What exactly is a coin? It’s just a piece of metal. It can be any metal, any shape. Gifting a coin to someone, say a silver coin, does not make it currency. For it to become a currency, it has to have someone who has issued it and who takes a guarantee for it. That...
The Rotary Club of Bombay’s Elders Day Care Centre is a tribute to the elders of our society. This has been constructed in Aawas Village, Alibaug, and has become an important focal point for elders to meet daily and spend their time in togetherness with worthwhile activities. The elders who were lonely at home with not very...
Have you heard of normal people like you and me walking on hot coals? Not as a parlour trick but as part of a deliberate inclusion in corporate offsite sessions. Why would someone include a trick such as walking on hot coals as a part of, say, a leadership programme? It is to simply break...
INDO-GERMAN RELATIONS GO QUITE FAR BACK IN TIME. SOMETIMES WE FORGET THE HEYDAYS OF INDO GERMAN RELATIONS WHEN A LOT OF INDIAN STUDENTS CAME TO BERLIN AND OTHER CITIES IN GERMANY to study engineering, technology and all sorts of academics. And, also, to exchange with each other ideas of liberty and freedom, and the idea...
ADULT LITERACY GRADUATION CEREMONY IN PALGHAR The Rotary Club of Bombay along with our generous donor CDSL, our Computer Based Functional Literacy (CBFL) solution partner, TCS successfully trained and certified 4,100 beneficiaries via 142 prerikas over a period of four months ending February 2023. 124 villages were covered in three blocks, i.e., Jawhar, Mokhada and Sapahale. The...
The Fellowship and In Camera committee organised “Dealing with Dementia” on March 10th, 2023. This is a topic that is of interest and concern to many of us. Well known neurologist Dr. Jimmy Lalkaka gave an insightful presentation on different types of dementia and therapies currently available as well as steps we can take to reduce...
Vision, Mission and Values are terms we often see in the corporate world and many of us struggle to find corresponding ones as individuals. There is also an added pressure that we take upon ourselves to identify and pursue some unique vision of our own. We have come to believe that a vision that is...
On March 9th, 2023, RCB’s IWA (International Women’s Association) Clinic conducted a health check-up for 42 Primary children of Bhavishya Yaan, GK Marg. Their height and weight were noted down along with a physical exam and dental examination. Almost 90 per cent of the kids were revealed as having dental problems and anaemia. The teachers were told...
The Adult Literacy Programme (ALP), started by RCB for Mumbai’s Vaidu tribal women in association with TCS, aims to provide education. This month, we invited officers from the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) to share information with our learners on making documents like Aadhar card and Pan card. An MCGM officer also explained many useful government schemes...
On February 21st, 2023, President Vineet Bhatnagar felicitated four NMJ school Bhavishya Yaan (BY) alumni: Shraddha Dilip Babar, Sayali Suresh Dakare, Vedant Chandrakant Kadam, and Vaibhav Dnyaneshwar Patil for their service to their alma mater. They were all given certificates in recognition of the same. Our BY alumni are doing very well since graduating. Shraddha Dilip Babar,...
Master Samaksh Israni celebrated his 9th birthday with his young friends at RCB’s Lighthouse Project. He organised a nutritious treat of south Indian cuisine topped with cold drinks and a music learning session for the 90 children. His baby steps are tenderly moving to fill the big shoes of his graceful grand-dad Rtn. Shivkumar Israni and...