Dear Friends, I hope everyone had a colourful Holi. Thank you to Rtn. Naresh Jain and Rtn. Mohit Jain for hosting such a fabulous Holi bash. Our 90th year celebrations kicked the week off to a good start. My heart-felt thanks to all the guests who made it and we sure missed those who couldn’t be with...
Dear Friends, Water is life. Ensuring that everyone has water is our duty. Last week, we inaugurated a UVbased, safe drinking water plant at the Malabar Hill Post Office. I’m glad that the Water Resource Committee installed this right before the scorching summer. On March 13, St. Thomas Hospital and Sree Narayana Institute of Medical Science inaugurated...
POLICYMAKERS AND LEADERS MUST ASK THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT OF THEIR FUTURE. HUMAN KIND ITSELF, AS A SPECIES, MUST KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION Indian-American anthropologist Arjun Appadurai has lived in the US for 50 years while his research and teaching has revolved around India. Many of the Rotary Club of Bombay’s Rotarians knew...
RCB inaugurates safe drinking water facility at Malabar Hill Post Office The Water Resources Committee of the Rotary Club of Bombay has installed a UV-based safe drinking water plant at the Malabar Hill Post Office. The equipment was supplied by Eureka Forbes Limited and is inclusive of a one-year warranty and two-year maintenance. The installation will benefit...
BACK TO THE FUTURE A DECADE FROM NOW, WHEN THE ROTARY CLUB OF BOMBAY TURNS HUNDRED, WE WILL LOOK BACK AND SEE HOW WE HAVE SERVED THOSE IN NEED. This will not be to rest on our laurels but to gauge the work done and to evaluate what remains to be done. These are uncertain times. Political...
Shri C.H. Vidyasagar Rao took charge as Governor of Maharashtra on August 30, 2014. He brings with him a vast and varied experience of public service. A senior leader from Telangana, Shri Vidyasagar Rao has served as Union Minister of State for Home Affairs and subsequently as Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry in...
The Rotary Club of Bombay is proud of former IMC President Rtn. Nanik Rupani for being appointed “Namami Gange” for his contribution towards the Clean Ganga Fund. Nanik handed over a cheque of Rs 25 lakh to Union Minister Nitin Gadkari. The Rotary Club of Bombay congratulates PP. Rtn. Shailesh Haribhakti on being appointed Chairman of...
Dear Friends, I would like to take this opportunity to inform you about the Rotary Club of Bombay’s Kerala Relief Fund. The collections gathered have been used in purchasing equipment for St. Thomas Hospital and Sree Narayana Institute of Medical Science. On March 13, we will inaugurate the equipment in Kerala. A big day approaches next week...
The subject of last Tuesday’s talk was ‘The new food revolution’. That would make the guest speaker – a food blogger of repute – Kalyan Karmakar, a revolutionary. However, Kalyan is more documentarian than a part of any resistance. His talk skated through milestones that have brought food consciousness to where it stands today. Affable...
Realising that old age is a second childhood and a time when one needs love and care, 17 Interactors of the Interact Club of Bharda New High visited an old age home – Our Lady of Piety – at Vijaywadi, Chira Bazar, at 11.30 am along with their moderators Mrs. Tasneem Gilitwala, Mrs. Shubhangi and Principal...