Good governance, the lack of it, its necessary application specifically and urgently to the Indian economy was the subject of the conversation at last Tuesday’s meeting with guest speaker Adil Zainulbhai. After receiving the Rotary Club of Bombay’s Ramkrishna Bajaj Good Governance Award for 2018-19, Adil self-deprecatingly joked that one had to be in good...
Eminent jurist, Retd. Supreme Court Judge Justice B. N. Srikrishna talks about defusing divisive situations Scholar, jurist, administrator, Justice B. N. Srikrishna is a man of many worlds. Whether in a boardroom or engaged with the government, Justice Srikrishna speaks many languages fluently. Known for his fair assessment of tricky situations, his contribution in assessing the...
Consistent growth, profitable growth, competitive growth and responsible growth: Sanjiv Mehta, Chairman and MD of Hindustan Unilever Ltd. believes profit and sustainability go together Sanjiv Mehta, Chairman and MD of Hindustan Unilever Ltd. outlined his 4G formula of putting corporate governance through an intensive cleaning cycle in his talk to the Rotary Club of Bombay last...
Rotary Peace Scholar Retd. Justice Roshan Dalvi threw light on the nature of peace and its importance in society There is a need to look for peace, not only between countries but also between families, societies and relations, says Retd. Justice Roshan Dalvi. “Peace is not just absence of war, but presence of something very material...
Raveena Tandon makes an appeal: Save Mumbai’s green lungs, SGNP and Aarey Milk Colony Raveena Tandon, brand ambassador of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), addressed the Rotary Club of Bombay on ‘Taking Mumbai to a Greener Future’ last Tuesday. Taking a blunt approach, Raveena made it clear that she was there not as an actress but...
Find your purpose, revisit your goals, exhorted Hon. Rtn. Anand Mahindra in his speech last Tuesday Businessman and humanitarian extraordinaire, Anand Mahindra, Honorary Member of the Rotary Club of Bombay, revived the art of shaking things up in his talk to fellow Rotarians last Tuesday. His talk, on The Power of Purpose, could not have been...
A pioneer in the field of chemical engineering, Prof. M. M. Sharma asks inventors to think laterally and investors to encourage blue sky research ‘Increasing use of technology has caused rapid development in the world’. It is not difficult to find some version of this line in almost every school textbook. But how has technology lead...
The onus to have a conscience falls upon architects, to do what is right for the environment around them Architect Brinda Somaya’s name stands at the forefront of leaders from her profession who work in synergy with the environment. Her philosophy – the architect’s role is that of a guardian, the conscience of the built and...
Dear Club President Vijay Jatia, Many thanks to you and the Rotary Club of Bombay for your warm hospitality last month during our trip to Mumbai. It was wonderful to meet with local Rotarians and learn about the inspiring activities they are organising! We also especially appreciate the care and attention you took in arranging for our...
Decorated Army officer, Lt General Syed Ata Hasnain talks political threats, competition and lays out the real deal A second-generation Army officer, Lt General Syed Ata Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & BAR, counts two of India’s finest educational institutions – Sherwood College, Nainital, and St Stephen’s College, Delhi – amongst his almae matres. His...
At the weekly Rotary Club of Bombay meeting, RIPE Mark Maloney was everything you would expect from a leader of the community: warm, gracious and full of thanks to District 3141 and District 3142. RIPE Mark Maloney commenced by giving condolences, on the 10th anniversary of the 26/11 Attacks, to families who had lost their dear...
In an era of information overload, it is possible to surprise people with new detail. And, if that byte of fact concerns health, a hall full of people will even sit up and listen to you. This is good for their posture anyway and so, fittingly, Tuesday’s speaker Dr. Murtuza Rangwala captured everyone’s attention by...