Darwin’s ‘survival of the fittest’ is the default option, or rather compulsion, dictated by life’s evolutionary nature. Simply put, fitness is mainly about man’s adaptation to his environment. Unlike the rest of the animal kingdom or species that dwell on earth, man alone has the ability to think.
What if something as natural as the monthy menstrual period didn’t have to be a taboo topic?” This question inspired Shruti Dharamsi, president of RC Mumbai Ghatkopar West, RID 3141, to initiate Project Masik Chakra (menstrual cycle) as the club’s signature project for the year. “In a world where conversations about menstruation and menopause are only whispered, we wanted to create a programme that would break this silence. Our goal was to help girls understand that periods and menopause are natural, and knowledge about them can be empowering,” she explains. Several Rotary clubs including RCs Chandivali Mumbai, Wada, Mumbai Nova, Mumbai Mulund East and Mulund Valley have participated in this project.
Can schools go green —not with envy — but by being environmentally conscious? They can do so with encouragement and support from the local community, parents’ groups, clubs and socially conscious establishments. You and your friends can help your local school take a green leap forward by exercising your persuasive skills to convince the management, parents and students to turn over a new leaf.
Amid the sea of protests across the country over the savage rape and murder of a young intern doctor at the RG Kar Hospital, Kolkata, Rotary Club of Calcutta Mahanagar, RID 3291, honoured nine women achievers with Shakti Samman Awards. “What has happened in Kolkata is against our culture as our sanskriti (Indian tradition) worships Goddess Shakti. Ahead of Durga puja, the nine-day festival where the nine avatars of the goddess are worshipped each day, we want to create a positive, vibrant mood for Navratri by hosting the Nav Shakti event,” said club president Pramila Dugar.
During his recent visit to India, incoming RI President Mario de Camargo took out some time in Madurai to sit down for an interview with Rotary News. As candid as always, he did not mince his words as he expressed serious concern about Rotary’s stagnant, and even falling membership in some countries, and said this was “because we are still male, pale and stale”.
The autobiography of PRIP Rajendra Saboo, titled My Life’s Journey: A Personal Memoir, was released on his 90th birthday in Chandigarh by former Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court S S Sodhi.
Students from the Interact Club of Sushila Devi Lakshmi Girls Senior Secondary School, sponsored by RC Delhi North, RID 3012, participated in the National Leaders Homage Programme in Parliament.
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Dr Prithika Chari, past president of RC Madras Temple City, was the first neurologist (she is a qualified neuro surgeon too) to join the Apollo Hospitals in Chennai.
School uniforms were distributed to children at a government school with project chairperson Shalini Singhal coordinating the event.
[one_half padding=”20px 20px 20px 20px”] I am past president of my club. Your article on diagnosis of breast cancer…
The mammography bus had come to her neighbouring village near Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, to screen women for breast and cervical cancer. “I was asymptomatic, hence did not feel the need to go through such a medical procedure. But following an awareness campaign by Rotarians, I went for the screening inside the diagnostic bus. I was shocked to know that I had an early-stage cancerous lesion on the cervix.” She then underwent a minor surgery to remove the lesion at a hospital in Coimbatore. Ditto is the case of Rani (58), her friend, who was detected with a tumorous lump in her breast at the Rotary camp.
In an outreach to socially disadvantaged students, RC Nagpur South East, RID 3030, distributed 6,000 books, 300 school bags, 500 water bottles, 300 lunch boxes, 300 geometry boxes and 175 uniforms to students in 23 zilla parishad and five urban schools in and around Nagpur.
The Rotary Club of Mapusa Elegance, RID 3170, has launched a programme to provide adult diapers to old age homes in and around Goa.
The true essence of Rotary is fostering global partnerships to address local challenges,” said TRF Trustee Chair Mark Maloney,
as he inaugurated Project E-Shala Version 2 in Chennai.
[two_third] With World Polio Day on Oct 24, I’m proudly rooting for Rotary as we team up around the world…
This time, my online library delivered two vastly different books. The first, a surprise, was a potboiler by none…
[two_third padding=”0px 0px 0px 0px”] Dear Rotarians, As we progress through this Rotary year, I am filled with pride and…
