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From the President’s Desk
March 14, 2023

In my previous article, I pondered that cultivating authenticity and letting go of what people think is critical to finding who you are and what is your original self so that you can lead a truer life. The more we are stuck in giving attention to what people think about us the less likely we are...

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Urban Heritage
March 3, 2023

The Urban Heritage Committee is delighted to report that its Adopt-a-Book Program has raised a whopping amount of INR 10.8 lakhs over the course of the last few months. Our own PP Shailesh Haribhakti has donated INR 5,00,000 to this cause to restore and digitize 50 books. Initiated by a drive at the recently concluded...

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From the President’s Desk
February 28, 2023

I am taking forward my reflections on love and belonging from my last two articles. One of the members in the audience asked a very puzzling question to Neema Majmudar when she addressed our Club – how does a family with a differently abled child still come to live with the faith that they have been fairly...

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Speaker / Gateway
February 28, 2023

KARISHMA SWALI The House of Chanakya is a luxury design firm, and our core is design excellence in exclusive hand craftsmanship. Our journey to showcase the age-old heritage of hand embroidery began when our father, Mr. Vinod Shah, founded Chanakya almost four decades ago, in 1986. Our country holds the deepest, widest, and most...

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Urban Heritage
February 10, 2023

'Repair and Restoration: Let's Talk about Mumbai's Modern Heritage', a presentation on Swastik Court by Atul Kumar, Founder Trustee, Art Deco Mumbai, followed by a conversation between architects Vikas Dilawari, Robert Stephens, and Atul. Venue: Durbar Hall, the Asiatic Society of Mumbai; 11th February, 2023. As part of the ongoing initiatives of The Urban Heritage Committee,...

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From the President’s Desk
February 7, 2023

“A PERSON OR A SMALL TEAM, COMMITTED TO A CAUSE BIGGER THAN THEMSELVES, CAN ACHIEVE ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING.” The word commitment kept coming up in my mind as I listened to Santosh Pise, founder of IndoScience Trust, and N Sudheer Kumar, Director of Capacity Building Public Outreach of ISRO, our speakers last Tuesday. Both use their love of...

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Speaker / Gateway
February 7, 2023

MR. SUDHEER KUMAR N, DIRECTOR CBPO, ISRO The Godrej family has been rendering a tremendous service to India and it’s an honour to receive an award from them on behalf of the Indian Space Research Organisation. As for the Rotary Club of Bombay, the faces of all its members, the different professions they come from and...

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Urban Heritage
February 4, 2023

The Killa-e-Lizzat culinary walk organised by RCB’s Urban Heritage Committee on February 4th began at 8.30 a.m. outside St Thomas’ Cathedral where 22 eager and hungry Rotarians began what was a delicious 3-hour and 2km food trail through Horniman circle and Fort, helmed ably by our guide, Riddhi Joshi and organised by the Asiatic Society,...

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From the President’s Desk
January 17, 2023

I was both surprised and thrilled to see a full room of our members to listen to our guest speaker this week. The founder of ArtDecoMumbai, Atul Kumar, was sharing with us the efforts of his not-for-profit organisation in working tirelessly to restore the stunning Art Deco structures that were constructed in 1930s in the...