Dear Friends, Very Warm Greetings! It was a pleasure meeting Ms. Minal Bajaj and her family last Tuesday. Ms. Bajaj’s passion for serving India’s less fortunate, which not only includes various activities of the very reputed Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation as its Honorary Director since 2009, but also, her leadership role beyond the Foundation to sports, art and...
Dear Friends, Very Warm Greetings! Last Tuesday, we were fortunate to have with us Rtn. Jennifer Jones, Trustee of The Rotary Foundation. It was a delight to listen to Jennifer. During her speech, she recalled Steve Jobs’ address at the graduation ceremony at the Stanford University titled, ‘How To Live Before You Die’ and this, she applied to...
Dear Friends, Very warm greetings. An area that has evoked keen global interest is environment protection and sustainable growth. This is, indeed, an area of deep concern the world over with extreme weather patterns, drought and increasing instances of seawater carrying traces of micro plastic residue, pesticide residues in fruits, vegetables and milk. Human progress over the past...
Dear Friends, Very warm greetings. On November 26th, we had another wonderful meeting in the afternoon. It was a special occasion to recognise, honour and felicitate our very own PP Rtn. MK Sanghi (popularly known as Mahendrabhai) on his being awarded the ‘Pravinchandra Gandhi Award for Excellence in Public Life’. The event was further enhanced with the...
Dear Friends, Very warm greetings. All over India, and even more so in Mumbai which houses the BSE & NSE, there is a very high degree of obsession amongst people about shares, stock exchanges, trading, speculation and investments. There are stories of wealth made and wealth lost/ fortunes made and fortunes destroyed. It is not uncommon to...
Dear Friends, Very warm greetings. What a delightful afternoon it was at our weekly meeting with the recipient of the Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan, the batting legend, Mr. Sunil Manohar Gavaskar. The audience was completely enthralled and in raptures with his eloquent and humorous speech. Fondly called Sunny Gavaskar, and known for his batting prowess against fast...
Dear Fellow Rotarians. Hope you enjoyed your Diwali break. Once again, I wish you and your dear ones, a Very Happy Samvat New Year 2076!!! The Diwali Party on October 23rd was extremely well organised in every aspect. Thanks to Rtn. Ashok Jatia and the team for their efforts and taking care of minute details – we...
Dear Friends, Very warm greetings. Diwali or Deepavali is known as the Festival of Lights and based on various Hindu mythology, Puranas, skandas is celebrated to honour Ramachandra. The mythology and epic of Ramayana have it that Lord Ramachandra was the seventh avatar (incarnation) of god Vishnu and probably existed between 5,000 BCE or 1,250 BCE. It...
Dear Friends, Very warm greetings!!! Shashti Poorthi is an ancient Hindu tradition and is celebrated on completion of 60 years of age. This term is erived from Sanskrit, in which “Shashti” means 60 and “Poorthi” means completion. It marks completion of half the years of one’s lifetime as, in Hinduism, 120 years is considered the life span...
Dear Friends, Our Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi, said, “A clean India would be the best tribute India could pay to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary in 2019,” as he launched the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan / Mission at Rajpath in New Delhi. The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is the most significant cleanliness campaign with various...
Dear Friends, Very warm greetings to each of you. Over two months have passed since I took over as President of our wonderful Club, and how time flies! I am delighted to see the great vigour and commitment with which many of our Committees are functioning. Ananda Yaan Committee, Bhavishya Yaan Committee, Child Welfare and the Water...
Dear Friends, The 10-day festival of the elephantheaded god Lord Ganesha, also known as Ganapati, began with the installation of idols in private homes, public places, with Ganesh Chaturthi on September 2nd amidst chants of ‘Ganapati Bappa Morya’, with ‘Gauri Visarjan’ on September 7th. The festival ended with Anant Charturdashi on September 12th amidst chants of...