Celebrating 10 years of polio-free India
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
Read moreAs 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
Read moreI 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
Read moreAs 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
Read moreKalyani’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
Read moreAny Indian village is like a multiple organ thing… if you work on the liver, the heart will, fail, if you work on the heart, the lung will fail. The life of the farmer who lives in that village is unpredictable. If I was a farmer, I
Read moreMy 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.”
Read moreIf a Rotarian from the Rotary Club of Secunderabad, RI District 3150, Hari Kishan Valmiki, is passionate about reaching nutrient-packed eggs to orphanages, old age homes and other voluntary organisations for destitute, the reason dates back some 70-odd years and is tied to a gripping human-interest story.
Read moreA group of women in Chinna Boddu Palam village, located on the shores of the canal connecting to the Bay of Bengal and just 20km from Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, is engaged in income generation through the preparation of a regional delicacy, salted and smoked shrimps/prawns. But the
Read moreHolger Knaack is vacuuming. The Rotary Club of Herzogtum Lauenburg-Mölln has wrapped up its annual Christmas bazaar in the cloister of the 12th-century Ratzeburg Cathedral. Two days of selling handicrafts, mistletoe, and homemade cakes and cookies have netted the club some 8,000 euros, which
Read moreAs the Covid-19 pandemic ushered in a new challenge, the Rotary Club of Heritage Mysuru, RID 3181, took up the task of providing food to stranded, hungry and helpless migrant workers, daily wagers, hawkers, beggars, and
Read moreIt had to be in Mumbai… if not in the financial capital of India, where else can you raise Rs.5.5 crore in 15 days to respond to the unprecedented COVID-19 calamity which left lakhs of migrant labourers, daily wage workers and other marginalised sections totally helpless when
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