Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan, cricketor Sunil Gavaskar shared laughs and lessons he learned along life’s way at the Tuesday meeting THE Rotary Club of Bombay was delighted to welcome Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan, Sunil Gavaskar, as a speaker for their weekly meeting on November 5th, 2019 at the Taj President Hotel. Rotarians were pleased...
Senior citizens of Ananda Yaan’s E Moses Centre (a collaboration between the Rotary Club of Bombay and The Dignity Foundation) celebrated the first-year anniversary of the centre. They prayed for the wellbeing and continuity of the centre at Maharashtra’s most important religious places. The journey took place on November 7th. An all-ladies team of 53 senior...
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OVER a hundred, 130 to be exact, children were included in the largest Diwali Party for 1500 underprivileged children at the Race Course. We are grateful to Ms. Sumangali and Mr. Nitai Mehta (whose organisation Praja was a recipient of our prestigious RCB citizen award from four years ago) for extending the invitation through the...
Urvashi Butalia shares real stories about real women spear-heading the change in India I AM going to share with you three stories of the kind of woman that we see everyday in our lives but don’t take much note of. Baby Halder: A domestic worker, she is the kind of woman who would work in our houses...
IN A great example of our Club’s committees working together to make a difference, we are able to provide an entire year’s supply of sanitary napkins to 66 girl students of our Night Study Centres. A big thank you to the Bhavishya Yaan Committee for directing their surplus stock to the Night Study Centre Committee....
October 11th is observed as the International Day of the Girl Child (IDGC). This year Population First, in association with SBI Foundation, organised a seminar on Saturday, October 19th, 2019 to mark the occasion of the DGC. The event featured two panel discussions on education, health and empowerment issues followed by a scintillating performance by...
OCTOBER 17TH, 2019, India –PP Rtn. (Dr.) Mukesh Batra was honoured and invited by the tourism department of Western Australia to photograph the Wild Flowers of Western Australia and conduct a charitable photoexhibition in India and later in Perth, Australia. As part of his visit, Mukesh was also invited to present an address during the...
At the Dignity Senior Citizen’s Centre at Jogeshwari, Inner Wheel Club of Bombay arranged a soul-stirring Music Therapy Session on October 15th, 2019. Conducted by Manasi Kelkar, daughter of the famous playback singer Uttara Kelkar, Manasi transformed 60 men and women of the Day Care Centre, encouraging them to shedding their inhibition, sing along, laugh...
PP Rtn. SANDIP AGARWALLA speaks with RIPN SHEKHAR MEHTA about his Rotary and personal journey from the Calcutta Mahanagar Club to the 18th Floor of the Rotary World office in Evanston, USA and even dares to ask, which of the two he finds more exhilarating! Sandip Agarwalla: Thank you for doing the interview with me Shekhar,...
Dear Fellow Rotarians. Hope you enjoyed your Diwali break. Once again, I wish you and your dear ones, a Very Happy Samvat New Year 2076!!! The Diwali Party on October 23rd was extremely well organised in every aspect. Thanks to Rtn. Ashok Jatia and the team for their efforts and taking care of minute details – we...