DG Sandip Agarwalla, a member of the Rotary Club of Bombay for 32 years, spoke about his passion for RCB as he stepped up to the podium on his Official Club Visit last week. While congratulating all the hard work of the year past and the success of RCB President Vineet Bhatnagar, he also reflected...
Earlier this week, I was acquainted with the theme of Rotary International for the next year – Create Hope in the World. Upon reflection, I realised how powerful these words are. “Hope” is an abstract noun but “Create Hope” makes it an action verb. A deliberate attempt to capture the essence of what is created...
On the evening of April 20th, 2023, President Vineet and Rangita Bhatnagar, along with Past President Vijay and Gauri Jatia, hosted a delightful fellowship dinner for members of the Rotary Club of Bombay. The event took place at the Vivarea Clubhouse, a beautiful new venue, where 160 members and their partners were in attendance. The venue...
On April 21st, 2023, the Cotton Green and IWA committee arranged a club visit to the Cotton Green Clinic to give members an opportunity to witness firsthand the excellent work being done at the clinic, which serves the underprivileged in the area. Rtn. Rahil Shah and Rtn. Anar Shah, chairperson and co-chairperson of the committee,...
The Rotaract Club of Hinduja, together with the Rotary Club of Bombay, recently organised a fun-filled outing for the members of Ananda Yaan. Dubbed “Visit to Pagoda,” the annual trip took place at the Global Vipassana Pagoda in Borivali. The Global Vipassana Pagoda in Mumbai is a beautiful monument that pays tribute to Gautama Buddha and his...
What exactly is a coin? It’s just a piece of metal. It can be any metal, any shape. Gifting a coin to someone, say a silver coin, does not make it currency. For it to become a currency, it has to have someone who has issued it and who takes a guarantee for it. That...
The Rotary Club of Bombay’s Elders Day Care Centre is a tribute to the elders of our society. This has been constructed in Aawas Village, Alibaug, and has become an important focal point for elders to meet daily and spend their time in togetherness with worthwhile activities. The elders who were lonely at home with not very...
Have you heard of normal people like you and me walking on hot coals? Not as a parlour trick but as part of a deliberate inclusion in corporate offsite sessions. Why would someone include a trick such as walking on hot coals as a part of, say, a leadership programme? It is to simply break...
INDO-GERMAN RELATIONS GO QUITE FAR BACK IN TIME. SOMETIMES WE FORGET THE HEYDAYS OF INDO GERMAN RELATIONS WHEN A LOT OF INDIAN STUDENTS CAME TO BERLIN AND OTHER CITIES IN GERMANY to study engineering, technology and all sorts of academics. And, also, to exchange with each other ideas of liberty and freedom, and the idea...