As my teacher Swami Chinmayanand says, ‘Success is a tribute that life pays to excellence’. When we cultivate an excellence of mind, then success is a natural offshoot. And, so, everybody desires success. Each one aspires to be successful; many become so because success makes us feel good about ourselves, gives a sense of accomplishment...
A meeting was held to apprise BY students and parents of the activities organized by Bhavishya Yaan for the students post their board examination to assist them with their future goals. Jaya ma’am chaired the meeting with 10th standard students and parents. Naseem teacher also attended the meeting. The parents were very happy with the above...
By Framroze Mehta I recently spent a long weekend in Panchgani with 12 school mates reminiscing our youth and the wonderful and carefree days at St. Mary’s School (ISC). Laughter, jokes, unabated banter and bonhomie, which can only be achieved over nearly 60 years of friendship, made the trip so very worthwhile. We stayed at Hotel Prospect,...
India Post Payments Bank visited the Ananda Yaan centres (a joint venture between Dignity Foundation and Rotary Club of Bombay). The Government of India, through the India Post Payment Bank, is giving under-privileged people access to banks at their doorstep. Not only can one open an account from the comfort of home, one can avail other...
Fellow Rotarians, Very Warm Greetings!!! Holi, the festival of colours, typically marks the full moon day of “Phagun”, the 12th month of the Hindu calendar. Underneath the colourful chaos and dancing lies a unique and deeply-rooted tradition of culture and mythology. As per ancient Hindu Vedic scriptures, Holika was a demon, who was reduced to ashes with the...
By PP Sandip Agarwalla Bleary-eyed we boarded the early morning flight, yesterday, March 6th, 2020 to Aurangabad from Mumbai at the unearthly hour of 4.45 am ! Immediately after landing our group of five persons from the Rotary Club of Bombay – myself, my wife, Malini, Rtn. Abhishek Saraf and his wife, Radhika and Rtn. Abhishek...
Hemendra Kothari, who received the Taru Lalvani Award for Environment Protection last Tuesday, talked about conservation and wildlife along with Dr. Anish Andheria Hemendra Kothari is the chairman of the India chapter of Nature Conservancy, the largest conservancy in the world of which 73 countries are a part. “I realised the impact of climate change in the...
Rtn. Dilip Piramal, who becomes a member of the Arch Klumph Society today, shows no signs of slowing down The Gateway team is waiting for Rtn. Dilip Piramal, Chairman of VIP Industries, at his labyrinthine offices in Prabhadevi. We’ve been told he is going to be there in five minutes. We know that is Indianspeak for...
Rtn. Moy Biswas being felicitated by the Academy of Architecture. PP Rtn. (Dr.) Mukesh Batra was felicitated at the 1st Sheikh Zayed Award ceremony for Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2020 in Dubai, under the patronage of the Ruler and Founder of UAE, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. This recognition shows the growing popularity and...
On February 13, the in-camera event ‘How to be heart smart’ by practicing cardiologist Rtn. (Dr.) Sharukh Golwalla, and hosted by Rtn. Anil and Rtn. Ptn. Honey Harish, brought many eye-openers. Sharukh discussed relevant cardio issues with attending Rotarians. A) Type A personality or A stressed individual: Type A personality are the ones that are ambitious,...
Fellow Rotarians, Very Warm Greetings!!! When people talk about ‘fruit’, reference is usually to a very specific fruit or generally, ignoring the varieties of the fruit or its different colours. There is one fruit that deserves special recognition because it’s probably the world’s most universally consumed fruit and spans generations, as food from our toothless babies to our...
