In a short period of five to six years since Rotarians took on the mission to make India literate, “amazing progress” has been made. “We have trained over 47,000 teachers and this has impacted over seven million students. Realising that e-learning is the engine driver of the
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When her close childhood friend Suzie mysteriously disappeared from her life, “I kept asking my mother if I could play with Suzie and where she went. One day, my mother —
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An interesting plenary session at the Hamburg Convention pertained to how just being a member
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A whole new mechanism is being worked out at The Rotary Foundation to ensure that a good proportion of the CSR funds that the Government of India mandates large profit-making companies to invest in welfare activities, comes to TRF, says TRF Trustee Gulam Vahanvaty.
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Each RI convention has its special moments and is unique in its own way. For me the defining and most memorable moment of the Hamburg convention will be the closing session when a band performing Abba’s most memorable songs including Dancing Queen and Mama Mia had the
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Describing the service rendered by Rotarians in South Asia and the region’s performance in membership growth and TRF giving “exceptional”, RI President Barry Rassin said
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With the demise of a vintage Rotarian, S L Chitale, popularly known as Kris to all his friends, an era has come to an end in the Rotary Club of Madras, RID 3232. His Rotary journey lasted 54 years. Most Rotarians in India would
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It is with visible emotion that incoming Director Kamal Sanghvi vividly recalls that one moment in his Rotary journey of 28 years, that “completely transformed me and changed my thinking and view of life.”
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Mark Daniel Maloney knew the routine. For, he had served as chair of the committee that nominated Sam Owori as Rotary International President for 2018–19. In the summer of 2017, Maloney was one of six candidates who had travelled to RI headquarters seeking that nomination for 2019–20.
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Rotary Club of Chandigarh, RID 3080, along with the IPL franchise cricket team Kings XI Punjab, presented a cheque of Rs.25 lakh to the families of five CRPF jawans who were killed in the Pulwama attack in February. The club identified five CRPF jawans,
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Do you know what is the RI budget for district governors? It is more than $11 million per year. Some governors in our region get handsome allowances. My own allowance when I was DG in 1991–92 was no more than Rs.150,000! [caption id=”attachment_24390″ align=”alignnone”
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