The Free Press Journal newspaper hosted an event organised by Youth Equine Leadership for the alumni of Bhavishya Yaan, the widely acclaimed Student Enrichment Project of the Rotary Club of Bombay. Shubh Vilas Prabhu, author and spiritual teacher, drew references from Indian scriptures as well as simple examples to share leadership lessons to the audience. The...
THE LAST HURRAH From Covid-induced brain fog to a Parisian hurrah it’s been a roller-coaster of a year. The pandemic played hide-and-seek with our members and projects not allowing us to operate as we normally would have done. Since then, it’s been a frantic race to revive, renew and re-vitalise our mandates with the communities we serve. I have...
June 11th, 2022, was a lovely day for Project Chalaang as Ms. Ishti Agrawal and her friends joined 127 students from the Vaidu tribal community. Rtn. Charu Agrawal’s daughter Ishti and her friends planned a back-toschool themed art and craft session. This was followed by a football match between two teams. Whole environment was filled with...
Rotaract Club of ISME wanted to install a community fridge for the needy by encouraging localities near the fridge to stock it with leftovers, fresh food, etc. Passersby who cannot make their ends meet, can take whatever food is available in this fridge at that time. We found a society in D.N. Nagar, Deep CHS. LTD....
RCB BOWLING CHALLENGER IN ASSOCIATION WITH ROTARY SATELLITE CLUB OF BOMBAY An exciting RCB sporty evening took place on June 14th, 2022, when, for the first time, a Sports Bowling Fellowship was held in association with the newly launched Rotary Satellite Club of Bombay. The RCB Bowling Challenger seemed to have brought out the child in...
By Nadir Godrej According to Steven Pinker And supported by many a thinker, The world’s becoming a better place Though at a slow but steady pace. And yet there are problems for sure And climate change is at the fore. Inequality is also dire And maybe getting so much higher. If progress on all these is...
BEST COMMITTEE – COMMUNITY SERVICE (donated by Board of directors Rotary Club of Bombay) INTEGRATED VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Rtn. Mihir Mody, PP Ramesh Narayan, IPP Framroze Mehta, PP Preeti Mehta BEST COMMITTEE UNDER COMMUNITY SERVICE - COMMUNITY UPLIFTMENT (donated by PP Ajay Kanoria) TRIBAL UPLIFTMENT COMMITTEE Rtn. Rhea Bhumgara LATE PP. DR. P.M. SANGANI MEMORIAL TROPHY BEST COMMITTEE UNDER COMMUNITY SERVICE - HEALTH (donated by Rtn. Ptn. Prabhavati Sangani) TALWADA COMMITTEE Rtn. Homi Katgara BEST COMMITTEE UNDER COMMUNITY SERVICE (donated by Late Rtn. Govind Advani) BHAVISHYA...
In court and jail To mark International Day of Yoga on June 21st, 2022, Rotary Club of Bombay organised a special session for the Honourable Judges at District Civil & Sessions Court (Fort, Mumbai). Archana Shah, a Hatha yoga and Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga teacher, designed the module not just to teach participants techniques but also stress management. A similar session...
“Happy birthday to you!” sang a chorus of small voices as President Shernaz Vakil cut the cake. The function, held on June 17th, 2022, saw our President Shernaz Vakil celebrate her special day with our Lighthouse class. To accommodate everyone comfortably, students were split into two batches with the K.G. tots arriving first followed by the...
Creating awareness has been an important aspect at Lighthouse. So, we taught our little children environment-friendly habits such as switching off the lights when they leave a room or if they don’t need it to be on, turning off the tap, disposing trash in bins and keeping small bowls of water for birds and animals....