Abha Lambah On behalf of the Rotary Club of Bombay we are proud to present 'Citizen of Mumbai Award' to Abha Narain Lambah for her consistent and dedicated efforts to conserve the history and heritage structures of Mumbai", announced President Rtn. Dr. Sonya Mehta, as she conferred the award to the Conservation Architect and Historic Building...
Dr. Taraporevala When Superman wasn't saving the world, he was working as a newspaper reporter. It's practically the same with Dr. Taraporevala – he's an Associate Professor and Head Department of Sociology and Anthropology at St. Xaviers College, but he doubles as Director, XRCVC (Xavier's Resource Center for the Visually Challenged)", is how Rtn. Freyaz Shroff...
Dr. P. M. Nair If I'm a woman or child likely to be trafficked, I have a Constitutional Right not to be trafficked! And you, as citizens of this country, immaterial of your designation or portfolio held, have a Constitutional Duty to ensure that I'm not trafficked," were the impactful words with which Dr. P. M....
Mr. Phiroze Andhyarujina In keeping with the buzz of the Union Budget that has consumed the majority of the last week, RCB invited two relevant experts to decode the same for the Club Meeting. Rtn. PP Dadi Engineer, eminent Solicitor and Advocate and Sr. Partner with Crawford Bayley& Company, Solicitors and Advocates, and among other subjects,...
Viral Shah The 9th of February saw the young software prodigy Viral B. Shah address Rotarians on how we should all strive to move towards a 'Cashless India', which would result in saving enormous time, effort and money for the government, and more importantly, bring in the much needed convenience for the Indian layman to go...
Rtn. Sabira Merchant CB never ceases to amaze its members, and those who attended the Club Meeting on the 2nd of February will be in complete agreement! Because perched atop the Taj Rooftop, at the ' Rendezvous' that Tuesday afternoon, in addition to the cordial weekly lunch and informative Rotary announcements, the Rotarians had a gala...
Shaheen Mistri My life has been about trying to do whatever I can to catalyse all of us together to work for all children. I'm incredibly humbled to be amidst people who have already done so much work for society and have the capacity to do so much more. I wake up each morning and ask...
Brig. Behram Panthaki The Club Meeting held on the 12th of January, 2016, is one that will surely stay back for a long time in the minds of all present. There were two very charismatic speakers instead of one, and they spoke of a man who defined the very essence of that word! It was indeed...
Dr. Prakash Baba Amte Dr. Prakash Baba Amte is a medical doctor and social worker from Maharashtra. Son of the famous Magsaysay awardee, Baba Amte, he along with and his wife, Dr. Mandakini Amte, have also been jointly felicitated with the Magsaysay Award for 'Community Leadership', or as the citation reads, for "enhancing the capacity of...
Air Marshall Matherswaran As India enters the seventh year memorial of the dastardly 26/11 terror attacks that had held Mumbai under siege for four days and resulted in the appalling killings of numerous innocents, there is hardly a Bombayite who doesn't look back and wonder could the Government have handled that situation with greater effectivity. Providing...
Gopalakrishnan Go home and do this today… get a banana, peel it, eat it and taste it. Next wash your mouth and after a while have another banana, but this time with your nose pinched, so you can't breathe," was the uncharacteristic note on which our esteemed guest speaker, R. Gopalakrishnan, started his address! And as...
Mr. Daniel Hanan The afternoon of the 3rd of November will stay etched in the minds of all the Rotarians as it marked the combined entreaty of two of the more powerful European Union parliamentarians, Nirj Deva and Daniel Hanan, who addressed and impressed upon us all their special mission of exploring and promoting the UK-India...