OUR MUSICAL fund-raiser, with Bollywood’s most sought-after vocalist Sonu Nigam on August 27, 2019 at the Tata Theatre, NCPA, offers you a unique opportunity to support one of India’s premier service institutions – Rotary Club of Bombay (RCB). Come join some of the country’s most illustrious philanthropists, Rajashree Birla, Ajay Piramal, Adi Godrej and Deepak Parekh, to...
Dear Friends, As I look back on the week gone by, I can only say that I am overwhelmed, seeing the commitment of my fellow Rotarians and Rotarian Partners and to see what we, as a force, can achieve. The speed at which each Committee is working on their projects is amazing. On July 6th, Rtn. Vineet...
EXCERPTS FROM ACTOR AAMIR KHAN’S INTERVIEW TO NDTV ON WATER MANAGEMENT What can Mumbai do? In cities like Mumbai, which receive a lot of rainfall, if all of us harvest the water instead of letting it go into the sea, it will help to reduce the load on water greatly. There are thousands of societies, complexes, houses,...
BETWEEN July 6th and 8th, 2019, our Water Resources Committee members Rtns. Vineet Suchanti and Bimal Mehta, together with RCB’s project manager Nikhil Sonawane, inaugurated water plants at Diksal Village in Ahmednagar. Elated villagers welcomed them with fanfare, music and fire-crackers. Subsequently, the team drove to another village Jogewadi, with a population of around 1,500, to...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set a goal for the nation to become a $ 5 trillion economy by 2024. This goal can only be met if the nation’s entrepreneurs achieve landmark growth. Rtn. Anil Harish and PP Shailesh Haribhakti discussed these issues in a panel discussion on the Union Budget 2019-20 with stock market...
MEMBERS of Rotary Club of Bombay are invited to digitise their historical and present medical records free of cost on a bank secure, user-id protected and online platform. This will allow seamless access to important health information at the click of your smartphone. This is much like your mobile banking portal. Moreover, you can share these...
OUR fondest memories growing up is listen to stories our grandparents told us! The Child Welfare Committee ensured that the Lighthouse and Salaam Baalak children did not miss out on these stories either. Puppet Nani told tales of a cold night in the jungle that didn’t let her sleep. Filled with mystery, animals and a...
While Mumbai came to a standstill because of the downpours last Tuesday, the Crystal Room at the Taj Mahal Palace was overflowing with warmth, fellowship and affection as the Rotary Club of Bombay welcomed its President for 2019-20, Rtn. Preeti Mehta. In her acceptance speech, President Mehta said, “Today, as I stand here as President of...
Dear Friends, With the New Rotary Year beginning, it is heartwarming to receive so many good wishes from our members, my family and friends. I thank each one of you for your wishes and support extended. We all are indeed looking forward to a great year ahead and I, in particular, am reaching out to each one...
Children of the Machimaar Community at Lighthouse show signs of all-round development Rtn. Hiranmay Biswas, Rtn. Rajesh Shah, Rtn. Sunita Mandelia and Rtn. Charu Agrawal spent an evening with children of Machimaar Community at Lighthouse, Bhadwar Park. An exhibition was held to mark the end of the summer camp on June 28th. Over 40 people, mostly families...