Friday 27th April heralded a delightful opportunity for our music loving Rotarians who were treated to a magical evening of Sufi Music and Poetry at the iconic Darbar Hall of the Asiatic Library, Fort, Mumbai. The event was organised by the Fellowship Committee and hosted by the Urban Heritage Committee. All attending were welcomed with a high...
Dear friends, This one is for my Directors. The four who joined the Board in my term. Not to say the others are any less. They have all been exemplary. The interesting thing is that Past President Rumy Jehangir advised me once that "you will always have your friends, so don't think of stacking the Board with them". And...
Deepak Parekh is the Chairman of the Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC). By now, the corporation has financed over six million homes. Therefore, when he was presented the Citizen of Mumbai Award, it was a Rotarian who suggested, “He should be honoured not only as a citizen of Mumbai, but as a citizen of India.” As...
Thank you RCB and PP Rtn. Paul George for making their dream come true. 2 girls and 7 boys are proud to learn a skill for lifetime at YMCA swimming training camp with professional trainers, life guards and a very well maintained pool. In their words, Shadab said, “I feel superb after learning swimming. Learning how...
On 23rd April 2018 the beautiful Bay View Marina garden being maintained by the Cuffe Parade Residents Association (CPRA) got a little greener. The Rotary Club of Bombay (RCB) gifted a solar installation so that the energy-guzzling water pumps could now be powered entirely by solar energy. The occasion saw Mumbai South Member of Parliament...
“Are you ready to shop till you drop? “ was a mega festival organised by Big Bazaar. To make this real experience for our Ananda Yaan members we had a donor Mr Anup Jatia. Anup celebrated his father’s 75th birthday in a unique way. Anup and his wife, Shruti Jatia arranged for gift coupons of...
Skill and enthusiasm was on show as 23 Rotarians and kin turned up for our Club’s Third Annual Table Tennis Tournament held, as before, at the YMCA at Colaba. Jamshyd Vazifdar explained the format, stressing that it had been tweaked based on experience from the last two years, in an attempt to make it more fair...
The Bhavishya Yaan program at Byculla East Municipal School got its computer lab fitted with all brand new computers with the support of the Netarwala Foundation, courtesy Rtn. Shernaz Vakil. The Byculla school wore a festive look with students positioned by Mentor Rashmi Bapna on every floor, colourful rangoli decorations outside the Lab and smiles...
Dilip Doshi, former Indian cricketer, was invited to the weekly meeting last Tuesday, entrusted to share his thoughts on a very topical issue: Ethics. Although the subject has been well dissected by some of the greatest philosophers, Doshi’s perspective was rather refreshing. His sporting and business career inspired some very interesting parallels between sportsmanship and...
The Summer Camp for street children at the Salaam Balak facility at Marine Drive has been facilitated by the newly formed Child Welfare Committee chaired by Rajesh Shah. Rajesh and Rotaryanne Ekta have hit the ground running. Apart from this they have also planned to provide holistic care to students from the KG class to...