August 2015 - The Golden Orange

August 2015

DISTRICT EVENTS

PROJECT REPORTS

BOARD INTERVIEW

COMMUNITY SERVICE

INTERACT INSTALLATIONS

ROTARACT INSTALLATIONS

INSTALLATION

LIFE SKILLS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

R. I. President’s Message Dear fellow Rotarians, All of us reach a point in our lives when we must decide what we want our legacy to be.

Do we want to be remembered for the material things we pursued or the relationships we nurtured? Do we want others to recall only the cars we drove or the jobs we had when they think of us? Will this world be better off for our having been in it?

In Rotary, we know what legacy we are leaving for the world. When Rotarians see a need, they meet it. When Rotarians see conflict, they work to bring peace. Rotarians work every day to make the world a better place.

We have all come to Rotary

for different reasons, but we have stayed in Rotary because it has brought out the best in us. It has shown us the value of integrity, compassion, and dedication, and in Rotary, we now have family members around the world. In short, Rotary has made us better people - people who want to make a difference. Rotary has been a gift to each of us.

This year, we will give that gift to others. Whether that is through participation in a National Immunization Day, a strategic partnership funded by a Rotary grant, an invitation issued to someone to join Rotary, or a simple act of goodwill, we will continue to share Rotary's good work with people around the globe.

In telling our Rotary stories, we will tell others about the many ways that Rotary has given us a legacy that lasts.

I look forward to the great work we will do together in Rotary this year, as we strive to Be a Gift to the World.

Sincerely, K.R. Ravindran 2015-16 President, Rotary International

Governor’s Message

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My dear Rotarians, When you gift your time in service, you touch lives. When you gift your resources, you uplift lives. When you gift both time and resources with love and compassion, you yourself, become a gift to the world, to humanity. As Rotarians, we should be leaders, not followers. Our dreams should not be about past victories, but future challenges ! How we are going to meet them by using the latest technology, that can reach all of us. In an age where people are more connected, distracted and busy than before, how do we as organisation remain relevant ? Charles Darwin observed, that it isn't the strongest who survive, nor is it the most intelligent, but it is those who are most responsive to change. If we do not lead innovation and change, we stagnate. We should start now, as reminded by Gandhiji '' The future depends on what we do now ''.Lead by example.

Let us look at the gift of knowledge. It's management is the process of capturing, developing, sharing and using organisational knowledge effectively. Rotary's objective in simple terms, is to build world understanding, goodwill and peace by connecting leaders, our members around the globe - moving them into action.

To do so we need to share resources, ideas and knowledge. The genius of Rotary is, that it provides a way to take the resources and skills of a diversity of people and harness them for good. For

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maximum impact we have to do it efficiently, transparently with our focus and attention.

We are all mortal. Our time on this earth is finite. We have only one chance at our lives. We shall have only one chance at 2015-16 Rotary year. Time is so short, so much to be done. Let us make a difference to the not so fortunate, by changing the face of Govt schools under direction of Rotary India Literacy mission. Let us fulfil our commitment to ''Swach Bharat Abhiyan'' by constructing 500-1000 toilet blocks. Together let us build ''Rotary Cancer hospital'' which will give hope to thousands of patients.

I ask you to give your faith, dedication, commitment and empathy. I ask you of all these gifts. Even more, to be a gift to yourself.

Rtn. Nikhil Kibe Dist Governor 2015-16

President’s Message the vulnerable.

With fervour and fellowship, we can seek out new needs in our community and address them.

The month of July has zipped past.

Thankfully, very well! Our hands have been full with work; our hearts with the warmth of fellowship and new bonds. With eleven months to go, one knows the calendar is full and the diary overflowing with to-do lists.

In the months that follow, our dream is to make a lasting difference in our environment, in our communities, in our schools. Our vision is to engage our youth in meaningful activities to channelize their youthful strength, energy and verve. We want to make sure that Rotary continues to light up the world.

May we strike new bonds, build new friendships, serve the deserving and let the world know that ROTARY IS THERE .ROTARY IS FUN. ROTARY IS DOING GOOD WORK. May we indeed be able to 'Be a Gift to the World'!

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President's Message At the stroke of the midnight hour of June 30, 2015, the world prepared itself with open arms as Rotarians all over the world readied themselves to 'BE A GIFT TO THE WORLD.' In Rotary, one year seamlessly slips into the next. There is a change of guard but the time-tested systems stand guard.

This year was no different. Keeping up with the Rotary wheel in its fast and furious mode, our Club touched the finishing line and took off once again. Even before one could say, 'On your mark….get set…go….' our Rotary sprinters were well on their way. On their way, to start the jobs they had scouted around for. On their way, to scurry further into the mammoth ocean of opportunities to serve, to gift.

The Rotary Year began with a bang as usual. The hoardings were up to showcase the work done by Rotary; Project Nutrition started. Fruit trees were planted and Neem seeds distributed. Vocational Training and Blood donation camps commenced. Interact installations started in right earnest. A major event, LITERACY WINS was ably organized for the President's Enclave by our Club.

Shramdaan at Ramnagar was a maiden attempt by our Club to clean up a public ground and awaken the slumbering authorities. Our good Samaritans also stepped forward with their timely and generous contributions to enable us to get started. Uniforms and books have already been distributed to the needy students. All these activities are covered in detail in the inside pages.

Such are our members!! Committed, enthusiastic, forthcoming. Ever-willing to pitch in – physically and financially! It is because of this solid support that we one can dedicate oneself to improve the living conditions of

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My thoughts...

Little known fact - PM Modi's 'Selfie with Daughter' phenomena was inspired by a little known sarpanch of a remote village in Haryana - Sunil Jaglan. The sarpanch, on his birthday, clicked a picture of himself with his three and a half year old daughter and invited more such pictures from people for a cash reward of Rs. 2100. The PM thought it was a good concept, mentioned it on his 'Mann ki Baat' and he spoke of it with reference to the Central Government scheme 'Save the daughter, Educate the daughter'. These selfies are all over the social media today.

The sarpanch, now besieged with photos of parent and daughter all over his whatssap, has achieved what he set out to do, cash reward forgotten.

We tend to be a reactive set of people and it takes only a few gruesome rapes to make us realise the importance of safety of women. I recently read an article in which a young girl was all praise for the Mumbai police. On seeing her alone at the

taxi stand at VT station Mumbai, the policeman not only noted down the prospective taxi drivers name and number but also took a picture on his phone and only then allowed the young girl to get into the taxi. Kudos Mumbai Police...

May your sense of responsibility increase.

This is very oft repeated story on the social media but at the cost of repetition I would like to narrate it again. A stranger approached a school going girl and told her he had been sent by her mother to pick her up. The girl then asked the man for a password. The man fumbled and the girl ran away. The girl and her mother had decided on a password in case a stranger came for her claiming acquaintance with her family. We need to make our girls aware of such happenings.

Today, as dignitaries of the country lay a wreath on the mortal remains of exPreseident A.P.J Abdul Kalam, I would like to pay homage to this great gentleman

by quoting h i m “ Wi t h o u t y o u r involvemen t you can’t succeed and with your involvemen t you can’t fail” On a lighter note, the summer has melted most of us and bid adieu...the scorching heat has now given way to heavy clouds and we witness the downpour occasionally which cleanses the city and our mind...to fresh beginnings.....Hope you enjoy reading our first issue as much as we have enjoyed putting it together for you !! Ciao till the next !!

Hetal Sampat Editor

conviction in the heart to “soar higher than before”. Let us all together make this a year of GIVING - For all the goodness that this world has, it needs and deserves more.

With this thought in our minds, let us fulfil the other important task of giving…of “GIVING UP”.Let us give up the habits of 'idleness' and 'procrastination', of malicious satisfaction over other's miseries, of loathe and apathy; not that we have them in plenty but even the seeds that have begun to sprout have to be uprooted.

Let us bring out that innocent child in us, one who looks upon the world with awe and reverence, whose innocence supersedes the self-destructive and selfdemeaning barriers that “society” has erected, whose curiosity far subverts the cloak of disillusionment that the “grownups” have with life.

“Where the spirit breathes” is a phrase which depicts the utmost necessity of keeping one's inner flame burningnourished with the fuel of ambition and buttressed with the oxygen of self-belief; Where can such a spirit reside, but in an

untarnished soul and an innocent heart- one which beats t o t h e rhythm of the waves, the sound of the ocean, the scowl of the desert, the melody of the breeze, the peter of the raindrops and the twinkle of the stars. There is true joy, happiness and contentment in giving- for nothing in this world is permanently ours and yet, part of everything belongs to us- for we are one, with the Universe. So for those who believe in the soul being part of the Universe, at large, “giving” actually takes you that one step closer to uniting with the Universe and on the path to find the true meaning of life- “giving memories”.

Rotarians! Give, and “Be a Gift to the World”!

Durriya Akolawala Editor

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To Ponder

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“WHERE THE SPIRIT BREATHES, THERE IS NO ROOM FOR FEAR!!!

GIVE AND YOU WILL FIND TRUE JOY!!!”

- The lines of a hymn that make me nostalgic of the assembly time in my convent school, where with an unfettered mind and an unburdened heart, they were recited. With the passage of time, the real honest joy of giving, sharing and loving has been lost under a heap of responsibilities and stress, where each and every one of us is bonded by some priorities and chained to our daily routine like The Goldfinch that is chained to the uneventful and invariable wall, by its own foot.

But when man decides “to strive to seek and not to yield' then there is always a channel, a window, a path... We as members of Rotary Club of Nagpur are blessed with such an opportunity where we can bring our philanthropic selves to the forefront and not just make a difference, but also more importantly, improve lives.

A new year for Rotary has begun, a year with revived hope, abundance of zest and

District Governor's Installation It was the fifth of of July and RI Director Dr Manoj Desai was in attendance along with his wife Dr Sharmishtha!! A new Rotary year had started, and all over the world 535 Governors were ready to “Be a Gift to the World”!!!

Dr Nikhil Kibe, a leading nephrologist, had come a long way to become the third District Governor from Akola. RID Dr Manoj Desai hailed the District Governor Nikhil for his leadership skills. DG Nikhil introduced his team. District Directory and GML were launched. Function was followed by lunch. About 500 members attended the function from all over the District.

PP Vijay Naidu

Literacy WinS Conference region. The scope of work under the MoU includes betterment of educational quality, construction of toilets for students, installation of e-learning module, creating awareness about contemporary educational practices in rural areas, and donning the role of stewardship for all Government schemes to be implemented in schools.

Some of the dignitaries present on the occasion were MP Ajay Sancheti and NIT Chairman Shyam Wardhane. Earlier, President of Rotary Club of Nagpur Khushnoor Chugh welcomed all the guests and invitees. Dr. Nikhil Kibe was introduced by District Secretary Vijay Naidu. Nitin Gadkari was introduced by PDG Vishwas Sashasrabhojnee and Dr Manoj Desai was introduced by PDG Dr Satish Sule. Past President Prashant Wasade spoke on MoU signed by Rotary, efforts in achieving

hundred percent literacy results converting them into happy schools and efforts on 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.' PP Shabbir Shakir, PP Tauby Bhagwagar, PP Sanjiv Chugh, PP Vijay Naidu, Rtn. Amitabh and Rina Sinha, Rtn. Behram Patel, Rtn. Nimish Sutaria, Rtn. Sonia Khurana, Rtn. Nilufer Rana, Rtann.

Jumana Shakir, Sec. Rtn. Parag Paranjape and Rtn. Prashant Rajurkar worked hard for the success of the event.Past President Prashant Wasade proposed the vote of thanks.

Team GO

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“Clubs like Rotary with social consciousness can play a very important role in solving problems by encouraging social entrepreneurship” exhorted Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of Surface Transport, Highways and Shipping. He was the Chief Guest of the function, organised by Rotary Club of Nagpur, joined by 20 other Rotary Clubs titled 'Literacy Works'. He also spoke on the Governments vision on Clean India and examining economic viability. “We must see to economical viability and convert waste to wealth, that will help create jobs, control pollution and produce gas, like methane, to run our buses,” he reiterated.

Present on the dias apart from Gadkari were President of Rotary Club of Nagpur Khushnoor Chugh, District Governor Dist. 3030 Dr. Nikhil Kibe, Dr. Manoj Desai Director of Rotary International, Dr Prafull Mukadam and Past President Prashant Wasade.

All Rotary Clubs in Nagpur, under the banner of the Presidents Enclave, got together in the process of signing “MoU” with Zilla Parishad for 1585 schools in the

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Multi Committee Project

Project Nutrition The first project of the new Rotary year under President Khushnoor was flagged off on the 1st of July also celebrated as Annapurna day by the Nutrition Committee at Antar Bharti Shala under the directorship of Rtn Namita Sharma.

The school, which has been adopted by our club this year, has between 65-100 children between the ages of 3 and 7.

They are the children of women who have no one at home to leave the children when

they are at work. The school is run by a devoted brothersister duo who at 90 plus and 80 plus are amazingly enthusiastic and energetic!

We will provide the children with at least one nutritious meal per day and also organise a monthly activity for them.

President Khushnoor along with Secretary Parag and PP Rtn Sati Khanna were present on the dais along with the school management. Chairpersons RtAnn. Mamta Kahai, RtAnn.R itika Singhvi, Rtn. Sushma Hedaoo and GREEN CITY RtAnn. Vrinda Rathi Green City Committee along with Community welfare committee conducted a joint project at were present along Antar Bhartiya School at Khamla. Green City with Director Rtn Committee donated and planted fruit tree saplings Namita Sharma, at the school for the students. Project was led by outgoing President Director Rtn.Sarang Kale and Chairpersons Rtn Bharat Goenka Rtn.Manish Agrawal, Rtn.Nivedita Pendharkar and a host of Rotarians and RtAnn. Shefali Shah. who lent support.

Vrinda Rathi

Vocational Training At the Panjiri Village, the Vocational training team led by Rtann. Sadhana Paliwal taught 15 village ladies to make art items from waste material which will fetch a good price in the market to enable them to make a living. The Rotarians present at the venue were President Khusnoor, Secretary Parag Paranjpe, Director Dipesh Ajmera,

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Chairperson(s) Manish Sanghavi, and

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Alok Khandelwal.

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Blood Donation chairpersons Rtn Navneet Jain, Rtn Sandeep Vaid, Rtn Mohammed Master and Rtann Shalini Naidu held the blood donation camp at Hotel Centre Point on 2nd July 2015, collecting 89 units of blood.

All the members of our club were called to come forward and donate blood. They came in large numbers.

Navneet played a major role by inviting Angel Broking firm to send their team. 2 staff members of the hotel too donated blood. Rtn Sonam Mohta came all the way from Kamptee to donate blood and thus support this cause.

Installation

The Ladies on the Board The Installation ceremony is an eagerly awaited event in the Rotary Calendar, with the new team raring to go with zeal and enthusiasm and the previous team handing over the reins after a job well done. Year after year each Rotary President of our club has outdone themselves and soared new heights in the service of the community.

The installation ceremony of the 71st President of Rotary club of Nagpur, started on time with PP Bharat Goenka taking the mike and saying his year can be summed up in one word 'Commitment' where he saw every group in the club connecting into one united group. He said he was called the 'Budget President' as he tried to maintain fiscal discipline but he

The ceremony in progress

President Khushnoor, Hon. Sec. Parag Paranjpe and other board members too attended the camp.

Navneet Jain

2nd July hangs his boots with a deep satisfaction with the work done by his team. He gave a powerpoint presentation of his tenure's achievements from celebrating Annapoorna Day on July1st 2014 Project Dignity in Sevanand on June26th 2015.

The Golden Orange was released by PDG Vishwas Sahasrabhojanee and DG Nikhil Kibe. A few of the Rotarians - who work a little more than the others and who are the

Captive Audience difference between mediocrity and excellence - were awarded.

They are:1)PP Jal P Gimi Award for the Best Interact School - South Point School.

2)Roshni Doshi Award for the Best Rotaractor - Madhur Rathi(IGGMC) Shivam Mishra (Tuli College). 3)Uday Bhaskar Nair Trophy for the Best Rotaryanne - (less than 3yrs standing)Hina Agrawal and Kirti Jain.

4)PP Himmatbhai Thaker award for the Best Rotaryanne (more than 3 yrs standing) - Vinita Bahri and Shilpa Agrawal.

5)Mrs Swadesh Chugh trophy for the Best Rotary couple(less than 3yrs)Pranav and Chetna Singhal. 6)PDG Dr Satish Sule trophy for the Best Rotary couple(more than 3yrs) - Beena and Shibu Mathew and Dr Rajesh and Ritika Singhvi.

7)PP Rtn Aspi Bapuna and Mehru Bapuna trophy for the Best Chairperson (community service) - Dr Sameer Jahagirdar and Ashish Mehadia.

8)SP Surjan silver salver for the Best Chairperson( other than community service) - Nidhi Gandhi and Veenita Pasari.

9)PDG Rtn CN Chari award for the Best Lady Rotarian - Namita Sharma.

10)PP Rtn Arun Bhargava trophy for the Best Humanitarian work done by Rtn/Rann-Dr Ravi Wankhede and Hira Mulani.

11)Rotaryanne Kailashrani D Sahni trophy for the participation in most number of club projects and significant contribution - Manjot Singh Kahai.

12)PP Rtn Sati Khanna award for the Outstanding Rotarian - Kapil Bahri.

13)PP R D Mohta shield for the Best Director - Rina Sinha, Dr Rajesh Singhania and Monal Malji.

14)PDG Vishwas Sahasrabhojanee Shatabdi Meet award Outstanding Rotarian of the year- Prashant Rajurkar.

Special Recognition for Outstanding work done.

PDG Vishwas Sahasrabhojanee, PP

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The Blood Donation Committee under the able leadership of Director Rtn. Namita Sharma - the team consisting of

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Shabbir shakir, PP Sati Khanna, Nimish Sutaria, Sunil Bhatia,PP Vijay Naidu, Neeta Gupta, Dinesh Naidu, Pritesh Tank, Dr Sheela Mundhada, Deepak Chowdhary, Appu Wadhwani and Vishwajeet Kahirsagar.

Dr Manmohan Daga introduced Dr Mangala Ketkar recipient of the Best Community Service Award as a soft spoken and soft natured person with a small frame, who is an Institution by herself in the field of Endoscopy and gynaecology. PDG Vishwas introduced

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Sri Kamalji Kela the recipient of the O u t s t a n d i n g C i t i z e n Aw a r d , a magnanimous achiever who started 'Friends of Tribal Society' which is running 1100 schools in Maharashtra.

PP Rtn. Tauby Bhagwaghar introduced the incoming President Rtn. Khushnoor Chugh. She said Khushnoor like her name will bring joy and light to Rotary.

President Khushnoor said she felt blessed to be President and hopes to keep up with the enthusiasm of her board. Rotary club of Nagpur according to her has a

momentum of its own and regular oiling and greasing is provided by the zeal of its members.

DG Nikhil Kibe was introduced by PP Vijay Naidu as a noble soul of soft disposition who joint Rotary in1992 and became charter president of Akola Midtown. DG Kibe said the future depends on what we do now.

PP Sanjiv proposed a toast for RI President Ravi Ravindran, which was followed by fellowship.

Shalini Naidu

Best Interact School

The Best Rotaractors

Best Rotary couple (Less than 3 years)

Best Chairperson Community Service

Best Humanitarian work done

Best Chairpersons (Other)

Outstanding Rotarian

Best Lady Rotarian

Significant Contribution Award

Best Rotaryanne (less than 3 years)

Best Rotaryanne (more than 3 years)

Outstanding Rotarian of the Year

Best Rotary couple (more than 3 years)

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Best Director

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Blood Donation

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On 4th of July 2015, a blood donation camp was organised in association of VCMDWA with the help of Rtn Dinesh Naidu at the hall of VCMDWA from morning 8am to 2 pm.

A total of 81 units were collected. President Rtn Khushnoor Chugh, Hon. Secretary Rtn Parag Paranjpe , Director Rtn Namita Sharma, Rtn Navneet Jain , Rtn Danny Vaid and Rtn Mohammed Master were present.

Special thanks to team of Jeevan Jyoti Blood Bank for their support in getting the job done and to office bearers and members of VCMDWA for taking the initiative and donating for a good cause.

Navneet Jain

Green City

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The Green City Committee organised a neem seed distribution project at the Hitavada Twinkle Club membership drive. An innovative approach was adopted during this drive. Instead of giving only neem seeds, they were packed in soil and manure in a biodegradable plastic bag. This enabled the children to just open the bag and start watering the seeds to observe the sapling grow.

To encourage kids for taking take care of the saplings we are conducting a drawing competition on 11th Oct at Hislop College. Children who bring the saplings will be allowed to participate in this competition. The best saplings will also get attractive prizes.

Project was led by Director Sarang Kale and Chairpersons Manish Agrawal, Mohammad Master, Nivedita Pendharkar, Shefali Shah. Members who selflessly contributed were Rtn. Pritesh Tank, Sonal Singhvi, Director Youth Raj Shah, Rtn. Ashok Mrig and many others.

Sarang Kale

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Interact Installation Installation Ceremony for Interact Club of St. Michael School was held on 7.7.2015 on the school premises. The programme started at 10 am.

The meeting was called to order by outgoing President of Interact Club. The lighting of traditional lamp took place at the hands of President Rotary club Rtn. Khushnoor Chugh, Secretary Rtn Parag Paranjape, Director Raj Shah, Chairperson Manisha Agarwal and Urwi Suri. This was followed by a warm

welcome. The outgoing President of the Interact Club gave the report of the past activities taken up by the Rotaractors.

The incoming board members were installed by President Rtn Khushnoor Chugh followed by acceptance speech by New President of Interact Rahul Shaotri.

The Interactors were further motivated by the speech by Rotary Club President Khushnoor Chugh.

Vote of thanks was extended by Amit Gupta Secretary, Interact Club followed

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by the National Anthem.

Urwi Suri

Rotary Cafe anniversaries and a lucky draw prize to be won, will surely be an inviting proposition for all to attend the Thursday Meetings.

And last but not the least, a lot of effort is being taken to ensure good, mouthwatering snacks and beverages at the Rotary Cafe Looking forward to welcoming you at your very own 'Rotary Cafe'every Thursday, 6:00 pm, where you can sit back and relax and enjoy your snacks over a cup of tea/coffee while you interact with

Meeting The first regular meeting of the term 2015-16 was held on 9th July 2015 at Chitnavis Centre.

President Khushnoor called the meeting to order and one minute silent prayer was observed. The President quickly summarized the activities and programs held between 1st - 9th July through a power point presentation with pictures. Birthday and anniversary greetings and gifts were given by the President.

President Khushnoor then invited Directors for their announcements.

Director Namita Sharma informed that on 2nd july, the day of Blood Donation record number of units i.e.89 units were collected. Director Rina Sinha appealed to all Rotarians to pay their dues on time and avoid penalty. President Khushnoor thanked Rtn. Hira Mulani for contributing Rs.25000 for Project Nutrition, Rtn. Dr.Sanjiv Chugh for donating MMR vaccines and all the Rotarians who supported this project whole heartedly.

fellow Rotarians.

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9th July RtAnn. Neelu Garg informed the members about OMOG One mission One goal theme of Interact, to avoid duplications, confusion amongst the various clubs. President Khushnoor gave the news about Twins born to Rtn. Kirit and Ratna Joshi.

Rtn. Sandip Dhodapkar made announcements about Scholarship committee and informed that this year 40 new Rotarians joined the noble cause.

Total collection last year was Rs.11.50 lacs. Cheque of Rs.40000/- was handed over to Ms. Dipti of Sunshine foundation by the hands of first lady of last year Jyoti Goenka.

Our own Mr. Dinesh Vaidya was given cheque for his daughter's education, who is doing very well in her studies.

Audio clip of speech by R.I.President Rtn. Ravindran was played.

President requested our own awesome threesome Rtn. Nilufer Rana, Rtann Vinita Bahri and Rtn. Shivani Bidaye to

start their musical bonanza. They started the musical journey by dedicating first song (Shakira fame wakka wakka) to Rotary and second number Khushnoor The Sailor to President Khushnoor. They mesmerized the audience by their superb enthusiasm and variety of songs.

President announced that every member should wear Rotary Pin from next meeting to avoid fine of Rs.100/Secretary Parag gave a very witty vote of thanks and meeting ended with National Anthem.

Kalpana Date

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New Year… New beginings…

The Fellowship during the Thursday Meetings wears afresh new look this year..

“The Rotary Café” Tables and Chairs for the comfort of our Senior Rotarians and Anns, with flower arrangements and music, all add up to the ambience and thus setting a relaxed mood for meeting to follow.

A niche for our ever 'selfie enthusiastic' members, a corner to bring in about small celebrations such as birthdays and

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Interact Installation The new team of the Interact Club of Centre Point School, Amravati Road Bypass was installed on the 10th of July 2015. A Special Ceremony was organized wherein the guests of honor were given a warm welcome with a welcome song selected from Bryan Adams special collection – “It's a new day”.

The dignitaries present on the dais were President of Rotary Rtn Khushnoor Chugh, Honorary Secretary Rtn Parag Paranjpe Director of Youth, Rtn Raj Shah, Principal of the school Mrs. Radhika Mehra, Chairpersons Rtn Manisha Agrawal and Rtann Urwi Suri.

The ceremony began on an auspicious note with the traditional lighting of the lamp by all the honorable guests. This was followed by a short prayer to invoke the blessings of the Almighty in the endeavor for social upliftment. Vedang Sawarkar, as the outgoing President of the club

presented a report on the various projects undertaken by his team.

They were fortunate enough to listen to an inspiring speech by President of Rotary Club, Rtn Khushoor Chugh in which she told the students that it is equally important to spend some quality time in the company of those who welcome and cherish a warms smile and an affectionate handshake.

Arshia Kalmegh, the newly elected President of the Interact Club outlined her objectives as the new leader. The ceremony concluded with Anushree Laddhad , as compere, calling out to Yashi Ojha the secretary of the Interact Club, to present a vote of thanks.

The newly elected team was more than

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Multi Committee Project

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Community Welfare Rotary Club of Nagpur is associated with Sevanand School, Koradi Rd for a long time .It is a school of around 500 students from very poor background . On 12th July 5, 2015, we had a multi committee project at this school. All the Rotarians were very graciously invited to assemble at Rt. Anita Jain's Place at New Colony at 9 am.

Entire Jain family was there to welcome and served us sumptuous breakfast .It was a good fellowship to start the day.

During Installation of Interact Club, books, note books, uniforms were distributed to the students. Rtn. Hira Mulani sponsored chairs for staff, which was also handed over to school.

Biscuits,sponsored by Rtn Sunil Bhatia was also distributed.

180 school kids were examined and treated suitably. Registration, height / weight / Drug distribution was looked after by non-medico Rotarians. 18 children were detected with vision defects. Correction and spectacles distribution to be done soon for these needy students. The highlight of the project was MMR immunisation of girls of 10th std.

Doctors who gave their services were Dr Sanjiv Chugh, Dr Hazra, Dr Iqbal Khan,

Dr Harish Rathi, Dr Zubair Qazi, Dr Jerestin Watchmaker, Dr Lubna Haq and Dr Rizwan Haq. Ms Neena Parekh helped with speech and ear related issues. Dr Shaunak Mokadam provided optometrist Prashant and Priyanka. The project was ably supported by Director Non Medical Rtn. Namita Sharma. Master Nilesh who was advised hernia surgery during the camp has been successfully operated upon by Dr. Surjit Hazra at Prakash Nursing home aided by the Phroze Patel Medical Fund.

Green City Green City Committee organised a neem seed distribution project at the Sevanand Vidyalaya.

An innovative approach was adopted during this drive. Instead of giving only neem seeds, we packed them with soil and manure in a biodegradable plastic bag.

This enabled the children to just open the bag and start watering the seeds to observe the sapling grow.

To encourage kids to take care of the saplings we are conducting a drawing competition on 11th Oct at Hislop Collage. Children who bring the saplings will be allowed to participate in this competition. The best saplings will also get attractive prizes.

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happy to receive neem seeds from Rtann.

Shefali Shah from the green City Committee team of Rotary. Keeping in mind their task towards a greener environment the interactors showed their hospitality by gifting saplings to the honorable guests.

12th July Project was led by Director Sarang Kale and Chairpersons Manish Agrawal, Mohammad Master, Nivedita Pendharkar, Shefali Shah.

Interact Installation The Interact Installation of Sevanand Vidyalaya was held in the presence of the following dignitaries of the Rotary Club of Nagpur – President Khushnoor Chugh, Hon. Secy. Parag Paranjpe, Director Youth Raj Shah, Chairpersons Manisha Agrawal and Urwi Suri.

The past President of the Interact club gave her speech and shared her experiences of the previous year. Then the new Interact Team was installed. The new President of the Interact Club thanked all for giving the opportunity and promised to conduct various programmes and activities for the year. The poor and needy were given educational aids like notebooks and textbooks etc. alongwith sports material. At the end of the programme the students were distributed neem seeds to nurture the plants.

The programme was compered by Teacher-in-charge Mr. Rathod whereas vote of thanks was given by Shejal Ninawe, the Secretary of the Interact Club.

A little bit of pain for health gain

Optometrist in action

All the Rotarian volunteers

General Checkups

Taking Height

Pinning the Interact Board

Shefali Shah Addresses

The Students

Distributing Goodies

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Interact Installation A passionate & zealous group of Rotarians visited St. Ursula Girls' High School to witness the installation ceremony of its Interact Club. The prominent Rotarians who graced the occasion were President Rtn. Kushnoor Chugh, Hon. Sec. Rtn. Parag Paranjpe, Director for youth service Rtn. Raj Shah, Chairperson of the Interact Club Rtn. Ann. Ruchi Uppal, Co Chairperson Manisha Agrawal, Chairperson for sapling Rtn. Vinita Bahari, Manish Agrawal and the other Rotarians. The ceremony was initiated by praising the Lord Almighty. All the Guests present on the day were accorded a hearty welcome by Ms. Reena Kumar. The outgoing Interact President Saloni Pandey then delivered her speech briefing the gathering about various activities undertaken by the club during her tenure.

The executive body of 2014-15 Interact Club was then installed; Ms. Yukti Bansod –President, Jaspreet Kaur- Vice President, Muskan Dubey- Secretary. The other office bearers installed were Esther Michael, Riya Fulwani, Aasma Sheikh, Anam Khan. A heart-touching poem about a girl child was recited by a student

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Koyna of Std VI. The newly installed President Ms. Yukti Bansod delivered her maiden speech in which she promised to lead her team to the best of their abilities.

The President Rtn. Khushnoor Chugh then addressed the members of the club encouraging them to contribute towards the wellbeing of the school and the society giving their selfless service and co-operation. She also encouraged the students to raise funds through various activities to extend a helping hand towards the underprivileged students.

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were also organized. The vote of thanks was proposed by Muskan Dubey. Esther Michael conducted the entire proceedings of the ceremony under the guidance of the Principal Mrs. Rachna Singh, A.H.M. Ms. Parvati Joseph, Supervisor Ms. Varsha Indurkar, Ms. Alice Matthew & Ms. Alka Tayade, coordinator Ms. Meenakshi Dongre and the teachers-incharge of the club Ms. Reena Ravi Kumar, Mrs. Supriya Paunikar, Mrs. Sonali Raibole, Ms. Shaily Iyer & Ms. Ashrita Bhelwa.

Rakhi Bhatia

13th July Every year, along with installation of Interact Club, Blood Donation camp is organized at St Ursula Girls School.

Keeping with the tradition, this year also, on 13th July a blood donation camp was organized at School with the help of Jeevan Jyoti Blood Bank. President Khushnoor Chugh was there to inaugurate the camp. The camp started at 8:30 am and total 37 unit were collected. Teachers and Parents willingly donated blood. Along with President, Secretary Parag Paranjpe, Director Youth Raj Shah, Director Non Medical Namita, Chairpersons Rtn. Navneet Jain, Rtann Shalini Naidu, Rtann Ruchi Uppal were there to grace the occasion.

Navneet Jain

The determination and resolve to “BE A GIFT TO THE WORLD�, was initiated by students of Royal Gondwana Public School, Shankarpur, Nagpur with the installation of Interact club under the guidance of the President Rtn Khushnoor Chugh.

The programme started with prayer and lighting of lamp. The dignitaries were welcomed by members elect of Interact with Tulsi saplings. The installation of Interact was presided over by the President Rtn Khushoor Chugh.

The newly installed Interact club responded to the need of the hour and pledged to devote themselves to conduct the activities during this academic year. In the acceptance speech as Interact President Tanushree Shenwai stated that her team wishes to create a world where the activities will be done with desire, determination, dedication, dynamism, discipline.

Tanushree Shenwai and Achal Gode were installed as

President and Secretary respectively.

Rishabh Kumar Roy as Vice President, Gunjan Dare as Treasurer, Sakshi Wadaskar, Kaustabh Parate, Astha Suke and Raghav Gupta as Directors were the other office bearers installed.

Besides the President and PP Shabir Shakir, Hon. Secretary Rtn Parag Paranjpe, Director Youth Services Rtn Raj Shah, Chairperson Vandana Agrawal, Chairperson Neelu Garg, Hon. Director of Royal Gondwana Public School Shri Deven Dasture, Principal of School Mrs.

Interact Installation Installation ceremony for Interact Club of Bishop Cotton School was held on 16th July, 2015 in the school premises. The Program started at 10 a.m.

The Meeting was called to order by outgoing Present of Interact Club. The

Guests were welcomed with a small gift.

This was followed by lighting of traditional lamp by President of Rotary Club Nagpur Khushnoor Chugh and other Guests followed by a Prayer.

Outgoing President of Interact gave a

14th July Arti Chaubey were present on the dais.

Advisor Interact Rtann Jumana Shakir, Rtn Litesh Thakkar, Rtn Manish Agrawal, Rtn Sarang Kale, Rtann Fatima Shakir, Rtann Fatima Akolawala, Rtn Rahul Chaudhary, Rtann Varsha Paranjpe, Rtann Dr Mrs Mrunalini Dasture graced the occasion. The proceedings were conducted by Swarali Bolakhe and vote of thanks was proposed by Secretary Interact Achal Ghode. The programme ended with National Anthem.

16th July brief synopsis of the activities and events taken up by them during the past academic year.

The incoming board members were installed by President Khushnoor Chugh followed by a very inspiring speech by the President.

Newly installed Pres. Sunita Sahu delivered her acceptance speech.

Rtn Manisha Agarwal Chairperson addressed the gathering and reaffirmed monitoring of the interact club with the help of her fellow chairperson Urwi Suri under the guidance of Director Youth Service Rtn Raj Shah. PP Sanjiv Chugh, Rtn. Manish Agrawal were also present.

The meeting was concluded by vote of thanks proposed by Brijesh Borkar followed by National Anthem.

Urwi Suri

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Weekly Meeting Second regular meeting of the term 2015-16 was held on 16th July 2015 at Chitnavis Centre.

President Khushnoor called meeting to order and one minute silent prayer was observed. President gave review of the activities of the last week. Birthday and anniversary greetings and gifts were given by the president. Secretary Parag made secretarial announcements and thanked donors for coming forward and helping the needy.

Rotarian Manju Shahani introduced new members who are joining rotary fraternity.

The new members are 1.Dr.Manu Goel., 2.Dr.Satish Kadam., 3.Dr.Neeta Rathi., 4.Dr.Rashmi Shahu and 5.Manish Gupta.

16th July President welcomed them by presenting Rotary Pin and Kit. Project announcements were made. Rotarian Dr.Ravi Wankhede informed that Rotaryanne Neelima Malani has pledged to donate organs.

Rtann. Vinita Bahri introduced the speaker for the evening - Mr. Ashfaque Ahmed. Mr. Ashfaque is civil engineer, valuer, green building consultant and wildlife project planner. He is working on projects like, Eco tourism, Religious tourism and wildlife tourism. Presently there are 5 wildlife projects underway in India and Mr. Ashfaque is consultant for 4 out of them.

Mr. Ashfaque started his power point presentation about Gorewada Zoo at Nagpur, which is supposed to be the Largest Integrated Park in the world. Spread across 5000acres of land on either side of Katol road and adjoining Gorewada lake, it has multiple sections, Night Safari, Walking t r a i l s , Commercial

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The installation of new team of Interactors at South Point School, Omkar Nagar Branch, Nagpur.

The installation of new team began with the lighting of traditional lamp by the dignitaries and prayer sung by school choir.

All the office bearers of the outgoing team welcomed the dignitaries on the dais with sapling. Miss. Bhargavi read out the

activities undertaken by her team during their tenure and accepted that her team has now acquired a p o s i t i v e attitude and o u t l o o k towards life.

She handed over the reins to the upcoming President Master Abhijeet Ragit for the year 2015-16.

The newly installed President Abhijeet said he will work sincerely on the theme of BE a Gift To the World.

The other members of team who were installed as interact office bearers are Miss Sakshi Tijare as Vice President, Master Aman Sonsare as Secretary, Master Tanmay Mahajan as Treasurer, Master Atharva

tourism, etc. All necessary permissions from various authorities are obtained. The project gained momentum after change of government at Centre and also in the State.

The entire project is based on three different themes like, deep time, tribal village & trail of senses. He also informed that the total cost is Rs. 451.53 crore. Government share is 183.63 and authorities are inviting expression of interest from various international and national investors for balance of 235.22 crores. The expected period of completion is 4 years .And actual work will start in 2-3 months. Vote of thanks was given by Rotarian Sohrab Kanga who thanked Mr. Ashfaque Ahmed for his interesting presentation. Meeting was adjourned with National Anthem.

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17th July Deshmukh, Master Ritik Umredkar, Miss Shruti Kale and Master Pawan Pandrangi as Directors.

On this occasion Past president Rotarian Vijay Naidu addressed the students. In his speech he inspired the students to undertake the adult literacy campaign, inculcate the personal cleanliness habit drive by distributing nail cutters. Along with President Khushnoor Chugh and Past President Vijay Naidu, the secretary Rtn. Parag Paranjape, Director youth Services Rtn. Raj Shah, Chairperson RtAnn Vandana Agrawal, Chairperson RtAnn Neelu Garg, Director of South Point School hon'ble Deaven Dasture, and Principal of South Point School Dr. Mrunalini Dasture were present on the dais.

Vote of thanks was proposed by Secretary Interact South Point School Master Aman Sonsare and the proceedings were conducted by Samruddhi Bhagat. The installation ceremony concluded with reciting the National Anthem.

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18th July On 18th July 2015 Blood Donation committee had their fourth camp at beautiful locale of St Thomas Church at Kalmeshwar. This is the place where training to become a priest is given. One such church is at Kerala and this is the second in the country. The camp, in association with Jeevan Jyoti Blood Bank, started at 8:30 in morning and went

Green City

19th July contributed were Rotary Club of Nagpur members, Rotaractors, Environmental Cell members from Hislop Collage and local Residents of Ramnagar area. Along with cleanliness, Neem, Champa and similar plants were planted with protective guards to ensure their survival.

List of members for Ramnagar park project.

Rtn. Sonam Mohta, Rtn. Shweta Singh, Rtn. Manish Agrawal, Rtann. Reeti Khanna, Rtn. Mohammad Master, Rtann.

Vinita Bahri, Rtann. Shefali Shah, Rtn. Sohrab Kanga, Rtn. Aeyjaz Akolawala, Rtn. Nivedita Pendharkar, Director Youth Raj Shah, Rtn. Dr. Samir Jahagirdar, Rtn. Litesh Thakkar, Rtn. Dr. Prashant Chaudhary, PP Prashant Kale, PP Sanjiv Chugh and many more.

Sarang Kale

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Rotary club of Nagpur organised a cleanliness and plantation drive under the Green City Committee for Ramnagar park. This park was in a bad shape with wild shrubs and poisonous weeds. The play area for kids was completely surrounded by weeds. This project was carried out under the leadership of President Khushnoor Chugh, Director Green City Committee Sarang Kale, Chairperson Dinesh Naidu, Director Youth Raj Shah. The project was immensely supported by Corporator Dr. Parinay Fuke and NIT Chairman Mr. Shyam Wardhane, NMC Commissioners Shrawan Hardikar and his team. Dr. Parinay Fuke organised JCB, dumper tipper trucks and labourers for this noble cause. Volunteers who selflessly

on till 12pm. Total 72 units of blood was collected. Dean of place gave us the tour of place and we got the opportunity to see the school of mentally challenged students there. Director Non Medical Rtn.Namita, Chairpersons Rtn. Mohd.

Master, Rtn. Navneet Jain and Rtann.

Shalini Naidu attended the camp.

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Life Skills Committee The life skills committee kickstarted its "Be A Gift to the World” program at Tuli Public School on 20th July, Monday. A motivational talk "YES! We Can" was organized by Director Rtn. Raj Shah and

Chairperson Sonal Singhvi. Rtn. Rajendra Jaiswal conducted the talk for a bunch of very receptive and enthusiastic students. Rtn. Rajendra kept the environment lively by incorporating many powerful shayaris. It boosted students' enthusiasm towards the workshop. He told the children to 'Dream – BIG”. He also encouraged students to support each other and always keep a positive attitude. Interesting stories in his animated style kept the children glued. The students were very interactive and open to

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new ideas. It was fun and learning experience. We received a very positive response from their teachers and the Principal.

Sonal Singhvi

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On 20th July, 2015, President Khushnoor, Secretary Parag, Director Sandip Dhodapkar and Chairpersons PP Gulab Mahant and Rajiv Behal visited Vidarbha Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram, Ramdaspeth, Nagpur where a cheque of Rs. 60,000/- was handed over by President Khushnoor to Shri Dongre, the head of the institute. The Ashram provides lodging, boarding and educational facilities to a number of students from remote and backward regions of the state, predominantly Gadchiroli and Yavatmal. Office bearers of the Ashram provided details of the activities of the organisation as a whole and the Nagpur unit in particular. All the inmates introduced themselves and gave details of their performance in the academic year gone by. Shri Ashok Patki of the Ashram and Chairperson Sandip spoke on the occasion. The inmates of the Ashram recited prayers and our own Rotarian Kusum Pandey thanked the Rotary Club for its support.

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The installation ceremony of the Board of Directors of the Interact Club of St. John's School for the year 2015-16 was held on Tuesday 21st July, 2015 at 9.30 am.

President Rtn. Khushnoor Chugh, PP Rtn. Gulab Mahant, Secretary Rtn. Parag Paranjpe, Director Rtn. Raj Shah, RtAnn. Reeti Khanna and Rtn. Manisha Agrawal graced the programme with their presence.

The programme began with the lighting of the lamp and invoking God's blessings through prayer song. Mst. Saifuddin Suratwala presented the Annual Report of the year 2014-15.

The following are the students installed as Board of Directors of St. John's Interact

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President :Mst. Dheer Surani, Secretary :Mst. Sifuddin Suratwala, Vice President :Mst. Vi n a y K a t a r i a , Tr e a s u r e r : M s t .

Mahesh Rao and Directors Mst. Harsh Gupta, Mst. Beven Mcleod, Mst. Stephen Anthony, Ahetesham Khan This was followed by the neem seeds distribution by Mrs. Khanna of Green City Committee. The Interactors were highly inspired and motivated by the

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Rotarians.

Vice-president Mst. Vinay Kataria proposed the vote of thanks and the programme concluded with the National Anthem

Committee for specially abled Divya Jyoti is a residential school for 150 mentally challenged students, between the age group of 5 to 40. It is situated in the interior of village Bokhara. Rotary is associated with this organization and has been helping them off and on. On 22nd July 2015, specially abled committee donated school uniforms to the students. In a wellorganized function President Khushnoor Chugh and other Rotarians were welcomed with flowers by students. Mrs. Wajurkar, Supervisor, briefed about the school and kind of vocational training that is provided to students. She also informed that one of the students was

selected for Special Olympics, to be held at London.

Uniforms were sponsored by Mr. Chandrakant, owner of Friends Fashion Mall. He, along with his two sons and President Khushnoor distributed uniforms and bags to children. Smile and happiness on the face of these children was priceless. The President addressed them and promised all possible help for students. Along with the President, present on the occasion were Secretary Parag Paranjpe, Director Non-Medical Namita

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and how being organized, keeping a clear vision and keeping a positive attitude helps in the long run. The students had a great time. Director Youth Rtn, Raj Shah was present for the workshop.

The program started by lighting the traditional lamp and garlanding Goddess Saraswati. The Head Mistress of the school was happy to see her students interacting actively with the speaker.

Sonal Singhvi

Interact Club Installation On 22nd July 2015, a bright Wednesday morning - Interact Club was installed at Tuli Public School, Koradi Road. The whole Rotary team was welcomed with Tilak and drum beats as we marched towards their activity hall.

Under the guidance of President Rtn. Khushnoor Chugh, the badges were distributed to Ravik Arora (President) and Pranjal Mondhe (Secretary)

respectively.

The other office bearers are Hritik Talreja (Vice President), Vinaya Khandate (Treasurer), Arnavi Nakhate (Director – Community Services), Deepti Zhade (Director – Vocational Services), Ta n s h i k K e s w a n i ( D i r e c t o r – International Services) and Arohi Pathak (Director – Youth Services). Oath was taken by the newly elected Team

22nd July Members to shoulder the responsibilities of the club. Director of Tuli Public School Mrs Urvashi Yashroy, Principal Anju Chopra, Hon. Secy. Rtn. Parag Paranjpe, Director Rtn. Raj Shah, Rtn. Ruchi Uppal, Rtn. Rakhi Bhatia were present on the dais. President Khushnoor enlightened the club members regarding their responsibilities towards the nation and the underpriviledged. RtAnn. Reeti Khanna distributed neem seeds to the students. RtAnn. Jumana Shakir (Advisor Interact) also graced the occasion.

Dignitaries congratulated the newly installed team and the students have promised to perform the duties and responsibilities of the interact club.

Teacher incharge Mr Nikhil Goswami was efficiently seen managing the programme.

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On 21st of July a very interactive and activity oriented workshop was organised for the IX th standard students of South Point school by Rtann Sonal Singhvi. A bunch of 80 enthusiastic students attended the session. Sonal used very informative and entertaining videos to keep the talk interesting. She told the students that we cannot manage time as it keeps on moving…we need to manage OUR SELVES”. She highlighted on the points of finding our own “Active Time”

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An interactive and energetic workshop was organized at Dinanath High School on 22nd July for a group of 50 Class IX students.

Rtann Sonal Singhvi conducted the workshop keeping the “Fun N Learn� theme in mind. She explained the importance of Time & Time Management. A few tips were shared on how in student life they should steal time for their hobbies. Activities related to organizing our daily routine were conducted. Interact coordinator Nichols sir appreciated the Rotary Club for providing motivating speakers for their school. President Khushnoor Chugh paid a quick visit to motivate the students and the speaker.

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Take Rotary Home

When the enthusiasm of a senior Past President (who revived this beautiful program) & that of 2 brand new chairpersons gets together, one can expect wonders!

That exactly was what we saw at the beautiful & tastefully done up house of PP Sati & Reeti khanna on Wednesday the 22nd July.

Even the rain Gods could see the excitement unlimited & decided to co operate for the evening.

50 Rotarians as well as spouses, including, the hosts, the president, secretary, 14 brand new members & some rarely seen otherwise members, bonded all through the evening amidst, games, a Rotary Quiz, drinks & dinner.

The food was aplenty, the camaraderie was superb, the ambience was awesome & the 'Go Green' theme could make, those not present, green with envy!

Vanita Shukul, the pillar of strength &

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Rotary Club of Nagpur has recently organized a life skill workshop at St. Ursula Girls School. The topic for the program was Excellence-My Birth Right and it was conducted by Rtn Mahendra Kamath.

He told the students that the God has given two unique abilities to the human kind which is not available to any other species. These are the Power to improve and the Power to Choose. How one uses these abilities determines not only his/her life but the lives of entire world. Through various relevant examples, he motivated the students to exercise these powers

judiciously.

He explained that everybody has the potential and right to excel in life in whatever path they choose. He gave tips to achieve excellence by elaborating about Dreaming Big, Being Honest and Hard Working, Thinking out of the Box and Continuous Learning & Implementing new things. He gave various live examples, anecdotes and stories to emphasis the points. Students enjoyed the session and took active part in deliberations as well as

22nd July creative Ragini, made the perfect pair of chairpersons. Ragini's innovative backdrop made a perfect foil for pictures.

Hats & caps, umbrellas & masks, made excellent props for pictures.

Recently inducted, Chetan & Neha Khemuka showed great potential in creative writing by coining a poetry for inviting the guests as per the theme. Neha also organized a fun game.

TRH, always a popular event, breaks not only the ice but also the barriers between the old & the new PP Sati has given us a target of 36 such evenings. I hope we are able to achieve the same!

So friends look forward to invites for the oncoming TRHs. Manju Shahani

23rd July activities. Everyone promised to achieve great success in their future life.

Director Rtn Raj Shah and Rtn. Satish Kadam were prominently present on the occasion.

Weekly Meeting future” for few years, but then came to a standstill. Being a seeker, she started looking for more and came across “Access Consciousness”, which is founded by Gary Douglas and is practiced in 150 countries. She said that it's a life changing technique & process designed to empower us to create the life we desire.

It offers tools for consciousness that is available around us. The basis of this foundation is '' The Bars''. There are 32 bars of energy that run through and around your head and they connect to different aspects of your life, when gently touched, effortlessly and easily release anything that doesn't allow you to receive.

Interact Installation The Installation Ceremony of the Interact Club for the session 2015-16, was held on 23rd July 2015 at 1pm in the NKP Salve Hall of Centre Point School, Wardhaman Nagar.

Adorning the dais were the dignitaries of the Rotary Club, President, Rtn. Khushnoor Chugh, Secretary, Rtn. Parag Paranjape, Director of Youth Services, Rtn. Raj Shah, Chairpersons Rtann.

Vandana Agrawal and Rtn. Neelu Garg, Rtann Reeti Khanna and the Principal of Centre Point School, Wardhaman Nagar, Mrs. Sumathi Venugopalan.

Compering the event, Chhavi Agrawal welcomed the guests with a token of gratitude. A prayer followed by the traditional lighting of lamp marked the beginning of the event. The report of the outgoing President Palak Dalmia, supported by a power point presentation

by Mihir Goenka highlighted the

activities executed in the previous year.

The installation of the new team was marked by the awarding of badges by Mrs Khushnoor Chugh to : President :Archit Venugopalan Vice President : Fahad Seth Secretary: Tamanna Goyal Joint Secretary :Aditi Dalvi Treasurer :Khushi Handa Director (Community Services) :Akshita Nahar Director (International Services) :Meenakshi Ruia Director (Youth Services) :Maitreyee Bharshankar D i r e c t o r ( Vo c a t i o n a l Services) :Sunidhi Nahata The acceptance speech by the newly elected President Archit Venugopalan and the oath taking by the new team raised hopes in the minds of

She stressed on using affirmative words and living a life as a question; ask the universe, “How does it get better than this?” The Universe will shift and change its quantum to give you what you desire.

But the moment you stop asking, the universe will stops giving.

Her real life examples made the topic more interesting and made us realize, to believe in ourselves and our instincts which we have suppressed somewhere deep in our minds and lives.

Meeting got concluded with vote of thanks given by Rtann. Hetal Sampat.

Fatema Akolawala

23rd July students for an eventful year of sincere and fruitful work ahead. The inspiring words of President Khushnoor Chugh and Mrs. Vandana Agrawal sowed the seeds of motivation and determination in the minds of students present.The 'Neemseed' project was explained by Rtann.

Reeti Khanna.

The solemn event was witnessed by the students of class IX and their teachers.

The event was organized by the Teachers Incharge, Mrs Anita Singh and Mrs. Chitralekha Harode.

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Weekly meeting of 23rd July, 2015 was called to order at 6:30pm by the President and half a minute silence was observed.

President announced the projects that took place in the week with a neat slide show. Birthdays & Anniversaries greetings were extended. Different projects for the coming week were announced and Life Skill Committee's work was praised by the President.

Rtann. Shalini Naidu introduced the guest speaker Renu Soni, a multifaceted personality. She is a certified ACCESS BAR FACILITATOR and is also running Magic Door Centre for children. She practiced Louis Hay Philosophy that “Your thoughts create your reality/

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Life Skills Workshop Engaging 60 boys of St . Michael for 60 minutes with complete attention... sounds difficult. But Rtn. Mohammad Master did it with aplomb. The students were

explained the importance of setting SMART GOALS in life. Activities and interaction kept the talk lively. He emphasized on hard work and devotion.

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The installation ceremony of newly elected members of Sadabai Raisoni Women's College was conducted at the Vivekanand Auditorium. Sakshi khandelwal and Mary Mathews hosted the ceremony. The ceremony started by lighting of the lamp. Prerna Sattabhayya then listed out the activities carried out in the year 2014-15 . This was followed by the Change of Guards Ceremony during which the IPP Prerna Sattabhayya handed over the reins to Vaishnavi Telrandhe,

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President for this year. Rtn. Khushnoor Chugh, installed the Rotaract Board members.

Mrs. Amina Vali Principal of Sadabai Raisoni Women's College exhorted how one could reach out to the less fortunate through Rotaract. Past President of Rotary club Rtn. Atul Shah spoke on the importance of contribution by each student for betterment of society.

President Rotary club of Nagpur, Rtn. Khushnoor Chugh encouraged the

24th July It was the 5th consecutive workshop of the lifeskills committee.Director Raj Shah and Chairperson Sonal Singhvi were present.

Sonal Singhvi

24th July Rotaract members to take initiative in all events.

Rtn. Parag Paranjpe Hon. Secretary Rotary club of Nagpur, Rtn. Raj Shah Director Youth services, Chairperson Shefali Shah, Co-chairperson Zaheer Akolawala, Advisor Jatin Sampat graced this ceremony with their presence.

Teacher in-charge Dr. Mrs. Shakti Sharma along with the staff and students Of SRWC worked hard to make the program a grand success. Shefali Shah

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On Friday 24th July, President Khushnoor, Secretary Parag, Director Sandip Dhodapkar and Chairperson Pritesh Tank visited Hislop College Nagpur where a cheque of Rs.40,000/was handed over to the Principal of the college Ms Dipti Christian in the presence of Mr. Nikhil Tarkunde, President of the Alumni Association of the college and a host of other members of the Alumni Association, prominent among them being Rotarians PP Vijay Naidu, Rina Sinha and Deepa Jamwal.

The Alumni Association is providing financial support to students from underprivileged sections of society to support them in completing their secondary education /graduation. Rtn Sandip spoke on the occasion and assured the college of the club's support.

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On 25th July, 2015 a blood donation camp was organized at R C PLASTO Tanks and Pipes Pvt ltd., Hingna, Nagpur, in their premises, for the first time. A total Number of 43 units were collected. President Rtn Khushnoor Chugh, Secretary Rtn Parag Paranjpe, Director Rtn Namita sharma, Rtn Sandeep Vaid, Rtn. Navneet Jain , RtAnn. Shalini Naidu, and Rtn. Mohammad Master were present.

The Factory is impressive and we were lucky to have a peek around Manufacturing Plant. Thanks for the hospitality Vishal and Nilesh Agrawal, who made it possible.

Special thanks to team of Jeevan Jyoti blood bank for their support in getting the job done and to office bearers and Staff of R C Plasto Tanks and Pipes for being there.

Sandeep Vaid

The installation ceremony of the Interact Club of Centre Point School, Katol Road took place on 27th July'15. The members of the Rotary Club present on the occasion were President Rtn Khushnoor Chugh, Secretary Rtn Parag Paranjape, Director Rtn Raj Shah, Chairpersons Rtn Rakhi Bhatia, Rtann. Ruchi Uppal, Rtann. Parul Shah and Rtann. Geeta Rao, Principal of Centre Point School, Katol Road Mrs. Shilpee Ganguly, Vice

Principals, Mrs. Chitra Puri, Mrs. Renu Singh and Mrs. Mridu Gulla, the staff & students were also present for the ceremony.

The ceremony started with the lighting of the traditional lamp. The guests were felicitated with saplings, an eco friendly gesture by CPS KR. This was followed by the briefing of the activities of Interact Club 2014-15 by the outgoing President Ashika Jain.

The Rotarians installed the new Interact committee which is as follows : President – Yashvi Maheshwari, Vice President – Richa Mohta, Secretary – Niharika Bhattacharya, Treasure – Avantika Nabira, Director (Youth Service) – Viraj

27th July Chate, Director (Vocational Service) – Aman Kukde, Director (International Service) – Ahamdev Bhattacharya, Director (Community Service) – Aditi Bhal.

This was followed by the speech of acceptance by the newly installed President Yashvi Maheshwari. The newly installed Interact committee then pledged to serve the society and work with full devotion, determination, dedication and discipline.

President Khushnoor Chugh gave the students a brief introduction about Interact club and inspired them to work whole heartedly for the same.

The ceremony concluded with a vote of thanks by Niharika Bhattacharya. She thanked the Rotarians and all others whose presence and hard work made the ceremony a great success.

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Interact Installation It was heartening to see the enthusiasm and joy of the new Interact Team of SHIR GURU GOBIND SINGH SCHOOL, KAMPTEE ROAD, promising a fruitful year with their super confident attitude.

The new team of the Interact Club of Shri Guru Gobind Singh, Kamptee Road was installed on 27 t h July 2015. The welcoming ceremony was flagged off with a rendition of the ever inspiring song “We Shall Overcome�.

The ceremony was graced by the presence of President of Rotary Rtn. Khushnoor Chugh, Honorary Secretary Rtn. Parag Paranjpe, Director of Youth Services Rtn. Raj Shah, Principal of the School Mrs. Amita Shukla, Chairperson Rtn. Urwi Suri.

The meeting was called to order by the outgoing President of the Interact Club.

She told us about the tree plantation drive and various other activities which their

club had undertaken through the year.

This was followed by the Installation of the new office bearers. They were honored with their badges by President Khushnoor Chugh amidst a round of applause. The acceptance speech of the newly elected President of Interact Club outlined her objectives and ideas for the coming interact year It was indeed a pleasure to hear the President talk about Interact club and

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The Life Skills committee arranged a programme on Adolescence Blues for 8th &9th standard students of Tuli public school, on the 27th of July 2015.

Rtn. Dr Waiker and RtAnn. Indu Agarwal were the speakers for the said topics. Dr. Waiker addressed the Boys & Mrs. Indu Agarwal took the session with girl students. The sessions began simultaneously at 10.30am in the school premises.

Both the speakers got the full attention & cooperation of the participating students.

They were made aware of the commonly faced

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27th July what it is all about. She truly inspired everyone when she asked each Interactor to be a 'Gift to the World' in the true sense of the word. This was followed by a vote of thanks by the Secretary Interact Club with which installation ceremony was concluded.

The whole programme was a success because of the proper planning and execution by the teacher Ms. Kanchan Bastian and Principal Mrs. Amita Shukla.

27th July problems of adolescence and the logical methods of overcoming the same was explained in simple and unambiguous language. The tremendous applause and prompt answers from students made the session very lively. The girls were asked to write their queries on a chit and submit,

which they did instantly. The reply to these will be given to them in the following sessions.

All in all it was a tremendously appreciated session. Director Raj Shah, RtAnn. Parul Shah and RtAnn Geeta Rao attended the session.

Geeta Rao

Interact Installation Secretary Parag Paranjpe, Director Rtn Raj Shah, Chairpersons Rtann Ruchi Uppal and Rtn Rakhi Bhatia, Rtn Manju Shahani were prominently present. Mst. Arunesh Prasad, the former Interact President read the annual report. Ms. Tanvi Shastri, the new President lead the interact members in oath taking and assured to work significantly for the cause of people. Interact chairperson Rakhi Bhatia addressed the students and urged them to work with full dedication keeping the motto of Rotary club.

President Khushnoor Chugh gave the students a brief introduction about Interact club and inspired them to work whole heartedly for the society and underpriviledged. Ms. Ruta Kothari and

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A workshop on communication skills was organised for close to 110 Class IX students at South Point School on Tuesday 28th July. It was an interactive workshop based on practical exercises and one acts performed by the students. Rtn Shweta Singh explained the importance and impact of Communication skills

in everyday life to the students. Various aspects of Non verbal and verbal communication were demonstrated. Interact coordinator Ms Shraddha appreciated the Life skill committee for providing motivating speakers for their students.

Shweta Singh

Life Skills Life skill committee organised an interactive and energetic workshop at Dinanath School on Self Esteem. It was attended by 60 students of class 9th A.

Ms Minal Katware compered the programme. Ms Tanaya Mazumdar proposed vote of thanks. Students and incharge teacher Mrs Ritu Gupta worked hard under the guidance of Principal Mrs Pallavi Dadhe for the success of the programme.

Rakhi Bhatia, Ruchi Uppal

29th July Rtann Parul Shah conducted the workshop with these energetic and enthusiastic children by providing them information on High and Low Self Esteem by taking some fun filled activities, lively oral and A/V presentation and the children had no choice , but to believe that 'I am the Best'.

Interact coordinator, Nichols Sir appreciated the Rotary Club for providing motivational speakers for their school.

Rtann Sonal Singhvi also visited to encourage and motivate the students and the speaker.

All in all it was a fun session and the

students gave the speaker a standing ovation at the end of it and requested for more such sessions in the days to come.

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St. Xavier's High School organized the installation ceremony of Interact Club on the 28th of July. The Rotary team was welcomed with full enthusiasm with drum beats. Ceremony started with the prayer & lighting of the traditional lamp.

President Khushnoor Chugh, pinned the badges to the newly elected members.

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Interact Orientation The orientation for the new team of the Interactors was a jubilant one at the tamarind hall, Chitnavis Centre, on 30th July 2015.

Ruchi Uppal and Vandana Agrawal under the supervision of Jumana Shakir began the registrations at 2.30pm.Office bearers and teachers of 28 schools were present.

Rakhi Bhatia welcomed the guests and handed over the reins to Manisha Agrawal, the anchor for the show. She then called President Khushnoor for the inaugural speech.

Our ever smiling President's words filled the children with a lot of energy. She said that help need not be materialistic. It can be done by just spending some time with them or giving love to the needy.

The students got the opportunity to mingle with each other through an ice breaking session so nicely conducted by Neelu Garg and Urwi Suri. It was good to see a team of different school children become winners.

Correct information is always the first motivation. PP Tauby Bhagwagar provided the much needed info about

interact clubs and the motto behind it. She stressed on s h o w i n g e m p a t h y, n o t sympathy to the needy. A simple method of collecting just a fistful of food grains from everyone in school and donating to the less fortunate people, was an example of tiny droplets of water turn into an ocean.

Enjoyment, intelligence, confidence, information, knowledge, competition, teamwork…… all bundled in together in the briefing and quiz round by PP Shabbir Shakir. This 'chota packet, bada dhamaka”, as so rightly called by Manisha, made the entire hall vibrant by echoes of the children shouting Presidents and secretaries in unison. He made them understand the importance of standing up and speaking, be it right or wrong, to be noticed.

Mahendra Kamath's able guidance will surely help develop leadership skills in these children and they will become more responsible and caring leaders. He gave

Meeting

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This meeting was a sombre one as it was a condolence meet for our veteran Rotarian Mr Pramod Kholkute who passed away this morning in Pune. Pres Khushnoor started the meeting by observing half a minute silence for ex – President of India A.P.J. Abdul Kalam who passed away in Shillong on July29th.

She paid rich tributes to Dr. Kalam who stood tall in Indian Politics and was a man of stature. He was an enigmatic leader who left behind him a rich legacy of good thoughts, good words and good

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examples from the life of the great legend APJ Kalam, which touched everyone's heart. It was the perfect tribute to the deserving personality.

Benefits of International Youth Exchange were explained by Nisha Kamath. Geeta Rao briefed the students and teachers about the life skills workshops that can be undertaken by their schools.

Vandana Agrawal presented the vote of thanks and concluded the function by the National Anthem.

We acknowledge the presence of the very positive Director Raj Shah and dependable advisor Jumana Shakir Vandana Agrawal

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deeds.The nation mourns his passing away.

PDG Vishwas Sahasrabhojanee, PDG Dr Satish Sule and PP Sati Khanna paid rich tributes to Rtn Pramod Kholkute with whom they had many years of association.

PDG Vishwas said 74 yr old Rtn. Pramod was a rotarian of 46 yrs as he joined the Rotary Club of Nagpur in 1969. He became a member, when getting a rotary membership was not easy. He was a keen agriculturist and was associated with the Garden Club of Nagpur. He was a

Life skills Life Skills committee conducted its 9th Consecutive Workshop on 30th July in St. Ursula on Time Management. Around 45 students of Class IX attended the activity based workshop carried out by Rtann Sonal Singhvi. She told students about how they can use their quota of 24 hours more productively. She also told how during exam the students should manage their 3 hours. A few captivating videos and interesting activities kept the girls enthralled. The Interact Coordinators praised the effort taken by the club to organize workshops every week.

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family friend of PDG. Vishwas since 1965. He was a grassroot person where community service was concerned and is survived by 2 sons. Though a landlord by birth he was a very humble person.

PP Sati Khanna remembered him as a thorough gentleman who did a great job in community service during Rtn Khannas tenure as President. PDG Dr Satish Sule said Rtn Pramod also served as Secretary to Rotary Club of Nagpur. He passed away after a brief illness in Pune and he will miss a great friend and may his soul rest in peace. The Shanthi Mantra was recited by PDG Vishwas and the meeting was adjourned after the singing of the national anthem.

Shalini Naidu

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Project Possible!

One fine morning I was delighted to receive a call from our Golden Orange coeditor Durriya, who asked me to write about what in my view would be my dream project that I would want Rotary to take up? It made me think and almost in a flash, I saw my 23 years of Rotary life in the eye of my mind!!! What was it that had inspired me, made me feel proud of my service to society?

I think the answer is not an easy one. Our Avenues of service have given us a world of opportunities to serve the society. And it is a matter of pride that our club has consistently done well in every Avenue.

For medical professionals, it is easier as their contribution is measured by the quantum of work they do in their area of specialization. But for non-medicos, we have to work hard to make a niche of our area of service, and work consistently till recognition comes our way!!!

I remember when I started as a chairperson, the club leadership felt I would do well in the Youth service avenue, and I was made incharge of Interact and IYE, and later on for Rotaract. This was the 90's and few of us “young and dynamic” Rotarians were moving around town doing the rounds of schools and colleges, as most chairpersons are doing so well these days.

I later found myself getting involved in more and more medical and non-medical community service activities. These gave me immense pleasure and I tried hard to

do as much as was possible, in the time that I had at my command.

And then came the opportunity of getting involved with masses in a unique way. I never knew this would be the way forward for Rotary to engage with the youth, and we worked as a team to offer career counseling for class 10th and class 12th appeared students. Fresh from the initial success of these events, we went on to address the issues of those who had not done well in these milestone exams. It dawned on us then that the youth who had to drop out of formal studies, had little opportunity in store unless they had some skill sets that they could exploit commercially. So was born the concept of “Asha Rekha” and “Asha Kiran” thanks to club icons like PP Manu, PP Raj and others at the time.

We found ourselves to be actually benefitting those sections of society who had no hope, and we gave them hope, we gave them skills, and we gave them the confidence that even they had a second chance at a career. Soon we found we could partner with few other organisations, and IIYW came on board to offer more skills. Vocational training and vocational education was now giving us more teeth to address the poor sections in society. The ones who were getting trained were so grateful that they would talk about how their lives had changed with the skills they had learnt.

In our club, we have entrepreneurs and

PP Vijay Naidu

business men & women, who can offer internships to many youth who would be willing to train with them. These internships could be for a specific period of time, and if the aptitude is established, it would give those individuals the opportunity to work in that industry sector later once the training is completed. This is what Rotary can offer to youth on a large scale. Beneficiaries or applicants/candidates can learn skills in the area of vehicle mechanic, electrical wiring and fitment, carpentry, plumbing, masonry, sales & marketing, office management, security, IT, etc…

We have done this model earlier and I am not sure how and when it was discontinued, but what I am absolutely sure about is that we can certainly give it another try and make it happen. The number of youth without skills and without employment is increasing by the thousands, and if not checked, these youth may wander off either into a career of crime or waste their time doing nothing. Rotary has the Vocational avenue of service and so all such activities could be categorized and accomplished with aplomb. This is what I would like to dream and convert into reality if given a chance!!!!!

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Smart Alec Sohrab Kanga

April Fools Come April and the entire nation Sahara. They hook one person in the comes to a standstill for the family, who hooks others and soon the International Punters League. Five entire neighbourhood “whistle weeks of non-stop rollercoaster podus” a team of which they know action later we are still unsure as to little and care even less. The TV who the Oscars for Best Actor, Best channel holds the advertiser to Director and Best Scriptwriter should ransom, charging a bomb for 15 go to....there are so many deserving seconds of noise which is most often candidates. Many

plot twists and nipped mid-jingle because the bowler

nail-biting finishes later, which can is in his run-up. The bowler in make poor Alfred Hitchcock turn in question is trying his best to bowl his grave the carnival comes to an end dollies to the batsman so that the star only to sprout more controversies can justify his hundred billion dollar than Rahul Gandhi's whereabouts.

price tag. Sometimes failing so

know the ABC of cricket yet run it by remote control better than Sonia Gandhi. They know when a wicket is going to fall and a six scored better than Nostradamus. They can give Bill Gates a run for his exalted position as the world's richest man. And they are filling jails faster than the Rajas and other politicians. Which is, I think, their long term plan because now they can run the circus from inside prison with the blessings of their political

In a nation obsessed with Cricket miserably that each run he scores masters. where brash young upstarts are through the tournament comes at a Recent developments indicate that a revered like Gods, everything wrong million dollars apiece. Why dollars cleanup is in progress. But this is India with the game is swept under the you may ask? Because the figure in and this is Cricket. So come April yet proverbial carpet until the worms turn Rupees looks so astronomical that it another farce will be played out in into snakes and slither out to strike! will make Neil Armstrong turn in his front of our unsuspecting eyes. The The IPL thus is the most brilliant grave. And while the script is played IPL bandwagon will roll on regardless money-spinning machine modelled out in front of our starry eyes there is a and we, the April Fools, will cheer it along the lines of Subroto Roy's set of unsavoury characters who don't every step of the way.

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A contest with a difference. Fill in the white blurb with what you think the person is saying. Funnier the better. Best entry will receive a prize. Send in your replies by SMS/WhatsApp to 9823031232. Winning entry will be published in next month’s G.O. and will get a tub of icecream from Dinshaws

Grey Zone Preeti Chhabra

This book is an autobiographical account of a mother's (Neela Satyanarayana's) trauma and a family's trial, when a mentally challenged child is born into it.

The initial tears of joy on getting a son(Chaitanya)metamorhose into tears of sorrow when once the truth that he is a "Down's Syndrome" baby is revealed. For the doctors, he is more of a research object, a guinea pig. Their callousness adds to the shock and torment of the family. The older sibling craves for a brother to play with, but her warm and secure world suddenly turns topsy turvy, when she is not even allowed to touch him, let alone play with him. Her parents' attention is directed towards him, and all she gets from them is, their neglect consequently isolating her from them and making her a moody difficult child. The young aspiring husband turns into a full time father overnight and the traumatised

working mother isnt even familiar with the name "Down's Syndrome" to begin with!

But they all rise like a phoenix from the ashes and with their love n devotion, train Chaitanya for mental n physical independence, thereby integrating their world of normal people with that of this exceptional child. Once declared a "living vegetable",he becomes a " living joy" for everbody.

The title of the book"ONE FULL, ONE HALF" was inspired by Chaitanya's words, when he asks the bus conductor to issue him 'one full(for his mother) and one half ticket(for himself).This poignant story, with an inspiring lucid narrative has been lauded by even A.P.J ABDUL KALAM.Go on...read it, feel it

Doctor Alert Some health tips to make your monsoon fun and memorable‌.

Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.

Rain showers my spirit and waters my soul.

The onset of monsoon is met with excitement and exhilaration, especially in our city, Nagpur. It's tempting to get wet and play in the rains, eat spicy street food and go for picnics and treks. But the monsoons bring with them their own set of challenges and we need to address them so that we can stay healthy and enjoy the rains.

The damp and filthy conditions in monsoon play a host to many air borne and vector borne diseases, which cause some serious health attacks like dengue, malaria, conjunctivitis, typhoid, hepatitis, viral fever, pneumonia, common cold, diarrhea and dysentery and fungal infections of the skin.

Q. How to avoid vector borne diseases

like malaria and dengue It's important to curtail the growth of mosquitoes and other insects by all means possible. Thus, water should not be allowed to stagnate and frequent spraying of insecticides is advised. To avoid being bitten, we should use insect repellants and mosquito nets.

Any prolonged episode of fever should not be neglected and should be treated by a doctor.

Q. Prevention of water borne diseases like gastroenteritis and typhoid The most important advice is to check and double-check that the water we drink and use for cooking is purified. Water should be consumed only after filtering or boiling. Vegetables should be consumed only after thoroughly washing them and they should preferably be eaten after cooking and avoid raw veggies for a while, whereas fried food and street food are totally out.

We should eat foodstuffs that increase immunity like garlic, basil, ashwagandha,

neem, turmeric, methi and drink herbal teas.

Frequent hand washing and hygiene goes a long way in preventing spread of flu, water borne diseases and eye infections.

Vaccines are available for various diseases like typhoid, cholera, Hepatitis A, Pneumonia, etc. The vulnerable age group, especially children and the elderly, should be vaccinated. People should also be vaccinated for swine flu especially in areas where cases have been detected.

Q. How to keep your skin free from eruptions and infections People who face skin allergies during rainy seasons must avoid spicy foods. It is best to wear loose cotton clothes and use anti-fungal talcum powder in areas prone to fungal infections.

Q. How to prevent conjunctivitis Frequent handwashing is advisable and as far as possible, avoid touching the face or eyes with your hands.

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Fealty to the Body Shibu Mathew Friends, I believe, keeping yourself fit and energetic in all seasons is necessary for a healthy life - the ETERNAL GIFT OF GOD. It needs only an hour daily, be it brisk walking, running, swimming, playing sports, cycling, jogging, gymming, yoga, etc.

Of course, you can & must change your exercise routine to do other physical activities to activate untouched muscles routine 5 days/week gymming, yoga, swimming and remaining 2 days cycling or any sports of your choice to experience an energizing activity and make sure every muscle gets strengthened. Even simple body weight exercises like pushups, lunges, squats, etc. at home regularly will reap benefits in the long run- a lean & fit body.

MAKE-UP YOUR MIND ....

Rome was not built in 1 day. Of course, you will not get any result in a day, but that day will lay the foundation of your healthy wish and let your positive MIND do the MAGIC in YOU. Hence I always say, “HEALTHY PHYSIQUE shows WISE MIND - which motivates you to feel & look fit & healthy.

So let's start and just do it; to be healthy, irrespective of what your negative mind buzzes – lame excuses [for procrastinators]. Come on! Is there anything more beautiful than the gift of excellent health? Ready then? Work towards it.

DO'S

・ Believe & motivate yourself to take responsibility to be healthy and motivate everybody for mutual fitness - of any age. Especially, family members, friends, people around, creating a healthy 'chakra' around you. ・ Better to start at early age - For better foundation of any body, it's easier to build muscles & fight against flab. ・ Wear sporty - good bright colours to charge up your mood. Make good choice of proper dress, comfortable good shoes. ・ Consult your doctor for right signs of ailment or pains, in periodical checkup - even if you don't have any problem. - make your doctor your friend for life. ・ Fitness with power of mind i.e. staying focused no matter what. ・ Do as per your stamina and power, which you ought to increase. ・ Take time to play a game with Kids, too.

DON'TS ・ Never ever give excuse “I am too old to start my fitness regime.” No negative thoughts. ・ Never bother about others - what will they say or think. ・ Never walk or run on roads / hard surface - knees will be affected in old age. Grounds / natural soil is always

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You think you knew what you liked, also looks good on you?

We have seen a lot of men, women wearing the most prestigious of brands, but still lack in making even a bit of impression. Have you ever thought why it happens? Well, there's a difference between what appears to be good might not look equally good on you. Just like, “all that glitters is not gold”. One needs to understand a lot of things and one of the most important aspect is liking yourself and your body. So let me just give you some magical tips you can follow every time you buy a piece of clothing for yourself and not make the hideous mistake of ending up looking like

decorated Christmas tree.

1. Know your body type. (Go on fashion websites they are interesting and informative).

2. Know the colours that suit you from shades of light to dark, from bright to dull.

3. Know the fabrics that fall well on your body type and give you contouring shape wherever needed.

4. Know the fits and cuts that give you the best shape, by accentuating focus on the area you what to show and distracting the attention from the area you don't want to be seen.

5. Consider your age. It is hard especially for women to look their own age. But

better. ・ Never sleep immedi ately after meal (> 9 0 minute s).

THE LATEST FAD Nowadays, lots of my friends have started LONG DISTANCE CYCLING, in groups - started with 10, 25, 40 km, graduating to 300 km in a day. Apart from fitness, it's a wonderful idea of friendship.

You can start with 10 km cycling and make it possible on all Sundays, with family / friends.

These kind of activities not only make your healthy body but also your mind.

When you visit any sea shore, experience running / walk in sand [on sea shore ] extra advantages -- since saline water not only cures small joint pains but also reduces other infections. Experience there for some time and later you see the change in your joints.

These kinds of daily fitness activities will be useful during traveling for when you are bound to walk, lift, boarding, travel or trekking for fun; so be fit otherwise, you lose out on fun and feel left out .

I can see a fit & healthy you .... can you, too ?

Then start now .......

Nidhi Gandhi believe me you only end up fooling yourself by trying to look 10 years younger. People, who know you, know your age too. Aging is beautiful process and every stage has its charm of dressing. So rather enjoy the variety while moving on with age.

6. Consider the weather, occasion, time (by that I mean morning/evening) and your profession.

7. Last but not the least, do not blindly copy someone. Every individual is different and has his/her own identity.

Love and take pride in what you chose and wear. It shows!!!

Brainy Bolts Priya Upganlawar

KID’S CROSSWORD Across 1. Team gets a _kick when opposing team commits a foul(4) 5. _play makesa sporta spot more exciting(5) 6. Sports meet (5) 7. Most. Valuable Player, for short (3)

SOLUTIONS TO JULY PUZZLES CROSS WORD

8. Used to hit a ball (3) 10. A sprinter runs on this (5 13. Part of the wicket (5) 14. _ vault, a track and field event (4) Down 1. In golf, a warning shout when the ball is in flight (4)

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2. A fencing sword (4) 3. prople your body in water using your limbs (4) 4. A delicate tennis shot at the net (4) 5. Where race cars stop for servicing (3,4)

July Winner Nakul Malani SUDOKU

8. _ ball, played in a diamond shaped field (4) 9. _ de France, a 3200-km-long cycling race (4) 11. _cross, a type of motorsport (4) 12. Rhombus shaped, lightweight, can fly (4)

July Winner Shefali Shah Fill in the grids using 6 letters provided in for every puzzle, (each letter only once), so that every column, every row & every subgrid of 2x3x has all the 6 letters without any repetition. Letters to be used - A E I L N S

PS: Winners names were drawn by lot out of the correct entries received.

Editor

The Winners of each of these mind games will win a Tub of Dinshaw’s Ice Cream.

In case of Multiple correct entries, lots would be drawn and winner declared.

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The Rotary Tales Hello friends, It is the beginning of a new Rotary Year and in this column we shall be indulging in light Gup-Shup. Here we share, indulge and update ourselves with the latest happenings of the members in Rotary Club of Nagpur.

After all, the tree is only as strong as its roots, so let's make an effort to know each other better and congratulate achievers and rejoice happy occasions.

1. Rtn. Dr. Shantala and Dr. Sadashiv Bhole's daughter Sagarika got her admission in Medical stream at NKP Salve Institute of Medical Science Nagpur. All the Best Sagarika!

2. Congratulations Vardan Khurana, son of Sonia Khurana, on completion of MBA from MIT Pune, has bagged a job as a marketing Head at ZOMATO, Pune.

3. Dr. Arti Kalode, wife of Rtn. Ashish Kalode, has been awarded with a PhD in sociology from RTMNU, based on the thesis - “Awareness in Indian Women about Their Legal Rights”.

“Way to go Arti!”

4. Our Young Rotarian Ajinkya Saraf, recently got engaged and will soon tie

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the knot with Mohini Mahajan.

Awaiting to welcome Mohini into the Rotary family.

Dr. Mrs. Sunanda Sule, wife of Rtn. Dr. Satish Sule got felicitated by IMA (Nagpur Branch) for her dedicated and untiring service of more than 4 decades to the Medical Fraternity. She deserves all the accolades.

Congratulation to Rtn. Kirit and Ratna Joshi for they have been blessed with fraternal twins.

Rtann. Anita Jain has been appointed president of INNER WHEEL CLUB OF NAGPUR- EAST Rtn. Sanjay Sahu's son Arjun tied the knot recently. Congratulations to the new couple!!

Rtn. Arti Kibe' s husband Dr. Nikhil Kibe has become Governor for District 3030 and our very own P.P. Rtn. Vijay Naidu has been appointed as District secretary. Congratulations to the Duo!!!!!

Our Rotarians Sanjay and Varsha Mansukhan's daughter Kashvi attached with CAFÉ (Child Adoption For Education) a charitable trust, donated

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1000 kits to under-privileged children.

Keep it up Kashvi!!!

Rotarian Shabbar Shakir has been appointed as Joint Secretary for NVCC (Nagpur Vidhrabh Chamber Of Commerce). Best Wishes to Shabbar Bhai!!!

Heartiest Congratulations to Dia (Daughter of Rtn Tushar and Sonal Singhvi) for winning a medal as the youngest achiever in the inter chess tournament, organized by St Vincent Palloti School.

Congratulations to all Rotarian Kids for excelling in their exams and passing out with flying colours.

Rtann Nita Singh got featured in the Femina with her daughter for their delicious bakes and cakes at JUST DESSERTS

Tasty Terrain Every month in India is a time of celebration because with the onset of each month comes a festival . and one of the prime features of all festivals of any caste creed or religion , is its delicacies. So we bring to you, recipes that are related to festivals, their clandestine ingredients that make the mouth water and the method of preparations. Last month we celebrated Eid and this month we have Navroze so here we have the recipes of the Traditional dishes of both the festivals.

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KABABS serves 6 INGREDIENTS: I/2 kg minced mutton, 2 medium sized onions finely chopped or minced with mutton, 4 large cloves garlic (3/4 teaspoon), 2 cm (3/4 inch) piece of ginger root (1 teaspoon), 2 tablespoon finely chopped coriander, 4 teaspoon finely chopped fresh mint, 2 to 4 finely chopped green chillies, 2 dessertspoons worcestershire sauce, 3 medium slices bread, 1 egg, 1i/4 teaspoon salt, 1/2 cup dried breadcrumbs, vegetable oil for frying METHOD 1. soak bread for 10 mins, remove from water and squeeze 2. mix together all ingredients except breadcrumbs and oil. cover and keep for 1 hour 3. divide mixture into 18 small balls and roll each ball in crumb till lightly coated all over 4. in a kadai or deep frying pan, pour enough oil for deep frying and heat till medium hot 5. gently fry the quavers in it till nicely browned 6. serve by placing over the rice in serving platter.

Jumana Shakir RECIPE OF SHEERKHURMA INGREDIENTS Badam- 50gms Pista- 50gms Cashew- 50gms Vermicelli-50gms Dried dates(chuare)-20gms Charoli-50gms Raisins-20gms Desi ghee -2 tbsp Milk -1lt Sugar - 2 cups Cardamom - 1 teaspoon Saffron- a pinch Method Cut the almond, cashew nuts and pista into flakes.

Take a pan, heat it on slow flame. Put the desi ghee n let it heat. Put in all the dry ingredients and roast on a slow flame till they are golden brown. Add 2 cups water and let it boil for 5 minutes. Add the milk, cardamom, sugar and saffron and let it boil for 20 minutes. Serve hot.

Rotary Jr Tales Sonal Singhvi Hello friends, We need to recognize, appreciate, applaud and foster the fine blend of sensibilities in a child – and thus, this section of G O is to be viewed as a launch pad for our children's creative urges to blossom naturally. As the saying goes, mind like parachute works best when opened. This humble initiative is to set the budding minds free allowing them to roam free in the realm of imagination and experience to create a world of beauty in words. So email your kids experiences and talents to –sonalsinghvi3@gmail.com

The World of Cubes It was the starting of our session when our GK Teacher told us about a boy setting a National Record solving the 3 by 3 Rubik's Cube in 40 seconds. I could of think of nothing else but the cube.

After school I went home and searched for a Rubik's cube. I found an old cube in my cupboard. Though not very smooth, but I used it. Then, I searched on the internet (you tube) how to solve the Rubik's Cube. I selected a video and learnt the basic techniques. I chose white as my top face. I learnt the first step for solving the Rubik's Cube - The Top Cross. It was quite difficult for me to search the pieces but after some practice it was easy. I moved on to the next step - Top Corners.

All this time my father was observing me. He asked that till what time the fever of Rubik's cube will be in me. I said I don't know. He said me that he has ordered a Rubik's cube for me which was quite costly. I was very happy! Then I started to learn to solve the second layer of the cube. It had very long notations.

I finally got a new smooth cube. Then I started the next step which was the bottom cross. It was easy to make the bottom cross as it had very short notations. But then were so many steps that it toke me about a day. But then the next step was orienting the last layer. It had very long notations and I had to see from where to do the step. If I do the step from wrong face, then I will have to start it again from the second layer.

The next and the last step were swapping the edge pieces. It had the lengthiest notations. Then after that I had solved the cube for the first time! After practicing for a day I could solve the cube on my own. When I timed for the first time, my time was 3 minutes and 27 seconds.

There are many kinds of Rubik cubes. For example : 3 by 3, 4 by 4, gear cube, triangular cube, mirror cube, and the biggest cube is the 20 by 20 Rubik cube.

Now my average time is 55 seconds. The world record is 5 seconds 55 milliseconds. I practice it every day. It will take me a lot of time to increase my speed.

Gaurav Palewar V B, BVM, Trimurti Nagar, Nagpur

Md. Rafi, Kishore, Lata, RD Burman. The stalwarts of Music…Right?

But does the GenX think the same???

Teenage Music Family arguments over teenagers' musiclistening choices are very old. Parents' musical tastes are often very different from those of their teenage children; however, music has the potential to affect emotions. As with adults, music can aid us teenagers to identify, process and express our emotions.

Nowadays teenagers, who are making their first acquaintance to one another, use their preferences of music to understand, communicate and build friendship with each other. But the music we are talking about is not Bollywood rather it is the Hollywood –“English” which is attracting majority of teenagers. English songs are often found to be catchy and addictive. Famous bands and groups like One Direction, Maroon 5, Linkin Park, etc have become the basic topic amongst us to talk upon. Currently English music is so highlighted in the minds of youngsters that it overshadows our Bollywood groovy music. Even if the youth sings Bollywood, it has to be from a Ranbir Kapoor, Varun Dhavan or a Siddharth Malhotra film.

Presently Hindi Classical, Retro and other Soulful music could be found lying somewhere under the stones which we teenagers are less interested to explore.

Anshita Dinesh Naidu Delhi Public School, Nagpur.

So it's Good Bye for now, Keep watching this segment for more exciting experiences & talents.

Till then “Happy Reading”

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Rubik's Cube in 50 seconds…Yeah you read it right!! How?? Read On..

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Voyaging Viking’s Musing Farzana Haque

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MALDIVES – The Paradise of Atolls A must do for lovers of beaches…

Maldives – a much done destination? You hear it on the lips of most honeymooners… You feel either it's too close to home to be considered “foreign enough”, not meant for family vacations, or what can one possibly do there, only water and beaches?

But speak to people who have been there, and they will vouch that once in your travel plans, Maldives must feature. Just south of the Indian Continent, consisting of 26 coral atolls , each one having 100's of islands, it's a country that has geared

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itself to tourism like none other. You feel it from the moment you land in the country till the time you sadly have to leave.

The good part to your travel to Maldives is, the flights cost less so that's one place you can save on. Otherwise yes it is true… the resort stays are expensive but worth the spend. There are over 105 resorts to choose from, ranging from basic accommodation for backpackers and friends looking for budget accommodation, to mid – level and then the luxury, topped by the super luxury.

Male , the capital city can be skipped, not much to see or do there. It's best to take

international flights that connect you onwards comfortably to your resort stay.

How do you select from 105 resorts? The simplest thing to do is fix up a budget. The budget will help to decide the duration of stay, if you want luxury, stay lesser nights. If you want midlevel perhaps you will be able to jump resorts and stay longer. Another factor that plays an important role in deciding the resorts is, the access from the airport. If it's close by then it's by speedboat which is way cheaper in cost than the far away ones which require micro flights.

But if you want to have

the memory of something super from your trip, spend that extra buck and go for a resort that's reachable only by microflight. The flight is small and cramped, but the views are expansive and unending. It's not every day you get to see the grandiose of God's creation. There are many such Wow trips, and this is one of them!

When you travel hugely affect the expense of your trip. During the rains between June – August, you can get some really good deals but of course also expect rains and thunder showers to come anytime. Holiday season , last week of December to January 10th is super peak,

avoid if you have budget constraints. Shoulder seasons are best where the climate is good, temperatures are not very high, you have clear skies and it's the best for water activities.

So now having done all this, you lastly consider or for some, it just may be the very first consideration – how good is the

reef and the water sports centre at the resort for diving/snorkelling – very important for those who are avid water persons and divers, and of-course food!

Once you're on the resort which is on an island you don't have the option of going anywhere to eat but at that resort only. So it's best to have a check on the kind of cuisines available, especially if you are fussy or have specific needs. Most of the resorts serve international cuisine with speciality restaurants, the chefs are Maldivian though a lot come from various countries across the world, most however understand Indian food requirements, always willing to customize something for you so there's no chance of going hungry. Select if you want all your meals included or you want to have it A la Carte. Entertainment at night can range from theme parties at the bar or poolside, dancing, games, karoke and the like. Sorry there is no pub crawls or party hopping in this part of the world.

It's a beautiful place to be, and one of the best places to go for Water villas. Clean pristine beaches, peaceful, rejuvenating bliss. Go as a couple, take your kids and family along, renew your vows, re-visit your youth, no matter what no one will come back from Maldives unhappy! This is coming from a person who's been there.

But then I love travelling so much, I never regret any place I go ? Have fun…

INtelligent INvestment Vinita Bahri

There is a sea of information on finance, and personal finance in particular, for those who want to wade through it all. But some of my learned friends admit to getting a migraine, the moment the word, “money” is mentioned. It is considered a bit tasteless to discuss money anywhere, except with the banker, CA, or your financial advisor.

And even there, most of us like to keep our cards close to the chest, so to speak.

It is no wonder that we Indians are one of the most underprepared people when it comes to financial planning. Surprising, considering that we as a nation, are one of the most prolific savers. So I thought, why not put forth some personal finance widgets as a series of articles, that not only give us some handy information but also make us sit up and think about what we are doing with our hard earned money.

There are a lot of DIY websites out there which do a fairly good job of giving a report card of our investments, provided we have the patience to feed the data. Some also give a basic structure of making a financial plan.

The squirrel in the animal kingdom is known as the inveterate saver, and the researchers at the University of California, have gathered evidence that the fox squirrels found on their campus are not just mindlessly foraging for food, but are engaging in a long-term savings strategy. Mikel Delgado, a doctoral student in psychology, heads the squirrel research team, has summed it up by saying,”They're saving for the future, and they are really smart about it.”

Perhaps we humans could learn a little something about savings, from the squirrels' strategy of hoarding their nuts. In the next few articles, we would explore some of these strategies The famous Maruti ad of “Kitna deti Hai” in simple squirrel language and also probably sums up our approach towards about some successful investors and investments also. So when one of our their winning ways… knowledgeable friends brags about making a killing in the stockmarket (or so he says!!!), we start buying stocks like there is no tomorrow and overnight, fixed deposits become passé… We are so totally fixated on numbers that we tend to forget a lot of other parameters of evaluation. And the fixation we women have with gold, and men with land, kind of totally skews the basket of investments that we hold, towards assets that are relatively illiquid, which is fine, as long as it suits our plan. So does it really suit our plan, is what we need to find out…

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On the Board Akanksha Agrawala

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S.F.S., her junior college. But hold on; wait till you read this list. She is a B.A. Graduate in English Literature, done her L.L.B and also has a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism. Phew! Some qualifications there! Infact, she told me, it was her journalism that introduced her to Rotary.

Back then, she used to write a weekly newsbeat for Nagpur Times on Rotary Club of Nagpur, and was required to Khushnoor ( Khush = Happy; Noor = attend the Thursday meetings. Little did down the line, Light), true to her name, one feels the she know that some years nd gush of happy, positive aura when one she would become the 2 Lady President meets her. This is what I felt when I met up of the very same Club. with her, her warmth and her smile are Married to Dr. Sanjiv Chugh, a renowned Paediatrician and a Past President of the very stimulating.

The Chugh Residence was all that I had Rotary Club Of Nagpur, Khushnoor is a imagined and more. Right from the main proud mother of Karan and Niharika. entrance gate, I realized, every small Karan is a well established professional, corner, niche, space was a piece of art. A married and living in the USA and very well tended garden, beautiful potted Niharika is married in Nagpur. When plants, small rockeries and two lovingly asked about her family, Khushnoor said ferocious dogs led me to the house. And that Dr. Sanjiv is an avid reader, loves there was Khushnoor, grace and poise photography and is a 'yaron ka yaar'. He personified. The house is beautifully done is a very loyal friend and has a treasure of up. As I made myself comfortable in her 'friends for life'. Karan, her son, is the living room, sipping my cold coffee, I quiet, chilled dude and her daughter observed (with admiration) the paintings Niharika is her mother's true copythat adorned her living space walls and bubbly, very creative and full of life. Both was told that most of them are painted by Khushnoor and Sanjiv are extremely fond of their daughter-in-law Antara and sonher and her daughter Niharika.

We began chatting and I totally forgot I in-law Juzer. But the apple of their eye is had gone there for an interview. It became their two and a half year old darling chatting, giggles, laughs, more chatting grand-daughter Jahana, Niharika and and more laughs. Born and brought up in Juzer's daughter.

Nagpur, Khushnoor has done her How Khushnoor juggles the multiple schooling from Tata Parsi School and roles she plays is amazing - Be it the

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devoted, caring daughter -in-law, taking care of her father -in law, Senior Dr. Chugh, or be it the loving wife who is also an incredible hostess - Be it a doting mother to her children or be it the 'love you to death' grandmom - Be it the efficient hospital administrator in the family's Nursing Home or be it the dedicated, diligent President for Rotary club, Khushnoor plays all the roles with perfection and finesse.

Khushnoor is a very hard working person.

She detests lies, cheating and hypocrisy and dislikes unpleasant confrontations.

As a Rotary President, she is very excited about her tenure and has a clear vision about the things she wants to achieve this year with her wonderful team. She wants “Back to the Basics� as a highlight this year with the idea being that progress and modernization is a wonderful thing for any organization but it should also retain the human touch and values. Lots of Community Projects, The Green City project, Vocational Training for Women and many more apart from the Rotary International projects are already taking shape under her wing.

We at Rotary, wish her all the very best and extend our full support to make this year a rocking and a successful year for her.

New Members Manju Shahani It was Micro Biology that brought them together! Born in Kanpur & raised in Nagpur, Dr. Manu was always very studious. With a Bachelors in Dental Surgery from the VSPM College, A Masters from Mumbai & then starting his own practice, didn't leave him much time for socializing.

An only son, he has been dutifully attached to his parents. He lost his mother some years ago and his father works and lives in Jam. Esha Ghosh was born in a Bengali family in Kolkatta. Had friends who were Rotarians & wanted to be a part of it one day.

When the time came for college, Kolkatta did not offer Micro Biology, so she moved to Shivaji Sciences - Nagpur. Through a common friend she met, shy Manu. Liked him but that was it.

BSc over, she went back to Kolkatta. Did her MSc in Applied Genetics from Bengaluru. An Executive MBA from IIM Kolkatta, got a lucrative job at the British High Council & all was hunky dory. But somewhere she remembered this boy from Nagpur, with whom she had stayed in touch. Cupid played its role & wedding bells rang in February of 2011. Soon after on 11-11-11 came Atrij, their first born son.

Esha started working with the Raisoni group at an administrative post. She joined the JC movement, where she still is an active member. It was Dr Rajesh Singhania who encouraged Dr Manu to join Rotary. As a couple they are both interested in Community Service. They would love to meet people & are looking forward to making lots of friends.

Welcome Dr Manu & Esha!

Dr.Manu Goel.

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She fell in love at age 6. Of course she didn't realize it then but she knew that Bhavesh was her very best friend. This was at the Bishop Cotton School. After school, came college. They both did Engineering from the Ramdeobaba College of Engineering. After graduating together in 1999, she started teaching at The Raisoni College, while he got a job with a US based IT company. They kept meeting & got married in 2001 & have lived happily ever after. But the fairytale doesn't end there! She loved to study. And he loved anything that she loved. Thus a supportive husband & an equally supportive mother in law, enabled her to fulfill her dream. An M Tech in Production Engineering. an MBA in Human Resources. a Bachelors in Psychology, a Phd. in Management, a Phd. In Production Engineering, Somewhere in between, she also managed to raise a child. This multi tasking, superwoman, is not satisfied yet. As if the above were not enough, she wants more degrees, (frankly I lost track & count) along with a full time teaching job at her almamater !

Running a home & hearth, looking after an adolescent daughter, she WANTS to do something for society & what better platform than Rotary! So Rotary she has joined, with interests in Community Service, Environment & Fellowship. She first heard of Rotary, through a friend, who suggested her name for the Group Study Exchange. She was chosen as an alternate Candidate, when PP Viju Naidu went at team leader. She did not go with the team but the rapport she made with Viju & his team mates has stayed strong. Lest I forget, she as a kid, had short stints at learning, singing as well as dancing. She is still very fond of both & is reasonable good at it.

Rashmi Shahu is surely an asset, for our club to cherish.

Welcome! Rashmi, Bhavesh & Aayushi .

Thank you Kanchan & Dinesh Naidu for proposing her name.

Rashmi Shahu

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Birthdays

Our Donors

1August to 31 August

Madhav Kinkhede Shridhar Pasari Sandeep Badjatia Hemant Doshi Yogesh thaker Rakhi Bhutani Rohit Agrawal Prashant Kale Alka Kanoria Sandhya Agrawal Madhavi Naidu Sunil Thapar Devendra Agrawal Urmi Sharma Chandrashekhar Pingle Meenakshi Sial Manju Sahani Kamal Kapai Pushpa Parikh Archana Javery Nivedita Pendharkar Sujata Kaswa Shailendra Verma Sonali Paltewar Vivek Gupta Rita Agrawal Shweta Jain Poonam Dhanwatey Neeta Chandurkar Rajiv Yashroy Savita Sancheti Usha B. Singh Bunty Rawal Gulab Mahant Jyoti Agrawal Smita Deshmukh

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Premlata Malani

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Bhagwat Thakre

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Priti Thakre

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Awadhoot Purohit

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Lubna Haq

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Nikunj Pawar

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Bachi Gimi

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Aeyjaz Akolawala

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Anit Bhasin

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Ashwin Makeshwar

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Anupama Maheshwari 21 Divya Bhati

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Sumit Halder

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Brajendra Kumar Singh 22 Rahul Chaudhary

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Babita Parekh

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Sharmila Sutaria

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Ashok S. Mokha

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Sumit Halder

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Rtn. Dr. Sanjiv Chugh MMR Vaccines

For Project Nutrition Rtn.Hira Mulani and Family Rs. 25,000 Rtn. Behram Patel Rs. 5, 000 Rtn. PP Tauby Bhagwaghar Rs. 5,000 Karan and Antara Chugh Rs. 4,000 Rtn. Anjuli Minocha Rs. 1,000 RtAnn. Renu Thapar Rs. 1,000

Brajendra Kumar Singh 22 Rahul Chaudhary

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Babita Parekh

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Sharmila Sutaria

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Ashok S. Mokha

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Kalpana Chandurkar

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Bhupesh Karla

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Arti Kibe

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Lata Rathi

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Navneet Shukul

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Rita Bhargava

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Vikash Khurana

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Yogendra Mohan Singh 30 Pramod Jamwal

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Sanjay Sethi

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Rtn. Hira Mulani and Family Rs. 30,000 for CAFE kits

1August to 31 August Shabbar & Fatima Shakir Mohtashim & Durriya Ahmed Wijay & Anita Chitaley Sudhir & Veena Puranik Ashok & Nishi Hansles Rajshree & Shyam Dewani

09-Aug 14-Aug 14-Aug 20-Aug 21-Aug 31-Aug

WE ARE HONOURED Rtn Rita Aggarwal has been chosen as Director, RAGMHI (Rotary Action Group of Mental Health.

This Group has been formed with the purpose of promoting mental health globally.

Rotarians who have expertise and passion on the topic of mental health and who would be actively interested in creating awareness, could join this Group. Membership is free and open to all Rotarians, Rotarians' family members and Rotary Programs alumni. For further details, Rtn. Rita Aggarwal may be contacted.

Khushnoor Chugh

Letter to Editor the eyes of Rotary are heroes of humanity even though not Rotarian.

I commend President Bharat for leading the club and sustaining its high image with year-wide activities. I was particularly interested to read about “Take Rotary Home” story. We had practiced more or less the same system couple of years back in our club with great success.

However, for the same reason indicated in your club bulletin, it slowly petered away. You should not give it up. With perseverance you will succeed.

Unfortunately, we gave up and now our younger generation leadership is trying to revive it.

To Editor Nimish Sutaria, I congratulate him because he has secured his place in the heaven, although it is a long term booking. The reason is that he already had his share of hell as Editor. I know what it means as I served as my Club Bulletin editor for two years after having served as R.I. Director.

Incidentally, you have the monthly magazine of the club. Don't you miss weekly bulletin? Probably you are

covering w e e k l y activities through email communicatio n or some other method.

I like the quotation of Richard Bach, “what the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.” If you don't mind, Nimish, I will use it effectively and give you the credit also.

Through this letter I congratulate the new President Ms. Khushnoor Chugh who has already taken over. I do not know who the new Editor will be. But I also know that for both the President and the Editor, it will be a hard task to sustain the heights.

At the same time, your club has the momentum and vibrancy that the new leadership will treat today's heights as foothills of greater peaks that will be climbed during this year.

Greetings and best regards, PRIP Raja Saboo

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Dear Rtn. Bharat Goenka and Rtn. Nimish Sutaria, I want to thank you for keeping my name on the mailing list of your club's monthly magazine “The Golden Orange”. I must confess that I am not able to read all the issues thoroughly but knowing its high standard I take time to glance through most of them. I particularly took time to read the July, 2015 issue which covers the year gone bye.

I not only commend for the level of the magazine you have kept., this also is a reflection of the dynamic level of the club and its activities. Editor Rtn. Nimish said that the magazine could no longer be considered to be internal bulletin. He is right because the standard that the magazine has sustained, makes it a tool for interesting reading beyond the club members or even the district. Thus, if I may correct, in addition to being an internal bulletin, it serves as a Rotary mouthpiece to describe the essence of fellowship, friendship, camaraderie for taking up noble cause and doing good.

You also cover stories of people who in

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