A woman is no man Author : Etaf Rumō Publisher : Harper Perennial Pages : 368; Rs.322 Palestine, 1990. Seventeen-year- old Isra prefers reading books to entertaining the suitors her father has chosen for her. Over a week, the naive and dreamy girl
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The extended lockdown has had one good outcome that no one is talking about: Indians are reading more, reluctantly perhaps but how long can you watch TV and play on your phone? For me the biggest plus has been the discovery of a completely new genre of
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The Rotary Club of Senoras, Jamnagar, RI District 3060, an all-women’s club as its name denotes, has seized upon the corona pandemic lockdown time to further work on its pet project of de-addiction from the extremely harmful gutka and other tobacco products.
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Friends, As nations worldwide come to grips with having to confront and contain the spread of the coronavirus, the pandemic has thrown life completely out of gear, especially for frontline medical personnel, daily wage earners and migrant labourers. The heart
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Ni hao, Rotarians! As I write this message, the world is in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic. I want to dedicate this column to the ways that Rotary members, as people of action, have helped and can help, and
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Dear fellow Rotarians and members of the family of Rotary, My Rotary journey began 40 years ago when I joined the Rotary Club of Decatur, Alabama, at the age of 25, and it has brought my family and me
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The Covid pandemic has brought home to us two important facts; good health is vital, and that the virus affects people with co-morbidities differently. They are more likely to fall seriously ill, require hospitalisation, ICU treatment and ventilators. These co-morbidities are diabetes, hypertension, heart diseases,
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Who had ever imagined that we would live in a time like this, when we would be scared of meeting and interacting with our own friends, colleagues, or our favourite local grocery guy? As we quake with fear and put off all travel to the most exotic
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Dear friends, The countless stories of humanity by volunteers distributing meals, essential medical supplies to the needy are awe-inspiring. During this crisis words like I or Me have become We and Us. And we have understood the power of togetherness.
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Peace was the central topic of discussion at the ‘Re-inventing, Service and Peace for Universal Oneness’ post-pandemic webinar dialogue between RIPN Shekhar Mehta and spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. Mehta suggested that Art of Living Foundation could partner with Rotary to work for global peace, and
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Thirty-five-year-old Babita had to endure pain and psychological stress for 20 years before she had an image makeover at the 10-day Rotaplast Medical Camp at the Unity Hospital in Firozabad near Agra. “Her upper parts including the torso were grievously burnt, her hands crippled and she could
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