The Atlanta Convention, where The Rotary Foundation celebrated its 100th birthday of doing good in the world, and which took such long years of planning, was a unique birthday celebration in more than one way. Attracting an attendance of over 40,000 Rotarians from every

As Chennai reels under acute water crisis with the mercury soaring to a punishing 42–43 degree Celsius, and rare dark clouds gather only to disappear, it was heartening to hear incoming RI President Ian Riseley’s message, both at the International Assembly (IA) and the MDPETS in Jaipur,

That the daughters of India need a leg up has been reiterated time and again, and by none less than Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself, who launched the beti bachao beti padhao scheme in January 2015 from Haryana, one of the Indian States infamous for a skewed

For the second consecutive year, the 2,450 delegates at the South Asia Literacy Summit in Chennai got a taste of the magic that a Nobel Laureate can create. Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi mesmerised the hall packed with Rotarians, making them laugh with a dose of his

It was good to see a special session at the District 3080 conference discussing the value that spouses bring to Rotary. That a veteran Rotary spouse such as Usha Saboo, wife of PRIP ­Rajendra Saboo, observed wryly that finally this issue was getting importance, was indicator enough that till now Rotary

As incoming RI President Ian Riseley unveiled his theme for the Rotary year 2017–18 — Rotary: Making a difference —, before the mind’s eye flashed a rapid series of projects that Rotary has done in India and which I’ve seen up and close during the 28 months that I’ve edited Rotary

When the theme of your Institute is Nothing is Impossible, can you let the RI President return home without fulfilling his very simple request —getting a tee-shirt made for the event? Even if it was made at 6 am and just before the Dazzling Dubai Zone Institute Convenor, RI Director Manoj

As the demonetisation debate rages — its pluses and minuses, a great scheme which could have been planned and implemented better to spare pain to the ordinary Indian, and so on — what cannot be denied is the urgent and crying need to make huge dents on corruption and the black

Touching little lives In the last two months, I’ve had the opportunity to look at two great medical projects that have quite a lot in common. Both are undertaken by the “richer” Rotary Districts located in the two most prosperous and powerful metros

Peaceful world, Literate India Rotary’s success in different regions of the world can be measured in many ways. In the developing world by how it is changing lives through water and sanitation projects, schools or homes it is building, villages it is adopting

 Girl Power at Rio It was exhilarating to note the spontaneous manner in which the entire country went gaga over the performance of two of its “daughters” at the Rio Olympics. Pusarla V Sindhu and Sakshi Malik have saved India from the disgrace