The In camera committee recently held a talk on Safeguards against Back & Joint Problems by Dr. Rumi Fardun Beramji of Beramji's Hospital on 14th December 2016. The function which was graciously hosted by Rotaryanne Divyaa & Mayank Kummar also saw Dr. Beramji distributing an illustrated booklet on spinal exercises and a CD on how...
My hearty thanks to the sports committee for helping to organise a successful fund raising housie competition at the start of the new year for the aid of the Senior citizen committee's planned day care centres for the elderly at Alibaug and Lonavala in Maharashtra. The spirit of camaraderie and fellowship was in full play...
The Cancer Aid Committee organized an Anti-Tobacco Drawing Competition for 7th class students at Byculla Municipal School on 26th December 2016. This was done to raise awareness of harmful effects of tobacco on health. The committee gave exciting prizes to the participants and the top three winners will be given a chance to make the upcoming...
The Gateway (TG): Fat represents stored energy in our body. So people with excess fat shouldn't feel hunger pangs as their body should instead be burning their excess fat to provide energy for their needs. Why do overweight and obese people feel the need to eat more, instead of their bodies using up stored energy...
RCB was privileged to have hosted Professor Dr. Nikhil Dhurandhar, Department Chair at the Department of Nutritional Science, Texas Tech University at the 27th December weekly meeting held at the Taj, Colaba. Professor Dhurandhar, is a past President of the Obesity Society (North America chapter) and a homeopathic practitioner who immigrated to the USA from...
As we think about our resolutions for 2017, people usually focus on unfinished agendas and new milestones to accomplish. Sadly many resolutions tend to be truisms which get repeated from one new year to another but are forgotten just as soon. However, there are some resolutions that Rotarians should consider for implementation in 2017. 1. Time:...
Rotarian Peter Born & Rotaryanne Erika Born held the 5th Mini Fellowship of the Assimilation Committee on Thursday, December 22nd, at their beautiful, artistic and tastefully appointed home in Oomer Park, Warden Road. The lovely hosts had an exquisite Christmas setting with bubbly and drinks flowing at this festive time, followed by a 6 course delicious...
I think it would be safe to say that if you have bought this book and read it this far, I don’t need to convince you about the benefits of exercise for heart disease. Exercise has both direct and indirect benefits in reducing heart disease risk. Through exercise, most of the modifiable risk factors can...
After the completion of a successful workshop conducted in Byculla Municipal School, Salaam Bombay Foundation and Rotary Club of Bombay (RCB) decided to further strengthen the partnership by entering into partnership for conducting sessions and activities of the Super Army programme. The programme is an in school prevention of tobacco use through leadership and life...
Fellowship is the glue that binds together Rotarians and helps people from diverse walks of life unite under the banner of Rotary to carry out its mission of doing good for the community. To unite for the larger task it's very essential for leaders to help bring about not just a sense of purpose but...
Today, ready-to-eat meals & junk food have replaced homemade food; Television has replaced outdoor sports; frequency of eating out has increased and old grandmother-tales and bed time stories have been replaced by iPads. No wonder that despite health implications of obesity being well-known, it continues unabated in adults and children as well. million in 2014 from...
A coconut painting workshop to show how to use discarded tender coconut shells in an eco friendly fashion was organised by Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) and supported by Pidilite which supplied the paints . Discarded coconut shells become the breeding ground for mosquitoes which spread diseases such as malaria and dengue amongst others. Volunteers of M&M...