Small in height, lean in structure, but bold and herculean in intelligence and vision, who embraced a range of thoughts, Panduranga Setty was a rare man. I got to know him before 1978 when he was the incoming district governor of District 319 and thereafter became close
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Past RI director M K Panduranga Setty passed away on Jan 21 at 90 due to age-related ailments. He was a member of RC Bangalore, RID 3190, and a trustee of Rotary News Trust. For long years he had steered the content of the magazine in Bengaluru.
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A person who did it his way to live his life was Bhichai Rattakul. A man with short temper, sometimes, to follow his values, be it in his politics, Rotary or family. I got to know him in December 1973 when he came to Chandigarh as RI
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I met Cliff Dochterman in May 1979 at the Rotary International Assembly. This was the beginning of a long, long journey of friendship. He was district governor in 1968–69 and I became one in 1976–77. But he never
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If I ever had to write a piece for the Reader’s Digest magazine on the most unforgettable character I had ever met, then Sushil Gupta, a Rotarian, would surely be the one I would write about. He is unforgettable because Sushil was a man of many parts
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Ever energetic and enthusiastic, never tiring, physically and emotionally, a man of a long race, was Carlo Ravizza. Possessing multi-skills, some of them family traits, he had an active 96-year life span. I have always enjoyed his company as a companion and co-traveller on his Rotary journey.
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It is hard to believe that the lion amongst Rotarians has stopped roaring. An upright visionary and outspoken… that was the personality of this outstanding Rotarian, PRIP Carlo Ravizza. I was fortunate to serve as the district governor in the year he was the President of Rotary
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In less than a month, RID 3190 lost three extraordinary Rotarians — past district governors S Uday Kumar (1989–90), Dr Prithvi Raval (2000–01) and U B Bhat (2008–09) creating a huge void. I was privileged to have
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He was a hero in steadfast, purity of purpose and service. He kindled our hearts in friendship. Yash Pal Das was the embodiment of simplicity, affability, generosity and humility. Commitment was his religion; his integrity was unimpeachable; his credibility was an open book; his professionalism was quality
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Luis Vicente Giay had unparalleled vision, unquestionable integrity and unsurpassed intellectual gravitas. His professionalism and simplicity made him an exceptional leader of this pioneer service organisation — Rotary. He
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It is difficult to believe that someone whom you have known, admired, respected and loved through your long Rotary life, will be there no more for you to listen to, even though he may have lived more than half way across the world in California. Difficult, because
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