As we wind up this issue of Rotary News, the war in Ukraine continues to rage; its cities are bombed, and people’s homes and offices reduced to rubble. Overnight, just in the flash of an eye, thousands of people have been rendered homeless. Those who’ve managed to

As the most melodious voice that India and Indians have ever listened to fell silent, an entire nation grieved the passing away of melody queen Lata Mangeshkar. The news sent almost all of us scurrying back to our favourite music albums… saved most likely on our phone

As Jaishree’s article in this issue (Pg 20) illustrates, a simple, mechanical device like the waterwheel that some Rotary and Inner Wheels clubs in Mumbai have been giving to poor rural women in some villages of Maharashtra and Gujarat is proving to be a great boon to

Pulling off a zone institute in India, always a gala, colourful and power-packed event, none like anywhere else in the world, as every RI president who has attended one of our zone institutes has never tired of saying, is itself a challenge. That convener RI Director A S

It is with a heavy heart that we at Rotary News are bringing out this issue of the magazine, which has on the cover the picture of a remarkable Rotarian, and an even more remarkable human being — past RI director Sushil Gupta, who is no longer

One of the major problems afflicting our youth and their families in India today is addiction of various kinds; to tobacco, liquor, drugs, and of late, the Internet. The last includes the dark net, which can only be accessed through specific software, configuration, or authorisation. All the

Rotarians and Rotary clubs, or districts, that undertake well-planned and meticulously executed projects that benefit the local community, transforming people’s lives, naturally want them known to other Rotary clubs. What better way to do this than to showcase the project in Rotary News, which is circulated to

How conscious and receptive the entire world has become of the urgent need to improve the lot of girls and women is amply evident from two different, and yet related, issues. As can be seen from his social media posts, and interview to Rotary News, RI President

As I watch horrific images emanating from Afghanistan of desperate women behind a barbed wire fence at the Kabul airport screaming for help saying “the Taliban are coming for us”, RI’s new focus on the girl child and DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) gain a sharper focus. Having

Each time the members of a Rotary club in the world, particularly in India, build a gender-segregated toilet in a school; talk about menstrual hygiene and provide girls easy-to-use and sustainable MHM kits; hold awareness sessions on the importance of educating daughters along with sons, campaign against

A major focus area of RI President Shekhar Mehta this Rotary year will be empowering the girl child. In recent years I’ve watched several Rotary clubs working passionately for the girl child, building thousands of toilets for exclusive use by girls in schools across India under the