Cyrus Brocha How does one report a talk by a guest speaker who is introduced as one who is going to be “lovably, irreverently, intellectually interesting”? That’s how Mr. Cyrus Broacha was introduced by Dolly Thakore at the last meeting – and she was as serious as a sober judge when she made the statement. Perhaps the best...
Kishore Mandhyan JUST WHAT DOES THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL DO ? AND HOW DOES HE DO IT? It has taken a Bombayite, a former Political Director in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, to explain the intricate, highly nuanced workings of the world body. Mr. Kishore Mandhyan, who worked over the last five years in...
Sucheta Dalal Loot and plunder is the order of the day – but where is your outrage? asks Sucheta Dalal, the original scam-buster Sucheta Dalal, renowned columnist, financial journalist and one who broke the story of the Harshad Mehta, C.R. Bhansali and other scams two decades ago, urged members at the last meeting to wake up, to...
Sabyasachi Mukherjee ‘The Bombay museum is like an NGO,it needs money to maintain its Grade I heritage building and to preserve 60,000 priceless artefacts’ Here are some little-known facts about Bombay that most citizens would not know and which tell a tale of monumental indifference. The city’s 91-year-old museum was set up by an act of legislation...
Dr. Sitesh Roy ‘Most diseases begin in the gut, for 90% of the human immune system lives in the gut’ Dr. Sitesh Roy, voted one of the best doctors in the USA for four years and who has featured in the guide to America’s top physicians every year from 2005 to 2010, is back in Bombay after...
Dr. Rajendra Badwe Diabetes, hypertension and high blood pressure are some of the greatest threats to life, yet most people are terrified by cancer, even though nobody can say with any degree of certainty that it will lead to death. On the contrary, if people are careful about just three things infection, obesity and...
Mr Aabid Surti Has one ever heard of an award for environmental protection being presented to a satirist-cum-cartoonist? Such an improbable occurrence took place at the last meeting when the Rotary Club of Bombay Taru Lalvani award for Environment Protection was presented to Mr. Aabid Surti who is well known as a painter,...
Dr Shaila Vora Gone are the days when children born with hearing problems had to go to schools for the deaf and dumb . Most of those schools are closing down because the new generation hearing aids are so good and the technology so sophisticated that the children pick up sounds like normal children. If they...
Dr.Swati Piramal Today is a very important day for me because my younger brother is presiding over this gathering at this illustrious Club. And I'm happy that my parents are here to see both of us on the same stage. It is a very special moment for me because we were...
Mr.Spenta Wadia The soft-spoken Prof. Spenta Wadia, the "Higgs man" who addressed the Club on the subject in August last year, was conferred the Sohrab Godrej Award for Science and Technology at the last meeting. Mr. Adi Godrej, an Honorary member of the Club, and Mr. Nadir Godrej (they are nephews of the late...
Mr.Mahender Vasanandani There is too much focus in this city on FSI, everybody wants more but nobody thinks of what to give back to the community. If a system like UDI (Urban Design Index) is adopted, the focus on FSI will be diffused. FSI will still be a part of the matrix to get plans approved,...
Mr.Satish Magar It has won many awards for its innovative initiatives, but few know that the popular Magarpatta City has a 'City Council' that acts like a municipal corporation and that the CMD functions as a municipal commissioner. A unique township just outside Pune spread over 430 acres of original farm land, it houses 40,000 residents and...