The Rotary Information Centre, an initiative of RC Daman, RID 3060, serves as a resource hub for the public, sharing information about Rotary’s mission, activities and community impact.
Get your cowboy hat. Your Rotary pals in friendly Canada are excited to welcome you to signature convention events, including dinner in
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Medical care projects and Adult Literacy initiative hogged the limelight at the installation of RID 3261 DG Akhil Mishra in Jabalpur, MP. During the investiture, Rajya Sabha MP and PDG Vivek Tankha sponsored a state-of-the-art bus for differently-abled children at the Justice Tankha Memorial Rotary Institute for Special Children; four dialysis machines, a sonography device, and a blood bank freezer for government hospitals in Jabalpur, Nainpur and Gadarwara, all worth Rs.75–80 lakh.
On the eve of the Zone Institute, nine Rotarians were inducted into the prestigious Arch Klumph Society. Thanking the inductees for their generosity, RI President Stephanie Urchick said, “Individuals like you, with your vision and generosity, keep the Foundation strong. You enable the incredible work—the magic—that Rotary creates across the globe.”
Presenting Rotary’s five-year financial forecast at the Kochi Institute, RI treasurer and director Rhonda Beth Stubbs informs that revenues are higher than expenses until fiscal 2026 (2025–26), and from fiscal 2027 “our expenses will become higher than our revenues” starting with a $4 million deficit budget. “We are projecting a balanced budget in fiscals 2025, ’26, and deficits from FY 2027 through fiscal 2029.”
Whenever the Arya Kanya Sadan in Faridabad near Delhi, that is home to some 70-odd orphan girls, requires a helping hand, it reaches out to the Rotary Club of Delhi Mayur Vihar, RID 3012, for support.
RC Nizamabad, RID 3150, organised a medical camp for 60 traffic constables. Scholarships worth Rs.20,000 were awarded to five girl students pursuing engineering studies.
We Rotarians are excellent tenants of this planet as we truly live up to the motto Service above Self. Together, let us continue to be the architects of hope, champions of compassion and pioneers of change. Through thoughtful planning and steadfast commitment, we will not only serve to change lives but create a brighter, more equitable future for generations to come,” said PRIP Shekhar Mehta, addressing the Kochi Rotary Institute.
The Rotary Club of Wadhwan City, RID 3060, is operating the Annapurna Rath to provide dinner at Rs.5 a plate under its project, Bhukhya ne bhojan (food for the hungry). Since its launch in 2021–22, the initiative has provided over 1.4 lakh meals in Surendra Nagar, a twin city of Wadhwan, Gujarat, says club president Hita Jani.
An Interact club was chartered at the Sri Vageesha Vidhyashram Senior Secondary School, Srirangam, near Trichy in Tamil Nadu, by RC Jambukeshwaram, RID 3000, on Global Handwash Day (Oct 15). The new club was initiated by past president and Rotary Study Circle district secretary Abbas Mantri.
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India is well-positioned to take on the leadership role in ushering in global peace as “the world is witnessing an unprecedented upheaval with
I am an Elif Shafak fan. This remarkable writer with over 20 novels under her belt writes in Turkish and English.
North India, or at least the part of it that lies to the north of Agra, has invented many foods, especially after partition in 1947. Butter chicken. Kulcha a la aloo, ie stuffed kulchas. Chow mein avec tadka, which was our revenge against the Chinese for mauling us in the 1962 war. (Avec means ‘with’ in French, by the way). Dosas stuffed with kheema, which was a specialty of the Coffee House in Delhi. I think it reminded the Keralites who ran it of their kothu parottas back home. And in the 1980s a friend told me that Indian Airlines even tried putting kheema in idlis. Ouch!
A strong culture and corporate values lay the foundation for leadership excellence which must be sustained through collaborations and continued success, said Puneet Chhatwal, MD, The Indian Hotels Company Ltd (IHCL), at a session titled ‘Look beyond yourself’ at the Kochi Institute.