A smile restored
Nivedha (27) is a happy woman now; her face has undergone a remarkable transformation, thanks to a corrective dental surgery sponsored by RC Coimbatore Monarks, RID 3201.
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Author: Team Rotary News
Letters to the Editor – September 2024
RC Gandhinagar’s novel project in farming has benefited 60,000 children. They learn about the relationship between agriculture and environment, farm animals and different crop patterns. Parents buy farm produce at reasonable prices and the farmers benefit as brokers are eliminated. An ideal project.
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Lessons from history we refuse to learn An old book on China shocks readers into noticing how power plays out.
The English historian, Lord Acton, said in a letter to Bishop Creighton of the Church of England in 1887
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Hobbies that don’t tax the earth Some pursuits you can enjoy while treading gently on nature.
Google co-founder Larry Page once said, “You never lose a dream, it just incubates as a hobby,” and that’s exactly what happens to people who pursue a sustainable lifestyle. Just like their lives, their hobbies are also inspired by a desire not to harm the planet, to do things in their free time that do not tax the earth nor leave a carbon footprint. You could call it the art of engaging with the finer, subtler and sometimes mundane side without feeling guilty.
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A legacy for future generations
The great use of a life,” wrote American philosopher William James in 1900, “is to spend it for something that outlasts it.”
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An egg bank in Imphal
Club president Saratchandra Singh Phijam explains, “This project provides a consistent source of nutritious food for the children…
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Meet your Governors
His vision is to make clubs “vibrant and irresistible so that they can build on the magic of Rotary.” Chetan Desai aims to add 700 new members and charter 12 new clubs, taking the total to 6,700-plus and over 130 respectively by June 2025.
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When Rotarians became sakhis of sex workers
When past present of the Rotary Club of Bharuch, RID 3060, Rizwana Zamindar set out on her ambitious goal of bringing both dignity and financial independence through a socially accepted vocation to a group of sex workers in the cities of Bharuch and Ankleshwar, she was driven by a single mantra. That was “how do we create hope through the magic of Rotary to ensure a life of dignity and respect for all women, for after all this is the basic right of every human being.”
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