In December 2019, at 34, Sanna Marin from Finland became the youngest prime minister in the world. Isn’t it marvellous that so many young leaders, many of them women, are taking up global leadership positions? Jacinda Ardern, 41, who became New Zealand’s PM at 37, is my

Finally, the Rotary world is making a serious bid to right the historic wrong of admitting women members only in 1987, and that too after litigation. But for 2–3 decades after that, there wasn’t much of an attempt to take more women into Rotary. It is only

Even as RI President Holger Knaack advised the incoming district governors at the zone institute aptly titled ‘The Odyssey’ to embrace the digital era, the organisers managed to pull off a remarkably impressive virtual institute. Rotary India’s trio comprising RI director Kamal Sanghvi, RIDE Mahesh Kotbagi (who

As this, the most uncertain, horrendous, terrifying and devastating year in my living   memory, comes to a close, I wonder if there are even a handful of people across the world who would be sad to see 2020 coming to a close. Aptly enough, a December issue

The all-round distress brought about by the Covid pandemic notwithstanding, if one were to go by the Indian equity markets, our economy is booming, the equity indices have touched an all-time high and mutual funds are registering great returns. But the sobering factor is that this razzle-dazzle

Amidst all the hue and cry, confusion and controversy, and genuine concern about the likely adverse impact of the recent Farm laws enacted by the Government of India on India’s small farmers, it was like a breath of fresh air to attend the webinar on agriculture organised

It was with utter shock and a deep sense of sadness that we at the Rotary News Trust absorbed the news of the untimely demise of past director Yashpal Das. There wasn’t a single RNT meet that he attended at our Chennai office without first going up

Finally we have the answer to the question being asked for a decade now. When will Rotary International see a woman president? Well, the nominating committee answered that one by choosing Jennifer Jones for that magic position in 2022–23. Not only the women members in the Rotary

In a world getting increasingly divided by strife, prejudices, conflict and violence, one of the strongest and most relevant points, particularly relevant to our country, that RI President Holger Knaack made at the virtual convention pertained to racism. Addressing the district governors and club presidents, he made

After joining the Rotary News Trust as Editor over five years ago, I have covered from ground zero only three conventions — at Seoul, Atlanta and Hamburg — and enjoyed the colour, vibrations, energy, passion, vigour, an eclectic mix of cultures and regions and so many other

Who had ever imagined that we would live in a time like this, when we would be scared of meeting and interacting with our own friends, colleagues, or our favourite local grocery guy? As we quake with fear and put off all travel to the most exotic