Author: Raju Subramanian
When You Have Nowhere to Call Home
Thank you! Thank you!’ My friends from our book club — Pandu Aunty, Bhama and Usha — wouldn’t stop thanking me as we made our way to the car on the evening of February 29.
Read moreBreakouts tailored for you
At the Rotary International Convention main stage, you feel Rotary’s sweeping influence while cheering with thousands of fellow members.
Read moreRotary Flower Show in Coimbatore
Six Rotary clubs — RCs Coimbatore Town, Downtown, Uptown, Texcity, Centennial and Thondamuthur, RID 3201 — collaborated with the Tamil Nadu Agriculture University to organise a three-day Covai Flower Show at the 23-acre Botanical Gardens in Coimbatore. It was inaugurated by Agriculture minister M R K Panneerselvam and minister for Urban Development S Muthuswamy. Over 4 lakh people visited the show, said project chairman C Nagaraj. The district’s impactful service projects were prominently displayed on giant LED screens across the garden. The district is planning to organise a similar show in January 2025, said event secretary A Godwin. DG T R Vijayakumar presented the Rotary Vocational Excellence Award to the university vice chancellor V Geethalakshmi.
Read moreTRF Chair’s India Moments
During his recent visit to India, TRF trustee chair Barry Rassin visited Delhi, Pune, Bengaluru and Kolkata in India and Kathmandu in Nepal.
Read more2025-27 RI Directors for zones 4,5,6 & 7
RI President Gordon McInally declared past district governors K P Nagesh (RID 3191) and M Muruganandam (RID 3000) as directors for 2025–27.
Read moreBeedi workers of Solapur
Everyday life is a testament to strength and resilience for the women beedi workers of Solapur.
Read moreCheck out cancer
We have written about holistic health and aerobics at some length in our recent columns. The cynic and the couch potato may dismiss this as a good-in theory-but-does-it-actually-work in practice? Time then to take our Fitness-for-Life approach from the library and test-run it on the killing fields of real life. Pit it against the arguably Enemy Number One, Cancer. Cancer is a fatal disease if it runs its course. But the good news is holistic health and lifestyle can nip cancer in the bud (read cell) if treated at an early state and stage. Aerobic exercise is both a shield and sword in this ancient all-pervading perennial disease. And aerobic exercise is the missile to launch and target a preemptive strike on cancer. Prevention is the best cure.
Read moreAn eye hospital in West Bengal gets a new building
In keeping with its legacy of providing eyecare to the poor and marginalised, RID 3291 has shifted its Joynagar Eye Hospital.
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