As an end-of-year treat, around 32 Lighthouse students from ages 6 to 11 years were taken to see Snow White and the 7 Dwarves – A Broadway Musical at the Royal Opera House on Saturday, April 23rd, 2022. The production, staged by Vishal Asrani Institute of Performing Arts in association with Pioneer Drama Co. USA, was a...
KASHMIR FILES Here I am, writing to you from paradise on earth! Having driven straight from the Srinagar airport to Pahalgam, we were transported from the heat and dust of our city to the cool, clean climes of another world. Over silken roads, some of which were built as emergency runways, we almost flew to the pines and...
It’s easy to make our young ones reach for the stars. Spectators watched as children of RCB’s Lighthouse Project dressed as stars performed the lively Starjump Dance. It was the finale of the Lighthouse K.G. summer camp, held on April 15th, 2022, and the Starjump Dance was followed by three-year-olds swaying to Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. The show...
Our Lighthouse students visited Meandering through a Mapped Canvas, an exhibition pf restored maps organised by the Royal Asiatic Society at Asiatic Library and the Rotary Club of Bombay. The youngsters were taken on a guided tour of the city (and country) through maps. From 400-yearold specimens that had been painstakingly restored to ‘new’ 75-year-old ones,...
Rotary Club of Bombay in association with Vipla Foundation enthusiastically kickstarted Project Chalaang on April 21st, 2022. President Shernaz announced that this is part of RCB’s concerted effort to uplift the tribal Vaidu community. Chalaang is the leap that tribal children will take towards making a better future. From begging off the streets of Juhu beach...
The Ananda Yaan senior citizens of Dr. E Moses Road got the opportunity to watch a movie in the theatre after a long time thanks to Rtn. Ajit Lalvani. He sponsored a movie screening at Phoenix Mall and popcorns for our elderly as a treat during the movie....
You began composing at the age of 14; can you share a glimpse? My father, Shri Sardar Malik Sahab, who is no more with us, but a certain generation may remember his iconic song: ‘Saranga teri yaad mein’. Daddy had no work; he was immensely talented but no work. I realised that when I was only...
SUSTAINABILITY I find the word sustainability thrown about a lot in the Rotary world and especially at RCB. What is the actual meaning of a sustainable project? Is it that the project can sustain without any further Rotary intervention or is it that the project will continue to provide succour to the needy on a sustainable basis? Though I...
The story of British Bombay begins with one solitary European structure, the former Manor House of the Portuguese landlord of Bombaim, Garcia da Orta, which was quickly rechristened Bombay Castle. Seen here in the exhibition through the Dutch clergyman Phillipus Baldaeus’ view from the 1670s, the entire fort of Bombay was centered around this one structure. The...
Thanks to Rtn. Sheila Bulchandani for her warm and generous hospitality and to Rtn. Ptn. Kanan and Rtn. Ravi Fotedar for the indepth talk on the culture and history of Kashmir! We are all prepped to go!...