Sarosh Bana, Executive Editor, Business India, speaks about the race to arm India AT LAST Tuesday’s meeting, Sarosh Bana, Executive Editor, Business India, spoke about ‘Arming India: Concerns of National Security’. He said: As far as India is concerned, defence has a wide connotation. India was the largest importer of arms in 2018, just behind Saudi...
RCB bestowed the Excellence in Public Life Award to PP Rtn. Mahendra Sanghi last Tuesday LAST Tuesday, PP Rtn. Mahendra Sanghi was bestowed the ‘Excellence in Public Life’ Award by the Rotary Club of Bombay. In his speech, Sanghi said: “Frankly, I’m slightly embarrassed to be receiving this award because Rotary is such an essential part...
Investment guru Rakesh Jhunjhunwala answers all queries about success in the stock market WE got Independence in 1947 but our animal spirits were unleashed in 1991 when liberalisation started. We are all actually products of that era. Since then, we have been aspiring a double-digit growth rate but that seems to be quite elusive at this...
Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan, cricketor Sunil Gavaskar shared laughs and lessons he learned along life’s way at the Tuesday meeting THE Rotary Club of Bombay was delighted to welcome Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan, Sunil Gavaskar, as a speaker for their weekly meeting on November 5th, 2019 at the Taj President Hotel. Rotarians were pleased...
Urvashi Butalia shares real stories about real women spear-heading the change in India I AM going to share with you three stories of the kind of woman that we see everyday in our lives but don’t take much note of. Baby Halder: A domestic worker, she is the kind of woman who would work in our houses...
Health and well-being instructor, Mickey Mehta shared the secret of age reversal at the Tuesday meeting with Rotarians AGE REVERSAL may be a controversial subject but that does not mean one cannot work towards mitigating the effects of ageing. Last Tuesday, Mickey Mehta addressed the Rotary Club of Bombay on being Mickeymized. Mickey shared his ideas on...
Actor Boman Irani shared the story of his life with Rotarians HAVING played a number of roles on screen, carrying some of the finest characters with ease and making everyone laugh: ‘it is never too late to start’ rings true with the 59-year-young actor Boman Irani. Luxury, big hotels, big budget films, great fame, Boman...
Lawyer and Managing Partner MZM Legal, Zulfiquar Memon spoke to Rotarians about the nature of white collar crime “THE nature of white collar crimes is such that you cannot trust anybody. It is like a classic thriller scene where you never find out what happened. The most important ingredient in any fraud is greed. And greed...
Professor of Geopolitics, Madhav Nalapat spoke to Rotarians yesterday about the need to accept the shifting world order MADHAV Nalapat, India’s first professor of geopolitics, is modest about the number of achievements that follow his name. “He is the right person for this talk – Geopolitics and US, China and India power shifts. He understands the...
Architect Rahul Kadri who spoke to Rotarians at the last Tuesday meeting emphasized that the needs of the many must outweigh development decisions that benefit a few SIX PILs were filed against Mumbai’s Coastal Road development. Architect Rahul Kadri visited the Rotary Club of Bombay on September 3, 2019, and spoke about the plan and some...
Rtn. Tara Deshpande talks with author Ashwin Sanghi and co-author PP Rtn. (Dr.) Mukesh Batra on their book 13 Steps to Bloody Good Health! Tara: Ashwin, tell us more about the title. Ashwin: I hold the world record of most rejected authors in the world; 47 publishers rejected my first book and I was very depressed. My...
Anant Goenka, MD of CEAT Tyres, talked about retooling the company to make it a profitable, future-proof organisation LAST Tuesday, the Rotary Club of Bombay welcomed Anant Goenka, MD of CEAT Tyres, to talk on “When rubber hits the road.” Established in 1958, CEAT is one of India’s leading tyre manufacturers today with a strong presence...