People in Places
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by the South Korean writer Cho Nam-Joo was our book club’s November read.
Read moreKim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by the South Korean writer Cho Nam-Joo was our book club’s November read.
Read moreUnder a global grant partnership with RC Taipei Tungteh Taiwan, RID 3522, and RC Delhi Rajdhani, RID 3011, RC Faridkot, RID 3090, handed over the Rotary Gunwati Bansal Memorial Cancer Detection Van worth $200,000 to the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot, in 2017–18.
Read moreAt a grand and elegantly executed sit-down dinner, with personalised menu cards on every table for every guest, held on the eve of the Bengaluru zone institute, senior Rotary leaders led by RI President Gordon McInally, RI directors Raju Subramanian and Anirudha Roychowdhury, TRF vice-chair Bharat Pandya and several other RI leaders and senior leaders from Rotary India, toasted The Rotary Foundation.
Read moreI am not a fan of the expression — ‘my year’. It is not ‘your year’ either. It is Rotary’s years.
Read moreEighty per cent of the members of the Rotary Club of Jaipur Gurukul (RCJ Gurukul), RID 3056, out of a total of 264, are women, so it is but natural that most of the projects done by the club, especially those related to physical and mental health, are women centric.
Read moreIn 2008–09, DG Subbarao Ravuri joined Rotary with a focus on fostering fellowship and networking.
Read moreLook around and you’ll generally find that the next generation is taller than yours, and life spans have increased. Yet, a longer life is not necessarily better. Life expectancy has quite a bit to do with expectations of life. American writer Dan Buettner’s documentary Live to 100 is indeed a lesson in longevity. And his 263 centenarians are personifications of that. Moreover, as he explores the happiness-health habitat, we realise that life is profoundly simple. And simply profound.
Read moreThe New Year begins with a countdown to 2030. That will be a landmark year in the global effort to heal the earth and contain global warming. Time moves rather steadily and seventy-two odd months from now, the nations of the world will subject themselves to an environmental audit to see if the sustainable goals they had set for themselves have been achieved. Have we collectively delivered or not.
Read moreAn End Polio car rally was organised jointly by RCs Pearl City Tuticorin and Tirunelveli Avira, RID 3212, on World Polio Day (Oct 24) to mark the birth anniversary of Dr Jonas Salk, who developed the first successful polio vaccine.
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