[caption id="attachment_18835" align="alignright" width="272"] Last Tuesday’s speaker, former Mumbai Police Commissioner, JULIO RIBEIRO talks about conflict resolution in Punjab, Kashmir and Mumbai. Ribeiro was awarded the Citizen of Mumbai Award at the Rotary meet[/caption] “The policy now being applied in Kashmir will fail; this is my view. I have written that muscular power in Kashmir...
The Indian economy is poised to hit $5 trillion in the next five years, with estimated food consumption at $1 trillion by 2025. The future of the food business in India is likely to be shaped by the following factors: FOOD PREFERENCES HAVE CREATED NEW, MICRO COMMUNITIES ~ People are travelling more than before. Migration has...
[caption id="attachment_18634" align="alignleft" width="542"] Last Tuesday’s speakerAdvait Dikshit talks about the road to summiting MountEverest and his challenges with diabetes[/caption]Working with corporates, doing change management and addressing international conferences – this is what the front end of Advait Dikshit’s life looks like. The meat, muscle and bone of it is made up of ‘adventure...
“Why do we need to laugh? We need to laugh for our health. When we laugh, we release small protein molecules called endorphins. These endorphins energise our brain and are supposed to be anti-aging. So, if you laugh for 15 minutes a day, perhaps you could live up to 300 years of age,” joked Dr....
American physicist Patrick Gallagher addresses the changing nature of innovation On his first visit to India, American physicist and University of Pittsburg Chancellor Patrick Gallagher shared the idea of innovation and the Pittsburgh model of innovation and technology. “I am often asked, ‘How does a great university measure itself’, ‘What is the definition of success?’ You can...
A day after casting their votes last Tuesday, Rotarians were in the mood to discuss the issues of the elections of 2019 with Siddharth Varadarajan, founding Editor of The Wire. He said, “Contrary to what you may have read, I still believe that the elections are wide open.” “When I talk of issues revolving around...
CSMVS turns green with an LEED-grade certification en route What started in 2015, with a view to reducing carbon footprint, has culminated in a laudable, holistic, energysaving, sustainable practice. The Rotary Club of Bombay and CSMVS, Mumbai, joined hands to launch a solar energy project for the museum, generating green energy. RCB was instrumental in getting the...
DG Rtn. Shashi Sharma’s talk to RCB last Tuesday Every year, the Governor gives the year a name. I have named my year the Miracle Year. The new Governor who will start from July 1, 2019, has named his year the Smart Year. Why have I called my year the Miracle Year? I think this is...
Last Tuesday Subodh Jaiswal, Director General of Maharashtra Police, addressed the Club on Terrorism: A Bane for Mumbai DGP Jaiswal began by highlighting the beginning of terrorism in Mumbai. “Mumbai saw its first tryst with terrorists in March 1993 when several bomb explosions took place throughout the city. The death toll was 257 while injuries went...
Nitya Mehra, Executive Producer and Director of Made in Heaven, making waves on Amazon Prime, in conversation with Rtn. Sherebanu Baldiwala and Rtn. Abhinav Aggarwal Welcome to the Rotary Club of Bombay. Congratulations on the stupendous success of Made in Heaven. Thank you very much. When you create something, you want people to watch it but you...
Rather than be a parasite devouring all of Earth’s resources, mankind must develop more sustainable ways to fuel its engine of growth CAN POLICYMAKING integrate a scientific approach into development? This was the question thrown up by last Tuesday’s guest speaker Dr. Deepak Apte (Director, Bombay Natural History Society). Although Dr. Apte was speaking of India specifically,...
POLICYMAKERS AND LEADERS MUST ASK THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT OF THEIR FUTURE. HUMAN KIND ITSELF, AS A SPECIES, MUST KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION Indian-American anthropologist Arjun Appadurai has lived in the US for 50 years while his research and teaching has revolved around India. Many of the Rotary Club of Bombay’s Rotarians knew...