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Dear Friends, My very warm greetings to each of you. A few days ago, India launched Chandrayaan-2, its second lunar exploration mission after Chandrayaan-1 a decade ago. The launch of Chandrayaan-2 brings back fond memories. First, of our very own Mission to Future, for our Municipal school children, Bhavishya Yaan project, which also was launched a decade...

Former Commissioner of Police, Mumbai and more recently India’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Javed Ahmad reflects on changing political relationships POLICING in India or a big state like Maharashtra or a metropolitan area like Mumbai is a challenge. This is not just because of the number of people, but also the rollercoaster nature of our vibrant...

THE RCB water committee has been busy. Three more villages were supplied with safe drinking water facilities through the Club’s Jal Jeevan programme for rural Maharashtra. On July 12th and 13th, 2019, our Water Resources Committee members Rtns. Abhishek Saraf and Akhil Sanghi, together with RCB’s project manager Nikhil Sonawane, inaugurated water plants in Rajderwadi (Nashik),...

Dear Friends, My very warm greetings to each of you. THERE ARE some distinctive and wonderful activities that our Rotary Club of Bombay has to its credit. In the very recent past, we have witnessed one such event – thanks to our very own Rtn. Ptn. Devi Narayan, our elders from the Ananda Yaan centres had the...

THE ROTARACT Club of Hinduja College successfully conducted its Installation Ceremony ‘Junoon’ on July 13th, 2019 at the K.P.B Hinduja College of Commerce. More than 150 guests attended the event. The installation was graced by the presence of Chief Guest DRR Rtr. Kushal Bhuva while the guests of honour were Rtn. Sunita Mandelia, Dr. Antara...

ANANDA SEVA is a unique opportunity for all Rotarians and their friends to get involved with elders. You can celebrate special days or make any day special for Ananda Yaan (AY) members by giving them experiential opportunities such as learning a new activity, participating in a satsang, enjoying a tasty snack or going for...

Shekhar Gupta takes a post-Budget look at the Narendra Modi style of leadership THE BIGGEST positive of the past five years is that a lot of money/ value was delivered to poor India. There were three and a half good schemes. First: free toilets; second: housing via the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and third: free LPG...

A HUGE thank you to Rtn. Indu Shahani and her team for spending their valuable time with Bhavishya Yaan students and giving them the opportunity to attend career guidance sessions at ISME. A staggering 217 students from the BY alumni and standard 10 attended the sessions conducted especially for Bhavishya Yaan. Each child was free to...

SIXTY-FOUR children from the Garden School visited the IWA clinic on Wednesday, July 10th, 2019 for a health check-up. The children were between four and five years old and given general and dental check-ups. Each one was also examined by the paediatrician. Their height and weight were taken by volunteers including Rtn. Arin Master and Rtn....

THE ROTARY Club of Bombay’s Rtn. S. K. Mitra attended the installation ceremony of the new President at Rotary Club of Calcutta, Rtn. Purnendu Roy Chowdhury. This year, the Rotary Club of Calcutta celebrates a hundred years. It is the first Rotary Club to be established in India....