A treat for senses & sensibility – Rotary Institute, Jaipur
At the colourful Rotary Institute in Jaipur, India’s Pink City, Institute Chair and PDG Ashok Gupta and RI Director Manoj Desai had on offer a complete treat for
Read moreAt the colourful Rotary Institute in Jaipur, India’s Pink City, Institute Chair and PDG Ashok Gupta and RI Director Manoj Desai had on offer a complete treat for
Read moreA little before the Jaipur Institute was being wrapped up, RI President K R Ravindran sprang a surprise. Briskly walking up to the podium, he made an announcement about the two senior Indian Rotary leaders he admired — Past RI Presidents Rajendra K Saboo and Kalyan Banerjee, “who have been striding this land and these
Read moreDoing good in the world comes with its share of disappointments. For the team of Rotarians from RI District 3240, such a disappointment came on December 15, when they lost little Aisha, the 20-month-old Afghan girl, who
Read moreAt the Jaipur Institute, amidst all the colour and dazzle, glitter, grace and glamour, RI President KR Ravindran struck a serious note at the outset by presenting his half-yearly report that detailed a serious dent in
Read moreThis centenarian’s life story — at least the earlier years, reads like Gulliver’s Travels. Well almost; with tensions, pulls and pressures associated with World War II. But the most fascinating part of his saga is that even as he turns
Read moreThe 15×10 Surgeons’ lounge adjacent to the two operation theatres at the Government Zewditu Memorial Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, is buzzing with activity. The aroma of Indian vegetarian food fills the air as nearly
Read moreIt’s a tortuous and bone rattling journey full of potholes and long stretches
Read moreNot all Rotarians in India would be aware that one of their biggest triumphs — winning the battle against polio — began in
Read moreSince so many journalists from around the world were coming, we specially ordered the rains today to wash our mountains and fill our lakes,” said Jurg Schmid, CEO of Switzerland Tourism. He
Read moreAfflicted by the polio-virus as a child, when Susanne
Read moreI don’t care being called differently abled, physically challenged, or whatever … I know I am handicapped and I don’t mind being called thus.” Justin Vijay Jesudas is an executive in a leading software major in Chennai. Somebody so brilliant at work that he got a promotion almost every year, he was sidelined when he
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