The Tuesday meeting began not with a speaker as is typical, but a technical glitch that made the experience of singing the national anthem a little more heroic, for we had to keep in tune without being guided by the backing track. Till the last moment, many were unsure whether or not to assume that the...
Irfan Khan, a student from the first batch at Worli got his BSc degree from Mumbai University and is working in an IT company. Irfan who was initially guided by Rashna Cooper and was also a recipient of a scholarship from the Rotary Club of Bombay during his college days at Rizvi College is one...
50 elders from the Byculla Center Of Ananda Yaan were given a musical treat on April 1st 2018. Alert India the NGO that does great work in the area of leprosy control had organised a fund raiser in the form of a Sudesh Bhosle Music concert. Two donors decided to bus 50 elders to Chembur...
Sandokan, by the second half of the 19th century, was a young Indian prince diminished of his title and kingdom by British imperialists. To avenge this disastrous turn of events, he made constant attacks on the British forces, in his new avatar as the captain of a den of pirates. Although Sandokan is a character...
Dear friends, One of the things I was apprehensive about when I was taking over as President of the RCB was the rather daunting prospect of raising money for our large, meaningful and very necessary social service projects. Yet, I committed myself to one thing. I would not seek funds for my Rotary year alone. I would try and...
The Ajit Deshpande Medical Center at Talwada sports a hi-tech look at the TB Clinic where a Doctor uses a Tab to generate an e-prescription which is printed out on a wifi enabled printer. Technology enables our doctors to provide the best care possible to our underprivileged adivasis at Talwada. Congratulations Dr. Rohini and team!...
Rotarians and their guests were regaled by a powerful performance of ‘9 Parts of Desire’ a one-woman act by Ira Dubey. The award-winning, internationally acclaimed play by Heather Raffo was organised by the Urban Heritage Committee at Asiatic Library’s historic Darbar Hall, on March 17. The play is an unflinching look at the heartrending effect of...
Serena turned 9 on March 25th and even though she lives far away in the snowy climes of Geneva she is aware of the harsh treatment of elephants in India. On her 9th birthday Serena could have thought entirely of herself, instead she has chosen to make a birthday gift to the Rotary Club of Bombay,...
A visit to the Police Station changed the way children thought of police earlier. 27 students of GK Marg visited the Worli police station. The objective was to let students know that Police are important community helpers and our friends. It was an interesting and interactive session with the police in-charge. The children were given the...
On Monday March 12, 2018 the Rotaract Club of Lala’s College felicitated and inducted into their “Hall of Fame” RCB’s Rotaract Committee Project ‘Echo’ Echo was first started in 2015 and is an initiative to bridge the gap between the private and public sectors of education. It is the dream to see a day when no...