The Rotary Club of Bombay won a bag full of Awards at the District Awards. We were awarded with 11 trophies, RI President’s Gold Citation, 5 Zonal Awards awarded to the District Committees of TRF, Public Image headed by Sandip Agarwalla, 8 Gold Certificates, TRF Polio award, PP Sandip also received the Distinguished Service Award and...
NCPA’s outreach programme delights senior citizens In December, both our Ananda Yaan Centres (joint initiatives of Dignity Foundation and Rotary Club of Bombay) got a golden opportunity when renowned Kathak artiste Seema Mehta and her two students performed at the centre. They were accompanied by Satyaprakash Mishra on the tabla. This was possible due to the...
“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” - Maimonides Rtn. Vineet Bhatnagar (MD, PhillipCapital India) began PhillipCapital’s association with RCB’s Bhavisha Yaan (G.K. Marg School). He inspired others in the company to play a role in BY’s growth. The...
Dear Friends, Very Warm Greetings!!! Recently, at a get-together with friends, someone asked: “So, what have you been watching lately on Netflix?” And it occurred to me that this is the question that has replaced ‘What have you been reading lately?’” Nowadays, most people subscribe to Netflix and Amazon Prime and have one or two shows to recommend....
Rtn. (Dr.) Kirpalani delineated all the stakeholders in medical care and outlined the challenges There has been a change in the way patients see doctors over the last 15 years, said Rtn. (Dr.) Kirpalani. “My father’s patients worshipped him as a God and meant it. Today, after having done 3,000 transplants, I too have patients...
The Rotary Club of Bombay is participating in a free, multipurpose Mega Medical camp in the Phoenix Mills Compound on January 18th & 19th, 2020 (10 am to 5 pm, both days). All Rotarians are requested to join medical doctors and Yoga teachers from Kaivalyadham, Lonavla and Mumbai to focus on Yoga as a means of...
Rtn. Suresh Agarwal turns Santa for kids across RCB projects In keeping with the Christmas spirit, Cricket Club of India hosted a fun-filled Christmas Party for around 2100 underprivileged children from various NGOs across Mumbai. The celebration, which took place on December 20th, 21st and 22nd at the Brabourne Stadium, brought together 850 children from the...
Dear Friends, Very Warm Greetings and A Very Happy New Year! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday, Christmas and New Year’s Celebrations. We certainly had a fun-filled Christmas Party, thanks to our wonderful Fellowship Committee. While we enjoyed our Christmas celebrations, a real Santa stepped out and it was none other than our very own Rtn. Suresh...
The drive to contribute something precious to art and culture made the art collector in Rtn. Manoj Israni donate Rs 75 lakh towards an LEED platinum certification for Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya and its façade lighting. Taking into consideration the climate change, the museum hopes to preserve the art collection against perpetual climate change by...
Christmas came to the Ananda Yaan centres at Byculla and Dr. E Moses Road (a joint venture between Dignity Foundation and Rotary Club of Bombay)! This year, the youngsters decided that they would celebrate Christmas with the senior citizens. At RCB’s Dr. E. Moses Road centre, students from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences organised the...
While the tiny tots were taught to show gratitude to their community helpers , the elder kids were shown the Movie of the Month: “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” which shows the true meaning of Christmas isn’t presents at all, but the people around you that you get to spend the day with. As part of...