Rtn. Dr. Aashish Contractor: Globally, we have crossed a 110 million Covid cases with more than 2.4 million deaths. In India, we have crossed roughly 11 million cases with around 1.5 lakh deaths. So, clearly it has left its toll and it is something that we have not experienced in our lifetime and hopefully with...
WE SAW A DARING SIDE TO OUR ANANDA YAAN MEMBERS (AN INITIATIVE OF RCB IN ASSOCIATION WITH DIGNITY FOUNDATION) RECENTLY. The usually home-bound members took a break and enjoyed a picnic. RCB sponsored a one-day picnic for the Byculla Centre. 52 members with the coordinator visited Alibaug on February 20th, 2021. They breathed fresh and open-air at...
RCISME (Rotaract Club of Indian School of Management and Entrepreneurship) conducted Project Dil Se Dil Tak with Ananda Yaan (an initiative of RCB in association with Dignity foundation). An introduction broke the ice between the two groups. This was followed by a unique game which involved them doing a ramp walk with the members. Members were divided...
AWAITING THE JAB As we wait with bated breath for the news of when we need to visit the public or private facilities to roll up our sleeves and take the first vaccine shot, I cannot help but wonder at the sheer enormity of this exercise keeping in mind our overpopulated country. The BMC in Mumbai, and...
Partners-In-Service Directors of the Rotaract Club of Hinduja College Rtr. Palin Rathor and Rtr. Riya Jain organised a ‘Vocabulary Session’ for Bhavishya Yaan under the Initiative ‘Hinduja-E-Ryla’. This was conducted on February 8th, 2021, and 56 children across all BY centres attended the session. The guest speaker for the session was Ms. Shivani Mokashi, a final...
Child Welfare Committee of Rotary Club of Bombay in association with Sai Samartha Sanstha organised a drawing competition on February 14th, to celebrate Valentine’s Day. 400 children from chawls of Lower Parel and under-privileged children from surrounding areas participated in an art competition that showed their creative skills. This was organised at the BMC school of GK...
‘Multiplication is vexation, Division is as bad’: thus goes a nursery rhyme but not for our Lighthouse students any more. A Vedic Maths course introduced by co-ordinator Manisha Ahuja from NGO Vidya is the newest addition to their activity roster. Biweekly online classes are conducted by Ms. Rajashree Patne, an experienced teacher from Pune for classes 1...
THE SECOND WAVE The vaccine is out, the numbers were dropping, we were almost back to resuming our lives post lockdown (some happily, some reluctantly), and now suddenly it is almost like having an almost realized dream snatched away. It upset us, we ranted about the inconvenience of another lockdown/ restrictions forced on us; we blamed the...
DGN Sandip Agarwalla has been appointed Ambassador Coordinator of RAM – Global Rotary Action Group on Malaria for all of India, including District 3141. The Action Group will work with Sandip and his team to eliminate malaria from India just like polio. “The true meaning of life is to plant trees under whose shade you do not...
What are some of the broad travel trends you predict in the coming months? Domestic tourism is definitely not only looking up, but it is at a place that there is no turning back. There are the expected concerns, though, after the Mumbai local trains have opened up. We have seen the story play out everywhere...