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What this pandemic has taught us

Dec 2020 Rasheeda Bhagat
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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

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After Covid relief, India’s poor need economic rehabilitation

Nov 2020 Rasheeda Bhagat
Article Views: 13

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

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Our farmers and women need your help

Oct 2020 Rasheeda Bhagat
Article Views: 11

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

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A perfect gentleman passes on…

Oct 2020 Rasheeda Bhagat
Article Views: 13

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

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A woman RI president, at long last

Sep 2020 Rasheeda Bhagat
Article Views: 27

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

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Let’s walk away from racism and colourism

Aug 2020Aug 03 2020 Rasheeda Bhagat
Article Views: 44

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

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Missing the magic of a conventional Convention

Jul 2020 Rasheeda Bhagat
Article Views: 32

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

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Heroes emerge, at gloomy times too…

Jun 2020 Rasheeda Bhagat
Article Views: 64

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

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Service above self during a global pandemic

May 2020May 17 2020 Rasheeda Bhagat
Article Views: 71

The speed, alacrity and heart with which the entire Rotary world, particularly Rotarians in India, responded to the COVID-19 pandemic is heart-warming. Without any nudging from anybody, India Rotarians quickly reached relief in terms of critical hospital equipment, sanitisers, masks, PPEs, and cooked meals to lakhs of

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When women “disappear”… and take control too

Apr 2020 Rasheeda Bhagat
Article Views: 14

I happened to be in Mexico City and watched with fascination and admiration the call given by a collective of Mexican women’s associations to observe this year’s International Women’s Day (March 8) by simply disappearing from public places — offices, public transportation, grocery stores, restaurants, shopping malls…

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Rotary India marks its 100th year with a bang, baja and bonhomie

Feb 2020 Rasheeda Bhagat
Article Views: 27

Over the last five years, almost all the RI Presidents have told me that no place on earth celebrates Rotary events as colourfully and grandly as Rotarians do in India. Forget a Zone Institute which has so much of colour, music, dance and dazzle, even a district

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