EVEN DINOSAURS NEED DIGITAL I can still remember the day when I got my first mobile phone sometime in the mid-1990s. It was chunky, clunky, seemed like a small ‘truncheon’ and better suited to being a weapon than a communication device! In contrast, on Tuesday the 7th of July, I used my very ‘smart phone’ to connect...
Being President of the Rotary Club of Bombay is an honour and privilege. I thank the Club and its members for the trust and belief they have reposed in me. I will endeavour to fulfil that trust and belief. At the outset, let me congratulate Immediate Past President Preeti, her Board and her team for a...
ABOUT PRESIDENT FRAMROZE MEHTA Framroze has been a Mumbaikar since the day he was born on July 18, 1957. He did his schooling from St. Mary’s School (ISC) and graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the prestigious Sydenham College of Commerce & Economics. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Pheroze Framroze & Co Pvt...
Fellow Rotarians, A year ago at my ‘Installation’ function at the Taj, I delivered my “acceptance speech”, outlining our goals and tasks, to be accomplished during my year as President of our great Club. Twelve short months later, the time has arrived to review our progress and for me to shortly demit office. This for me, has been...
Dear SMART President PREETI, I take this opportunity to congratulate, compliment and commend you for the exemplary leadership you have provided to RC Bombay in SMART year 2019-20. You are leading the club with distinction, charisma and aplomb and have raised the bar, setting new benchmarks for your successors to emulate. RC Bombay is the PRIDE of...
Fellow Rotarians, Very Warm Greetings! Historically, business models have been quite standard with certain key factors and then had some variations on a case-to-case basis. In the early twentieth century, the ‘bait and hook’ or the ‘tied products’ model was popular, where the basic product is sold at a very cheap price in order to make profit by...
Fellow Rotarians, Very Warm Greetings! It is irresistible – eaten, when happy, sad or celebrating – an incredibly important and delicious aspect of people’s lives across the world, it’s difficult not to drool while talking about ‘chocolate’. As someone said, “Chocolate is happiness that you can eat”. The word ‘chocolate’ conjures up images of luscious bars, pralines, truffles,...
Fellow Rotarians, Very Warm Greetings! ‘Varsha Ritu’, ‘Borsha’, ‘Varsham’, and ‘Kar’ in different parts of India. The English word monsoon is believed to originate in the Portuguese ‘moncao’, the Arabic ‘mawsim’, and the Dutch ‘monson’. Monsoon and amchi Mumbai have a poetic bond. The turbulent lashing sea, black clouds and dark overcast skies herald its arrival. This is...
Fellow Rotarians, Very Warm Greetings! It is said that William Wordsworth — called a ‘poet of nature’, whose poetry is filled with tramping up hills, through dales, forests, around lakes, and along public roads, walked as much as 180,000 miles in his lifetime i.e. an average of about six and a half miles each day, starting...
Fellow Rotarians, Very Warm Greetings! It originated in Wuhan, China and soon spread like wildfire all over the world. In a matter of a few weeks, our lives changed in such drastic ways, making us aware of the importance of very many things which otherwise one simply took for granted. Global economies are impacted and on a...
Fellow Rotarians, Very Warm Greetings! HE VISITS MY TOWN ONCE A YEAR. HE FILLS MY MOUTH WITH KISSES AND NECTAR. I SPEND ALL MY MONEY ON HIM WHO, GIRL, YOUR MAN? NO , A MANGO. -AMIR KHUSRAU (Sufi musician, poet, scholar (1253-1325) and spiritual disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya, Delhi) Mango, the quintessential summer fruit, the ‘King of Fruits’ and...
Fellow Rotarians, Very Warm Greetings! Street food: probably, few countries can match the extent, variety, flavour and taste of Indian street food. This is ready-to-eat food sold in streets or public places by vendors usually from portable outlets. But, in India, it covers both vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes across roadside carts, holes in the wall, small stalls,...