Jawaharlal Nehru famously called it the Jewel of India; it is also the birthplace of polo and raasleela, and famous for its exotic landscape, gently undulating hills, emerald green valleys, dense forests and of course its unique Loktak Lake. When I first visited Manipur in 2002, the
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PRID Shekhar Mehta’s office is like a mini crèche as little children climb up the chairs, while some try to
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As Goa has emerged as the partying place for large numbers in India
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The Nicco Park in Kolkata is filled with joyful squeals and laughter as children from various orphanages and residential homes across the metro enjoy the swirls, twirls and rides at the sprawling amusement gallery. Children all set to enjoy their
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It is a hospital atmosphere alright; monitors are beeping and the beds are filled with tiny children recuperating after heart surgery, evident from the heavy bandaging around their little chests, rising up and down to get in that much-required oxygen. Like 6-month-old little Rushda, a tiny bundle
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The steel city of Jamshedpur was awash with bright hues of red on World Heart Day in September, as the Rotary Club of Jamshedpur, one of the oldest Rotary clubs in India, District 3250, took out a rally to focus attention and send alarm bells ringing on
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Here is an example of how leveraging social networking sites helps Rotary clubs to provide medical and humanitarian services to the marginalised people. Two-year-old Miracle suffering from a heart disease had a successful operation in Kolkata with RC Belur, D 3291, taking up the initiative to bring
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The campus of Bright Minds Vidyodaya School at Walajapet, in the suburbs of Chennai, resonated with conversation, laughter and cheer as D 3231, for the first time, hosted a zestful celebration exclusively for women Rotarians, Rotary Anns and Annets. The event brought to the fore their talent
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Rotary Club of Pondicherry Beach Town, D 2981, conducted a public awareness event to understand and resolve some of the pressing concerns faced by modern-day parents and sensitise them on child and adolescent sex abuse. Following the continued gang rape of an 11-year-old, hearing-impaired child in Chennai by 16
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Now the visitors and family members at the Matoshree Vruddhashram, an old-age home in Khadavli, Bhiwandi taluk, can have a comfortable stay at the Rotary Rehabilitation and Counselling Centre, thanks to RC Mumbai Ghatkopar, D 3141, which has recently inaugurated this new facility there at a cost
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I liked all the activities and that the people here knew what I was going through every day. It was easier to make friends with them because they did not expect me to do things that they knew I can’t do,” said 12-year-old Girish, a participant, at
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