Rtn. Priya Tanna: Hello, Mira. Mira Kapoor: I’ve forgotten my cue cards. Priya, I have a couple of questions for you. Rtn. Priya Tanna: That’s not how this works; it’s all about you right now. Our banter can continue outside of this. It’s going to be really hard for me to be very serious because I’ve known Mira for a...
President Bimal Mehta: So, as I had said before, Hital is one of my closest friends. But this is my first conversation with Hital before an audience, a microphone in my hand, and a tablet here. Most of our conversations have not been for public consumption, so, I'm quite excited to have this chat. Today,...
Namaste. Just a little overwhelmed. Thank you for this extraordinary honour. I receive this award with deep, deep humility. Awards such as these are not only personal milestones, they affirm a shared purpose and renew our commitment to building a more equitable and inclusive world. My journey in education and social impact led my husband and me...
From Achievement to Fulfilment: Love, Learn & Play A conversation between Akhil Gupta and Anjali Raina From Achievement to Fulfilment: Love, Learn & Play A conversation between Akhil Gupta and Anjali Raina Anjali Raina: Good afternoon to everybody. So I'm going to start by saying that, Akhil, we just heard that you're from Harvard, from Stanford, from IIT Delhi....
Rtn. Tahera Mandviwala: How do you see Mexico's position in the region and the world today? And how do you think all of this, what's happening around the world, the global crisis, geopolitical issues, the war, will affect Mexico's position, and how will it affect Mexico's position in the future? Adolfo Garcia Estrada: Well, first of...
What’s the Good Word? A Spirited Afternoon of Wit, Wordplay, and Friendly Rivalry One of the club’s most eagerly awaited in-house events, What’s the Good Word?, returned this year with all the charm, humour, competitiveness, and linguistic brilliance that Rotarians have come to love over the years, curated and conducted by the ever-graceful Rtn. Sabira Merchant transformed...
Good afternoon, everybody. We have this National Judicial Academy, which our friend mentioned a couple of times in his address, where we judges all get together, exchange thoughts and ideas, and education programmes go on. The post-lunch session is described as a graveyard session. It's difficult to keep the audience awake with a sumptuous lunch and...
Kalpana Sham Munshi Award for Excellence in Performing Arts & Culture to Mr. Anupam Khe. Yes, good afternoon. Thank you so much. To look important on an occasion like this, where I think people are more qualified than I am, I dressed up differently. I rarely wear a suit. I do not usually wear a suit...
Former Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria in conversation with former editor of Femina Ms. Sathya Saran on the Book ‘When It All Began: The Untold Stories of the Underworld’ Ms. Sathya Saran: I have read this book not once, but twice, because every time you ask me to do a moderation, I read the book again. And it's...
Rtn. Priya Tanna: Thanks for joining us, Tamannaah, it is such a pleasure to be in conversation with you. Guys, before we begin, I just have to say this on her behalf: all the jewellery you ever buy from her store, do not imagine that it is going to look on you the way it looks...
Arundhathi Subramaniam: Thank you so much, and thank you for having us here. I should tell you something about what to expect before we actually plunge into this reading. The Gallery of Upside-Down Women is a book of poems I wrote, published last year by Penguin. It is a book that marks the culmination of...
Good afternoon, friends. What a pleasure it is to be here in this lovely Club for the Official Club Visit, which is not just my responsibility, but a pleasure also. Friends, Will Durant said, and I quote, we are what we repeatedly do. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not just a...