“The Annual Report of the Rotary Club of Bombay for the year 1st July 2020 to 30th June 2021 be and is hereby adopted.” “The Audited Statement of Accounts of the Rotary Club of Bombay for the year 1st July 2020 to 30th June 2021 be and are hereby adopted.” “The Audited Statement of Accounts of the...
There were 300 Rotarians and their spouses at the glittering evening function. The chief guest was Rotary International President Shekhar Mehta. Rtn. Gulam Vahanvaty – TRF Trustee and other past District Governors (PDG) gave motivational speeches to the Rotarians and recognised the Rotary Clubs, major donors and Arch Klumph Society Members (AKS members). The Rotary Club...
Our thanks to the hosts of the Christmas Nite: Rtn. Anand Parikh, Rtn. Anita Patel, PP Ashish Vaid, Rtn. Christopher Bluemel, IPP Framroze Mehta, Rtn. Kasimali Merchant , Rtn. Laxmi Maneklal, Rtn. Manjeet Kripalani, Rtn. Manoj Patodia , Rtn. Pradeep Chinai, Rtn. Priyasri Patodia, Rtn. Raj Ajmera, PP Ramesh Narayan, Rtn. Sabira Merchant , Rtn. Sameer...
DURGA MALLU GUDILU I am missing my mother a lot today because she was always with me when I received any award, but she is not here today. I dedicate my 81st award to her. We were distributing ration kits last year, when she passed away in one of the Covid waves. I am determined to...
When I was Chairman of Parliament’s External Affairs Ministry, the position from which I was defenestrated after five years in 2019, I always proudly articulated our tradition, that political differences stop at the water’s edge. That there isn’t a Congress foreign policy or BJP foreign policy, only an Indian foreign policy and Indian national interest....
BECAUSE WE ARE RCB Last week, as we left the Mokhada fields and watched the grateful farmers and their families wave goodbye, it occurred to me that it was so easy to actually transform their lives; so why could we not do more? Every Rotarian could feel the joy of impacting and improving the life and livelihood...
The Rotary Club of Bombay, in association with Dignity Foundation, organised a musical event for our Ananda Yaan centres on November 26th, 2021. V.G. Abraham and Minakshi Adsule, volunteers from Entertainment for Senior Citizens, conducted live performances for our Dr. E Moses Road and Byculla centres. As it was live, members were able to request the...
We are in a country that has had a culture of organising large-scale education for a long time. Nalanda University, which I was fortunate to visit a couple of years ago, is at least 1600 years old. So, education is not a new concept here but perhaps we are thinking of its relevance in modern...
The Rotaract Club of Sydenham College (RCSC) has a new event named ‘Let’s Eco brick’. Eco bricks is a plastic packed bottle with used plastic to set density to create a reusable building block. It can be used to create modular items, furniture, garden walls and other structures. Meaning, your leftover plastic is going into...
English literacy classes for the Mothers’ Programme at Lighthouse continue to be conducted weekly. This is an online initiative to enable mothers engage better with what their children learn. It also makes them more confident when dealing with their child’s school. Over the months, we have noticed a change in the attitude of the mothers. They...