October 11th is observed as the International Day of the Girl Child (IDGC). This year Population First, in association with SBI Foundation, organised a seminar on Saturday, October 19th, 2019 to mark the occasion of the DGC. The event featured two panel discussions on education, health and empowerment issues followed by a scintillating performance by...
OCTOBER 17TH, 2019, India –PP Rtn. (Dr.) Mukesh Batra was honoured and invited by the tourism department of Western Australia to photograph the Wild Flowers of Western Australia and conduct a charitable photoexhibition in India and later in Perth, Australia. As part of his visit, Mukesh was also invited to present an address during the...
At the Dignity Senior Citizen’s Centre at Jogeshwari, Inner Wheel Club of Bombay arranged a soul-stirring Music Therapy Session on October 15th, 2019. Conducted by Manasi Kelkar, daughter of the famous playback singer Uttara Kelkar, Manasi transformed 60 men and women of the Day Care Centre, encouraging them to shedding their inhibition, sing along, laugh...
PP Rtn. SANDIP AGARWALLA speaks with RIPN SHEKHAR MEHTA about his Rotary and personal journey from the Calcutta Mahanagar Club to the 18th Floor of the Rotary World office in Evanston, USA and even dares to ask, which of the two he finds more exhilarating! Sandip Agarwalla: Thank you for doing the interview with me Shekhar,...
Dear Fellow Rotarians. Hope you enjoyed your Diwali break. Once again, I wish you and your dear ones, a Very Happy Samvat New Year 2076!!! The Diwali Party on October 23rd was extremely well organised in every aspect. Thanks to Rtn. Ashok Jatia and the team for their efforts and taking care of minute details – we...
Women trudged over a kilometre for water and men did not have water for their fields. Children did not have e-learning. All that has changed with RCB’s Intergrated Village Development Programme for Gumbadpada which has received very favourable press response since its launch. Solar energy powers a floating pump, pipes bring water up 1000 metre,...
CHILDREN and the elderly enrich each other’s lives when Ananda Yaan and Bhavishya Yaan come together. Daan Utsav is a time of giving. Giving can be in kind, which most people do, but one can also provide one’s service or knowledge and time. That is what our senior citizens of the Ananda Yaan, Byculla, did:...
“Few things are hidden from a quiet child with good eye sight” – Terry Pratchett. A comprehensive eye check-up for 200 children at GK Marg was done on October 3rd to make sure their eyes were healthy and they had no vision problems. Free spectacles will be given to all who need them. We thank Dr. Radhika...
Senior citizens break the Internet A post liked by 1.1 k people , 61 comments and 27 shares. We thank Shankar Mahadevan, the famous Indian singer and composer who is part of the trio of musicians Shankar- Ehsaan-Loy for posting about Ananda Yaan on his social media handle . Learning new tricks Debashree DasGupta, a music teacher/ consultant...
Dear Friends, Very warm greetings. Diwali or Deepavali is known as the Festival of Lights and based on various Hindu mythology, Puranas, skandas is celebrated to honour Ramachandra. The mythology and epic of Ramayana have it that Lord Ramachandra was the seventh avatar (incarnation) of god Vishnu and probably existed between 5,000 BCE or 1,250 BCE. It...
RCB commits to the Integrated Rural Development of village Gumbadpada A few months ago, PP Rtn. Ramesh Narayan suggested an interesting and unique project – the Integrated Rural Development of a village. RCB President Preeti Mehta and the Board of Directors took a momentous decision to adopt Gumbadpada village, a hamlet about 3 & ½ hour’s...
Health and well-being instructor, Mickey Mehta shared the secret of age reversal at the Tuesday meeting with Rotarians AGE REVERSAL may be a controversial subject but that does not mean one cannot work towards mitigating the effects of ageing. Last Tuesday, Mickey Mehta addressed the Rotary Club of Bombay on being Mickeymized. Mickey shared his ideas on...