Dear fellow Rotarians, It’s traditional that the first Rotarian magazine of the Rotary year carries a profile of the incoming RI president and his

For many of us, December is a time of reflection about the year that is about to end. We think about the things we resolved to do and compare that with what we actually got done. Many times we surprise ourselves when we realise we achieved even

Dear Rotarians, Health promotion and disease prevention programmes focus on keeping people healthy. “Wellness” elevates health promotion and disease prevention to a state of complete physical and mental well-being. Wellness is described as the attitude and active decision made by

Every year we celebrate November as Rotary Foundation Month. How fortunate we are to have a world-class Foundation that allows us to do so much good in the world. We should all take pride in the fact that something good happens every second of every day because

        Dear fellow Rotarians, One early June, more than 30 years ago, I had a business trip scheduled to Las Vegas. I had been a

Dear Rotarians, Perhaps the reason it feels so good to give is that we know, deep down, that even random acts of kindness can change the world. I am happy and wish to congratulate Rtn Dakoju Ravi

Dear Rotarians,   Mahatma Gandhi — the Father of the Nation — often said that true independence could be enjoyed only when communities are strengthened and poverty eradicated. I share here the success story

        Dear fellow Rotarians, Every Thursday morning, I receive an email from the World Health Organisation with an update on the status of polio eradication.

Since its inception in 1905, Rotary has been a champion for peace. The 1914 Rotary Convention adopted a resolution that our organisation “lend its influence to the maintenance of peace among nations of the world.” Then, the 1921 convention incorporated into Rotary’s Constitution the goal to aid

I was a district governor in 1987–88, the year that Charles C Keller was the RI ­President. As district governor, I attended the 1988 Rotary International ­Convention in Philadelphia. There, I heard that there were an estimated 350,000 cases of polio in 125 countries. But I also

        Dear fellow Rotarians, Imagine if we could take a snapshot capturing all of the work Rotary does on a given day. No one —