Day: February 1, 2025
Making a difference – February 2025
At the ‘Namma School Namma Ooru Palli’ (NSNOP) Conclave hosted by the Department of School Education, Tamil Nadu,
Bridging generations
We should have fun and enjoy the fact that we are creating magic. While we’re changing people’s lives, we’re also enriching our own
Ripples of hope and change
This month, as we come together for the International Assembly and the Presidential Peace Conference, we celebrate The Magic of Rotary — a unique blend
Rotaractor friends for life
Rotaractors bring the party! The proof is in their photos and videos documenting the Rotaractor experience at the Rotary International Convention.
Project Vignettes
RC Kanpur, RID 3110, runs the Neki Ki Diwar (Wall of Kindness) at Rotary Shahid Park, Phoolbagh. During winter, this facility offers warm clothes, blankets, and other essentials to those in need. With active support from club members and the Rotaract Club of Kanpur Star, over 1,000 items have already been distributed this season.
Ambassadors of peace
By some measures, great progress has been made in building more peaceful societies around the world. Yet the reality of ongoing regional wars, skirmishes,
Rotary’s commitment to peace, growth & giving
Dear Fellow Rotarians, As we mark Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution Month, let’s confront the stark reality of conflicts’ devastating impact. The numbers are staggering: over
A gentleman Prime Minister
No other Prime Minister of India was subjected to the kind of abuse, humiliation and disdain reserved for Dr Manmohan Singh, who served as India’s
Manila charms women Rotarians
It was once-in-a-lifetime experience for the 42 all-women ‘Shegulls’ team from RID 3000 as they went on a week-long expedition to Manila, Philippines. They initiated five projects in the country in a joint endeavour with local clubs of RID 3820 with whom they had flag exchanges at interactive sessions.
Letters to the Editor – February 2025
Membership blues I read with interest the article on membership attrition by Rasheeda Bhagat. Club leadership is critical to arrest membership decline in Rotary. Instead
Keeping our children safe
Rotary Club of Agra, RID 3110, has initiated a programme to raise awareness on safe and unsafe touch among schoolchildren.
Interactors do eco-friendly projects
In a move that promotes education of poor children, even while helping protect the environment, the Interactors of St John’s School
Club matters – February 2025
RC Cuddalore Coastal City – RID 2981 Rotarians distributed relief material consisting of edible items, groceries, blankets and other essentials to families affected by Cyclone
Meet Your Governors
A Rotary Knowledge Enhancement and Faculty Centre will be built in Thane to train Rotarians through a CSR grant
A scholar Prime Minister
Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time
In tune with words
An image doing the rounds recently on WhatsApp caught my attention. It featured Zakir Hussain, Dr Manmohan Singh
The inspiring journey of a Rotary icon
On July 24, 1991, Dr Manmohan Singh put India on the world map by liberalising the Indian economy. Just three weeks before that
Heart under siege
Stress is spread over our daily bread. Office work stretches beyond the eight-hour shift quite naturally. Because the sun doesn’t rise or set on it because service industries, in particular, can seldom be conveniently compartmentalised into global time zones. Back-office stress stalks the post-Covid back-to-office routine as increasing globalisation goes loco. For example, a male employee in Mumbai addresses the clients’ requirements in a Manhattan-set timeline. The man from Matunga now competes with someone from Madurai, Madrid or Mexico. Outsourced work crosses geographical borders and time zones. And the red-eyed corporate traveller catering to the western multinational corporation (MNC) is accompanied today by the India-based, blurry-eyed work-from-home/call-centred colleague. This trend is entrenched and extended as shrinking western economies seek new bases and bigger markets in Asia. And India.
Revisiting the tsunami destruction in Sri Lanka
December 26, 2024 marked the 20th anniversary of the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami; my thoughts go back to that fateful day and how
Build your own kitchen garden
A wise man once said that gardening is one of the purest human pleasures. Indeed, the patch of green you tend to and watch over lovingly is where you are in communion with nature and meet it halfway every morning or evening. A friend who takes great pride in her kitchen garden, where she grows herbs and an impressive assortment of vegetables, likens looking after her plants to nurturing a child or caring for a pet. “It is pure joy to watch the seeds sprout, grow and bear flowers and fruit,” she says.
From rural farms to urban forks
In an admirable bid to connect rural farmers in the Pune belt in Maharashtra to urban consumers, 12 Rotary clubs in RI District 3131, aided by the district’s economic and community development team, has attacked a deep malaise of Indian agriculture. This involves the huge gaps in the marketing practices of agricultural produce that leave the farmer with a very low price for his produce even when the end-user pays a fair price for the agricultural products they buy from the market.