Month: May 2025
Your words/behaviour define you….
Recently, media articles on a resignation letter from a Singapore employee, written on toilet paper, caught my eye. The blunt message said: “I felt like
Wheelchair basketball tournament in Mumbai
The Rotary District 3141 Disability to Ability Avenue, along with RC Ghatkopar West, hosted the Women’s Wheelchair Basketball tournament at the YMCA Grounds in Ghatkopar.
50 years of service @ RC Moradabad East
If you visit Moradabad in western Uttar Pradesh, 175km from Delhi, the presence of the Rotary Wheel and the striking projects of the city’s Rotary clubs through buildings and parks impress you instantly. “There are 25 Rotary clubs and around 500 Rotarians in this brass city in RI District 3100,” says Regional Assistant Governor Prashant Singhal, a member of RC Moradabad East, the second oldest club in the city, celebrating its golden jubilee this year.
Project Vignettes – May 2025
As part of a CSR initiative with ITC Filtrona, RC Bangalore Lakeside, RID 3191, in collaboration with the Rotary Avoidable Blindness Foundation (RABF), SHG Technologies and Vision-Aid provided smart vision glasses to 25 visually-impaired students pursuing college studies.
Letters to the Editor – May 2025
Informative, all-encompassing magazine I am at a loss of words to convey my compliments to Editor Rasheeda Bhagat and her team for coming out
Club Matters – May 2025
A two-day cricket tournament saw 16 teams from Rotary, Rotaract clubs, JCI, BNI, Young Indians,
South Asia Peace Conference in Bengaluru
The South Asia International Peace Conference, on the theme Healthier World, Greener Tomorrow, was held in Bengaluru in March. The event was hosted by RID 3192 led by DG N S Mahadev Prasad, and supported by RID 3191 and other districts of India. Shankar Shrinivas was the conference chairman.
Rotary set for a tech makeover
In step with changing times, Rotary must invest in technology to amplify its action and impact on global communities. Extensive work has been done to upgrade RI’s six portals — My Rotary, Rotary International website, Club Central, Rotary Showcase, Brand Center and Rotary Learning Center — in recent years. These are not just tech tools, but pathways to be more connected, efficient and make us future-ready,” said RI director Anirudha Roychowdhury, addressing delegates at the inaugural of RID 3233’s discon in Chennai titled Navaratna.
The taste of… home
From 2018, my wife and I have visited Switzerland every year except 2020, the Covid year. This is because my son lives there, working as an economist. Each year, within a couple of days of arriving, my wife reviews the kitchen for stocks of Indian ingredients. Then on Day-3 we go shopping for whatever might be missing and what we have not carted over from India. In Lausanne, where my son lives, there are quite a few shops owned by Sri Lankan Tamils. One or two of them now recognise us, especially my wife. They chat as my wife hunts for the masalas and other things. It’s like not having left India at all. Even the smells are like the ones back home.
Council on Legislation 2025
The Council on Legislation is where Rotary members meet every three years to discuss and vote on proposals to move the organisation forward. Representatives from Rotary districts around the world gathered for the 2025 Council on Legislation (COL) held April 13–17 in Chicago, Illinois, USA, voting after much debate to approve a dues increase, and also deciding to allow clubs to be chartered with fewer members.
Madurai Interact raises ₹16L for charity
A unique two-day fundraiser event by the Interact Club of Lakshmi School in Madurai, RID 3000, in which over 1,000 students, parents and teachers
Making city walls colourful
In an endeavour to beautify the city they live in and dissuade the habit of scribbling, spitting and other derogatory acts that dirty walls in public places
Lessons in disaster preparedness
I had never held a fire extinguisher before. This was going to be fun,” thought Shivani Singh, a Class 9 student and member of the Interact Club
Kartarpur Sahib gives an opportunity to Indo-Pak Rotarians to meet and bond
A 34 member-group of Rotarians and their families from RI District 3055, and other districts across India undertook a spiritual-cum-fellowship trip
Without membership, there is no Rotary
Membership is the core of Rotary’s existence. We will still be an organisation even without service projects, but without membership, there is no Rotary
Building a stronger Rotary through membership growth
Have good thoughts and do good to people,” said RI Director Elect M Muruganandam, quoting Tamil poet Mahakavi Bharathiyar.
Making a difference – May 2025
Six women professionals were honoured with Vocational Excellence Awards by RC Bombay Sea Face, RID 3141, on Women’s Day
Trustee Chair Maloney visits Bengaluru
RF Trustee Chair Mark Maloney and Trustee Bharat Pandya were on a two-day visit to Bengaluru in March. The leaders presented Service above Self Award