Singer Sonu Nigam put his vocal chords to good use with his stellar performance at the Rotary Club of Bombay’s headlining fund-raiser TUNE TOH PAL BHAR MEIN CHORI KIYA REY JIYA… SONU NIGAM THE Rotary Club of Bombay’s fundraiser “Sonu Nigam- Live in Concert”, held on August 27th, 2019, at NCPA was a great success, thanks to...
Dear Friends, IndIAA Awards were presented on August 26th, with glitz and glamour. IAA Rotary Campaign for Good for Elders Award, presented by District Governor Harjit Talwar and yours truly, is relevant to us Rotarians. This campaign is a testimony that when ‘Good meets Good’, it creates the best of the best. An issue which we...
ON Thursday, August 22nd, 2019, students of the Lighthouse class were treated to a storytelling session by a professional storyteller. Sarita Shetty – Creative Writer and Head of Operations of Little Readers Nook, Bandra – a storyteller par excellence, enthralled the children with the story of Krishna’s birth. She used simple props like coloured dupattas...
Dear Friends, Very warm greetings. “13 Steps to Bloody Good Health” co-authored by our PP Rtn. (Dr.) Mukesh Batra (a man of many talents) along with Ashwin Sanghi is a must read for all age groups. We were fortunate to get a first-hand account of these two celebrities’ experiences in authoring this book. As the authors stated,...
THE Rotary Club of Bombay celebrated Raksha Bandhan at both our Ananda Yaan centres in Byculla and Dr. E. Moses Road. The event was conducted by followers of the Brahma Kumari movement and coordinated by our project partners, Dignity Foundation. The speakers explained the true meaning of Raksha Bandhan and how it is not necessary for...
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The Child Welfare Committee organised an Independence Day celebration on August 15th, 2019 for Lighthouse students from classes 3 to 5.Held by the machimaar community, Rtn. Charu Agrawal and Ms. Manisha Ahuja from Vidya, our project partners, attended the celebration to encourage the children and the community. Around 300 people from the community gathered and, since...
THE Rotaract Club Of Hinduja College held an event named Ashirwaad on August 14th, 2019. This was a one-day project to celebrate Raksha Bandhan with Ananda Yaan members. Rotaractors tied rakhis to every member with a traditional aarti, and sought their blessings. Their very own director Rtr. Yash played the National Anthem on a guitar and...
Rtn. Tara Deshpande talks with author Ashwin Sanghi and co-author PP Rtn. (Dr.) Mukesh Batra on their book 13 Steps to Bloody Good Health! Tara: Ashwin, tell us more about the title. Ashwin: I hold the world record of most rejected authors in the world; 47 publishers rejected my first book and I was very depressed. My...
SUJIT Singh, a 5th Dan Black Belt, holds weekly training sessions for our Lighthouse students in taekwondo, a Korean martial art form. Singh, who hails from a low-income family, began learning taekwondo at the age of 11. A black belt was conferred upon him by the Taekwondo Federation of India in 1997 and...
On August 12th, Rotary Club of Bombay, its partners and the children of Lighthouse, along with the fishermen community, came together to clean a beach in Cuffe Parade. The Child Welfare Committee organised this for the second year in a row to get the beach ready for Nariyal Poornima. This day is auspicious for the fishermen...