A special session was conducted on Janmashtami for students of standards 1 and 2 of the Lighthouse Project. Janmashtami songs, stories, and a mind map on the flute; all this and a craft activity to make flutes from newspapers. Students spoke a sentence each on their flute....
OUR UNSUNG HEROES The backbone of Rotary’s many projects that require personal intervention are truly our Rotarian Partners. We may envision a project, fund it, but in many cases, it is the Rotarian Partner who takes over the day-to-day implementation. So much so that often, they actually direct the project and the way it should go. They...
WEvolve This project reminded members that no matter how challenging life gets or how occupied we constantly are, we should always find time to do activities which make us happy and make us feel content. WEvolve was held in the first week of our new Rotaract year, from July 1st to 7th, 2021. A WhatsApp...
It is a pleasure to be here. I can see my CV doesn’t have all the other attributes that Avaan mentioned. I think it boils down to my mother who is also listening today, who was determined that her daughter had to do everything to make her eminently marriageable. We are followers of the Bahai...
The street children from Salaam Baalak at the Chowpatty centre get a daily nutritious evening snack organised by RCB’s Child Welfare Committee. Since offline schools have not yet begun, this is their only assured hot and nutritious meal of the day. Ms. Agnes, from Salaam Baalak, recently shared a thank you message for RCB. She...
The Rotaract Club of H.R. College organised The Lunchbox on August 24th, 2021, and distributed food amongst the poor. Members were asked to contribute food as per their wish and they successfully packed 450 boxes and distributed them in areas of Marine Lines and Grant Road. The boxes included items such as theplas, bread, chaas/juices, sauces,...
What are your thoughts on the valuations of the Listed Equity markets which, in turn, affects the valuations of the Private markets? Gautam, you have a much tougher challenge than me being an investor in these frothy markets, it is truly a challenge. And I think putting money to work in private markets is probably even...
The Team Partners- In-Service of Rotaract Club of Hinduja College organised ‘Stitch Craft’, a two-day event, for Interactors of Anjuman-I-Islam Allana High School on August 14th & 15th, 2021. The main aim of the event was to teach stitching, a vocational skill, to the Interactors. After a small introduction by Rtr. Smriti Tomar, Rtr. Palin Rathor...
75 key events from India’s recent past were covered by the Bhavishya Yaan kids in video format, to celebrate India’s 75th Independence Day, on August 15th, 2021. Events were assigned to each BY school and the teachers worked with the children to research the event and prepare their speeches. The children made their own videos, and...
Miyawaki is a technique pioneered by Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki, that helps build dense, native forests. The approach is supposed to ensure that plant growth is 10 times faster and the resulting plantation is 30 times denser than usual. It involves planting dozens of native species in the same area, and becomes maintenancefree after the...