We are just six months away from setting off the fireworks to celebrate the century of one of the greatest Foundations that exists on earth today,” said PRIP and incoming TRF Trustee Chair Kalyan Banerjee, addressing the Jaipur Institute on Doing good in the world.
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As Chennai’s streets turned incredibly and unbelievably into virtual rivers that swirled and sloshed around the homes of lakhs of residents in various areas in the first week of December, the metro unraveled a face few suspected it had. When an unprecedented bout of rains battered the city — upto 40 cm
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At the Grand Hotel in Vienna, I am amazed to see an explosion of veiled women, with large shopping bags of designer goodies, children and maids
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I don’t know your name Collector Sahib but you are
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TRF Trustee Chair Ray Klinginsmith (RK) and incoming Chair Kalyan Banerjee (KB) are gung ho about the direction and long-term vision of the Foundation. But they also acknowledge the need for change. In an interview to Rotary News after a successful two-day joint session with the RI Board in Evanston, they answered questions ranging from
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To thousands of Rotarians who make their Rotary pilgrimage to Evanston to the Rotary International headquarters in the US, there are a few defining moments, and photo opportunities. One is the PolioPlus statue right outside the entrance; the other is Paul Harris stretching out his hand for anybody who wants to shake it. The biggest
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At any given point you can see three airplanes in the air from here,” says RI President K R Ravindran, pointing to the enormous windows in his presidential office on the 18th floor of One Rotary Centre building, which houses the RI headquarters in Evanston, US.
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On a Swiss Air flight from Delhi to Zurich last month, as a woman who has opted not to colour her
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If you think of women’s empowerment, Gujarat isn’t
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It was a power-packed group that met in Mussoorie in the last week of September. Put together by RI Director Manoj Desai and labelled his “Think Tank,” the dozen-odd men — all PDGs and wearing various hats such as those of RCs, RPICs, EMGAs (Endowment Major Gift Advisors), Training Leaders, etc, they brain stormed with
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In an era where many Rotary districts are ridden with the problem of one PDG trying to stab in the back the new DG or vice versa, it was interesting to watch through the Rotary year 2014–15, the bonhomie and synergy between Vivek Aranha, District 3131 Governor
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