Bombay Durga Bari Samiti (BDBS) is a well-recognized and reputed organization of Mumbai which carries out philanthropic and charitable objectives. Under its auspices BDBS organizes the oldest Durga Puja in Mumbai (since 1930) as well as various other cultural and social festivals. BDBS has also been supporting other organizations involved in the education of the...
Our 90 Ananda Yaan members from both the centres celebrated an evening on 29th November at Nehru Centre, Worli. A night when the fusion of traditional Indian music and European music took centre stage with The Magic of Dinesh Mishra. Sri Dinesh Mishra is a well known Bansuri player and composer. He is a student of...
The Ambulance Van RCB donated to BSPCA after modification by fitting a ramp for larger animals....
The Sheriff of London knocked on the door of Richard Gresham and George Berisford, who were joint tenants of a house in Blackfriars. What happened next changed the world’s perception on privacy. Here’s a little backstory, as the Tuesday speaker, Darius Khambatta, a distinguished senior counsel, explained: Berisford died while in debt to Peter Semayne. As...
Dear friends, There are nine Australian students interning at our Bhavishya Yaan program in five Municipal Schools. It speaks volumes for the commitment of these foreigners and for the value this program affords. Along with 8 Western Sydney University students I am working at Bhavishya- Yaan Student Enrichment Project as an education intern for one month. This partnership...
Dear friends, The President of Rotary International is on a whistle-stop tour of India and he is in Mumbai for just one day, 12th December. Your Club is the Lead Host for a dinner at the Taj President Hotel where he will be attending the only official engagement of his brief stop-over. It would be nice to see...
It might be hard to put a name to the voice of a radio jockey, especially to one who gained his fame back when there was only one official radio station and not yet a billion listeners waiting to be entertained. Nevertheless, the Tuesday speaker doesn’t necessarily suffer the inadequacy of such a vocation because...
Over 60 Rotarians, Rotaryannes, their relatives and Rotaractors piled into a specially engaged bus, several cars and made the pilgrimage to Talwada on 26/11/17. This was a historic day in the life of the Talwada Eye centre, long known as the Kohinoor project of the Rotary Club of Bombay. Set up 39 years ago, the eye centre...
The underprivileged elders who visit the RCB Ananda Yaan Centre at Byculla were in for a surprise when they all got cup cakes as a little gift from the large-hearted Rtn. Vrinda Rajgarhiya. The elders enjoyed the midday snack. Thank you Vrinda....
Activities at NM Joshi by Jaya Prasad Secondary Section: 5th and 6th std. They were shown Cinderella movie on Saturday, 18th November. They then made Cinderella story books, and tried writing the story. 7th, 8th and 9th std. BHUMI conducted a session on Moral Values. They divided students into five groups to present the role play based on "Sorry...