Dear Friends, Greetings from Taiwan! We are 30 members travelling to Taiwan-Korea for a 10-day visit. We will be back right in time before the next meeting. Meanwhile, RCB has successfully installed another drinking water facility at the Yusuf Meherally Vidyalaya at Tardeo under the Jal Jeevan project. The heat wave seems to have hit us already but...
Dear Friends, I hope everyone had a colourful Holi. Thank you to Rtn. Naresh Jain and Rtn. Mohit Jain for hosting such a fabulous Holi bash. Our 90th year celebrations kicked the week off to a good start. My heart-felt thanks to all the guests who made it and we sure missed those who couldn’t be with...
Dear Friends, Water is life. Ensuring that everyone has water is our duty. Last week, we inaugurated a UVbased, safe drinking water plant at the Malabar Hill Post Office. I’m glad that the Water Resource Committee installed this right before the scorching summer. On March 13, St. Thomas Hospital and Sree Narayana Institute of Medical Science inaugurated...
Dear Friends, I would like to take this opportunity to inform you about the Rotary Club of Bombay’s Kerala Relief Fund. The collections gathered have been used in purchasing equipment for St. Thomas Hospital and Sree Narayana Institute of Medical Science. On March 13, we will inaugurate the equipment in Kerala. A big day approaches next week...
Dear Friends, The Rotary Club of Bombay’s Literacy Committee inaugurated a new Computer and English room for Bhavishya Yaan at the Prabhadevi Municipal School on February 25. Almost 50 Rotarians came together for the inaugural event. Last week’s Tuesday meeting saw the release of a book showcasing the 40 year journey of the Phiroze Ratanshah Vakil Eye Centre at...
Dear Friends, Our Club has been known to come together in time of calamity and show support. After the attack on Indian soldiers at Pulwama, approximately a hundred members from various clubs assembled in a peace march at the Gateway of India and lit candles in memory of deceased soldiers. Our prayers and wishes reach out...
Dear Friends, Today, we award our guest speaker Adil Zainulbhai with the Ramkrishna Bajaj Good Governance Award for 2018-19. He receives the award for his leadership in the field of international consulting, his significant contribution to the cause of good governance across corporate India, and his perceptive analysis of impactful minds that have influenced India’s past...
Dear Friends, The Rotary Club of Bombay’s 90 years celebratory function is just a month away. A note to all, there is slight change in the timing. The celebration will now be held in the evening at the Chambers Terrace, Taj Mahal Hotel on March 19, 6.30 pm onwards, instead of lunch, as earlier planned. Kindly save...
Dear Friends, Last week, we lost our dear Rtn. (Dr.) Nayna Dastur. She was a member of our Club for 23 years. She was loaned the classification “Medical Practice: Gynaecology & Obstetrics.” We wish her family strength through this difficult time. Under the Water Committee, we recently inaugurated two plants at Ashagad and Talwada on Republic Day. I...
Dear Friends, I am glad to see the increasing number of members at our weekly meetings. I do hope the attendance continues to increase in the coming weeks. Last week RCB took part in the District 3141 Mega Medical camp at Lower Parel. Rotary Club of Bombay put up a stall, the message of which was:...
Dear Friends, The past week has been a sad one as we lost Rtn. (Dr.) Hoshung Mobedji, Smt. Lalita Gopikrishna Piramal, mother of Rtn. Dilip and Hon. Rtn. Ajay Piramal and Smt. Kusum Kanu Doshi, mother of Rtn. Gautam Doshi. We offer our sincere condolences to the grieving families. The last week was an action packed one...
Dear Friends, As we all ushered in the new year, our fellow Rotarian Dinesh Daftary lost his beloved wife, Dr. Rajani Daftary, on January 1st. Our sincere condolences to the entire Daftary family. We are happy to welcome into our midst an industrialist with a heart of gold, Anand Mahindra, Chairman of the Mahindra Group. We induct...