The dialogue between Bombay’s Rotary and The Taj Mahal Hotel began with the Club’s inauguration in 1929 and has still not ended, the subjects of exchanges between them being the size of tables, rooms, microphones, the quality of food and the charges for using the Hotel’s facilities. In the beginning, The Taj Mahal Hotel had...
THANK YOU! PP Rtn. Nandan Damani has given US$ 20,000 to The Rotary Foundation (TRF) Annual Fund. He is a Major Donor Level 3. President Vijay Jatia and the TRF team thank him for his generosity....
Holi Hai is a project organised by the Rotaract Club of H.R. College along with the Ananda Yaan Committee. Twenty-five members of the Club celebrated Holi with 70 senior citizens at the Ananda Yaan Centre in Byculla. To break the ice in the start, and to make the senior citizens feel comfortable, everyone played antakshari. Post...
Members of Ananda Yaan, Byculla made hats at a creative origami workshop taken by Bobbie Vijayakkar on March 15. Bobbie Vijayakkar or Bob, as everyone calls him, is a 65-year-young acclaimed architect and interior designer by profession and an origami enthusiast. Bobbie graduated from Sir JJ college of Architecture, Mumbai in 1977. “I’m just...
Dear Friends, I hope everyone had a colourful Holi. Thank you to Rtn. Naresh Jain and Rtn. Mohit Jain for hosting such a fabulous Holi bash. Our 90th year celebrations kicked the week off to a good start. My heart-felt thanks to all the guests who made it and we sure missed those who couldn’t be with...
Dear Friends, Water is life. Ensuring that everyone has water is our duty. Last week, we inaugurated a UVbased, safe drinking water plant at the Malabar Hill Post Office. I’m glad that the Water Resource Committee installed this right before the scorching summer. On March 13, St. Thomas Hospital and Sree Narayana Institute of Medical Science inaugurated...
POLICYMAKERS AND LEADERS MUST ASK THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT OF THEIR FUTURE. HUMAN KIND ITSELF, AS A SPECIES, MUST KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION Indian-American anthropologist Arjun Appadurai has lived in the US for 50 years while his research and teaching has revolved around India. Many of the Rotary Club of Bombay’s Rotarians knew...
RCB inaugurates safe drinking water facility at Malabar Hill Post Office The Water Resources Committee of the Rotary Club of Bombay has installed a UV-based safe drinking water plant at the Malabar Hill Post Office. The equipment was supplied by Eureka Forbes Limited and is inclusive of a one-year warranty and two-year maintenance. The installation will benefit...
BACK TO THE FUTURE A DECADE FROM NOW, WHEN THE ROTARY CLUB OF BOMBAY TURNS HUNDRED, WE WILL LOOK BACK AND SEE HOW WE HAVE SERVED THOSE IN NEED. This will not be to rest on our laurels but to gauge the work done and to evaluate what remains to be done. These are uncertain times. Political...
Shri C.H. Vidyasagar Rao took charge as Governor of Maharashtra on August 30, 2014. He brings with him a vast and varied experience of public service. A senior leader from Telangana, Shri Vidyasagar Rao has served as Union Minister of State for Home Affairs and subsequently as Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry in...
