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

If you have built castles in the air,                 Your work need not be lost; That is where they should be,                 Now put foundation under them – David Thoreau The citadel has fallen. An

Excerpts from a letter written by Past President Mat Caparas to a few

In the passing of Clem Renouf, Rotary has lost one of its senior statesmen, and one of its most respected leaders. The younger generation of Rotary may not be as familiar with him as others but he was a giant in Rotary in his own right.

In the passing away of PRID P C Thomas, we have lost one of the most illustrious personalities in Rotary in India, as well as a humanist. He will be remembered best for setting up an excellent educational institute; a higher secondary school of international

Steve Jobs has said, “We are here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise, why else even be here?” There once was a man who had a vision. He

After Past RI President Frank Devlyn succumbed to pancreatic cancer on May 27 at the age of 81, tributes poured in from across the Rotary world. As P K Acharya, who is so active on social media, quickly formed a Whatsapp tribute group, it kept buzzing for at

Frank Devlyn was always one of my most favourite persons in Rotary — a person, I’d always think of as an ideal Rotarian. Tall, 6ft 3 inches maybe, slim, handsome, with a booming baritone, he’d always stand out in any gathering. And, when he’d

Frank Devlyn was tall man and whenever we met, he would embrace me very warmly saying, “My President, Abrazo.” As he hugged me, a much shorter person, my head would reach his chest. I would always respond, “My

Soon after I joined Rotary News as an editor in 2014, I got a letter written on an elegant letterhead from Past RI Director Sudarshan Agarwal. The

What a man he was! Was he a bureaucrat, jurist, administrator, philanthropist, doer, beggar, visionary or a missionary? When I was at the Lodi Crematorium in Delhi