Rotary News Plus September 2020
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‘My Rotary’ website upgraded
My Rotary is the member-facing website where Rotary shares resources, tools and information with Rotarians and Rotaractors. Over the years, RI received a lot of feedback from members, especially club and district officers, who asked for a more robust site that was faster and easier to use.
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Rotary paints India green with tree plantation drives
At the Mata Jag Sundari temple in Kangra in Himachal Pradesh, “you will be greeted by the bright colours of the marigold, lily and tecoma flowers with the scent of medicinal and herbal plants overwhelming you. We have planted fruit-bearing trees and rudraksha and parijaat saplings too
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Nellore Rotarians take care of the hungry
The members of RC Nellore, RID 3160, provided food to 250 hungry people every day for 45 days during the total lockdown. The club had set up a special food distribution centre, headed by club secretary Visweswara Rao, where it dished out two varieties of cooked food,
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RID 3211 inducts a record 361 members through a single virtual meet
I greet you tonight from my home,” said DG Thomas Vavanikunnel as he welcomed Rotarians of RID 3211 to the induction of 361 members in the district’s clubs through a zoom meeting. All new members lighted a candle and their spouses pinned the Rotary pin on them
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RC Nagpur Fort gives hope to disabled children
Like in several villages of India, in the rural areas around Nagpur city and in Nagpur, Bhandara and Gondia districts of Maharashtra, Rotarians of Rotary Club of Nagpur Fort, RID 3030, came across a startling feature pertaining to handicapped children. They found there were hundreds of handicapped
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Rotary’s Covid billboards a big hit in Mangalore
A mega Covid awareness campaign titled ‘Let’s fight back together’ is being implemented by RC Mangalore, RID 3181, in partnership with the Indian Red Cross Society and the District Chamber of Commerce and Industry at the Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka to sensitise the public on the
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On the racks
Only angels can fly Author : Somanth Sapru Publisher : K W Publishers Pages : 525; Rs.1440 Back in 1927 when the Directorate of Civil Aviation was set up, and Indians learned to fly, to the
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The Empress of Melodies
In 1964, when Mehboob Khan, producer-director of Mother India, was seriously ill at a Los Angeles hospital, his wife called Lata Mangeshkar from there. Khan snatched the phone and said, “Lata, I am very ill. Can you please sing Rasik balma for me?” Moist-eyed, Lata sang this
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Why Indian TVs make more noise
A few days ago we had our first guest in 135 days. Just one person. We made sure the three of us — wife, guest and me — sat at the regulation distance from each other. Thankfully our drawing room is just about large enough for that.
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Rotary promotes literacy
“If we talk about literacy, we have to talk about how to enhance our children’s mastery over the tools needed to live intelligent, creative and involved lives.” – Danny Glover Worldwide, 67 million children have no access to education, and
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