As the centennial celebrations of Rotary India kicked off in Kolkata at the star-studded centennial summit, which saw the participation of some 4,000 delegates from 32 countries, including several present
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PP S K Sharma lights the lamp in the presence of PDG Somendra Chandra Nandy (third from L), David Palmer (RID 1130), PRIP Rajendra Saboo, RC Calcutta Secretary Anusua Das, Club President Purnendu Roy Choudhury, PP Nilima Joshi, RID Bharat Pandya and Centenial
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The calm of a Sunday morning was destroyed by the shouting of an angry father next door, telling his 10-year-old daughter… “Just go and die. Jump down from the top of the building.” He does this often; my shock was compounded when the chubby child once told
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Within six years of joining Rotary, Shekhar Mehta, Rotary International President Nominee (RIPN), became the club president in 1991–92, DG in 1999–2000 and RI Director in 2011–12. He was only 38 when he became DG, and he got elected unopposed.
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Now that you’ve been at this institution for 30 years, how many hearing-handicapped children have been integrated into regular schools, I ask Parimala Murthy, who heads the Rotary Mysore West Institute for Mother and Deaf Child in Mysuru. Mothers teaching
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Twelve years ago, in 2007, Raj Miniyar, who was elected President of the Rotary Club of Solapur, RI District 3132, one of the older and larger clubs in
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Summing up an “incredible year” at the closing session of the Hamburg Convention, RI President Barry Rassin talked about “the amazing people” he
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It’s two weeks before Christmas in northern Alabama, and the Rotary Club of Decatur is in full Yuletide mode. Last Saturday, working alongside members of the Church at
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Incoming RI Director Bharat Pandya very obviously does not wear the power of his position on his sleeve. A soft spoken and erudite man and a voracious reader, he takes the trouble to note down striking lines/quotes from what he is reading. He engages his audience with
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RI President Elect Mark Maloney reached his Rotary leadership milestones at a rather young age; becoming the President of his club (RC Decatur, Alabama) at 31, District Governor at 34 and RI Director at 44. A practising lawyer, he has decided to set apart five days a
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RI Director Bharat Pandya is Treasurer for Rotary International for 2020-21, when Holgar Knaack will be RI President, JohritaSolari will be the Vice President and Stephanie Urchick, the Executive Committee Chair.