THE ROTARACT CLUB OF JAI HIND COLLEGE ORGANISES #ARTFORCAUSE, A COMMUNITY SERVICE BASED INITIATIVE EVERY MONTH. IT IS HELD OVER A WEEK BY THE TEAM COMMUNITY SERVICE TO RAISE FUNDS FOR A CAUSE BY PROMOTING AN ART. The team helps small business owners of artistic items with sales and request them to donate 40 per cent...
OH COMMITTEE, MY COMMITTEE! A wise man by the name of Mattie Stepanek once said “In Unity is Strength” and to no other group of people does this stand truer than for my fellow Rotarians. It is only in our unity, comradery and shared passions that we have been able to achieve everything we have. While there...
Meher Marfatia – Invisible Mumbai, Hidden Gem Meher Marfatia began covering Bombay in the 90s. She was a young mother and was looking for things to do in and around the city. She often heard others say there was not enough for people to do in Bombay. In fact, she thought it was elitist. Her response...
LET ME EXPLAIN THE RAINBOW! We have all been hearing words and terms like pronous, non-binary, pansexual, The rainbow, the spectrum or my favorite The LGBTQIA+ community. And we all millennial and post generations are thoroughly confused. So let me complicate matters a little a more and tell you that the acronym has had a few...
BRANDS AND DESIGN HAVE AN INCREDIBLE VALUE IF THEY ARE UTILISED WELL IN AN ORGANISATION. THE PROBLEM IS THAT A LOT OF US THINK OF A BRAND AS A LOGO AND SO THE IMPACT OF BRAND IS LIMITED. TODAY I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE POWER OF BRAND TO TRANSFORM AN ORGANISATION AND INDIVIDUALS. Brand...
Acknowledging the fact that creativity is as necessary for the health of the body as yoga, Zumba, physiotherapy and mental health, Ananda Yaan held a creative session for its members on May 20th, 2021. Ms Sudha Barshikar taught our senior citizens how to make bags with old t-shirts and old dupattas. The method was simple...
IT’S GONNA BE HOT-HOT-HOT! In a city that experiences three different seasons of summer, it’s safe to say that “Summer Summer” is unbearable. Do you know the time of year when you are glad for the air conditioning in your car, building lobby, gym, stores, restaurants and secretly wished you could carry a built-in one around?...
SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT I HAVE ADDRESSED ROTARY ON HIV A FEW YEARS PREVIOUSLY. THEN, I SHARED THE EXAMPLE OF THE DECLINE OF THE INCA AND AZTEC POPULATIONS AFTER 1520. AT THAT TIME, AZTEC NUMBERS EXCEEDED 24 MILLION WHILE INCAS EXCEEDED 12 MILLION. AND, YET, THE ESPAGNOLE PREVAILED. NOT BECAUSE THEY BROUGHT WITH...
THE ROTARY CLUB OF BOMBAY PROVIDED COOKED FOOD FOR TWO WEEKS, FROM MAY 7TH TO 21ST, TO AROUND 800 TRIBALS FROM THE NOMADIC TRIBE OF THE VAIDU COMMUNITY IN MALAD AND ANDHERI. The Vaidu community in Maharashtra traditionally practiced medicine and healing with locally available herbs, plants and fruits. With modern medicine making inroads, their profession...
