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...
Thirty-four children from Bhavishya Yaan took part in a painting competition held at the Piramal Art Gallery, NCPA, by PP Rtn. (Dr.) Mukesh Batra, on March 7. The photographs, all of which were taken by Mukesh, an avid photographer, captured the essence of his travels across Rome, Venice, Amalfi and Positano and were sensational. The children...
The Rotary Club of Bombay’s Elder Care Committee and Cotton Green Committee organised a comprehensive check-up for members of the new Ananda Yaan Centre that opened at Dr. E Moses Road, Worli, recently. Members visited the Cotton Green Clinic on March 1, 2019. The check-up was smoothly coordinated by Vrushali Palwankar from the Rotary office and...
“There is a new food revolution all over India but there have been a couple of mini food revolutions in India in the last five or six decades. Each decade has seen a revolution. In Bombay, in the ’50s and ’60s if you wanted to go out to eat, you went to the local Chinese...
SEBI-registered research analyst Hemindra Hazari brings a lot of fire power to his talks. The cannons he fired at last Tuesday’s meetings were honest, brutal and showed up the mess India’s finance companies have woven around themselves. And all this is despite various levels of monitoring by government and independent agencies. Therefore, Hemindra examined the...