Dr. Rajendra Badwe Diabetes, hypertension and high blood pressure are some of the greatest threats to life, yet most people are terrified by cancer, even though nobody can say with any degree of certainty that it will lead to death. On the contrary, if people are careful about just three things infection, obesity and...
Mr Aabid Surti Has one ever heard of an award for environmental protection being presented to a satirist-cum-cartoonist? Such an improbable occurrence took place at the last meeting when the Rotary Club of Bombay Taru Lalvani award for Environment Protection was presented to Mr. Aabid Surti who is well known as a painter,...
Dr Shaila Vora Gone are the days when children born with hearing problems had to go to schools for the deaf and dumb . Most of those schools are closing down because the new generation hearing aids are so good and the technology so sophisticated that the children pick up sounds like normal children. If they...
Dr.Swati Piramal Today is a very important day for me because my younger brother is presiding over this gathering at this illustrious Club. And I'm happy that my parents are here to see both of us on the same stage. It is a very special moment for me because we were...
Mr.Spenta Wadia The soft-spoken Prof. Spenta Wadia, the "Higgs man" who addressed the Club on the subject in August last year, was conferred the Sohrab Godrej Award for Science and Technology at the last meeting. Mr. Adi Godrej, an Honorary member of the Club, and Mr. Nadir Godrej (they are nephews of the late...
Mr.Mahender Vasanandani There is too much focus in this city on FSI, everybody wants more but nobody thinks of what to give back to the community. If a system like UDI (Urban Design Index) is adopted, the focus on FSI will be diffused. FSI will still be a part of the matrix to get plans approved,...
Mr.Satish Magar It has won many awards for its innovative initiatives, but few know that the popular Magarpatta City has a 'City Council' that acts like a municipal corporation and that the CMD functions as a municipal commissioner. A unique township just outside Pune spread over 430 acres of original farm land, it houses 40,000 residents and...