I WILL TALK ABOUT THREE TRENDS THAT ARE CHANGING THE WORLD, THEN THREE CHALLENGES THAT MOST BUSINESS SOCIETIES FACE AND THREE WAYS TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES. Like many of you, I was forced to read and memorize Shakespeare since I grew up in India and I discovered that in addition to Shakespeare knowing a lot about humans...
“PARSIPAANU” BY RTN. JIMMY POCHKHANAWALA In order to understand what Parsi stands for, it is necessary to harp back to our most ancient of monoethical religions – Zoroastrianism. Our prophet was Spitama Zarathustra. He was the first prophet to preach that there is universal one God and God is said to have revealed Zarathustra, the simplest...
HOW DID YOUR FOOD AND ART JOURNEY BEGIN? Travel played a huge role in my creativity as I am an army officer’s daughter. A different language every few kilometre, people who look different, eat different food, dress up different. Dad was posted in Kolkata; those two years were bliss because we went to Shanti Niketan and that...
MANJEET: SHOBHAA DE’S NEW BOOK LOCKDOWN LIAISONS CHRONICLES SOCIETY AND ITS CHANGES DURING THE LOCKDOWN. WHAT TRIGGERED THE IDEA OF THIS BOOK? Shobhaa De: These stories reflect all that we have been going through. We have our coping mechanisms; some people cook, some people acquire new skills, some people have joined online classes, some bake, some...
BADMINTON OLYMPIAN APARNA POPAT TALKS TO ATHLETE ADILLE SUMARIWALLA AND LONG JUMP GOLD MEDALLIST ANJU BOBBY GEORGE ABOUT A RECIPE FOR SPORTING SUCCESS. I believe we should look at skill sports rather than strength sports. - Athlete Adille Sumariwalla on producing champions India has participated in the Olympics since 1920. A hundred years later, we have 28...
Marketer Harish Bhat shares stories of curiosity that moved him ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, I WROTE A BOOK CALLED THE CURIOUS MARKETER, AND THESE ARE ALL STORIES OF CURIOSITIES THAT I AM GOING TO NARRATE. What does curiosity mean? Is curiosity an eagerness to learn? Is curiosity an urge to explore something that you do not know?...
Entrepreneur Ronnie Screwvala in conversation with Rtn. Dr. Prakriti Poddar WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO BUILD THIS ECONOMY? The last two-three months have been a situation of understanding how to recalibrate, now that one is forced to...
Rotarians brought in RCB’s new President Framroze Mehta in a celebratory Zoom ceremony last Tuesday PRESIDENT FRAMROZE MEHTA WAS INSTALLED AS THE 92ND PRESIDENT OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF BOMBAY in a Zoom function last Tuesday. The evening started with enthusiastic welcome messages to ‘Fali’ and ended with the President, and all his men and women, belting...
Entrepreneur Harsh Mariwala talks survival techniques for businesses Many a times, we have good employees working closely with us who perform exceedingly well but as the business becomes complex, things become bigger, they start becoming less and less relevant. Feeling guilty, we think we should be loyal to them. But, especially at the middle and senior...
Hon. Rtn. Ajay Piramal shares his personal experience of fighting challenges I WANT TO BEGIN WITH an experience that all of us have had, regularly, that is taking a flight. When you take a flight, you sit on your seat and what happens during take-off and landing is that the pilot is in control. You may find...
RCB conferred the Social Service Award to Pratibha Pai and the Sohrab Godrej Award for Science and Technology to Dr. Laxman Singh Rathore last Tuesday Pratibha Pai Many Rotarians might be aware that I was involved, in my own way, in the launch of your flagship education programme Bhavishya Yaan. My BMS students of HR College were the...
Ajit Ranade, Group Executive President and Chief Economist, Aditya Birla Group casts an eye on the way ahead for the Indian economy Our objective has always been to have inclusive growth. But before inclusive growth you need to have economic growth, the expansion of opportunity, the expansion of income, revenues and profits. So, I am especially happy...