Rotary Club of Bombay

Ananda Yaan

Rotary Club of Bombay / 2018 (Page 18)

Suresh Chavan a member of the Ananda Yaan Elder Day Care Center at Byculla made it a point to come up to IPP Ramesh Narayan, Founder of Anand Yaan a successful program started last year and said that one year ago he couldn't even walk a few steps on account of a bad knee. He...

Our very own Rotarian, Prakriti Poddar was travelling recently through the United States and was honoured to visit the Rotary Club International at Buena Vista in Orlando, Florida. It was the first meeting of the incoming President and the day was focussed around the Independence Day Celebrations. She was fortunate to have an extremely meaningful interaction...

I had the privilege to attend the first District event of the new year on behalf of our Club. Following through on our very own PP Ramesh’s focus project Ananda Yaan and care for the elderly, the District has chosen the same focus area for this year. More than 180 elderly people from 30 old age homes...

Mumbai: Former badminton player Aparna Popat said on Tuesday the upcoming Asian Games will be tougher than the Commonwealth Games and it was important the players struck form ahead of the continental multi-sport event. The former nine-time badminton national champion said Indian shuttlers are capable of beating any of the current top players and if...

‘If they strike form, Indian shuttlers will definitely come back with medals’ Former badminton player Aparna Popat on Tuesday said the upcoming Asian Games will be tougher than the Commonwealth Games and it was important the players struck form ahead of the continental multi-sport event. The nine-time badminton national champion said Indian shuttlers are capable of...

Our elders at Ananda Yaan are already mingling well with each other. They have a place to go to every afternoon and thanks to RCB, this place includes fun filled activities and new experiences for them. Recently they attended a professional session of paper bag making. This was done with the old newspapers collection. This skill of making bags...

This In Camera event was graciously hosted by Rtn. Pranay Vakil & R/Anne Sweta Vakil at their home. 56 Rotarians attended this very enjoyable musical evening with our own Rotarians & Rotaryannes as the performers. The performances were superb and everyone enjoyed thoroughly. This was followed by cocktails & dinner....

We welcomed our generous club members - Rtn. Shernaz Vakil and Rtn Vineet Bhatnagar to our Bhavishya Yaan family yet another time on 16th July at the GK Marg municipal school to the melodious tunes of the Bhavishya Yaan song. Vineet and President Vijay Jatia, broke the coconut and lit the lamp to traditionally open the...

The first event from the Assimilation Committee was held at PP Rtn. Nirav Shah’s (Co-chair Assimilation Committee) residence on 13th July 2018. Nirav and Devina are not only the warmest and caring hosts but are also the finest food connoisseurs. Thus, this event was set-up to begin the Assimilation Committee's ‘Big- Bang’ start for the year...

The Nawaab of Bombay House, Ishaat Hussain, began his talk last Tuesday by telling the Rotarians why he chose to speak on corporate culture. The innumerable corporate misdemeanors globally, and especially locally, in the last two years are a cause for concern and confusion. What is wrong with the corporate world in our status quo?...