DGEs begin a dazzling journey at IA
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Nayan Patel appointed Trustee at Lepra
Nayan Patel, a member of RC Westminster West, London, RID 1130, has been appointed to the Board of Trustees at Lepra, a UK-based specialist charity which works to eradicate leprosy in India, Bangladesh and Mozambique. Nayan Patel receiving Service Above
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Rotary clubs adopt Ugandan village
Thousands of people in Uganda will benefit from the efforts of four Rotary groups in Somerset. A cross-county fundraising project has seen the clubs team up to ‘adopt’ a
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Rotary & Aster group to build homes in flood-devastated Kerala
In yet another important partnership, Rotary and the Aster DM Group, a healthcare major, have come together to build homes for the flood-affected victims of Kerala. In December, an MoU was signed between the Aster Group Chairman Dr Azad Moopen and District Governors A Venkatachalapathy (3201), Dr
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Surat welcomes Maloney
RIPE Mark Maloney and Gay shared some nostalgic memories when they visited Surat in Gujarat, after spending two days in Mumbai. “It is so good to be back. We were here in 2004 on a vacation. Himanshu (PDG Himanshu Thacker) and Aruna insisted that we lay the
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A Rotarian partners with a Colonel to change lives in the North-East
Jawaharlal Nehru famously called it the Jewel of India; it is also the birthplace of polo and raasleela, and famous for its exotic landscape, gently undulating hills, emerald green valleys, dense forests and of course its unique Loktak Lake. When I first visited Manipur in 2002, the
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Truth is beauty, beauty truth
Haq achchha. Par uske liye koi aur marey toh aur achchha. The packed hall burst into laughter when chief guest Arun Shourie recited these lines by Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz which declare that it’s good to have rights but if someone else dies upholding them, it’s
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Health camp and Happy School for tribal villagers
Some of the students at the Government Middle school, Nawargawan, a tribal village 30 km from Jabalpur, had “never worn shoes. Their families are so poor they can’t afford to buy these children new clothes. They wear their uniform on special occasions. If it tears or is
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The Old Boys Reunion ordeal
Ageing has several rewards, not the least of which is being able to watch other people work while you relax. But to compensate for this schadenfreude, there are also those niggling aches and pains. These, however, pale in front of another problem, that utterly dismaying practice of
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Educating a girl is like opening a school…
When two dreamers, who are also doers, come together with the perfect match in vision, compassion and generosity, then magic happens. I discovered this in one of the most amazing assignments I have done for Rotary News, during a three-day trip to Manipur. This
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Grants – the lifeline for a better world
Every second of every day, Rotarians are doing good in the world through The Rotary Foundation. They are planning, funding, implementing and completing projects, both locally and globally. It is a source of great pride for us all. To me, this is one of
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