Birwa Qureshi, the guest speaker at our club meeting this week, made a presentation on celebrating Indian monuments with light and music. She showcased, to the utter delight of everyone in the audience, the untold and unparalleled beauty of some of our structures that are steeped in history and are an architectural marvel. Throughout her...
The Skill Development Committee (SDC) focusses upon guiding the children studying in the six Bhavishya Yaan (BY) schools about their future. Over the last three years, the number of 10th standard children taking the Aptitude Test (administered by YoungBuzz) as part of the SDC activities has been growing in leaps and bounds. Despite the challenges posed by...
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by the Minister for Industry Mr. Uday Samant and Mr. Prasad Lad (MLC Vidhan Parishad) for the village Development Programme in Gale (Vada) village and efforts taken to converge with various Government schemes for tribal villagers. The felicitation was accepted by President Vineet Bhatnagar and Rtn. Bimal Mehta. This was at a CSR conference organised...
Rotary Club of Bombay’s Lighthouse students participated in an Annual Taekwondo Competition organised by the DSB International School in Lower Parel on December 4th, 2022. Our children have been learning taekwondo weekly for the last three years and were ready to face external competition. We are proud to share that Rudra Meher from Lighthouse won three medals...
I STARTED CRRAFT OF ART ABOUT 13 YEARS AGO TO REINTRODUCE MONUMENTS TO PEOPLE - ESPECIALLY TO THE YOUTH TO BRIDGE THE WORRYING DISCONNECT THAT IS DEVELOPING WITH THEIR ROOTS. wanted to create an event to which they could relate and revisit in their mindspace. For this, I chose the monuments and to take them to...
Rotary Club of Bombay held a treasure hunt “Yeh Hai (South) Bombay Meri Jaan, on Sunday, December 4th, 2022. The hunt was organised by Rtn. Ptn. Ushma, Rtn. Gautam Doshi’s wife. We had seven teams in seven cars with a total of 37 members, their partners and children participating in the event.THE TEAM NAMES WERE -...
Tadoba Tiger Reserve, the last week’s fellowship trip by some of our members, was a delightful experience. Not only did we all enjoy the diversity and inclusivity of nature but also learned that right policies and conscious people can preserve this lasting character of our planet. To me, the trip was also a useful “feedback”...
Reserve in the last week of November. It was an eagerly anticipated trip with 42 attendees including Rotarians and partners. Several more had shown an interest but it was completely sold out. Our trip began with a flight to Nagpur and a twohour drive to Bamboo Forest Lodge at Tadoba. The resort was warm and welcoming,...
The alumni of the N M Joshi Marg Bhavishya Yaan project experienced a unique Equine Leadership Course at Mahalaxmi racecourse last week. Apart from lessons in leadership and team building, they enjoyed this experientially different event and, also, the brunch at the Turf Club afterwards. Our former students learnt the characteristics of a good leader. All...