There is no industry suffering as much globally as airlines, hospitality, and tourism. The reality is this (hospitality) sector contributes more than 10% to the global GDP, more than 10% to the jobs in the world and, more interestingly, one out of every job comes from this sector. This includes everyone. In India, we finished the meeting...
On International Women’s Day, I am celebrating all the men. Yes, men, who have stood in solidarity with women and created a bold and united force for equality. So, a big round of applause to all the men who outnumber the women at the Rotary Club of Bombay today, on International Women’s Day. Recently, during the...
I am thankful to the Rotary Club of Bombay and the Godrej family for this award. I remember being in the audience when my father got it some years ago, so there is a considerable familial pride as well. Sohrab Godrej was not only the founder of the Godrej Empire but he was a philanthropist,...
This is a company called Kerala Banana Chips; the founder Manas came to us two years ago. He said he wanted to manufacture banana chips from Nendran Bananas, found only in Kerala. They are supposed to be healthy, nutritious and also tasty. He wanted to make banana chips untouched by hand, hygienic, in oil that...
My mission is to see what we can do to make family relationships thrive and survive beyond three generations. So, what is a conflict? A conflict is a disagreement or a different point of view amongst family members. Research in the last 50-60 years shows the top reasons for conflicts in different families around the world: SIBLING...
Rtn. Anil Harish The finance minister was commended for brevity in presenting the budget speech, it was shorter than the last few years. She talked about 13 different tax proposals: the amendment she proposed to the Income Tax Act and then in para 138 of her speech she said there are a few more amendments....
The formation of the ATLAS SkillTech University began in February 2020 when I was invited to be on the skills committee of the Government of Maharashtra. What is a skill tech university? It is where a core discipline is taught with technological intervention and increasing the skills of a person. So, skill-tech is a progressive...
The Centre for Environmental Research and Education (CERE) is a Mumbai-based not-for-profit organisation established in 2002 that works to promote environmental sustainability through research and innovation, formal education, government and corporate partnerships and publications. CERE has successfully completed many rural and urban environmental restoration projects such as urban afforestation, rainwater harvesting, solar electrification, carbon footprinting...
In today’s discussion, I am going to talk about Omicron but also focus on developing resilience because the past two years have taxed our inner resources considerably and many of us have developed pandemic fatigue. I hear people saying ‘what is the point? I can’t go on like this, I might as well face the...
There is a forgotten Bharat with no electricity, one room and one shelter. It is probably 200-odd kms away from Mumbai and it only has a kerosene lamp as light. This is a sight seen in rural India where power remains unaffordable, inadequate or simply non-existent for around 200 million people. This is the Bharat...
CHANGE: POWERED BY RCB Last Friday, I wrote to each of you regarding the unique village project we were working on just three hours out of Mumbai. We have conceived an Integrated Rural Development at Savroli village, in the Vikramgad block of Palghar. This project is unique to the others completed by RCB until now as not only...
My sincere thanks to Rotarians Shernaz Vakil, Jagdish Malkani, Bimal Mehta, and Ajit Lalvani and all the members of the Rotary Club of Bombay for sending a strong message to the world that cultural heritage is not just bricks and stones but our identity; and ignoring the power of culture means destroying the social fabric...