Filmmaker Subhash Ghai, recipient of Rotary Club of Bombay’s Kalpana Sham Munshi Lifetime Achievement Award in Performing Arts You see, asking for words of wisdom is too big for me; you need three lives to understand wisdom. Because one life is too little to understand the world, life, society, people, and the universe. Whenever I meet...
Mr. Ashish Chauhan, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer NSE, on the Indian stock market’s past, present and future There is an economic theory that tells you that poor people do not invest at all. And it is natural, right? Poor people do not have money to invest, they are always on loan. India is one...
Amit Chandra, Chairperson and Founder of Bain Capital’s India, recipient of Rotary Club of Bombay’s P.V. Gandhi Award for Excellence in Public Life It is with deep gratitude and humility, on behalf of everyone who has contributed to my journey, that I accept this award, named aftera towering personality, Shri Pravin Chandra Gandhi. By sheer law...
Areti Sianni, Chief of Mission at UNHCR India and the Maldives, on refugee protection: a case for balance between national security and humanitarian concerns In 2010, more or less the time I joined UNHCR, there were around 41 million displaced persons across the world. In 2022, the figure had risen to 180.5 million. A majority of...
Sohrab Khushrushahi, Founder, Sohfit, speaks on following his passion Fun fact, I was a member of this Club eight or nine years ago but my attendance record has never been good, be it in school, college, law school, anything. My father-in-law Mr. Darabshaw Davar seems to be everyone’s favourite from what I understand; he is my...
Martin Maier, Consul General of Switzerland in Mumbai, speaks about India-Switzerland, a partnership for success. As the Dean of the Consular Corps in Mumbai, I have the honour to convey to you warmest greetings from the whole Consular community in Maharashtra. As diplomatic officers, we are here to assist our citizens and companies and to foster...
Rtn. Farhat Jamal in conversation with Pooja Dhingra (Founder, Le15 Patisserie & Packaged Foods, Author), Aditi Duggar (Director & Founder, Masque & Urban Gourmet India Pvt. Ltd.), and Gauri Devidayal (Co-founder, Food Matters Group) on Food 2.0: What the future holds Rtn. Farhat Jamal: These three very remarkable women have driven change in their own inimitable...
DG Arun Bhargava on his Official Club Visit to Rotary Club of Bombay Rotary Club of Bombay is a place that every DG has always had, in their hearts, that they should visit. Everyone doesn’t get the opportunity; however, the benefit of being a Governor is that I can come here at least twice a year. The...
Niloofer Giri, exponent of Vedanta, Vedic chanting and Sanskrit, speaks about ‘Know Thyself: Understanding the paradoxical obstacle’ Om sahanaavavatu, Saha nau bhunaktu, Saha veeryam karavaavahai, Tejasvi naavadheetamastu maa vidvishaavahai, Om shanti shanti shanti. When we study or we hear about the knowledge to do with ourselves, there needs to be a shift in gears, so there’s always a prayer to centre our thoughts...
94th AGM report of Rotary Club of Bombay 1. Annual Report of various committees of the Rotary Club of Bombay for Rotary Year 2022-2023. Resolved that the Annual Report of the Rotary Club of Bombay for the year 1st July 2022 to 30th June 2023 be and is hereby adopted. The resolution is proposed by PP Vijay Kumar...
Bahram N. Vakil, Co-Founder & Senior Partner at AZB & Partners speaks about Life, Luck and Lessons My mom was a very good tennis player and represented India in athletics and bridge and is very sorry that none of her kids could come near that. My father and mother taught us the basics. In fact, everything...
Should India be changed to Bharat, a debate between RCB’s Satellite Club and Rotaractors, moderated by PE Satyan Israni Last Tuesday, PE Satyan Israni moderated a debate between Rotary Club of Bombay and RCB’s Satellite Club on whether India’s name should be changed to Bharat. In his introductory remarks, PE Satyan pointed out that the issue emerged...