Neera Nundy and Manas Ratha Neera Nundy and Manas Ratha talk about being strategic philanthropists, Dasra and the social sector in India Thank you so much for inviting us and we’re sorry that Deval Sanghvi couldn’t make it. Deval and I landed in New York, not to do any of the Broadway shows but to work at...
Alisha Chinai Alisha has to her credit, innumerable albums, most of them making itto platinum level status. From her debut in ‘Evita’ in 1985 to ‘Made in India’— the album that shot her to fame in 1995, Alisha Chinai has been nothing short of India’s very own pop music icon.In a chat with R/ann Umme-Haani at...
Suman Agarwal “You don’t need to compromise to be healthy” : Suman Agarwal talks about health and nutrition Good afternoon everyone. I will start off by telling you that I didn’t go to the lunch counters today. Which ever event I attend, I am told that if I go to the food counters, people will stop...
The First Meeting In 1910, Paul Harris, the founder of Rotary, at the Rotary Club of Chicago,very wisely said, “The Rotary vision is to harness the greatpower of friendship—to help todo the world’s work”. Rotary lays supreme importance on the value of friendship and its effectiveness in making our societies, cities and lives richer, and of...
President Nirav Shah Dear Fellow Rotarians, I am honoured to serve as your President for the year 2013-14. I want to thank IPP Nowroze for his stellar leadership for making it a great Rotary Year 2012-13. The Rotary Club of Bombay is the second oldest club in India, and one of the best Social Service clubs of Bombay....
Dr. Rohini Chowgule Lasers, robotics, nuclear isotopes, CT-scans, X-rays, magnetic resonance imaging (MRIs), these are some of the technological tools that doctors have utilised to fight disease and to improve the health of the people. Today, India has turned into a centre for the best medical care – at a fraction of the price paid by...
Anil Harish Making a will doesn’t mean you’re over the hill: Anil Harish Anil Harish, who is “one of the top legal minds in the country whose advice on tax and law is sought not only by corporates but also by individuals”, made an outstanding presentation on the crucial but neglected subject of “Wills” (as in...
Cyrus Brocha How does one report a talk by a guest speaker who is introduced as one who is going to be “lovably, irreverently, intellectually interesting”? That’s how Mr. Cyrus Broacha was introduced by Dolly Thakore at the last meeting – and she was as serious as a sober judge when she made the statement. Perhaps the best...
Kishore Mandhyan JUST WHAT DOES THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL DO ? AND HOW DOES HE DO IT? It has taken a Bombayite, a former Political Director in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, to explain the intricate, highly nuanced workings of the world body. Mr. Kishore Mandhyan, who worked over the last five years in...
Sucheta Dalal Loot and plunder is the order of the day – but where is your outrage? asks Sucheta Dalal, the original scam-buster Sucheta Dalal, renowned columnist, financial journalist and one who broke the story of the Harshad Mehta, C.R. Bhansali and other scams two decades ago, urged members at the last meeting to wake up, to...
Sabyasachi Mukherjee ‘The Bombay museum is like an NGO,it needs money to maintain its Grade I heritage building and to preserve 60,000 priceless artefacts’ Here are some little-known facts about Bombay that most citizens would not know and which tell a tale of monumental indifference. The city’s 91-year-old museum was set up by an act of legislation...
Dr. Sitesh Roy ‘Most diseases begin in the gut, for 90% of the human immune system lives in the gut’ Dr. Sitesh Roy, voted one of the best doctors in the USA for four years and who has featured in the guide to America’s top physicians every year from 2005 to 2010, is back in Bombay after...