On any Rotary platform when statistics are being discussed vis-a-vis polio, a set of impressive numbers are given to show the impact Rotarians have made by getting most of the world rid of polio. Prior to Rotary’s PolioPlus programme, 350,000 children in 125 countries were being crippled
Read more
When a Rotarian donates a whopping sum of Rs.100 crore or $14.7 million to The Rotary Foundation, the first question you ask him is how and when the idea was planted in his head. D Ravishankar, President, Rotary Club of Bangalore Orchards, D 3190, travels back over
Read more
Several miles off the shoreline of Nassau, Barry Rassin, the 2018–19 President of Rotary International, balances in the bow of the bobbing Rat Bat. There are no colossal cruise ships out here, no noisy jet skis, only the occasional passing pleasure boat and the sound of water
Read more
Incoming RI President Barry Rassin is answering a question on the importance of India to the Rotary world. “India is a very critical country for Rotary; it has the greatest membership growth, a strong Rotaract programme and is one of the top leaders in Foundation giving. While
Read more
It is not Delhi, Mumbai or Chennai, but just the small town of Sonkatch in a relatively underdeveloped State of Madhya Pradesh with a population of barely 20,000. It is only a tehsil and not a district headquarter. A small but extremely vibrant Rotary Club of Sonkatch
Read more
In the corridor of a modest building, which has now been covered nicely with a decent roof thanks to the largess of a Rotarian in Pune, Renu Gavaskar, famous in Pune as Renutai, is interacting with her 50-odd children. What she is doing for them restores your
Read more
For those of us who are huge fans of the clean and green Kerala and grab the first opportunity to holiday in this nature-friendly State, it will come as a surprise to know that DG Suresh Mathew of RI District 3211 has undertaken an initiative to make
Read more
The most scintillating and enjoyable session of D 3131’s district conference in Pune titled adhyay18 was arguably the one in which Indian cricket’s two most celebrated cricketers Yuvraj Singh and Zaheer Khan were interviewed by Vikram Sathaye. Apart from being extremely articulate and good friends, the two
Read more
I love sports… in many ways it’s a metaphor for life. You can’t always win, especially if it happens to be a team I am supporting! But sports emphasises the importance of teamwork because when we work together, we achieve more than the sum
Read more
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has called upon Rotarians from both India and Bangladesh to fight the “divisive forces” that were trying to undermine the unity of their countries. He told Indian Rotarians “to be courageous and oppose the divisive activity happening in the country and counter
Read more
Ranjani Vaidya makes khichdi for the children in the Zilla Parishad primary school in Gundewadi, about 10 km from Jalna, a town in Maharashtra famous for making quality seeds. The distance might be short, but a part of the ride is rickety as the road is pothole
Read more