ICONIC MOMENTS RCB’s late PP Dr. Rahim Muljiani was President when JRD Tata and Nani Palkhiwala visited the Club. They were both Honorary Rotarians. Dr. Muljiani’s son Hamza says, “I am not sure whether JRD was invited to address the Club. I remember dad mentioning that both he and Nani Palkhiwala were honorary members. Nani Palkhiwala...
RC Jerusalem was also founded by James Wheeler Davidson, in fact on the same trip, a couple of weeks ahead of RC Bombay. Since last year, both our Clubs are also officially ‘Sister Clubs’. Their lunch meetings are held on Wednesdays and cover a wide bandwidth right from spiritual to economic topics. On January 12th this...
Death is inevitable, and when one has lived to a ripe old age, the inevitability always seems imminent. Inevitable or imminent, a deep sense of sorrow is what I felt at the sad news of the passing away of PP Dr. Rahim H. Muljiani. In a Club boasting of several eminent people, Rahim was an institution....
WHAT IS A SATELLITE CLUB AND HOW DOES IT WORK? Rotary has had satellite clubs since 2013. At first, satellite clubs were for people who wanted to join Rotary but didn’t have a large enough group to start a club. Unlike regular Rotary clubs, which require 20 members to start, a satellite club can form with just eight...
“The Annual Report of the Rotary Club of Bombay for the year 1st July 2020 to 30th June 2021 be and is hereby adopted.” “The Audited Statement of Accounts of the Rotary Club of Bombay for the year 1st July 2020 to 30th June 2021 be and are hereby adopted.” “The Audited Statement of Accounts of the...
Brit Driver Alex Lynn’s victory has brought Mahindra Racing back to the winners’ circle after a dry patch of two-and-a-half years. Mahindra Racing has competed in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship since Season 1 (the latest is its 7th), representing the Indian car giant on a global sporting scale in single-seater motor racing. Alex...
THE ROTARY CLUBS OF BOMBAY, MUMBAI MALABAR HILL AND BOMBAY HILLS SOUTH CO-HOSTED AN INTERACTIVE EVENING WITH AKS MEMBERS TO COMMEMORATE ARCH KLUMPH SOCIETY DAY FOR DISTRICT 3141, ON APRIL 12TH, 2021. THIS WAS DONE BY CELEBRATING AND REMEMBERING THE BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF PDG LATE JYOTINDRA VAKIL, THE FIRST ARCH KLUMPH SOCIETY MEMBER OF ASIA...
WHAT BETTER WAY TO CELEBRATE THE CHRISTMAS THAN ENGAGING KIDS WITH LEARNING AND FUN! Nearly 25 happy students of G K Marg School celebrated Christmas in a two-session event (December 19 and 25) on Walt Disney where they were introduced to the man behind their favourite cartoon characters. There were quizzes, games, drawing, painting, singing, prizes...
AKS Member Manoj Israni talks about his experiments with art and the meaning of charity Some people go with the flow and others spot the next big wave a mile away and ride it. Art collector Manoj Israni does both exceedingly well. However, it is his boys Edward and Oliver – a cocker spaniel and a...
Rtn. Dilip Piramal, who becomes a member of the Arch Klumph Society today, shows no signs of slowing down The Gateway team is waiting for Rtn. Dilip Piramal, Chairman of VIP Industries, at his labyrinthine offices in Prabhadevi. We’ve been told he is going to be there in five minutes. We know that is Indianspeak for...
On February 13, the in-camera event ‘How to be heart smart’ by practicing cardiologist Rtn. (Dr.) Sharukh Golwalla, and hosted by Rtn. Anil and Rtn. Ptn. Honey Harish, brought many eye-openers. Sharukh discussed relevant cardio issues with attending Rotarians. A) Type A personality or A stressed individual: Type A personality are the ones that are ambitious,...
1. Name of the Committee: Gender Equality 2. Director-in-charge: Rtn. Vineet Bhatnagar 3. Chairperson: Rtn. Arin Master Vice Chairperson: Rtn. Anar Shah 4. Names of Committee Members: Rtn. Ravi Fotedar, Rtn. Dr. Ashish Contractor, Rtn. Natasha Treasurywala, Rtn. Tanya Sood, Bijal Kara, Dhvanika Thakker, Pervin Jehangir 5. No. Of Committee meetings held: Three. Dates: July 9th, August 13th & September...