Over the years, I caught glimpses of Shekhar Mehta when he came to One Rotary Center in Evanston, Illinois, for Board of Directors meetings. I met

The first thing that strikes anyone who watches, or works closely with incoming RI President Shekhar Mehta from RC Calcutta Mahanagar, RID 3291, is that his dreams are king-size. His boundless energy is legend in the Indian Rotary world and those who work with him whisper: ‘But

Iranians will restore your faith in humanity; I believe every single person should visit Iran at least once in their lifetime. In India we say atithi devo bhava; there is a similar adage in Persian which translates to ‘Guests are jewels from god, so you have to

One hundred young girls will be ready to be inducted as beauticians this June-end, thanks to the women’s empowerment committee, Dhriti, of RI District 3232. Of these, 20, all of them hearing-and-speech-impaired, received their course completion certificate recently. This is

As the Rotary Club of Madras, RID 3232, celebrated the 10th anniversary of a polio-free India through a power-packed virtual meeting presided over by IPPC

I miss shaking hands and exchanging warm hugs in picturesque Kochi, but in this new normal, this outstanding institute has been organised virtually. The human spirit has taken up the challenge of the Covid pandemic with resilience, grit, patience, discipline and above

As we ended a year wrecked by the Covid pandemic I am reminded of the famous book by Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities which begins thus: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; It was the

Kalyani’s fingers move fast as she twists the thread and adds fresh malli poo (jasmine) to the long flower string she is knitting together. Seated beside her on plastic sheets two other women — Rani and Vimala — are working on their flower strings too. For 35 years

My question is why do we want to want to go back to a pre-corona world at all? Is it worth it? The world which we have left behind during this pandemic was not a happy but a terrible world… a world which was about to end.”