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FROM DISTRICT “3 Cheers for Rotary Club Of Nagpur”, “ H i p Hip Hurray” these were the slogans echoing at Vasant Nagar Ground on 12th January 2014.

One more feather in the cap to our club!!

Rotary Club of Nagpur Downtown has been organising Inter Rotary Cricket Tournament for city clubs since past 10 years. The men's team had won the title twice earlier but the cup eluded us for past few years. The women's team on the other hand has been invincible!!

With new vigor and an apt theme of 'MAIN UNITED', we did it in style for both the teams!!

The tournament was played from 9th to 12th of January 2014 at Vasant Nagar Ground. There were a total of 6 teams in Men's segment and 4 in Ladies segment. The Men's team played 3 matches while Ladies team played 2 before the final game. The participation was very overwhelming. Our member, Rtn Tushar Singhvi was adjudged the Man of the Series.

While Captain Kapil Bahri, Litesh Thakkar, Jatin Sampat, Sohrab Kanga and Sarang Upganlawar were also awarded for their outstanding contribution throughout the

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INTER ROTARY CRICKET TOURNAMENT tournament. Amongst the ladies, Captain Vinita Bahri & Archana Jhavery were applauded for their outstanding game of cricket. Men's team defeated Rotary Club Of Nagpur West and Ladies team defeated Rotary club of Nagpur Ishanya in the finals.

The games were played in the right spirit and it was wonderful camaraderie amongst the players from different clubs. Kudos to organising club Rotary Club of Nagpur Downtown. Keep it up!!

All the Players are thankful to members of the club who came on the ground and supported & encouraged the Players. Till next year….Cheers!!

- Pritesh Tank

Victorious Mens Team

Victorious Ladies Team

Victorious Mens Team

Victorious Ladies Team

MoS - Tushar Singhvi

President’s Message Rotarians by virtue of their social interactions always find an opportunity to offer their services to the needy in every walk of life and have been taking conscious decision as to where to step in and get involved. Most effective use of the resources available is made at all times so as to benefit maximum members of the society. Involvement of the entire family in such services further enhances the pleasure of giving as it has the flavour of togetherness. Activity of Probus club stirs up the enthusiasm of the seniors in the family to morally support and guide the social work being done by the juniors. Rotary club forms an extended family where members come closer and understand strengths of one another through repeated interactions in variety of fellowships. They are thus able to execute projects efficiently with utmost ease which otherwise cannot even be attempted.

Our club has this great strength, which with new members joining and contributing will only grow rich in knowledge and experience with each passing day. Similar support is also being provided by the members of the Rotaract and interact clubs. It is this strength of our club that empowers us to take up projects like Walkathon, Udaan and surgical camps in the month of February. We just cannot loose sight of the intrinsic benefit of experiencing the bliss each one of our member derives by broadening the vision and attitude towards life for not to be lived only for oneself but also for others around and understanding that happiness is contentious and increases by giving. Let us all resolve to enrich our lives by reaching others in need.

Yours in Rotary, Prashant Kale

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FRONT PAGE Polio Finally Eradicated from India Blood Donation Camp at Spacewood Outstanding performers at Cricket Tournament Rotaractors Entertaining School Kids

Thinking Otherwise Time to rejoice By any yardstick, the feat achieved by Rotary in eradicating polio from India is astounding.

Since 1995 when India launched Pulse Polio immunization Program, we have come a long way. Throughout this journey Rotary was solidly behind this project. We promised and we proved it, delivered it.

It's a victory for thousands of Rotarians across India. Celebrities to cricketers, all chipped in and were instrumental in getting vast community support for polio vaccination. Rotary contributed more than a billion dollars till date and continues to focus on this initiative till polio completely gets eradicated from earth. Lets not forget millions of volunteers from public and private sector who reached to remotest corners of India. Faced lot hardship, not only overcame strong resistance from misinformed people but also educated them and won their confidence. We Rotarians at least got lot of praise (and press) from all sections; these humble volunteers probably didn't get a pat on back from anybody. Let us recognise their selfless service and appreciate noble work they did in conquering this herculean task. Though its time to rejoice, let's not rest on our laurels and strive to make this world a better place to live with peace and harmony. A united approach can do wonders. This was amply visible in our club's victory in Inter Cricket Tournament. The theme was apt and so was the spirit. A Rotarian with a TEAM and UNITED approach can achieve far greater heights than what an individual can do on its own. End of the day Rotary is all about service above self!!

Parag Paranjpe.

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BEST LETTER Dear Rtn. Prashant ji Many thanks for your Club Bulletins “The Golden Orange for which I am indeed grateful to you. I found the above bulletin very interesting and informative expressive in contents excellently compiled and edited by your editor Rtn. Parag Paranjpe for which my compliments for him for an excellent job! I liked following in your previous editions; Front cover with photographs of Worship on Ganesh Idol (ecofriend), President's inspirational Message, Celebration of 70th Anniversary during “Monsoon Fellowship”, Fellowship of Sr. Citizens of the club, Participation by Rotarians and Doctors in the Medical Mission in villages.

Excellent editorial, Report of distribution of (21) First Aid Box to NMC schools on 6th August, Vocational visit by Rotarians to Haldiram's Factory, Report of medical camp at

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Tell the World – We initiated – We Promised – We have proved & we have done it.

In 1988,when there were approx. 350,000new polio cases a year and the disease was crippling children in 125 countries, the World Health Assembly set the goal of eliminating polio worldwide. Rotary as you all know has played a large role in this campaign .By 2000,the no of Polio cases had dropped to 99percent .So we feel the fight to end polio is not yet over, so we've kept our drive still active and as per the NID declaration, 19th January 2014 was declared as the day for immunization. We all assembled at 7am, NMC office zone 7,Shatranjipura, Near Itwari Railway station. President Prashant Kale,

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MY VOICE

Vivekanand Hospital and meeting with MG Partner D-7430 USA on 8th August. The October issue too was worthy of praise for following; President's message on October as Vocational Service Month and greetings for Navratri and Dushera. Excellent editorial, Report of distribution of scholarship to (45) children for Ramakrishna Mission on 12th September 2013 Report of Rotaract and Interact activities and Eye check-up camp at Kurve Blind School on 15th September examined, Report of hosting of Dist.PR Seminar with PDG Kamal Sanghvi (3250) and PDG Devang Thakker (3060) as key notespeaker, Report of “Nirmalya Project with (450) Rotaractors (with photographs) during immersion of Ganesh Idols, Interesting article on “Women's Whirl”, “Gardening”, “Green Speak”, “Gupshup and Business” & “Vocation

- Letters To The Editor

Quiz” and Profile of club president Rtn. Prashant Kale

by Rtn. Hetal Sampat. Once again congratulating you for the above excellent Bulletins and looking forward similar issues in future and with best wishes for (13-14) to “ENGAGE ROTAY – CHANGE LIVES” and with warm personal regards to you and Ann Smita ji from myself and Indumati - PDG Jagmohan Katakia RID 3040 There will be a best letter prize every month.

So keep writing.

Also mail your photograph along with your letter.

19th JANUARY 2014

Secretary Sunil Bhatia, along with PDG Vishwas, PP Gulab Mahant, PP Rajan Bhatia, PP Ganesh Joshi, host of other members were there to help in distribution .In all we were allotted 90 booths for distribution .The distribution of drops and food packets for volunteers started immediately.

All the distribution was over by 8:00 am and all the booths started on time. Dr Mushir Ahmed of NMC and his staff was very cooperative .In all 21008,children were immunized in our allotted area .All members left by 9:00am after a cup of

steaming tea and hot jalebis, dhoklas and Aloo bondas.

-Rakhi Bhatia

2nd JANUARY

The new year 2014 started with a change in Venue, we shifted for our regular meetings to all new Chitnavis Centre, Civil Lines, where we had our 6th Business meeting on Thursday 2nd January 2014.Past Presidents & Members attended this meet. President Prashant Kale welcomed all the members present. President also greeted all the members who celebrated their Birthdays & Anniversaries during that week. Hon. Secretary Sunil Bhatia read the minutes of last business meeting held on 5th Dec.2013 and the house confirmed the same.

Treasurer Bharat Parikh read the treasurer's report and gave information about the financial status of the club, he requested

everybody to pay club dues as per bill sent to them for the period Jan.14 to June2014.President gave the status of DGNC th Elections to be held on 4 January at Amravati and requested everyone to attend the District Conference the same day. Director Sanjay Sethi, Rakhi Bhatia, Rtn. Pritesh Tank, Rahul Kale gave information of the forthcoming projects. PP Vijay Naidu gave information on Rotary Convention to be held in Sydney and requested all to register for it. PP Shiraz Gimi & Parag Paranjpe released golden Orange.

Attendance report was read by Rtn. Ashok Malani, where he informed that attendance for the month of November 2013 was 38% with 84

WORKSHOP ON STAINED GLASS

The mere mention of 'Stained Glass', takes you to those European Churches, where this beautiful art originated. So it came as a very very pleasant surprise that we can make replicas or almost, with much cheaper colors, easily available to us, as also the know how, not only in our own city but our own club, in the form of our very own Rtn Ann Sadhana

Paliwal. Not only can she teach, the original looking huge Glass Panes in the original styles but she has very innovatively, created similar motifs on Coasters, Table Mats, Cookie Jars etc. So now we can please our eyes, by looking at beautiful designs & colors on everyday use items. Just looking at some of her designs on the screen, sent us into frenzy.

BUSINESS MEETING

members having 100 % attendance and 121 members having 0 % attendance. In any other matter discussion PP Dr. Sudhir Bhiwapurkar asked about the communication happened between District office and our club, matter relating to DGNC Election. President informed that the communication was brought to the notice of Board members during Emergency board meeting. Due to shortage of time it was decided to continue with this topic in the next meeting that will again be Business meeting.

Meeting was adjourned after singing of National Anthem.

-Sunil Bhatia

LADIES COMMITTEE

It was great fun trying our hand at it. Those of us, present that day, shall surely make a few things. Swati Agrawal was a big help & assisted Sadhna like a pro. Thank you Sadhana for such an excellent demonstration!

It was the loss of all those ladies who did not or could not make it that day - Shalini Naidu

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REGULAR MEETING

Many of the comforts and the efficiency can be attributed to advancement in technology especially in computers and allied technology.

The Thursday meeting of 16th January was different due to two speakers talking on two different aspects of computers. MS Excel is one such tool no one can ignore. It is amazing to appreciate how a simple combination of rows and columns can do wonders with numbers. Ms. Anju, Senior Trainer from NIIT explained the basics of MS Excel and introduced this wonderful piece of software to members. The other speaker was Adv. Mahendra Limaye. He is the foremost expert on cyber laws and has dealt with many cyber crimes. He lamented the fact that not many people are paying due attention to growing menace of privacy issues. While most of the Internet users are aware of financial crimes happening thru net, most of us are highly

REGULAR MEETING

On Thursday, 23rd of Jan, we had a wonderful interaction with the DCP-SP of the AntiCorruption Bureau, Mr. Nisheeth Mishra. A native of New Delhi, he is from the 2004 IPS batch of the Maharashtra Cadre. A passionate and sincere individual, Mr. Mishra spoke straight from the heart, and members were not only impressed but also very motivated to seek a change in the way we look at corruption. He spoke about the three aspects of Corruption and how as a society we can

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HOW TECHNOLOGY CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE.

ignorant of implications of privacy breach.

Countries across the world are spending huge amounts on safeguarding as well as penetrating to other country data. Use of hardware equipment, rampant spread of instant messaging services that many of the time violates secrecy are tools countries are adopting to protect or attack. With humongous reach, a common user is unable to understand how his or her data can be compromised.

Facebook, twitter, which thrives on personal data, does not cost them a penny. The user only provides them at free of cost!! By smartly analyzing this data, these companies have become huge. While many business groups like Tata, Reliance, Birla etc. took many decades to attain current size, FB and twitter achieved this scale within a short span of 8-10 years. He urged members to take utmost precaution while using social media and follow

highest security measures for data. Earlier President Prashant Kale gave away the best chairperson awards to members for commendable job done in previous month.

Program committee chairperson Rahul Kale introduced the guest speaker and Rtn Parag Paranjpe proposed vote of thanks.

- Team GO

FIGHTING CORRUPTION

track these, viz. expenses/assets disproportionate to actual income, reacting when a complaint is received against a public servant and when corruption is a downright criminal activity, such as political favours for granting tenders, passing contracts illegally etc. He spoke mostly on the third aspect, and we learnt from his personal experience as well as from well document cases of graft and corruption in our society. His dedication to the cause was obvious to all, but particularly

interesting were his thoughts on how as a society and as parents we can lay the founding principles for creating individuals and a culture where personal and professional integrity are of paramount importance. He gave an example of how his fathers professionalism and honestly had a profound impact on shaping him as an individual.

- Rahul Kale

NANO TECHNOLOGY AND IT’S APPLICATION

Nanotechnology – Today The regular meeting of Thursday the 30th January 2014 witnessed a fast-track, presentation on “Nanotechnology today” by Dr Rajendra Patrikar of Department of Electronics of Vishveshvarayya National Institute of Technology.

He began by mentioning the advent of the

Industrial Revolution (Time Frames) 1780 – 1840 – Steam Engine 1840 – 90 – Railways, Steel Industry etc 1900 – 50 – Textile, Electric Engines, Chemicals, Automobiles, Aircrafts etc 1950 – till date – Microelectronics and Computers Next Revolution is Nanotechnology and Molecular manufacturing.

The presence of electronics was felt in the second world war through the usage of RADAR. In the last ten years it is mobile phones and in the years to come it would be direct control of organic molecules through nanotechnology and nano robots in everyday life. Technology drives over 80% of economic growth. In the real sense nano= 10-9. At nano level the fundamental

AT SPACEWOOD Another great camp was arranged at Spacewood, MIDC, on 3rd January 2014.

Highlight of this camp was the participation of Rtn Kirit Joshi and Rtn Vivek Deshpande, Managing Directors. Not only did they donated blood, but had also offered to be the first amongst the donor for this camp. The tone was thus set and soon other staff members took inspiration from, and followed their leader. The camp started at 10a.m. and continued till 5.00 pm, with staff from various

REGULAR MEETING properties of material undergo radical changes. In fact, it already exists in the nature.

For example, in Kajal carbon particles are at nano level.

The benefits of nano material are, they are lighter, cheaper, require small area, they act faster and are energy efficient. The standard manufacturing approach is top down but in biology its bottom up approach and nano comes into action here. Application of the nanotechnology in everyday life can be enumerated below: LEds, bugbot (photographs of digestive system), health and medicine, eye-operation (stitching through nano particles). The wars in the future shall be fought by nano robots.

Rtn Mahendra Kamat offered vote of thanks.

He said let our egos and other vices become nano.

-Sharad Bhave

BLOOD DONATION CAMP departments participating. Blood collection registered a count of 113 units. We thank Mr. Kirit Joshi and Mr. Vivek Deshpande for arranging this camp and also for influencing their staff for contributing to a social cause and making this camp a huge success. President Rtn Prashant Kale, Director Sanjay Sethi, Mr. Agarwal, Chairman Rajesh Yadav and Sheela Mundhada attended the camp - Team Blood Donation

TALWALKAR GYM

The Blood Donation camp on 28th January 2014 at Talwarkars Gym located in

Ramdaspeth was an example of importance of motivation. The camp was a huge success with forty people donating blood. Mrs. Vinita Bhatia, the organizer and CEO of this prestigious gym is a leading example of how we as Rotarians can bring changes in the minds of people who have little fear about donation. We thank Mrs. Vinita Bhatia for the excellent hospitality extended during the working hours of Gym and the pains and interest taken for the same. Rtn Anil Bhatia, Rtn Sunil Bhatia, Rtn Rajesh Yadav, Rtn Dr. Sheela Mundhada appreciated the donors for

making the camp a success.

- Team Blood Donation

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PROBUS CLUB

The very first get together of our PROBUS club was held on the 10th of January to celebrate Lohri and Makar Sankranti. Making use of the perfect weather we chose the Uppal Lawns. Decorated with kites, the air was full of excitement!! All the members enjoyed games

MAKAR SANKRANT FELLOWSHIP and mouth-watering snacks, till ladoos and gajak Were also served and suited the theme very well. All the members interacted with each other and everyone coming from different religion shared their opinion about the ways in which they celebrate sankrant.

The PROBUS members played various games, which activated their memories and also made them physically active. Amidst lots of masti and dhamal, there was the burning of Lohri and not to forget the Wishing lamp that was blown up in the air by our President and the members!! The most interesting part we saw was the children of the members joining and enjoying the PROBUS activities along with their parents. It is a pleasure to spread

SCHOLARSHIP

The Scholarship committee was in action on Wednesday 15th January 2014 when it arranged a one to one interaction between the sponsors and the 150 sponsored children of St. Ursula Girls' High School. The keenness

AT ST. URSULA SCHOOL with which both the sponsor and the student exchanged information both about the child's studies as well as other general details was a joy to behold. It was encouraging to see the sponsors enquiring not just about the child's academic welfare but also about their hobbies, passions, sports, family, hygiene etc. and also offering to assist in additional areas such as extra coaching, medical assistance etc. At the outset, the Rotarians were accorded a formal welcome by the teachers and students. The students offered their daily prayers after which, besides the one on one interaction, President Prashant Kale, Rtn. Rajiv Behal and Rtn Sandip Dhodapkar

SLUM & WOMEN UPLIFTMENT

Project- 'Joy Of Giving' through 'The Wishing Tree' by Slum Development Committee was held at Prakasha Educational & Social Multipurpose Society in the first week of Dec, in which about twenty seven needy and deprived children from the slums had expressed their wishes for various things they wanted to possess by writing it on the leaves and pinning on the Wishing Tree. The wishes

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smiles and especially to them whom we tend to ignore in our Rush of daily chores. The fellowship came to and end with fond memories and promise to meet once again very soon.

- Rakhi Bhatia

addressed the children and emphasized on the need to perform well in studies in order that they too become benefactors some day.

Principal Rtn Rachna Singh highlighted the achievements of various beneficiary students who are excelling in their academic and sports activities and also thanked the Rotary Club of Nagpur for their support. The meeting was attended by President Prashant Kale, PPs Atul Shah, Shabbir Shakir, Vijay Naidu, Gulab Mahant and Tauby Bhagwaghar besides Rtn and Anns Alok Goenka, Hetal & Jatin Sampat, Neeru Kapai, Prem Gupta, Bharti Gidwani, Arti Kalode and President Elect Bharat Goenka.

- Sandip Dhodapkar

THE WISHING TREE

so expressed such as school bags, dresses, chocolates, toy cars and remote control cars, teddy bears, makeup kits etc. was circulated amongst the Rotarians and an overwhelming response was received from the members who wanted to sponsor the gifts by contributing in cash as well as kind. The distribution of the gifts collected within a short time was held at Prakasha Centre on Saturday 18th January. On receiving the gifts the children were extremely happy and smiled with joy. Chairpersons Neerja Shukul, Ragini Sahu, Kusum Pande and Sushma Hedao extend their thanks to all the members who generously contributed in fulfilling the wishes of these children and giving them happiness and also enabled in making this project a grand success.

- Ragini Sahu

CLEAN-UP DRIVE - JANUARY 6, 2014

To mark the beginning of the New Year, the Rotaract Club Of Hislop College organized a clean-up drive in public places viz. Futala Lake and Ambazari Lake. The first venue for cleaning the surrounding was Futala Lake.

The members collected garbage from the surroundings and it was then dumped at a safe place, away from the vicinity of the locality.

The members spent around 2 hours there to clean up the surroundings and make it a clean

place for the public. Next, the members headed for Ambazari Lake to clean that area also. There, the members, not only collected the garbage from the surroundings, but also cleaned the lake by collecting the garlands which were left in the lake during the immersion of idols. The members spent around 1 hour there and the collected garbage was dumped in a dustbin near that area. After finishing their job, the members enjoyed the

ROTARACT

view and silence of the lake. This event of the Rotaract Club Of Hislop College was an attempt to make the surroundings clean and pollution free as we believe in clean city Green City our Nagpur City. The whole event was done under the able guidance of our teacher in charge madam Jigisha Naidu. All the members worked hard to make the event successful and as well make the surroundings better for living.

- Ruchita Haldar

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EXPRESS MUSIC - 17 JANUARY 2014

The Rotaract Club of Hislop College organized a musical event along with football donation for the students of St. Michael School, Gaddigodam, Nagpur. The programme was organized for the entertainment of those students who were unable to go to picnic with the other students due to some financial problems. The event

started sharply at 9.30am in the premises of St. Michael School. Ronald, Joel and Dodo took the musical event to another level by their performances. They not only sang new songs, but also entertained the teachers and students with old memorable songs. Rtn. Jatin Sampat, Rtn. Namita Sharma and Rtn. Shalini Naidu and Madame Jigisha Naidu were present there to grace the event. They donated footballs to the sports teacher of the school. The footballs were donated by the Rotaract Club of Hislop College so as to give an opportunity to the students of the school to play well and shine in the future. After the donation of the footballs the musical event continued and everyone present there enjoyed it a lot. Especially the students enjoyed the event a lot and some of the

students of the school also sang songs. The programme came to an end at 11:15 a.m. A very special thanks to Madame Jigisha Naidu our teacher in charge without her help and guidance the Rotaractors cannot do such a hard work. The team effort of the members, and the support of everyone made the event a huge success.

- Ruchita Haldar

HIT AWARENESS PROJECT

Hit Kill Pests, Kill Diseases Campaign, an initiative by Volunteer of ROTARACT CLUB OF TULI COLLEGE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT was started this month at Jatadrodi Hindi Ucch Prathmik Shala. The campaign aims to create awareness and catalyze preventive action to curb diseases caused by pests. The members of the club arranged quiz competitions, message writing competitions, games and distribution of informative handouts to draw their attention towards these serious and potentially fatal diseases.

- Secretary

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VOCATIONAL TRAINING

A workshop was held at Durbal Manask Mulanchi Shala, Matru Seva Sangh, Laxmi Nagar on Monday the 30th Dec. from 2:30 to 4:30 pm. Students & teachers were trained to make various items like Baskets, Trays, Penholders, Dining table mats etc. using old Newspapers. 15 students & four teachers attended the workshop. Rtn Ann Sadhana Paliwal conducted the workshop with the help of Rtn Ann Asha Joshi, Rt Ann Anjali Chowdhari & Rtn Ann Kirti Jain. Rtn. Sharad Paliwal & Rtn. Rajendra Jaiswal was also present. The staffs at the institute were very much appreciative of the workshop and were

INTERACT

just surprised to find that such attractive items

abled students could learn the items so fast

can be made from so-called newspaper raddi.

and could make them efficiently during the

It was highly commendable that even mentally

workshop.

-Sadhana Paliwal

TALK ON MANNERS AND ETIQUETTES, WONDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL

A talk on manners and etiquettes was organised in Wonderland High School by the Interact Club. The programme began with the lighting of lamp, followed by the all religion prayer. The Chief Guest Rtn. Khushnoor Chugh was welcomed by sapling. Rtn. Khushnoor guided the students on the importance of manners and etiquettes in their

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WORKSHOP AT MSS, LAXMINAGAR

life, so that they live comfortably in the society as a well-mannered person. The students were taught to treat everyone with love, care, respect and compassion. In today's World there is a growing need to use polite worlds during conversation. They were also informed about the do's and don't of etiquettes, how to introduce a person, about listening skills and

the significance of a smile. The students were given a situation where they enacted a scene in front of the audience present. The Director of Wonderland Rtn Gurjit Kaur also judged the students to implement good manners in their life and become a lovable and acceptable member of the society.

-Suchiti Roy

AT THE HOME OF RAJEEV AND ARCHANA JAVERY

With beautiful songs like "Jahan daal daal par sone ki chiya karti hai basera", "nanhe munne bachche teri mutthi mein kya hai" or "ae watan ae watan humko teri kasam " or loud naarebazi of "Bharat mata ki...jai" and "Vande Mataram" by the patrotic rotarians and anns

the Take Rotary Home held at Rtn, Rajeev and Archana Javery was an evening to remember.

The gracious hosts who took care of everything from the decor to welcoming guests with a tri colour wrist band to beautiful patriotic songs for back ground..... the evening was set from the word go. Unique ice breaking game and all republic day themed games were organized through out the evening where we saw the members drawing, acting and singing skills. Patriotism was in the air.

The mood was set high till the end with some beautiful guitar played by Shibu Mathew and Singing by Dr Ajay Sood & Litesh Thakkar.

Best dressed Male was won by Rtn Shamshuddin Rana, Female by Sheela Singhee and couple by Sachin & Sapna

TAKE ROTARY HOME

Vastani. A wonderful evening with yummy food was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Rajeev and Archana are dream hosts for all TRH chairpersons. The evening was organized by Chairpersons Sonal Singhvi and Shriya Mokadam.

-Sonal Singhvi

AT THE HOME OF RTN. AJAY AND SAVITA SANCHETI

Hospitality par excellence is the phrase I would use for the "Take Rotary Home" organized at beautiful residence of our gracious hosts Rtn. Ajay and Savita Sancheti.

There was sankrant in the air. Literally with the beautiful kites decor to welcoming guests with

haldi kum-kum and til- gud it was memorable evening. Their home reflects the flamboyant and ornate style and was perfect comfortable setting for a lovely evening. We had 50 Rotarians and Anns - a mixture of old and new.

The guests donned the colour black and white and the mood was set from the word go. After a short introduction round PP Chandru Shahni gave rotary information with a difference. The games were the highlight of the evening. All the guests were divided into groups and made to do small activities based upon sankrant adding lot of fun. The enthusiastic participation from the guests and perfect arrangements by the hosts made the evening sail by easily. Delicious food showcasing the

culinary skills of the lovely ladies was a treat for all. A lot of prizes were given to keep the fun quotient high. Chairpersons Shefali Shah, Shriya Mokadam and Sonal Singhvi organized the evening.

- Sonal Singhvi

AT HOME OF URVI & SANDEEP SURI

Urvi and Sandeep Suri.... very warm, affable and enthusiastic couple with a beautiful home, were our host for the Take Rotary Home dinner of 15th Jan 2014. The nip in the air and an open terrace well decorated with kites and lightings became a wonderful backdrop for an enjoyable evening. As usual we had our well

stocked bar and a customary round of introduction. Shefali Shah made every one play an interesting game, which everyone played sportingly. PP. Rajan Bhatia threw an interesting quiz based on Rotary information.

As Sankrant being the mood of the evening, members lit up lanterns and flew it. It was truly

beautiful on a dark night with no stars. A lavish menu delightfully tasty, a perfect Nagpur winter weather, the music, the setting and the wonderful members of our club made this an evening to remember.

-Sonal Ajmera

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CLUB AWARDS

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Dr Pooja Poddar - Oral Health

Dr Rajesh Singhania - Melghat & Surgical Camp

Dr Ravi Wankhede - Organ Donation

Anita Chitaley - Diwali Fellowship

Yatin Malji - Attendence

Sonal Singhavi - Take Rotary Home

Sandeep Pathak - Fellowship Charter Nite

Sadhana Paliwal - Vocational Training

Rajan Bhatia for Neeru Bhatia - Senior Citizen

Ragini Sahu - Slum & Women Upliftment

Namita Sharma - Welfare of specially abled

Manisha Agrawal - RYLA

& RECOGNITION Mahendra Kamath - RYLA’

Dr Shivani Bidaye - Eyes through Rotary & SVMM

Pinky Batra - RYLA

Madhavi Naidu - Diwali Fellowship

Beena Mathew - Life Skills Workshop

Shiraz Doongaji - Organ Donation

Rina Sinha - Program Committee

New Members Anil and Rahul being inducted

Release of GO

New Member

New Member's induction takes tally beyond 350

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INDIA IS POLIO FREE NOW

Air India Building, Mumbai

As of today, India has been polio-free for three years — but the virus is on its borders and could return at any time Good news does not always flow freely in India. Too many children still go hungry.

Violence against women endures. Inflation is soaring, and gay sex was just criminalized, again.

But today India got a boost: Jan. 13 marks the country's third year of being free of polio, the highly infectious disease that attacks the nervous system of children in particular and can paralyze within hours. The last child to be crippled by polio in India was a 2-year-old girl in West Bengal, whose case was confirmed on Jan. 13, 2011. The fact that none have been found since is a stunning turnaround from 2009, when India hosted nearly half the world's cases. That polio has been wiped from this vast, crowded country is arguably one of the greatest achievements in modern public health — and a stirring reminder that sheer determination can, in fact, change lives.

People used to say that ridding India of polio simply couldn't be done. The virus has used the subcontinent as an incubator for centuries, and some experts argued that the slow process of vaccinating every child could never outpace the rapid transmission of the disease.

Happily, they were wrong. Teaming up with groups like Rotary International, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the World Health Organization (WHO), the Indian government launched yearly national vaccination drives carried out by millions of volunteers and, eventually, backed up by sophisticated disease-surveillance and population-monitoring systems. In 2002, there were 1,600 polio cases in India. By 2009, there were 741. Today, there are none.

That accomplishment has changed the whole tenor of the global fight against the disease. In May 2012, not long after India had been declared polio-free for a year, the World Health Assembly, the decisionmaking body of WHO, declared global polio eradication to be a public-health priority. “If it can be done in India, then there is nowhere in the world that can use the argument that it is impossible,” says Dr. Hamid Jafari, director of polio operations and research for WHO. In India, Jafari helped oversee the distribution of nearly 1 billion polio-vaccine doses every year between 2008 and 2011. “When a government puts its full commitment to do it, and a financial commitment to match, then it is doable,” he says.

But infectious disease does not leave much time for resting on laurels. The virus is still endemic in three countries — Nigeria,

Sojati Gate, Jodhpur Afghanistan and Pakistan — and as long as it is, it can still go anywhere, including back to India. Case in point: last year, new polio cases were confirmed in several countries that were supposed to be free of poliovirus — including Cameroon, Syria, Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia — as a result of a spread from endemic countries.

“We cannot be complacent,” says Dr. Naveen Thacker, a member of the expert-advisory group to the Indian government for polio eradication. For years, India exported polio to the world. Today, Thacker says, “those channels are still open, but now we are on the receiving end.”

That one of the endemic countries is right next door isn't much comfort. In Pakistan, the Muslim militants' ban on the polio vaccine since June 2012 in swaths of the restive

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northwest is currently allowing the virus to be freely transmitted among some 300,000 unvaccinated children. Workers trying to distribute the vaccine have been attacked and killed in parts of the country.

“If we got access to 100% of the children, we could stop the virus transmission,” says Dr. Shamsher Khan, UNICEF's coordinator for polio for high-risk populations in Pakistan. He says most of the 85 cases recorded there last year were from these inaccessible zones, but seven of the new cases were found in Punjab, a province where the virus had previously been controlled. “You can see the spillover,” Khan says.

That polio could slip over the border to India isn't a huge risk, given that old tensions mean movement between the neighbors remains limited. But that doesn't mean India won't have to stay on high alert. From Feb. 14, proof of polio vaccination will be required for all travelers entering India from Pakistan and Afghanistan, among other countries.

Authorities will also keep monitoring India's own population and make sure vaccination remains routine. One day, says Thacker, those efforts also may be slowly scaled back, but for now, there is still work to be done. “At the end of a war, you can withdraw your army,” Thacker says. Until then, the battle continues.

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BOBBY'S BUBBLES I remember a great story . . ..

When the Parsis came to India, seeking asylum, the then King (Rana) sent a cup of Milk to the Parsi-Leader. . . . The Parsi-Leader returned the milk, after adding sugar to the milk (meaning we will uniformly mingle with Indian culture & people and enrich them. You see that happening, even today!) Immigrants should mingle smoothly with the natives of the respective nation & enrich them!! Putin's Speech on Feb. 04, 2013 On February 4th, 2013, Vladimir Putin, the Russian president,

FROM RI The success of an organization relies as much on the recognition of its brand as it does on the quality of its product. Mercedes-Benz, Coca-Cola, and LG Electronics all know it. And we know them the instant we see Mercedes-Benz's three-pointed star, CocaCola's red and white script, and LG's smiling face. It's the same idea behind our Strengthening Rotary initiative. By refreshing our logo and creating a contemporary, clear, and consistent message about who we are and what we do, we're enhancing our legacy as one of the most widely recognized and respected humanitarian organizations in the world.

During the recent International Assembly in San Diego, California, USA, Rotary's incoming class of district governors saw training materials, posters, video graphics, photography, and messaging that reflect our updated look and voice. Nearly half of the incoming governors told us that their districts and clubs have already started adopting the revitalized visual identity. They shared business cards, brochures, and websites that have incorporated the modern logo and colors.

The International Assembly offers a unique opportunity to hear what's on the minds of our district leaders. Here is what they had to say about Rotary's refreshed visual identity. What do you think about Rotary's revitalized look and voice?

Antonio Arroyo Reyes, District 4060, Dominican Republic: We like the fresh colors of the logo and particularly the addition of the word “Rotary.” It makes it a true logo where the general population can connect the Rotary wheel with the organization.

Jean-Eric Vigier, District 1670, France: My only regret is that the new visual identity doesn't reflect the internationality of Rotary since the word “international” has

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RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN'S ADDRESS addressed the Duma, (Russian Parliament), and gave a speech about the tensions with minorities in Russia: "In Russia live Russians.

Any minority, from anywhere, if it wants to live in Russia, to work and eat in Russia, should speak Russian, and should respect the Russian laws. If they prefer Sharia Law, then we advise them to go to those places where that's the state law. Russia does not need minorities. Minorities need Russia, and we will not grant them special privileges, or try to change our laws to fit their desires, no matter how loud they yell 'discrimination'. We better

learn from the suicides of America, England, Holland and France, if we are to survive as a nation. The Russian customs and traditions are not compatible with the lack of culture or the primitive ways of most minorities. When this honorable legislative body thinks of creating new laws, it should have in mind the national interest first, observing that the minorities are not Russians. The politicians in the Duma gave Putin a five minute standing ovation.

-Bobby Shrinivas

NEW VISUAL IDENTITY FOR ROTARY disappeared.

Zenkyo Sasaki, District 2670, Japan (Ehime): I like its modern look. However, it is not consistent with the membership pin. That might become an issue.

Have you started using the updated visual identity in your club and district communications?

Elizabeth Smith Yeats, District 6400 (parts of Ontario, Canada & Michigan, USA): I have had great success in matching the phrases to every aspect of my club and district. Creating a membership piece? Join Leaders! Inviting folks to a training event? Exchange Ideas!

Planning a service project? Take Action!

Jagdishbhai Patel, District 3051, India: Change is always good. I'm happy to have a new look for Rotary and I will encourage all my clubs to implement it so that Rotary in India has a more consistent look all across the country.

Haruo Watanabe, District 2780, Japan (part of Kanagawa): We all have the emblem printed on our business cards. The emblem with yellow and blue looks richer. Also, if it's in yellow only, you can't see it well from a distance.

What has been the reaction from your clubs?

Guillermo Soto Luzardo, District 4380,

Venezuela (Western part): At the Zone 21A GETS (governors-elect training seminar), we had a corporate image expert conduct a workshop. The room was split: for and against the new image. In the end, the majority had a positive reaction to Rotary's new visual identity.

Manuel Sánchez Recinas, District 4160, Mexico: Change has been very hard to accept for District 4160 Rotarians. They very much identify with the old logo and the gold and blue.

Jean-Paul Escolar, District 1650, France: In the business world, companies change their logos every five years or so. It might be a bit difficult to understand for Rotarians who are doctors, lawyers, etc. A few others complain that it is an expensive initiative but they do not understand the long term benefits.

How will a stronger identity enhance Rotary's public image?

Kenneth Dresser, District 7680, North Carolina, USA: Using the templates available from the Rotary Brand Center will go a long way to producing press releases that will be picked up and used by local and national media.

Elizabeth Smith Yeats, District 6400 (parts of Ontario, Canada & Michigan, USA): Every major corporation with a long history updates its brand identity periodically. By doing so, we become visible to younger potential Rotarians who may have dismissed the historic, more dated look as something only for their parents.

Patrick Eakes, District 7690, North Carolina, USA: Thanks to you, your colleagues, and senior Rotary leadership for having the foresight to make our new identity so attractive. We can maintain our 109-yearold core values -- those that are the essence of Rotary -- while making our brand more attractive to those we hope will join us in improving our world.

THE PAUL HARRIS FELLOW RECOGNITION The Paul Harris Fellow recognition acknowledges individuals who contribute, or who have contributions made in their name, of US$1,000 to The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. It was established in 1957 to show appreciation for and encourage substantial contributions to what was then the Foundation's only program, Rotary Foundation Fellowships for Advanced Study, the precursor to Ambassadorial Scholarships.

The first Paul Harris Fellows include 1937-38 RI Director Allison G. Brush and longtime RI Treasurer Rufus F. Chapin, both for donations they made in 1946. Mrs. Adan Vargas was the first woman to receive the recognition, for a gift made in 1953. Mrs. Harry L. Jones was the second, and one of only five people recognized for contributions made in 1957.

Early Paul Harris Fellows received a certificate of recognition. In 1969, the Foundation unveiled the first Paul Harris Fellow medallion at the RI Convention in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Japanese metal artist Fiju Tsuda created the piece under the direction of then-past Foundation Trustee

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Kyozo Yuasa. Today, Paul Harris Fellows receive a certificate and pin. They are also eligible to purchase a Paul Harris Fellow medallion. Rotarians have a tradition of supporting the Foundation by honoring others.

Ida LeTulle Taylor became a Paul Harris Fellow in 1978 when her husband, thenDistrict Governor Vann Taylor, made a donation in her name in honor of their 34th wedding anniversary. The gift also made her the 25,000th Paul Harris Fellow. At the International Assembly in 1979, then-RI President-elect James Bomar challenged each Rotary club to make one non-Rotarian a Paul Harris Fellow. The Rotary Club of Pikesville, Maryland, USA, responded by making a donation in the name of Mother Teresa in 1980. The entertainer Pearl Bailey also became a Paul Harris Fellow through a joint effort of the Rotary clubs in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Many other notable figures have been named as Paul Harris Fellows, including U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Russian President Boris Yeltsin, U.S. astronaut James Lovell, UN Secretary-

General Javier Perez de Cuellar, and Jonas Salk. The number of Paul Harris Fellows reached the one million mark in 2006.

- Vishwas Sahasrabhojanee

RI THEME 2014-15 R I Presidentelect Gary C . K .

Huang c h o s e Light Up Rotary as his theme for 201415. Huang w a s inspired by t h e teachings of Chinese philosopher Confucius who said: "It is better to light a single candle, than to sit and curse the darkness." "There are so many problems in the world, so many people who need help. Many people say, 'There's nothing I can do.' So they sit there doing nothing.

Meanwhile everything stays dark," Huang told the 537 district governors and their spouses

and partners who are attending the 2014 International Assembly in San Diego, California. "The Rotary way is the Confucius way. The Rotary way is to light a candle. I light one, you light one, 1.2 million Rotarians light one. Together, we light up the world," said Huang, who is a member of the Rotary Club of Taipei in Taiwan. After announcing his theme at the opening session of the five-day training meeting, Huang urged club members to Light Up Rotary in the coming year by hosting a Rotary Day in their community and including local Rotaract and Interact members in their service projects. "How you Light Up Rotary is up to you," Huang said. "You know where you are strong, you know what your community needs, and you know how you can help."

Huang also shared his membership development goals, including the need for more women and young adults and his goal to increase membership to a total of 1.3 million members. He asked Rotarians to invite their spouses, family members, and friends to join

Rotary. "We need to assume leadership for building strong clubs, and that starts with bringing in new members," he said.

Addressing the status of the fight against polio, Huang noted that with the current momentum Rotary is on track to achieve full polio eradication by 2018. "When we eradicate polio — and we will — we will have proved ourselves an organization capable of great things. And we'll be even better equipped for the next challenge we choose to take on. We'll have given the world a gift that will endure forever," he said. By continuing to fight against polio, setting an example in local communities, and growing membership, Huang hopes to see Rotary shine brighter than ever. "Light Up Rotary is our theme, but it is more than our theme. It is how we live in Rotary, how we think in Rotary, how we feel, how we work," Huang said. "It is how we make a difference — every day, in every club, every district, and every country where we serve.”

- PDG Vishwas Sahasrabhojanee

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TWO OFF THE BEATEN TRACK PLACES TO VISIT THIS WINTER

The Sanctuary, Padampuri, Uttaranchal You must be thinking, “Sanctuary”? Is she suggesting a place to go for meditation? But I'm on holiday! Well I guess you'd actually feel like meditating if you visit this place. It's that peaceful and sublime. People are always looking for a quick getaway from the hue and cry, and this is definitely it… a drive away from Delhi.

Having been to Almora and Nainital, Padampuri is something you fall on by chance.

At an altitude of 5200 feet and nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas among the Kumaon Ranges it's a nature lovers paradise. Ideal for a trek, that's how we tumbled into its lesstraversed-paths and were surprised by the huge number of birds, Kumaon lemon trees and the few odd animals we came by. The best part is it's not commercial, so not many people know about it, and if you want to disappear there, carry a foldable chair like I did, and a good book and enjoy the morning in bliss.

Near to the lakes like Bhimtal, Sat tal, Naukuchiatal, Nal Damyanti Tal, Sukha Tal, and Khurpa Tal, at Padampuri you have a treasure trove of animals and birds to keep you company.

In between these heavenly hills is a place where we stayed, we call it The Sanctuary, 4 cottages spread out in 100 acres of land with

views of Nanda Devi. You get to do walks to a spectacular ridge through the woods, camping and bonfire nights, home cooked meals, enjoy the many books from its library that I just spoke about and basically feel like you're at home, though you're not! So if you're making it to Padampuri search for this place, it's a beauty in the mountains and a drive there from Delhi that will truly open up your senses. You just may feel like not coming back.

Bekal, Kerala When you have the background of architecture, a steeped romantic sense of being in old places of charm clubbed with seeing re-runs of movies like Rang De Basanti and the beautiful fort at Jaipur that was featured there, in natural transition it follows that you want to visit one such fascinating place, a fort of much beauty that one can scream about too! Bekal was the place I chose and clubbed it with a bit of beach, sun and sand making it into a holiday to remember.

So where is Bekal? It basically sits right at the top of Kerela, in Kasaragod. So naturally people just forget it's there! In a way that's good, makes it so much more off beat than the usual trodden path. The highlight of the place is the magnificent 300 year old Bekal Fort.

Sprawled across a headland that runs into the

The Sanctuary, Padampuri, Uttaranchal

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Arabian Sea at the main beach, this fort exudes an old world charm that is spellbinding. One of the best preserved, and you recall the song from the movie Bombay, that Mani Ratnam shot here so many years ago.

After spending a day at the fort and the Bekal fort beach, where you get to see the expanse of the Arabian Sea, you tend to be pulled on to stay a bit more and visit its backwaters, laze about on a cruise reading – my favourite pastime on a holiday, and catch some exciting water activities along with seafood devouring another essential part of a holiday!

Decided to while away some time on the famous Kappil beach, a lonely almost virgin piece of sand (you are just near to the Taj Bekal out here) and then made it to Valiyaparamba, a cluster of enchanting little islands to get a bit of the back water adventure I was seeking, which I must recommend with a stay on a houseboat.

If you've got time, you can visit some of the beautiful hill stations they've got like the Kottancherry or Ranipuram. I just preferred to soak in the serenity of the beaches and the backwaters, leaving the hills for my next visit.

-Farzana Haque

BROCCOLLI BEAUTIES Broccoli is one vegetable that most of us love. Raw or baked, stir-fried or grilled it tastes just so good! Besides the look and taste of Broccoli, it boasts of many properties, which are a boon to health. Go ahead and try these recipes and don't forget to add them to your Recipe Book.

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4 Eggs 1 ¼ Cups skimmed milk 1 ½ Tsp Dry mustard 3 slices whole wheat bread (crust removed and cubed) ½ chopped onion ¾ Cup shredded cheese Heat oven to 350 degrees.

Beat eggs, milk and mustard until blended.

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- Khushnoor S. Chugh

SPORTS EVENT - GOKULPETH HINDI PRIMARY SCHOOL NAGPUR ‘Aspire'Rotaract Club of G.H. Raisoni College Madhav Nagri conducted a Sports carnival for the kids of Gokulpeth Hindi Primary School Nagpur. Sport carnival is an initiate by young rotaractors to create happiness for poor kids.

The event begun at 11 am with music programs. Rotaractors conducted five kinds of activities for the students of different classes.

The activity includes Bowling game, Musical chair Competition, Balloon Race, Choti Machali and Badi Machali competition. Most of the kids specially enjoyed Choti Machali and Badi Machali competition. Our faculty member Prof. Sapna Trivedi was present with

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us and appreciated us for this initiate. encouraged rotaractors for their efforts.

Rotaractors enjoyed a lot with school kids. Principal of the school Mrs. Prerna Mulkalwar These moments evoked our childhood addressed the students. The event adjourned memories. A memorable moment for all at 2 pm.

- Pooja Joshi rotaractors during the event was eating POHA with all kids. At the end of the event the winners of the competition awarded with prizes includes lunch boxes, pencil boxes, Notebooks, combo of pencils, rubbers and sharpeners etc. Rotaractors also distributed chocolates to all kids. A major part of this event is rotaractors donated sport material including football, cricket material, basketball etc. The teacher staff of school supported and

TRAFFIC AWARENESS On 15th January 2014, Rotary Club of Nagpur organized a Workshop on Traffic Awareness for the students of Guru Govind School, Nagpur. Rotractor Reshama Poduval welcomed the students and everyone present.

She made the students aware of the seminar topic. Later the speaker Rotractor Ateeba Khan with the help of a power point presentation taught the students all the basic and mandatory traffic rules and its importance.

She also motivated the children to make

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NEW MEMBER

Litesh and Jigna Thakkar Badminton brought them to Rotary! Litesh plays badminton with Dinesh Naidu, Akash Agrawal, Aeyjaz Akolawala etc. Their talks about Rotary, its members & activities attracted him. Soon he was a part of the club, inducted when PP Tauby Bhagwagar was president. Since then there has been no looking back. Though just about 3 year old, he is very dependable & has already formed strong bonds, within the club, like the Ambuja Cement that he has the distribution for. Born & Raised in Gandhibagh – Nagpur. He did his schooling at Adarsh Vidyalaya & graduation in commerce from Hislop College. He joined the family business & soon they moved to Ramdaspeth. The New Millennium brought new beginnings in Litesh's life. An Aunt brought a proposal from a pretty girl from Amravati.

They made a perfect match & it was in the year, 2001 Litesh & Jigna tied the knot. 11-year-old Prachi completes their family. In the 5th grade in Centre Point School, Prachi is the pet in the family as Litesh's elder brother Atul, has twin boys. Here I must mention that Atul is also a Rotarian from RC of Nagpur West. Interested in sports, Litesh with his swashbuckling batting performance was instrumental in our club's success in recently held Inter Rotary Cricket Tournament. Active in Rotaract activity Litesh will be a big asset to the Club.

Welcome Litesh & Jigna!

Shivani and Shashank Bidaye A Chip of the old block, Shivani knew about Rotary from probably the time she was born. It was like they ate, drank & breathed Rotary at home. What she liked about it as a kid was, that they got to go to a lot of functions & parties & picnics.

What she immensely disliked was, that her dad did not spend enough time with her. He was perpetually busy, with IMA, Ophthalmological Meets & of course Rotary. As she grew, she realized there was more to Rotary. Much more. She liked most of it & some she did not. What she missed out on was her father, Dr. Satish Sule's Governorship as she had just started med. school that year. Born & raised in Nagpur, Shivani, like most Nagpurians loves the city. With Schooling at Saraswati Vidyalaya & junior college in Hislop, she got into Ophthalmology at Lata Mangeshkar College. Barely out of college, she was married off to Dr. Shashank, who was born in Karnataka & raised in Gujarat (where his father, an ophthalmologist as well, practiced). Shashank , did his undergrad at Belgaum, then got 2 post graduations from Jamnagar , DNB from Nagpur & Retina Fellowship from Ahmedabad. Soon came Sharvari, 14 now. Followed by Shomira, who is 9. They are in the 8th & 3rd grades at Centre Point School – Katol Rd. Shivani, realized that it would be difficult to cope with a new city (Baroda) & a new baby simultaneously so moved back to the comforts of her parent's home to do her Post Graduation at IGMC, while Shashank also did his Post Graduation at Ahmedabad. During his frequent visits to Nagpur, to be with his wife & daughter, Shashank started liking Nagpur. He took up Super Specialization at Nagpur. Even had a stint with Dr. Sudha Sutaria and saw good prospects in this city as compared to Baroda. Shivani, of course was thrilled, with this decision and there has been no looking back for them since. Shashank had been going for Medical Camps, with the Rotary Club of Nagpur for a long time but decided to join The R C of Nagpur Fort to get a different flavor. But Shivani couldn't stay out of the R C of Nagpur, which has been like a second home to her. Also her daughters had friends in this club. Her sister Anagha Jaiswal played a big role in Shivani joining the R C of Nagpur. Shivani loves being a part of the club. Gets a great satisfaction from attending the many medical camps that we have. Singing, a passion with her has earned her instant popularity.

Welcome Shivani & Shashank!

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ON THE BOARD I met up with Director – Community Service 2013-2014, Rakhi Bhatia. on a windy winter afternoon at her quaint bungalow at Kadbi Chowk and I must say the afternoon was delightful. She had organised typical punjabi winter/lohri fare, followed by great conversation. So here we go.

Calmly efficient, humble, very approachable and friendly are the words which describe her personality.

Rakhi was born in Calcutta on September 13, 1969. She is the youngest of 3 sisters and she has a brother who is younger to her. Since her father was in a transferable job they moved residences quite a bit. She studied in Calcutta till Std 5 and then moved to Dehradun where she studied in St. Josephs till Std 12. She wasn't a particularly studious kid but managed to score well with last minute preparations.

This trait, she admits, is in her children too.

They study only in the year end, but their scores have never disappointed her.

After Std 12 she moved to hostel life in Nagpur as she took up Architecture in LAD college.

She was actively involved in most college events and was adjudged 'Miss Aarohi' at VNIT in 1990. She admits that she was also called a 'Pooja Bhatt' lookalike.

While studying at LAD, she met her hubby Vishal. They were introduced at a common friend's wedding and there was no looking back. They courted for almost 4 years before they tied the knot in 1992. She fondly remembers that Vishal had 'pataoed'the warden of the hostel and that he was welcome there at any time of the day. He was called ''Jamai'' of the LAD hostel.

Vishal's family has been in the tyres business for the last 40 years and they have a shop on Central Avenue road which he manages alongwith his father, who at 80, is very active and at work by 10 every morning.

Rakhi has her own Architectural firm and is at work for most of the day while her home and hearth are managed by her very supportive MIL. She had her son Chiranshu in 1993, who studied in Centre Point school till Std 12 and

DIRECTOR COMMUNITY SERVICE – RAKHI BHATIA now is studying Electrical Engineering at State University of New York. Her daughter Atima was born in 1997 and she is currently studying science in Std 11 in Bhavans, Civil Lines. She is more of a friend to the children and they often chide her for responding to serious situations with humour.

Rakhi has done 2 levels of Art of Living course, learnt Reiki and Vaastu. She is also fond of cooking and gymming and is a Life member at Talwalkars.

Prior to joining Rotary, Rakhi was the President of the Womens World, Jaycees where she was actively involved with Community Service. Seeing her wonderful work, Jerry Watchmaker introduced her to Rotary and she was inducted in November 1998. Whatever project or situation she faces she undertakes with her whole heart and takes it to completion.

She has had a very eventful year as a Director and has worked with the aim of taking the committees to the next level with more meaningful projects. Under her able leadership, the 'PROBUS' club has been launched for the senior citizens. She is very passionate about the project ''ÚDAAN'' and she has undertaken many small projects during the year for the special children.

Community service is her passion and she is living it through her role as Director.

What Vishal commends her for is her efficient running of the household and her devotion to his parents and the children, though he feels that she always responds in the negative when asked any question.

Rakhi on the other hand feels that Vishal has been very supportive in her career as an architect and also in her Rotary duties, but feels that he should be more organised.

The following poem describes Rakhis nature and embodies her passion for social service.

We All Need Someone to Be There

By Judy Kilgore Planting the seed, To help the need Being a friend, Prayers and hope to send Not walking away, But trying to stay Not turning away, No matter what day Being there, No matter where Giving hugs, Instead of tugs. Not pushing aside, Getting to know the person inside We are all human, Sometimes we just need a hand It can do so much. So take the time, Everyone gets in a bind, Let's all show random acts of kindness, No matter how big or small, We're all in need of Someone to care, We all need someone to be there -Hetal Sampat

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BITCOIN – CURRENCY FOR FREE & OPEN WORLD

Bitcoin is becoming very popular day by day. First bitcoin ATM opened in Canada a few months back. Another opened a few days back and there is one opening in a few days at Hong Kong as well.

Some big names like Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic, NBA team Sacramento Kings and a couple of Casinos in Vegas have already started accepting the currency. Numerous regular shops and businesses are declaring their support for Bitcoins daily. In India we now have www.highkart.com an online market place to buy mobiles, tablets, computer accessories etc, the website accepts payments only as bitcoins. Bitcoin is a digital currency. It doesn't exist in any physical form. No country, bank or regulator controls it so it can't be manipulated easily. There are softwares which you can install on computer or mobile to act as your digital wallet, which store the bitcoins. To fully understand Bitcoins visit it's official websie – www.bitcoin.org Bitcoin, had a meteoric rise in the past year. At the start of 2013, the currency traded at $13.50. By November 1, it was at $211 and saw $1,240 a little more than a month after that. In recent weeks, Bitcoin's volatility has softened a bit. Since December 27, Bitcoin has generally traded in a range between $800 and $1,000. You can also buy and sell bitcoins in INR on www.buysellbitco.in Bitcoin as a form of payment for products and services has seen growth and merchants have an incentive to accept the currency because transaction fees are lower than the 2–3% typically imposed by credit card processors. Bitcoin transactions are almost instant and there is no need for any forex conversion to buy something with bitcoins, probably you already have bitcoins in your digital wallet. Bitcoin has been a subject of scrutiny due to ties with illicit activity. In 2013 the FBI shut down the Silk Road online black market and seized 144,000 bitcoins worth US$28.5 million at the time. In China, new rules restrict bitcoin exchange for local currency, and the European Banking Authority has warned that Bitcoin lacks consumer protections. Bitcoins can be stolen, and charge backs are impossible. Bitcoin Alliance of India (www.bitcoinalliance.in/) observes “Bitcoins per se are not illegal in India. This is in consonance with international approach. US considers Bitcoins as a legitimate payment alternative. Similar positions have been taken by Canada, the UK, Norway, Germany, Sweden, Israel, Cyprus, Turkey, Australia, Argentina and several others. Monetary Authority of Singapore has stated that whether or not businesses accept Bitcoins in exchange for their goods and services is a commercial decision and it will not interfere with it. China has restricted only financial institutions from dealing directly in Bitcoins without making it illegal.”

I am excited about Bitcoins. Although I was ridiculed by a financial expert recently, I believe Bitcoin is an important development and may turn out to be a truly open and fair alternative to all the currencies we use today. www.palewar.com

GUPSHUP The Mercury is on the rise in the day and dips at night. So on the onset of spring and celebrating Lodi, Pongal, Sankranti, Eid, and here are some news from our Club.... *

Rtn. Dr Hargun and Ranjini Sangtani's daughter Rashmi tied the knot with Rtn. Rajiv and Abha Chaudhary's son Punan with lots of fan - fair.

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Parag and Varsha Paranjpe celebrated their son Tanmay's thread ceremony

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Many of our Rotarians celebrated their 50th birthday this year. To name a few Manjot Kahai, Sunil Bhatia, Vijay Naidu, etc... Wishing you all the very best...

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Rtn. Gobi and Anit Bhasin celebrated their 25th Anniversary....May you both celebrate many more wonderful years of togetherness...

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In the December issue of Femina magazine, bridal creations by Jumana Shakir and Nisreen Maimoon were featured and Zenia, the daughter of Rtn. Nilufer and Mehernosh Rana ..., modeled them. Kiddos to that!

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Kashvi, daughter of Rtn. Sanjay and Varsha Mansukhani was adjudged Miss Centre Point...

Congrats!

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Our young and enthusiastic Rotarian cricketers stealed the show this year at the Rotary InterCricket Tournament by winning both the Men and Women's Trophy in exciting matches.

Congratulations and Cheers!

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Rtn.Dr. Anant Gade has acquired Zeiss LUMERA 700 microscope, this state of art ultimate microscope shows all ocular structures in razor sharp details during surgery. This equipment is available at his clinic to fellow opthalmologist friends.. All the very best Doc...

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Campion Athletes of our club the super awesome pair of Rtn. Ashish and Aarti Kalode took part in this year Mumbai Marathon. Ashish completed the 21-kilometer race in 2 hours 1 minute and Aarti in 2 hours 29 minutes. Hats of to you guys!

Aarti also participated in the Blind Man Car rally organised by the round table 83, in Nagpur and grabbed the 3rd position!!!

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Rtn. Shailaja Sharma lost her mother-in-law.

May the families get the strength to bear the loss.

Until next time Ciao....

-Nilufer Rana

BIRTHDAYS 15 Feb. to 14 Mar. FEBRUARY Deodutta Dasture Sanjay Mansukhani Vaibhav Jaipuria Dr.Archana Choudhary Sanjay Agrawal Ashish Kale Manpreet Alag Ayun Malak Shilpa Pandey Dr.Harish Rathi Ashish Mehadia Deepali Kale Dr. Radhika Marwah Bharat kumar Parikh Arun Bhargava Naushad Bhagwagar Pankaj Chokhani Anupam Rai Dr. Sushrut Babhulkar MARCH Anuj Badjate Shefali Shah Sushil Mandhaniya Parveen Seth Sonal Singhvi

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Rozina Rana Dr. Jerestin Watchmaker Ravindra Sarnaik Bharat Parekh Dr. Ashok Lawange Manju Shahani Dr. Indu Arneja Sarita Agrawal Smita Sheth Dr. Anita Sood Bharat Goenka Litesh Thakkar Dr. Shivangi Jahagirdar Nikunj Doshi Prena Bhattad Habeeb Khan Vilas Kale Moiz Bande Ali Sonia Khurana Dr. Vivek Harkare Asha Gupta Rajbir Kaur Singh Swati Atal Shamsha Raiyani

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Bu-Vo-Qu (Business & Vocation Quiz) Before you decide to Google the answers, take the Rotary's four-way test. Honesty is the best policy. Give your brain some jolts. Let these questions deprive you of some sleep. Let the thinking begin.

Rules: 1. Open to all the Rotarians and spouses of Rotary Clubs in Nagpur except DirectorVocational who will be the judge.

2. Mail your answers to quiz@rotaryclubofnagpur.org 3. Answers will be accepted only via e-mails. Latest by 26th February 2014.

4. Judge's decision will be final.

BuVoQu February 2014 for Movie VUFF

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Who was the first cartoon character to receive Hollywood Walk of fame?

What was the profession/qualification of Amol Palekar in film 'Golmal'?

Which character did Waheeda Rehman play in film 'Khamoshi'?

Gordon Gekko in the movie 'Wall Street' was a ____________.

Soorma Bhopali was a _______________ in the movie Sholay.

Leonardo DiCaprio plays a ______________ in the movie 'The wolf of wall street'.

Who played the character of conductor in the movie ' Bombay to Goa'?

Arnold plays a _________ in the movie 'True Lies'.

Tom Cruise plays ___________ in the movie 'A few good men' Who plays the owner of the circus in the movie 'Mera Naam Joker'?

ANNIVERSARY 15 Feb. to 14 Mar. FEBRUARY Deepak & Neena Chowdhary Ajay & Savita Sancheti Rakhi & Vishal Bhatia Sanjay & Vaishali Jaiswal Jatin & Hetal Sampat Mohan & Ranjana Rao Naresh & Seema Jaisinghanee Atul & Neeta Gupta Omprakash & Samiksha Bagadia Sarang & Anushka Kale Vaibhav & Varsha Jaiswal Nimish & Sharmila Sutaria Timmy & Charanjeet Bawa Mamta & Manish Jaiswal Neeru & Kamal Kapai Kusum & Shashank Pandey Hasmukh & Archana Panchmatia Rajeev & Sangeeta Chhabra Rajan & Jaya Mulani Dr.Rajesh & Ritika Singhvi Tushar & Sonal Singhvi Akanksha & Anuj Singhania MARCH Sarvesh & Ritu Agrawal Vaibhav & Shripriya Jaipuria Atul & Shilpa Pandey Sandeep & Alka Goenka Mohinderpal & Manpreet Alag Sapna & Sacheen Vastani Navneet & Neerja Shukul Hemant & Harsha Doshi

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TRF RECOGNITION

RTN. SANDEEP & ANMOL BADJATIA

RTN SHASHI & BELA THAPAR

The Rotary Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation that supports the efforts of Rotary International to achieve world understanding and peace through international humanitarian, educational, and cultural exchange programs. It is through the generous contributions of individuals that foundation serves it objective. It was proud moment when RIPN K Ravindran in his recent visit to Nagpur, recognised four of our members for their generosity. Rotarian couple Anmol & Sandeep Badjatia, Anita & Pramod Jain, Kusum & Shashank Pande and Bela & Shashi Thapar were felicitated. RIPN acknowledged their contribution and urged Rotarians to come forward and wholeheartedly support for this wonderful organisation.

Heartiest Congratulations & May your tribe grows!!

RTN. KUSUM & SHASHANK PANDE

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RTN. ANITA & PRAMOD JAIN