Women trudged over a kilometre for water and men did not have water for their fields. Children did not have e-learning. All that has changed with RCB’s Intergrated Village Development Programme for Gumbadpada which has received very favourable press response since its launch. Solar energy powers a floating pump, pipes bring water up 1000 metre,...
CHILDREN and the elderly enrich each other’s lives when Ananda Yaan and Bhavishya Yaan come together. Daan Utsav is a time of giving. Giving can be in kind, which most people do, but one can also provide one’s service or knowledge and time. That is what our senior citizens of the Ananda Yaan, Byculla, did:...
“Few things are hidden from a quiet child with good eye sight” – Terry Pratchett. A comprehensive eye check-up for 200 children at GK Marg was done on October 3rd to make sure their eyes were healthy and they had no vision problems. Free spectacles will be given to all who need them. We thank Dr. Radhika...
Senior citizens break the Internet A post liked by 1.1 k people , 61 comments and 27 shares. We thank Shankar Mahadevan, the famous Indian singer and composer who is part of the trio of musicians Shankar- Ehsaan-Loy for posting about Ananda Yaan on his social media handle . Learning new tricks Debashree DasGupta, a music teacher/ consultant...
Dear Friends, Very warm greetings. Diwali or Deepavali is known as the Festival of Lights and based on various Hindu mythology, Puranas, skandas is celebrated to honour Ramachandra. The mythology and epic of Ramayana have it that Lord Ramachandra was the seventh avatar (incarnation) of god Vishnu and probably existed between 5,000 BCE or 1,250 BCE. It...
RCB commits to the Integrated Rural Development of village Gumbadpada A few months ago, PP Rtn. Ramesh Narayan suggested an interesting and unique project – the Integrated Rural Development of a village. RCB President Preeti Mehta and the Board of Directors took a momentous decision to adopt Gumbadpada village, a hamlet about 3 & ½ hour’s...
The 2019 Pfizer Surgical Volunteerism and Humanitarianism Awards has been conferred upon Rtn. (Dr.) Devendra Saksena for his contribution to the profession and to humanity. Devendra has received the prestigious award from the Board of Governors of Surgical Volunteerism and Humanitarian Award Workgroup. The ACS/Pfizer Surgical Humanitarian Award is given “In recognition of those surgeons who...
Health and well-being instructor, Mickey Mehta shared the secret of age reversal at the Tuesday meeting with Rotarians AGE REVERSAL may be a controversial subject but that does not mean one cannot work towards mitigating the effects of ageing. Last Tuesday, Mickey Mehta addressed the Rotary Club of Bombay on being Mickeymized. Mickey shared his ideas on...
Dear members, We are pleased to inform to you that Yoga Yaan training has been arranged in 10 BMC schools for the year 2019-20. Arrangements are as follows: GROUP A Name of schools: N M Joshi Marg Municipal School (Lower Parel), Byculla ( E) Municipal School (Byculla), G K Marg Municipal School (Lower Parel), Kavle Math Municipal School (Banganga) and New...
Dear Friends, Very warm greetings!!! Shashti Poorthi is an ancient Hindu tradition and is celebrated on completion of 60 years of age. This term is erived from Sanskrit, in which “Shashti” means 60 and “Poorthi” means completion. It marks completion of half the years of one’s lifetime as, in Hinduism, 120 years is considered the life span...
AN enticing mix of Soviet style architecture and ancient Islamic culture, Uzbekistan is a very important component of the Old Silk Route. The Fellowship & Assimilation Committee is very pleased to announce a short but a very exciting trip to Uzbekistan (Tashkent & Samarkand) between November 22nd and 25th (arrive back in Mumbai on November 26th...