Month: October 2025
‘Doing something good’: Fidalgo Island Rotary members keep highway clean
As rain falls and cars whiz past, people in brightly colored vests, carrying garbage bags and reach extenders, walk along the highway looking for litter.
Away from home
A travelogue-cum-memoir and a novel; both experiencing and evoking ideas of identity and otherness at this time in different ways, different places. There is a
An expo empowers women
RC Tirupur Pioneers, RID 3203, organised Wow Joy – Serving Happiness, a two-day women’s empowerment carnival in Tirupur. The event featured over 100 women entrepreneurs,
Rotary Headquarters in Chennai
A notable feature of the House of Friendship at the Lead25 Conclave was the recreation of One Rotary Center, the Rotary headquarters in Evanston, Chicago.
Conclave in frames
(ISRO chairman V Narayanan’s and actor Kamal Haasan’s sessions in the Nov issue.)
Making a difference – October 2025
Eye camps at Pondicherry schools Eye check-up camps are being held at schools by RC Puducherry Vision, RID 2981, as an ongoing project. The club
Jodhpur Rotarian plants Rotary flag on Kilimanjaro
Under a starlit African sky, Dungar Singh Rathore tightened his boots for the final push up Kilimanjaro. “The wind sliced through the darkness, my breath
In memory of my friend, SangKoo Yun
Today Rotary weeps. The world has lost not only a leader of extraordinary promise, but above all, a man of rare goodness and grace. SangKoo
Goodbye… Sundance Kid
The last few weeks have brought heartbreaking news; the first was the passing on of SangKoo Yun, who was nominated RI President, but stepped down
Born of friendship
Friendship in Rotary often bears fruit that can change the world. When I was Rotary president-elect, I served on the Board of Directors alongside then
A lesson in waste management
There is a sense of urgency and enthusiasm in his voice when you ask Suneet Dabke, a waste management expert, about the project his club,
What community-led development looks like
October is Rotary’s Community Economic Development Month, a time to spotlight our efforts to help communities build thriving, sustainable future. This month’s observance aligns perfectly
A women’s toilet complex in Kolkata
Passersby on Mirza Ghalib Street in the heart of Kolkata can barely fail to notice the bold signage in Bengali announcing a ‘Ladies toilet and
A STEM lab for Chennai students
At the Vidyodaya Girls Higher Secondary School, Chennai, students are now being trained to fly a drone, programme a robot and see their ideas come
RC Ajmer looks ahead @ 80
With a legacy of memorable projects over decades, RC Ajmer, RID 3053, the 80-year-old, longest servicing club in this pilgrim town, 130km south of Jaipur,
Now, more than ever, the world needs Rotary
Dear friends in Rotary, Time is flying by, and we already find ourselves in October — a quarter of the Rotary year behind us. October
Project Vignettes – October 2025
Digital mammography machine in Moradabad RC Sanskruti Moradabad, along with C Moradabad Achievers, RID 3100, installed a digital mammography machine at Cosmos Hospital, through GG