Rakhi with Khaki was a community service initiative by the Rotaract Club of Hinduja College to celebrate Raksha bandhan with our police force. The event was conducted in three states – Maharashtra (Mumbai) at V.P Road Station, Rajasthan (Jodhpur) at Sardarpura Police Station, and Madhya Pradesh (Gwalior) at Morar Police Thana. The police were kind enough...
Prize distribution for SSC scholars of Bhavishya Yaan was carried out offline by each school separately. About 60 students of 2020 and 70 students of 2021 were awarded prizes, with the overall toppers receiving mobile phones, top 8 from each school receiving wireless earphones and others above 70% receiving wired earphones. While we carried a...
Check out our dancing elders of Ananda Yaan (in association with Dignity Foundation). Lightfooted and sure, they were out in full force to celebrate Independence Day. Competitions like open mic, best dress, and a quiz about India were organised. Mr Roshan Singh of Fitfuda Fitness Centre, who teaches our members Zumba, graced the event with...
As part of RCB’s outreach to the Vaidu community to rehabilitate them, rations were distributed to a hundred such needy families in Jogeshwari East areas. These families earn their living by working as construction site workers, delivery persons, door to door salesmen, vegetable vendors, drainage cleaners, etc. Before the lockdown, they earned over Rs 6000 to...
The Rotary Club of Bombay has organised free Covid vaccine camps for the tribal residents of Palghar district. was essential because tribals were not getting vaccinated due to the prohibitive cost, unavailability of vaccines and the various dogmas in their mind. RCB is vaccinating the tribals free of cost. DGE Sandip Agarwalla, who initiated the...
RCB’s Parsi Nite fellowship hosted by Kunal Vijaykar had Rotarians turning out in their traditional best ...
A few weeks ago, President Shernaz Vakil wrote about the varied community service projects undertaken by Rotarian children. While editing our Know Your Rotarian column on Rtn. Anand Dalal this week, we came across another gem, his daughter Naisha. We’ll let her proud papa say it in his words: “Naisha is currently at Grade 9 at Bombay International...
If Mahatma Phule were alive today, would he be happy to see the progress India has made? What about Dr. Ambedkar or Gandhiji? That’s what our Lighthouse students portrayed while stepping into the shoes of famous personalities. This thought-provoking piece was amongst the many items showcased on August 15th, 2021, to celebrate 75 years of India’s...
You had a wonderful and brief journey in Bollywood, but you made a mark; how did you stumble upon this path? Even as a little girl, I enjoyed the performing arts. I did ballet for 12 years, elocution and was always on the stage in school. I never realised I would be an actor. It happened...
The Rotaract Club of Jai Hind College’s legacy project ‘Pawsitive Light’, was an initiative to relieve the hunger and thirst of stray animals. It was implemented on August 4th, 2021. The team encouraged members to feed as many stray animals as possible. All participants were asked to feed at least one stray animal each. They...
Some Ananda Yaan members were diagnosed with cataract during a free eye check-up camp by Aditya Jyot Foundation. Members shared that they had impeded vision but had left the condition untreated as their families were already going through financial turmoil due to COVID. Aditya Jyot Foundation for Twinkling Eyes (AJFTLE) treated their cataract on August...