The Rotary Club of Bombay’s last meeting for the 2017 to 2018 year began with President Ramesh Narayan acknowledging the efforts and passion of all the committee members, office bearers, and past presidents. Reflecting upon what he said at the beginning of the year, “We are the warriors we were waiting for,” President Narayan believed...
We have stepped into the new Rotary Year. I am thankful for your support and good wishes that each and everyone has expressed in the past few days. We have already collected funds worth 1.5 crores. As quoted by Helen Keller, “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” The more the...
Narrating an incident from a few years ago, Vijay Jatia took to the stage for the first time with his new title - President Jatia. Once, while travelling from Mangalore to Mumbai with his son Mudit, his son was stopped at the boarding gate. The official at the gate asked Mudit, “Are you a Jatia?...
Rotarian Paul George during his presidency motivated the first video production of the four-way test by our Club. Since the earlier plays were enacted ‘live’ twice, it was decided to produce a movie – but in Hindi. Many of the Rotary Clubs all over the country are far more comfortable with Hindi movies than English. Our...
To: The Rotary Club of Bombay From: Sarla Kripalani (wife of Rotarian past President Dr. Nari Kripalani, Hyderabad Sindh) (Mother of Rotarian Manjeet Kripalani) Dear Rotary Club, I read in the Rotarian (may 2018 issue) that the Rotarians have planted a “Tree of Friendship” in Iceland. This resonated with me. Many decades ago, in the 1940s, my father-in-law, Rao Bahadur Dr. Manghanmal S. Kripalani,...
Child welfare committee of RCB has organised a summer camp for street children at Chowpatty. These children could thus spend their summers learning various things and enjoying playing together. Children look forward to learning computers through the year which was introduced to them for first time at this centre as RCB donated computers to the centre....
With an unending list of accolades and accomplishments up her sleeve, Dr. Vandana Shiva’s introduction already had the audience awestruck. Dr. Shiva was originally trained as a physicist, who used to “sleep and dream the quanta,” until her attention turned to agriculture after the two tragedies of 1984: the eruption of Punjab violence and the...
Dear friends, There are some important updates I need to give you’ll. Firstly, work is currently on to convert the Ajit Deshpande Medical Centre (ADMC) at Talwada into a really modern and comfortable place for our patients and doctors. Towards this, three new dental chairs have been ordered. A new X'Ray machine (digitised) has been ordered. And...
Our column Rotarians making waves usually carries a picture and some news about a Rotarian in the news. But then there are those Rotarians who make news without being in front of the lens themselves. And Rtn. Biswajit Chakraborty (BC) is one of those. The news report published here is about making the wishes of...