I don’t want to be patronising when I talk about the rank-and-file Rotarians in India, because we are all rank-and-file Rotarians, but the passion and pride among the Rotarians in the clubs is simply energising. I have been in India during the last three days; In Chennai,
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Driving through the lush green fields in these villages in Krishnagiri, about 270km from Chennai, it is difficult to imagine that only a few years ago, these were barren patches, where the farmers were struggling with insufficient water to raise their crops. [caption id=”attachment_41593″
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When “a 17-year-old smart, intelligent girl, with glowing ebony skin, lovely dark, long, curly hair, stands up and tells you that because of her dark complexion, she is shunned by her classmates and nobody wants to be her friend, it is nothing short of heartbreaking,” says Jayanthasri
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At a slum near the Poonamallee bridge in Chennai, underneath the shade of a few trees, Rotaract Club of Chennai Central, RID 3232, has set up a classroom. Every Sunday the place is abuzz
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The untiring efforts of the passionate and dedicated Rotarians from Rotary Club of Bombay Worli (RCB Worli) were recognised and celebrated by the senior leadership of the entire
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Wow!” exclaimed RI President Jennifer Jones, walking up to the sprawling Operation Imagine venue of the RI zone institute that was overflowing with thousands of bicycles, sewing machines and wheelchairs. Jones inaugurated the mega service projects where bicycles were distributed to 1,000 girl students, sewing machines to
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In Jan 2021, when RI District 3141 Governor Sandip Agarwalla, as the then DGN, was planning major projects for his year, he was determined to do something big for Rotary’s latest focus area — preserving the environment. “I wanted to develop a sustainable large green lung in
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About 7 months ago, when Arun Bhargava, DGE of RI District 3141, got a call from a “top army person posted along the Indo-Pak border in Kashmir, I was puzzled about why he was calling me, a person located a couple of thousand km away in Mumbai.”
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Expectedly, the passing away of Queen Elizabeth II was received by most Indians with a heavy heart and a feeling of loss… loss that comes when an era ends. Don’t get me wrong; it wasn’t as though the entire nation erupted into a symphony of collective mourning.
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Following the devastation caused to several areas in and around Bengaluru, due to the recent heavy rains, Rotarians from a few clubs in the metro were pained to read about the plight of the tribal residents of a bunch of 28-odd tribal hamlets about 250km from the city.
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A 50-year old Afghan citizen Shadaab, with limited means, was diagnosed with a defective heart when a tertiary centre in India conducted a cardiac screening camp in Kabul. He needed a pacemaker and Shadaab, who owned a small farm in Kabul and was the sole earning member
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