while working to support themselves. The students, aged around 25–28, manage a delicate balance between daytime labour and nighttime learning, says Bindu Shirsath, the project coordinator. These schools typically operate for two hours every evening, with each accommodating around 100 students.
Read more
Renewing the fight against Polio
The occurrence of two Vaccine Derived Polio (VDPV) cases in India has alarmed all of us. India has been free of the wild polio virus (WPV) since January 14, 2011. The two WPV-endemic countries in the world are Pakistan with 17 cases and Afghanistan with 18 cases to date.
Read more
Interact grows in RID 3090
Interact clubs in RID 3090 has grown from seven to 382 in three years from 2021 and here is how we did it. I started my Interact chairmanship of the district on July 1, 2021, and served for three years until June 2024. The invaluable support of 125 Rotary clubs gave a gigantic boost taking the count to 382 in the three years, making RID 3090 rank third in India and fourth in South Asia.
Read more
RC Pune Central raises Rs.1.2 crore in 45 minutes
In just 45 minutes, Rotary Club of Pune Central, RID 3131, garnered an impressive commitment for Rs.1.2 crore from its 118 members during its annual ‘Spirit of Giving’ event. This unique fundraising festival, now a staple of the 40-year-old club, draws contributions each year to support its various service projects.
Read more
Meet Your Governors
His most cherished Rotary memory is participating in the friendship exchange programme in 2014, which took Mohan Parashar to South Alabama, RID 6880, USA.
Read more
Literacy programme for jail inmates
In an interesting initiative, Rotary India Literacy Mission (RILM) has launched a motivating programme for prison inmates in West Bengal through a comprehensive literacy project. “Thanks to the initiative and help from my friend Imran Zaki, an eminent social worker in Kolkata and Sanjay Singh, ADG, Correctional Homes, West Bengal, RILM has been able to give the gift of literacy to about 800 prison inmates from eight correctional homes in West Bengal through our adult literacy programme,” says past RI President Shekhar Mehta.
Read more
Sartorial standoff
Should old people wear new clothes? I ask this question in all seriousness because for the last ten years I have been engaged in a running battle with my wife over this. I prefer old clothes. Indeed I have done so all my life. Not just that. I also prefer the same colours — grey or khaki trousers, and a white or grey bush shirt. My determination to not deviate from this was reinforced about 30 years ago. Someone had presented me with a red shirt which I rarely wore. But one day I was obliged to wear it. I had to go to the railway station to bring someone. I was wearing khaki shorts that had been altered from my five-year-old khaki trousers.
Read more