Committee Reports: Fellowship & In-Camera 2020-2021
Director-in-Charge: PE Shernaz Vakil
Chair: Rtn. Rituprakash Desai
Co-Chair: Rtn. Khurshed Poonawalla
Members: Rtn. Anar Shah, Rtn. Mudit Jain, Rtn. Ptn. Avaan Vakharia, Rtn. Ptn. Malti Jain
This year, the Fellowship and In-Camera Committee took on a new role – a reason for club members to connect virtually. An important tool connecting housebound Rotarians! Therefore the aim was to do at least one Fellowship or In-Camera a month in order to bring members closer together.
Members enthusiastically participated in the events and the committee got a lot of positive feedback from them which encouraged us to plan interesting events.
Fellowships: We had six fellowships during the year.
- July: We enjoyed an evening of foot-tapping old, Hindi favourites sung by Sandeep Damania.
- August: Parsi Nite – a variety entertainment evening – an informative talk on Parsis by Rtn. Jimmy Pochkhanawala, an Elvis impersonation by Mehmood Curmally, who belted out all-time Elvis favourites and concluded with a Parsi Natak “Pretty Boman” by Silly Point Productions that kept us all in splits.
- October: A leisurely evening of Hindi and English popular music by Baba Machine.
- November: Diwali Nite – was another unusual and fun evening when illusionist Chirag Jethwaney mesmerised us all with his prowess and then stand-up comedian Nitin Mirani had us all heartily laughing away at his repartee.
- December: Xmas Nite – well-known bartender/mixologist Ruturaj demonstrated
some fabulous cocktails. Then the everpopular singing duo Lindsey and Rina sang Christmas carols and golden oldies by Sinatra, Beatles and Elvis. - March: A musical evening was organised on the occasion of Holi. Singer Sandeep Damania entertained us with special Holi songs as well as evergreen Hindi favourites.
In-Camera: We had six In-Camera programmes
The theme for the year was travel-related events so that we could all enjoy some armchair travelling while being housebound and look forward to visiting once things are normal.
- In July we travelled to Slovenia and Croatia, thanks to a wonderful and picturesque virtual journey by Slovenian
sisters, Nina and Ana, who were introduced by Holidays@Leisure. - In September we enjoyed glimpses of Moscow and St. Petersburg, thanks to Holidays@Leisure, when Prashant and Sheherezad walked us through the wonders of Russia’s most beautiful cities.
- In December “Second Homes and Alternate Lifestyles” were beautifully showcased by Elsie Nanji.
- In February to celebrate Valentine’s Day, Holidays @Leisure collaborated with Rare India to introduce members to some gorgeous romantic getaways in India.
- In April, Rare India and Holidays@Leisure took us on a virtual tour to some stunning destinations across the ength and breadth of our beautiful country. Members can’t wait to explore these places with our Rotary outstation fellowships!
- In May, noted writer Meher Marfatia shared interesting stories on hidden gems from the city we love, our very own Bombay.
