The Golden Orange - September 2016

September 2016

The Golden Orange

R.I President : Rtn. John Germ District Governor : Rtn. Mahesh Mokalkar Club President : Rtn. Alok Goenka Established : 1944 R. I. District : 3030 Club ID 15587 LIFE SKILLS

PINKATHON

COMMUNITY WELFARE

MONSOON FELLOWSHIP

MEDICAL CAMP

LADIES COMMITTEE

WEEKLY MEETING

ROTARACT INSTALLATION

INTERACT INSTALLATION

Glimpses of fellowship

Starting with a Prayer

Golden Oldies

Matching steps

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President’s Message August has been a busy month for the club.

What with “Pinkathon” organized by our very able Ladies Committee pulled off a coup in organizing it in 5 weeks flat. We had a great Monsoon Nite and Joint Installation of Interact and Rotaract Clubs followed by acceptance speeches in individual schools.

Its now time to move on to celebrate service projects. Lets do good and look around for new means to serve our communities. It pains me to experience that members of our club are unable to come out with newer ideas for serving the community. As we continuously look for bigger, bolder and brighter projects, I urge our members to look around and see what your fellow citizens need and discuss, analyse and do projects with a helping hand of our club. Its my earnest request to each one of you.

Our Club is now registered with Roster on

Wheels, a super initiative to enable all Rotarians to get connected online and would be a wonderful tool for all of you to be connected. We have also initiated our members to get connected via Linked in and see many members getting connected. I again urge all members to connect with these online tools, so that you stay updated with each other and also with activities of the Club as well as Rotary International.

As the year progresses, we need more willing hands, more caring hearts and more bright minds to move our work forward, which everyone applauds. I definitely think that our Club has skills, talent and character to make our community better. I request all our members to join us in doing that.

Our Melghat project will be implemented in coming weeks and diagnostic camps followed by surgeries are being planned.

Complete overhaul of our website with many new features are being incorporated to make it self sustainable. I also see increased activities in some of our Global G r a n t s P r o j e c t s a n d Wa t e r s h e d Management projects. So, many good work by the Club to look forward to.

-Alok Goenka

To Ponder...

THE CURRICULUM IS SO MUCH NECESSARY RAW MATERIAL, BUT T H E WA R M T H I S T H E V I TA L ELEMENT FOR THE GROWING PLANT AND FOR THE SOUL OF THE CHILD..A TEACHER AFFECTS ETERNITY; HE C A N N E V E R S AY W H E N H I S INFLUENCE STOPS !!!

In jest, my friend enquired the other day “ what do you get from your teaching career ? don't you get bored - the regular rigmarole of everyday.” And there I thought God 'she has definitely struck a wrong chord'- for its a topic on which I can berate her for her narrow perspective and personally write a thesis paper upon it.

For the far distant viewers, teaching is a very unexacting and redundant profession with very little rewards. For me, rewards need to be redefined! returns or rewards for some mean monetary gains.,,.keeping

an eye on the new and updated pay scale commission and its whimsical changes. But the true payment is not materialistic at all .

The reciprocation is wonderful! can you find a substitute payment for the devotion, attachment and approbation a teacher gets?

The belief , the conviction the blind faith that a student has in his teacher. And in what profession besides teaching will the child come and touch your feet or will adhere to every word you say as if it is a law!

For me , my rewards I have had and am having..just a simple call from USA from a student to say..” mam , my dream has come true..its all because of you that I am here today” or “ Mam your advices help me fight the demons in my mind” or “mam , when I am low down and lonely, your motivating words ring in my ears and I surge myself ahead.” its a blissful profession…being a

T E A C H E R … A F R I E N D ,PHILOSOPHER AND GUIDE.. A profession we should be proud of..

So a VERY HAPPY TEACHER'S DAY to all the teachers in our Rotary family. May we continue being the nation builders for the forthcoming generations and lead them to their paths of glory.

-Durriya Akolawala

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July 30th

Medical Camp A health checkup and awareness camp was conducted on the premises of CDS school. The arrangements were organised by Mrs Nisha Saraf, the Director of the school. 56 women and adolescent girls were examined. They were all given iron and calcium supplements and deworming packets.

They were made aware about basic hygiene, importance of hand washing, anaemia prevention and cancer breast and cancer cervix awareness. Dir Dr. Jerestin Watchmaker, Dr Bharti Gidwani, Dr

Shantala Bhole and Dr Rajasi Sengupta participated in the camp.

- Shantala Bhole

Life Skills

Aug 3rd

- Communication Skills Workshop committee 2016-17 began with a powerful session on Communication Skills at Centre Point School, Katol Road. The talk session was held in the school auditorium with a student strength of 240 11th standard girls &boys. Young, enthusiastic Ms. Zohra Master along with her team of 3members conducted a very interesting session. LISTEN...DON'T JUST HEAR was the topic of her session. The very important aspect of communication is Listening. This was conveyed by means of various activities which the students participated in with great enthusiasm. It was a total one to one communication and the Professional Counsellor and Trainer Zohra Master mastered over the minds of the young students. A total powerpacked session in all. The session was attended by All 11th standard

teachers.Members from Rotary present for workshop were Rtn Rahul Chaudhary, Rtn.Kritika Chaudhary and Rt.Ann. Geeta Rao -Geeta Rao

Life Skills

Aug 4th At SFS school, 100years old building with its grand arches and portico was an exciting experience for the workshop team .Students of 8th and 9th standard attended the talk on Communication skills,by Rt.Ann. Geeta Rao. An important aspect of Life skill was dealt with utter ease and confidence by the speaker. She could connect very well with the teenagers by way of short stories and videos on verbal &non-verbal communication. The students enjoyed the talk as they willingly participated in activities and were proactive during Q&A session. Geeta Rao accepted the challenge of engaging 200 students for one hour thirty minutes and very patiently explained the simple norms of communication . She explained that Successful people do not do different things. .but they do things Differently.

-Kritika Chaudhary

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A talk session on Communication skills was conducted for the 8th, 9th &10th std.students of Royal Gondwana school. Speaker Rt. Ann Geeta Rao explained the importance of effective communication. There are 7 important Cs of communication. She made the session effective by way of verbal &visual communication. The students though bit reluctant initially took interest in Q&A Session and were too happy to get clicked with the speaker.

All in all a good communication was established. The school teacher in charge and authorities have requested for more such sessions.

-Team Life Skills

Aug 5th

Life Skills

Aug 5th

“Time is the only capital any human being has and only thing he cannot afford to lose" said Thomas Edison. It is true that time is running and don't wait for us, all we can do is to plan it properly, so that we can achieve our goal. On 5th August Rt Ann Sonal Singhvi guided students of Sevanand Vidyalaya how to go about it. School management welcomed Sonal and Chairperson Namita Sharma with flowers by Interact President and Secretary. There were around 125 children of 10th standard. With the help of audio visual presentation, she told them why it is important to plan their studies along with taking out time for other activities. Planning is the key to organise your schedule. Sonal told them to priorities their activity and if they stick to their schedule, there is no stopping them. She is insisted that today's work should not be postponed for tomorrow. Students listened in silence and took part in all the activities she made them do. It was an excellent session and need of the hour as they were all Board exam students. Very confident Sonal was able to relate to children very well, and tips given by her were very useful for students.

-Namita Sharma

Ladies Committee

games and singing The evening started in a “Shayrana Andaaz” welcome by Rtann Preeti Vaid which was followed by playing “Antakshari with a twist”. The

Business Meeting The first Thursday meeting of the month was the first business meeting of the year. President Alok greeted members on birthdays and anniversaries. Important decisions taken by board were ratified and issues concerning clubs were discussed. President Alok informed that the long awaited Global Grant project of providing OT equipments to Mahan trust in Melghat has been approved by RI. Meeting was adjourned after singing of national anthem.

members enjoyed singing songs on words given to them describing different moods of Saawan. Later the Ladies were given a puzzle game which was again entertaining. The icing on the cake was “Alphabet Housie ”where the Piya Baawaris wrote name of their “Saawariya's” on a card and whose Piya's name got completed first wins the game.

There was tough competition in all the games so the committee decided to give all the participants a token of love.

All the Chairpersons Ruchi Uppal, Fatema shakir, Ritika Singhvi, Vandana Agarwal, Jumana Shakir and Preeti Vaid had given best of their efforts to make the evening enjoyable with fun n frolic.

-Preeti Vaid

Aug 5th

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Aaya Saawan Jhoom ke”, the first event of this year's ladies committee was a mesmerizing project with an ensemble of beautiful ladies actively participating in

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Monsoon Fellowship

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GHANANA GHANANA GHIR GHIR AYEE BADRA ---and there goes our very first monsoon fellowship with a Bollywood theme. Very well scripted and excellently executed by the able chairpersons Atul Gupta, Vinita Pasari, and Richa Sethi. We started with praying to the rain Gods for rains. As the Gods listened to our prayers we were blessed with good rains picturized stupendously on the LED screen matching every song .The scenes were scripted well to show the pleasure in the public eye as we descend from the state of drought to rains to the romantic mood of the public.

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July 7th The whole show was mesmerizing with the participants expressing the joy as the Gods listen to their prayers. It was heart warming to see every participant taking immense pains in dressing up ditto like the characters in the original song. The first dance song ghanana ghanana was a kick start to the show where the participants enter the stage from the audience with full of vigour.. All age groups were involved, right from the Past presidents to the current President and also the children.

As an audience not a single moment of the show was unnoticed. Each number was

choreographed with full energy. As we reached the end of the show the Taal team performed marvelously and with full energy plunged into the crowd and the whole Rotary Audience was dancing within a few seconds. It was mind blowing to see almost all 300 members dancing. We also had a special guest for the evening Ex model Mr Milind Soman, Iron man as he is called ‌but nothing dettered the crowd and they went on with their fun and frolic....au revoir till the next fellowship -Team Monsoon Fellowship

Emcees

Barsaat mein...

Awesome twosome

Elegance and grace

Evergreen couple

Magical jodi

Lagi aaj Saavan

Ke Phir wo Ghadi hain

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Elegance personified

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Pyaar Hua

Making the Kids dance

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Taal se Taal...

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Moving to the Beats

With the Iron Man

Pinkathon

Aug 7th

The Rotary club of Nagpur teamed up with Arena events to bring Pinkathon to Nagpur.

For the 10 km marathon

It was a completely new and a very well received event.

Mona Warke

The Pinkathon Marathon for ladies and girls, actually had

Pooja Meshram

more than a thousand of the she brigade running on the

Saanika Kulkarni

streets of Nagpur, rain notwithstanding.

Nothing deterred them from coming out in hundreds on a wet Sunday morning, enjoying the Zumba, the music, the energy and the ambience at Hislop college grounds.

For the 5 km marathon Reshal Bhati

A contingent of lady police officers led by their able DCP

Shravani

Deepali Mhaiskar also participated and contributed to the

Anjali

cause.

The brain behind this initiative is Mr Milind Soman, Ironman, supermodel, and a fitness enthusiast who was here to launch the event and also to promote it .

For the 3 km marathon Vidya Lohi

The flag off of the marathon was done by Mrs Amruta

Aastha Nimbafte

Fadnavis, investment banker and the wife of CM Mr

Kushi Bathkondwar

Devendra Fadnavis. She was of the view that Running as a fitness medium is one of the most effective ways to Rotary club of Nagpur President Alok Goenka, Secretary prevent many lifestyle diseases including breast cancer Manish Bhati, Director Rakhi Bhatia and their team led by and that more and more women should join the fitness Vinita Bahri worked tirelessly for the successful launch of Pinkathon. HCG Cancer Care, Sengupta Hospital, revolution in order to lead healthy and satisfying lives. people's Gym, Radio Mirchi, Hislop College, Central There were 4 categories of runs, 3,5,10,and 21 km Mall, Radio Mirchi and Yellow Circle events were the Each category had cash prizes partners in this event. A Mobile Mammography and PAP smear testing van was present at Hislop College ground during the Pinkathon on Sunday 7th August. Team staff comprising of Dr. Ashwini Bolane, Archana Jaiswal, Jyoti

order of the 21 km marathon are

Sakharkar, Chanda Kamble and Umate carried out 9

Gita Watgure

mammographies and 12 PAP smears. Further testing will

Shruti Tekriwal

be done at Acharya Vinoba Bhave Rural Hospital and

Neena Sahu

Jawaharlal Nehru Medical college Wardha. The reports and further follow up will be done by the team M.S.W. -Vinita Bahri

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The winners in descending

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Micro Credit

30 needy Lady entrepreneurs from slums and underprivileged categories were sought and given a loan without interest of Rs. 10000/-each to be returned in 12months.

The ladies are engaged in activities like trading (ladies garments, sarees), run beauty parlours in their area, stitch clothes hence require funds to purchase sewing machines.

Senior Chairperson Rtn. Shailaja Pingle was instrumental in the investigation and

Aug 7th completion of formalities for loan. She very ably conducted the programme. PP Rtn. Gulab Mahant, who is the Advisor of the Committee advised the beneficiaries to be sincere and work hard to support themselves. Club President Rtn. Alok Goenka encouraged and congratulated the entrepreneurs for making an attempt to support their families. He stressed on the fact that entrepreneurs should work hard to become independent with the help of Rotary Support and should not take further loans after 3 times. It is only then that our purpose is achieved and we can extend help to other needy people. PP Rtn. Chandru Shahani, The founder of this project expressed his gratitude that in 8 year's span our club has

Life Skills St Michael is a school where children from very poor backgrounds comes to study. But these children are very energetic and smart .

There is a need to channalise their energy in right direction. Keeping this in mind, a Goal setting session was organised for around 100 students. Noted speaker Mr Girlish Deodhar took the workshop. Mr Deodhar has International certificate on Public Speaking and been doing this for last 20 years. Interact teacher in charge Mrs Himanshi and Students of Interact club welcomed Mr Girish and Chairperson Namita and Varsha Paranjpe with flowers.

It was a mesmerising session, where Girishji, with the help of games, audio visual, made them understand the importance of Goal setting. He asked students to think about big things while

Aug 9th doing small things, so that all the small things move in right direction. He told them to do SWOT analysis. Where S stands for STRENGTH, W stands for WEAKNESS, O stands for OPPORTUNITIES and T stands for THREAT. According to him, we need to build on our strength while weakening our weakness and keeping an eye for opportunities without threatened by unknown factors. Mr. Deodhar further explained how to set goals.

1: It should be yours 2: It must be stated positively 3: It must be realistic 4: & must be written. Also it should be SMART ie specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and tangible and time bound. It was a very interesting session in user friendly Hinglish language . All the students

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come up from 5enterprenuers to 30 entrepreneurs. He congratulated the Committee and chairpersons. Hon. Club Secretary Rtn. Manish Bhati announced the names of the Beneficiaries and the cheques were given at hands of All Rotarians &Rotary Anns present. Rt.ann. Kshama Yadav who is also a Committee chairperson meticulously took the acknowledgement of receipt from the beneficiaries. It is heartening to mention that the programme was very well attended at 3pm on a Sunday afternoon. Members present were President Rtn. Alok Goenka, Rtn Manish Bhati, Rtn Nimish Sutaria Club Treasurer, Rtn Rajesh Yadav, Director, President Elect Rtn. Manju Shahani, PP Chandru Shahani, PP Gulab Mahant, Rt.Ann. Anula Goenka, Rt.Ann. Divya Bhati,Rtn Shailaja Pingle Chairperson, Rt. Ann Kshama Yadav and Rt. Ann Geeta Rao.The programme ended with a vote of thanks proposed by Shailaja Pingle and snacks thereafter -Geeta Rao

heard him and made notes. Hindi Movie Lakshya was very smartly used to summarise the whole topic. In the end on asking how did they liked the session,"Jhakkas" was the answer .

-Namita Sharma

Aug 10th

Workshop on Adolesence blues was conducted for girl students of 8th and 9th standard at Tuli Public School. The talk on subject was given by Dr. Shreyasi Gidwani,who is an Orthodontist and also a trainer. Young full of enthusiasm, she was well equipped with her power point presentation and explained the causes and remedies on Adolesence blues. She could connect well with the students and threw relevant questions to get the insight of the students. The talk was attended by school teachers, Rtn.Kritika Chaudhary and Rt. Ann. Geeta Rao.There were about 70 students who attended the session. All in all an effective talk by Dr.Shreyasi - Kritika Chaudhary.

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Aug 10th A life skill program was organised for the interactors of Dinanath School.

Speaker was Rtn. Parag Paranjpe, who spoke on the subject of money management .He stressed on the importance of inculcating savings habit at young age. He also emphasised that the children should be careful while spending their pocket money, as it takes lot of hard work of their parents to earn this money. Rt. Ann. Dr. Shantala Bhole, chairperson Varsha Paranjpe & teacher incharge Manoj Nicholos were also present.

-Varsha Paranjpe

Life skills

Aug 11th

-South Point School Rt.Ann.Ruchi Choudhary, Master in psychology and a wonderful teacher by profession took a workshop on Communication Skills at South point school. There were about 140 students and their teachers who attended the talk.

Ruchi in her special interactive manner explained Effective Communication, the most important aspect of any transformation of

information regarding your thought, expression and feelings. She could get the attention of all students with her moral based short stories on verbal and non verbal communication. Students were happy to understand that they could maintain a good relation with friends and teachers only if they learn to make their communication Effective. Rtn. Kritika Chaudhary attended the session. All in all a successful & interesting talk - Kritika Chaudhary

Meeting came to India. Gradually, those in Germany and China, were lost to the world as they were not allowed to pursue their own religion. Those who came to India, landed in Diu, where they lived in sheer poverty for almost 2 decades, till a priest saw a sign in the sky, which asked them to move. So they moved to Sanjaan, where they promised the king to merge with the locals as sugar with milk!

They adopted the Gujarati dialect, the Gujarati style of dress and started praying to the Sacred Fire. 300 yrs passed peacefully but in poverty. Then arrived the Europeans! The Dutch to start with.

The Parsis, which they were now called, were a smart lot. They were educated and could converse with the Europeans. Their businesses grew. They built and sold ships, Traded Cotton. But their main trade

was selling Opium to the Chinese.

Though illegal, this brought them a lot of money. The then Queen got the island of Bombay as dowry and a lot of Parsis moved to Bombay. They adopted, last names, according to their business and / or the place they lived in. The Parsis, could then indulge in property, cars and food! These continue to be their love in life, even today. But the one thing, the Parsis never forgot - was to GIVE! Even till this day, we enjoy, The Taj Hotels all over India and abroad, The Taraporewala Aquarium, T h e Ta t a M e m o r i a l Hospital to name just a few. The very word, Parsi brings to your mind, philanthropy, dhansak, vintage cars, pets, sprawling bungalows, beautiful furniture and of course the lovely garas and embroidered borders.

Unfortunately though, this happy go lucky community is getting extinct! Rukshad Bhagwagar in his inimitable style shared this story at our regular meeting of August 11th. After the regular formalities, it was Rt. Ann Monica who introduced Rukshad, while Rt. Ann Meenakshi Sial proposed the formal vote of thanks.

-Manju Shahani

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3000 years ago, in a far land called Persia, now known as Iran, was born a saint, Zoraster. Zoraster was supposed to have met an angel, while wading across a river, when he was just 30.This angel told him about God. Before Zoraster, the Persians, were a confused lot and worshiped a lot of Gods or Ahuras, as they called them. It was Zoraster, who simplified religion and preached that there was only One God. He also spoke about an Evil force - the Devil. He inspired the people to help God fight the Devil by praying regularly. The people of Persia were God fearing and happy but very poor. Cyrus the Wise, ruled for a long time. He allowed the people to pray to whosoever they wanted.

Women were educated and given equal rights. Even the UN recognizes the dicta of Cyrus as the then Bill of Rights. Then came the rule of King Darius.

During this period, Persia was raided by Alexander the Great or Alexander the Accursed as the people of the land called him. Alexander, destroyed the land by burning it all down. Before the people recovered, came the Arabs, whose atrocities were beyond tolerance and almost 95% of the peace loving Persians had to flee from their motherland.They crossed the mountains and some went to Germany, some to China but the majority

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Joint Interact Installation

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12th of august was the day when the finality of an experiment was completed wherein the remaining interact schools were installed at one go at Center Point School, Amravati Road. The efforts and planning done by the Chairpersons- Manisha Agrawal, Shikha Tutheja, Purvi Thakkar, Ria Gupta, Priyanka Awachat, Ruchi Uppal, Sharmila Sutaria and Director Rahul Chaudhary were apparent and appreciated by all present there. Director CPS Mrs Mukta Chatterjee and Principal Of Centre Point School Amrawati Road, Mrs Radhika Mehra who were present there recognized the full worth of the event and strongly commented that “this was the necessary change needed�.

The Event accomplished the desired result only because of the efforts and presence of Prez Alok Goenka, First Lady- Anula Goenka, Hon Sec Manish Bhati, Prez Elect Manju, Shahani, PP Chandru Shahani, PDG Dr Satish Sule, Rajesh Yadav, Amitabh Sharma, Pritesh Tank, Nilufer Rana, Geeta Rao, Shahrukh Cassad, Perveen Cassad, Sakina Master, Yusuf Maser, Fatema Shakir, Kritika

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Choudhary, Pinky Agrawal, Rashmi Shahu, Archana Jain and Other Rotarians and Rotaryannes.

The installation kick started with the choir group of the school performing for all present. The following event was divided into two rounds with different sets of Rotarians Presiding over the Dias to pin the newly installed team.

Principal Mrs Radhika Mehra, Vice Principal Perveen Cassaad, all the teachers and most of all the student volunteers of Center point school, Amravati Road gave an incomparable help and support for organizing and conducting the event.

PDG Dr. Satish Sule addressed the

Aug 12th students in an absolutely inspiring manner which not only encouraged the students but also took over minds and heart of all the others present there.

Secretary Manish Bhati explained the insights of the compulsory Interact project to the Interact Schools and Director Youth Services Rahul Chaudhary put forth the criteria and the marking system for the best interact school for the year.

This year NK Academy is also added in the list of our Interact Schools.

Master of Ceremony of the entire event was Shikha Tutheja and Ria Gupta gave the formal Vote of Thanks, Specially thanking the Management and teachers of Centre Point School Amrawati Road for their Kind gesture in Providing the Venue and all the Arrangements.

All in all, the second phase of Joint Interact Installation helped in successfully Completing installation of all the Interact Schools and Also gave the platform to the Interactors to mingle with Interactors of other Schools and know what they are doing and get new ideas.

-Team Interact

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Nutrition Committee

Aug 15th

-Antar Bharti school President Alok alongwith First lady Anula and Hon. Secy.

Manish attended the flag hoisting ceremony at Antarbharti school on the occasion of 70th Independence day of our nation.

The children of the school sang beautiful patriotic songs, message on patriotism were delivered by the dignitaries on the dias. The programme concluded with the distribution of Packets of biscuits to the students of the school.

-Amitabh Sharma

Meeting

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Dr Manmohan Daga introduced the speaker Rtn Vilas kale as a man for whom travel was one of his multi facetted passions. The travel bug had bitten him when he was very young and he had made a hitch hiking trip from India to Paris via Afghanistan with his cousins when he was only 21 yrs. Recently he had travelled 20 times in 26 months. He described Vilas as a meticulous travel planner who loved different cusines and got along with all age groups. so travelling with him is smooth sailing. Rtn Vilas enthralled the audience with his travel adventures and his description of places was so vivid that people present felt they had travelled with him. He also spoke of anecdotes and some hair-raising situations in his travels.

Rtn Vilas said travel is his passion and some people ask him whether travel is

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Aug 18th worth the money and time He feels restless and bored without travel. He feels 3 things are absolutely essential to travel 1) Time 2)Money 3)Desire to travel. Vilas and his cousins hitch hiked in 1971 when there was no travel brochures and Google available. They hitchhiked through Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and east European countries. It was a 3 month trip where he found people very friendly and hospitable and the whole journey was an experience by itself.

After getting back to Nagpur from his travels he was invited by the Jaycees to give a talk, where his wife to-be saw and heard him for the first time and fell in love with him...Neeta are you reading this?

He has travelled widely all over India too And feels India has some of the most exotic and beautiful landscapes in the

world. His Rann of Kutch experience when the moonlight fell on the white sands was one of his most surreal experience. Kerala and the konkan coast too had fantastic landscapes. He also spoke of his adventures when he got stuck in a whirlpool and his boat over turned in river rafting in the Ganges. He spoke of the many different countries he has travelled. There is hardly a place Vilas has not visited be it in India or abroad but his enthusiasm has not diminished .He is planning a trip to South Africa next month and his travel calendar is full up to 2017.'What a travel buff !!'. The audience had listened with rapt attention and many were inspired to travel to some of the places he had described.

PPVijay Naidu gave the vote of thanks.

-Shalini Naidu

Joint installation of total 8 Rotaract colleges was held on 20th August 2016 Shalom hall, Hislop College, Civil lines.

The event was inaugurated by the lighting of lamp by Rotarian and President of RCN Shri Alok Goenka and Hon. Secretary Manish Bhati and other dignitaries. All were welcome by presenting a rose by Rt.Ann Ruchi Chaudhary and by Rt.Ann Archana jain.

Principals of Hislop college Mrs. Deepti Christian and Director of Tuli College Rt.Ann.Urwashi Yashroy were also present. Rtn. Shweta singh presided the function and introduced the dignitaries to all. Without wasting time first college was called on the stage. Outgoing President of the college handedover the gavel and

medal to the RCN President and outgoing secretary presented their work/ achievements done in last year. All the present years board members were given pins. Incoming President of the Rotaract college presented his/her future plans.

This was followed by a group photograph along with the respective chairpersons. In this way all the colleges were installed one by one. In the end Rotarian and PP Shabbir Shakir gave an inspirational speech to all the Rotaractors motivating them to work vigorously for the betterment of the society. Function was concluded by giving oath to all the Rotaractors. Refreshments were provided to all in the end. Below is the list of all the members of RCN present. Pres Alok

Aug 20th Goenka, First Lady-Anula Goenka, HonSec -Manish Bhati, Prez Elect Manju Shahani, PP Tauby Bhagwagar, PP Atul Shah, PDG Vishwas Sahasrabhojanee, PP Shabbir Shakir, Amitabh Sharma, Sandip Dhodapkar, Pritesh Tank, Jatin Sampat, Manish Agrawal, Vikram Naidu, Aeyjaz Akolawala, Litesh Thakkar, Shikha Tutheja, Manisha Agrawal, Archana Jain, Kritika Choudhary, Sakina Master, Rashmi Shahu, Namita Sharma, Zaheer Akolwala, Ruchi Chaudhary, Shweta Singh, Navneet Jain, Sarang Kale, Pranav Singhal, Sandeep Vaid, Rahul Chaudhary, Anjali Kulkarni, Deepa Jamwal -Team Rotaract

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Take Rotary Home reliving the entire time from practice till the final grand finale. Enthusiastic atmosphere, delicious food from yummy starters to mouth watering desserts made the evening a memorable one. Perfect hosts Atul and Neeta Gupta made sure that everyone w a s comforta ble and h a d a wonderful time.Chairpe rsons Shriya Mokaddam and Sonal

Singhvi organised the evening.

President elect Manju Shahni proposed the vote of thanks and also stressed that TRH is an official Rotary programme for which punctuality should be maintained.

-Sonal Singhvi

Medical and Nutrition -Rubella Vaccination The medical committee held a rubella vaccination camp, on Monday the 22 nd August 2016 at New English High's School, Congress Nagar Square Nagpur.

40 girls in the age group of 14 to 15 years were vaccinated.

Members from the nutrition committee Namita Sharma, Mamta Kahai, Shipra Tank, Madhu Mrig and Soniya Sibbal accompanied by director Amitabha Sharma actively participated in the camp. They distributed healthy snacks and also gave tips on nutrition to them. Dr Jerestin Watchmaker and Dr. Shantala Bhole were instrumental in holding the camp. Principal Khandekar ma'am thanked everyone for the efforts with an

Life Skills -Communication Bright monsoon afternoon of 24th august. A lively session on Communica-tion was conducted by Rt. Ann Ruchi Chaudhary. Clarity, Concise, Coherent, Current and Courteous the most important elements of communication were explained by way of activities and examples. The students were quite involved and enjoyed the talk by participating enthusiastically in the activities conducted.

Teachers of the school also attended. This was the first time a Life Skill talk session was conducted at Jain International school.

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appreciation certificate.Plans were also made to vaccinate the remaining girls at a later date.

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-At Atul and Neeta Guptas A cheerful Take Rotary Home was organized at the beautiful house of Rtn. Atul and Neeta Gupta. As many as 40 participants joined in the fun of the CD viewing of the recently held Monsoon Fellowship. Everybody had a great time

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Meeting

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Prez. Alok called meeting to order. After the birthday and anniversary greetings, he invited the Rotarians (Entrepreneurs) to the podium to introduce themselves.

Today there was not the usual meeting.

“Rotary means business” – four Rtns had put up their products on the stalls. The members present, visited the stalls and were briefed by the stall owners or their representatives.

Shikha Verma Thutheja is a product of NIFT (Hyderabad) and over last 13 years she has excelled in fashion designing .

She owns Shikha Designs India. Shikha Designs India's mission is to deliver an uncompromising standard of services and are committed in bringing the highest Quality Fabric, Finishing, Best value, from time to time to their clients.

Some of the best names in the Corporate, hospitality, spa, retail and Institutional Industries benefit from Shikkha's design expertise, high quality manufacturing and responsive customer service.

When enquired, she said “I thought it will be a great way to let know the elite of Nagpur about my product range”. One thing for sure, her apparels look “Unique”.

Neeraj shah of Drishti Learning Pvt. Ltd (An educational Entrepreneur) said that his company has a pan India network of 200 franchises and women entrepreneurs are running them. Earning , anywhere between 3 to 30 lakss per annum with an

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initial investment of 3 lakhs. “In short it is building up the budding talents in particular and service to humanity in general. The details of his business are as underChrysaalis programs - Chrysaalis I – maths caters to children in the age of 3.5years to 10 years.

An important endeavor of Chrysaalis.

The mission is to remove the fear of maths from the minds of students by establishing sound concepts at the preschool level itself. The emphasis is on building process- oriented methods, rather than stressing on achieving end results. This stands the child in good stead

in the long run, when required to attempt problem solving at a later stage in the academic course.

Chrysaalis DinoArt program- The uniqueness of this program is the amalgamation of different artistic activities such as painting, sketching, clay modeling, paper craft (origami) etc that ignite the spark of imagination in young children and help them evolve as complete individuals.

Kirit Thakkar (Kathrani) MD, Apex Automation & Security Systems said “I wish to share with fellow Rtns what business I am in?” The purpose is to let people know the details of my business.

My apologies, I could bring only 60% of my product range for display. Networking has been the basic strengths of my endeavor. “Your security, safety and comfort is our motto “ he added .P P Vilas Kale got up to speak and said “I have done, what someone doesn't do at 61 years of age, starting my own travel agency. I spent about 80 lacks (Advt) in the first year itself. Never the less, the tourism business in this part of India has grown by 200%.” He congratulated Prez Alok for this “Meeting with a difference”.

His business endeavor is explained herein.

Part of 84 years old Provincial group of companies, Cenin Tours & Travels Co. Pvt. Ltd is a leading IATA tour operator. It is the first of its kind of Destination

Management Company in Central India offering end-to-end travel experiences to its clients.

The Cenin AdventageManagement with 45 years of global travel experience covering 90 countries.

It helps you to design customized, out of the box itineraries. Ethical business practices, transparent deals and excellent quality of service. A passionate team dedicated to tourism.

The Rtns present took immense interest in the products/ services offered by the ventures of their own members. Rotary means business was definitely a great success.

-Sharad Bhave

TRF has identified specific causes to target, to maximize our local and global impact. At the same time, it understands that each community has its own unique needs and concerns. Through global grants and other resources, the foundation helps clubs focus their service efforts in the following areas: Peace and conflict resolution, Disease prevention and treatment, Water and sanitation, Maternal and child health, Basic Education and literacy, Economic and community development.

Each month of the Rotary Calender, clubs focus their services in a particular area.

The month of September is the Basic Education and Literacy month .

What is TRF contribution in this field of service ?

TRF disburses grants to clubs to work for child education, child development ,adult literacy, teachers support, e-learning as well as Group Study Exchange(GSE) or vocational training(VTT) and scholarships.

Group Study Exchange(GSE) now known as Vocational Training Team(VTT) GSE has been a very popular TRF program. We can proudly say that many of our Rotary members were earlier a part of this program and are today active Rotarians. Through this program they were inspired to give back to the society.

In recent years, Vocational Training Teams were developed in TRF's New Grant Model to build upon our successful Group Study Exchange program. In VTT, the teams visit other parts of the world with an emphasis on training, either of themselves or of the communities they visit. The focus of the visit is around one area of work and training. These teams can be funded by from The Rotary Foundation. VTTs build on the Foundation's long-standing commitment to vocational training. Activities vary from one team to the next but may include training medical professionals on cardiac surgery and care, sharing best practices

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District 3030 of which our club is a part is also trying to take advantage of such a global grant and is working on sending a VTT from our district to learn latest methods of water management and farming techniques to places with better know-how in this field. Such a VTT will in return help solve problems of our farmer-suicide hit communities and drought affected areas in our district thus improving the quality of life.

Scholarships Grants from the Rotary Foundation fund scholarships for graduate and postgraduate studies in subjects related to one or more of the areas of focus of the Foundation: The scholarships are for study in a country other than that in which the candidate normally resides.

Candidates should be planning to pursue a career also related to these areas of focus.

In India, Rotarians have helped raise an amount of Rs. 3.07cr as of 31st July 2016, however grants disbursed by TRF are to the tune of 9.3cr. Three times more than what was given. This is the power of contributing to TRF......GIVE NOW. -Sapna Vastani

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Rotaract Projects

Hislop College Tree Plantation Rotaract Club of Hislop College undertook a tree plantation event in collaboration with the Botany dept. of the college and members of Freemasons Trimurti lodge.

Volunteers present were successful in making the event end with a good note.

Friendship Day On the occasion of Friendship's Day, the Rotaractors of Hislop College visited and celebrated the day with the students of the Blind Relief Association School students.

Raksha Bandhan Soldiers who protect us from the threats of the world, who are awake every second

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and every minute at the border so that the civilians can sleep peacefully, who put their lives on line to protect ours. To thank them for their services and to show our gratitude and respect to them, the Rotaractors of Hislop College sent 100

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Rakhis's along with 100 message cards to the brave soldiers of our nation. The messages were written by 91 Rotaractors and the teachers of the college and were sent to the Kamptee Army base of Nagpur.

“Be a gift to the World” keeping in mind the notion, to bring smile by small gestures and make the underprivileged happy. The Rotaractors of Hislop College decided to celebrate Raksha Bandhan with the specially gifted children of Jeevan Dhara Ashram. A total of 28 Rotaractors were present at the Ashram. The Rotaractors dressed in their traditional attires brought with them nicely decorated pooja thaali with Rakhis, Kumkum, sweets, diya, etc.

Debate Competition The Rotaract Club of Hislop College organized an inter collegiate debate competition, the topic being “Youth: A Catalyser towards the development of Society” to where 14 students from different colleges participated. The debate competition had no language barrier i.e the participants condescended in three languages, English, Hindi and Marathi. A 3 minute slot was given to each participant to present the pro's and con's of the topic. Mr. Hemant Lodha and Mrs. Sudha Agarwal were the esteemed judges for the c o m p e t i t i o n . R t r.

Nagesh Ingle was the winner of the competition and Rtr. Swaima Ahmed and Irshad Pathan were the 1st and 2nd runner up's.

Pinkathon When Nagpur went Pink on 7th August'16, the rotaractors of Rotaract Club of Hislop College actively participated as well as volunteered for it. Hislop College was

the venue partner for the same.

Pinkathon is taken up annually and comprises of marathon for women to raise awareness about their fitness. The prominent person present for Pinkathon was Mr. Milind Soman, the Iron man of India. Also, the Radio Jockey of Radio

Mirchi 98.3 fm was present during the event.

There were 40 volunteers from Rotaract Club of Hislop College.

Tuli College The Rotractors of Tuli College Of Hotel Management decided to celebrate Rakshabandhan differently this year. They celebrated Rakhi with the prisoners of CENTRAL JAIL. Girl rotaractors of the college tied rakhi on the wrist of the prisoners and the constables. They took this initiative because humanity still lives in our hearts and we are Trying to create awareness for the same.

Recits de Voyage enough, as got to see the famous Flamenco dance by one of the best troops in the world.

Our route stared off from (Spain) MadridGranada-Costa de sole-Marbella Having tasted the European elegance we moved further to Morocco. It has been on my wish list always, as far as I can remember. It was as if I have landed in the story of Aladdin or Tintin's adventure diaries. Soaked in fragrances of mint tea, Argon oil and culture, this place is certainly for the people who love to believe in legends and stories of prince and princess. Lucky to have a local guide by our side, we could indulge ourselves in local food, culture and history. Shopping in the old markets is a great way to explore this place. But remember to bargain and manage not to get lost or robbed. Morocco not only has camel rides in Sahara desert to offer, but also stunning beach cities, which has attracted many Hollywood legendaries like James Bond 007 to others. If you wish for more special treatment like God, say you are related to Shahrukh Khan!!

Moroccan tour covered- Fez-MarrakeshCasablanca-Rabat.

Barely soaked in gloomy dreams of Arabian Nights, we landed by a ferry ship to this familiar place. The moment I stepped in Portugal, I knew where has

Goa come from. You will immediately feel related to this place and people. Wind mills, white-washed villages, blue water, sunny beaches, sandy sea breeze, they all tell you to feel lazy and laid back.

Portugal is all about living easy and celebrating life. Play football with locals, indulge your taste buds in spices and sea food, drive around in local transport and you would want to live here forever. The moment you talk about Vasco Da Gama, you assure your brotherhood/sisterhood with that person. Absolutely friendly and picturesque, this country befriends Indians truly.

Portugal routes-(costal spain)Sevillelisbon-Coimbra-Salamanca(back to India)-Avila-Madrid-India.

To travel many countries at a time you need to do a little home work prior to your journey. Read well about the weather, culture, religion and places to see. Book few hotels in advance of the places you are sure to go. Make prior bookings of the famous or popular places and shows. I did my bit as I didnt want to waste any time and wanted to explore places not on the guided tour itinerary.

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Flavors of Europe Natural, picturesque, authentic, vibrant, this tour had literally all the colours of Europe as a beautiful painting. Being an avid traveler, I have always loved exploring the unguided paths, meeting locals, sharing their stories and tasting local flavours. Travelling with kids might slow down a bit of the whole journey, but I feel you cannot wait for the right age for them to come, as there is no such age!

Three places with such varied culture, terrain, and weather, it's hard to believe they are neighbours.

Starting off with Spain, driving down with my husband and two children, 15 day programme seemed too long. But the fear vanished, the moment we started approaching countrysides towards our destination. We had pleasure of visiting olive, cherry, almond and other fruit orchards along riversides. Southern Spain has premium long sandy beaches dotted with small beautiful fishing villages.

Great architecture, beautiful castles, history, Victorian elegance add to the richness of this glorified country. Lucky

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Aata Majhi Satakli HISTORY OR HER-STORY? Okay so Shobha De was made to eat her words by champions such as Sakshi and Sindhu. Okay so she was made the butt of jokes all over twitter and other social media. But has anyone ever given a thought to the possibility that maybe this was her way of egging womankind, especially Indian womankind, to achieve the impossible despite the seemingly insurmountable odds stacked against it in a country that suddenly found its “Betis” to have more b@**s than its “Betas”?

Because this just wasn't a story of achievers. This was a fairytale of fantastic proportions where the underdogs, even in their own country, broke free of shackles their entire gender has endured since time immemorial.

Since their births, they have a history of conquests and constant struggle. Right from the ultrasound that declared it was a “she”, to the overweight, unfit, selfindulgent sports officials who decided their sporting fate, they conquered all ...

So it is no wonder they beat the competition to pulp when they stood in the way of glory! In a country where everything works despite the system, not because of it, these girls defeated odds from birth to victory. Allow me to list a few of the odds they faced....

Sohrab Kanga “It's not a girls game”, “Good girls don't wear short clothes”, “Tum shaadi kab karogi, umar nikal rahi hai”, “Akele akele kahan ghoomti ho?”, “Don't play in the Sun you will become You have to guess both Kali-Kaluti then who the people and send will marry you?”, their names by way of SMS or WhatsApp “Kya? Tum Doctor ya m e s s a g e t o E n g i n e e r n a h i 9823031232 (Sohrab Kanga). banogi?”.

Compared to these Last month’s answer Solution : Archana taunts every single Javery and Sameer day, three games of Chaubey anything must have Correct Answer from seemed like a walk in V i k r a m N a i d u , Vandana Hazra and the park. They kept Smita Chaubey a b s o r b i n g t h e WINNER pressure and they Vandana Hazra kept beating the opposition. They kept focus on their The Winner of this passion and ignored the shenanigans of will win a Tub of officials accompanying them who Dinshaw’s Ice Cream. “allowed” them to compete. And they In case of gave India cause to be called worldMultiple correct entries, beaters where the common perception lots would be drawn and evoked a loser's image. And in the winner declared. process, they created History. No, sorry, they created Her-story.

As someone said, in India it's not Save the Girl Child.... now it is Saved by the Girl Child!

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Outbound visitors abroad

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On 11th July Monday Rtn. Hemant Lodha visited Rotary Club of Ottawa one of the oldest club of Ottawa established in 1916. (100 years). He met President John Lark, DG (7040) Nabil who happened to be from same club & other members of the club. .They exchanged flags and briefed about our club and activities.

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On 12 th July Tuesday he visited Rotary Club of Ottawa West. They are one of the biggest club with 95 members and 35 committees. He exchanged flags with President Jean Begin and briefed about our club activities.

Youthful Yakkings learning, role playing, research and concept based teaching. To summarize, I would like to say that this exchange has made me a totally different person than what I was when I went for the exchange.

Me - How would you encourage other students for the same?

Nishka- I would definitely encourage students to take this opportunity because it was an experience like no other. I've grown so much as a person and I'd love to see them do the same.

Jahnvi Jahnvi - If given a chance I would like to visit France, Germany and Italy.

I would encourage the other students by sharing my experiences with the other students by way of presentations and by talking to them on different forums such as Rotary club meeting or orientation program for outbound students and school functions.

Me - How were the host parents different from your family?

Nishka- All my 3 host families were quite different in themselves and the equations I had with all of them differed a lot. All of them were very strict on me following the rules of rotary and treated me like one of their own if I failed to follow any rules of the house. I was especially attached to all 3 of my host mom's. They supported me in all I did I could confide in them.

Jahnvi - The major difference which I observed was all of us would sit together and discuss our day and before the food we all prayed. We used to cook food for ourselves, help each other in doing the

work and the household work was always divided between all of us. They always treated me as a part of their family. There were no maids to help and therefore all the work was done by each one of us.

Me - Any incident you would always remember..

Nishka - The various school level opportunities that I got while I was on exchange are ones I'd always remember.I played a field sport for the very first time and my lacrosse teammates became my family. We even became district champions and holding the trophy is one of my fondest memories.

Jahnvi - The best memory which I will always remember is the 10 day long road trip which they had planned earlier but waited for me to join them wherein we all went to different places including the Grand Canyon. The whole family was there on our ride there we had a lot of fun, we were discussing about countries and their different systems and comparing them.

Me - Any plans of visiting any other country for the exchange.

Nishka - Now that I've come back and have met people from so many different countries I feel like I can go anywhere.

My travel list is never ending and I wonder how my parents would finance my wanderlust. But as of now I just want to focus on my board exams.

Me – Best Wishes for your future.

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IYE STUDENTS INTERVIEW Had a chat with 2 Re-bound students (Long Term) Nishka Ajmera and Jahnvi Yashroy…

Me - .Which country did you visit and what was the duration?

Nishka Ajmera - I was in Oregon, USA for 10 months.

Jahnvi Yashroy - USA and for Me weeks Me – How did you come to know about the program?

Nishka - My dad (Dipesh Ajmera) is a Rotarian; he knew about the program and encouraged me to think about it. I had also seen a couple of my seniors go for an exchange and it inspired me to do the same.

Jahnvi - I came to know about the program through the "Golden Orange" and through the members and the office bearers of the rotary club of Nagpur Me - Are you still in touch with your host family?

Nishka - Oh yes i am, we keep exchanging emails and talk on FaceTime now and then. And i am especially close to two of my host sisters with whom i am connected on social media on a regular basis.

Jahnvi - Yes,I am still in touch with my host family. We exchange emails,chat on facebook, talk on facetime and wish each other on special occasions.

Me - How has the exchange benefited you?

Nishka - Exchange has given me countless memories and unforgettable experiences. But most of all seeing so many different kinds of people I feel much more confident and outgoing and very adjusting. I feel I've got a wider perspective in general.

Jahnvi - The exchange has benefited me by making me a confident and independent person.

After being exposed to a totally new environment it taught me to be able to manage myself in such a situation and try and implement the 'Sanskars' imbibed from my parents, family and friends. I could also learn newer techniques of education after being exposed to the education system in that country which is quite different what we follow in India.

There the emphasis is more on hands on

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Recipe

-Divya Bhati

Gatte ki Sabzi, An authentic dish from Rajasthani cuisine is a delicious curry prepared with gram flour as base ingredient. Gatte means cooked gram flour dumplings, which are added to the spicy gravy to make the irresistible curry.

Serves:2 servings Ingredients : For dumpling 3/4 cup gram flour 1/4 tsp turmeric powder 1/4 tsp red chilli powder 1/4 tsp cumin seeds 1 tsp oil 1/3 tsp salt For gravy 1/4 tsp cumin seeds A pinch of hing 1 tsp finely chopped 1 finely chopped green chilli 1 finely chopped small onion 1/2 tsp coriander powder 1/3 tsp red chilli powder 1/4 tsp Garam masala powder 1/2 cup curd,slightly beaten 1 tbsp + 1 tbsp oil 1 tbsp finely chopped coriander leaves Salt to taste Direction for making dumpling Mix gram flour, turmeric powder,red chilli powder,cumin seeds,Garam masala,1 tsp oil,and salt in a large bowl .gradually

add water ,make stiff dough, grease your palms with oil and make thick1/2 inches long cylindrical roll.

Boil 3 cups water in a pan, add rolls,cook until they start to float on the surface.

Remove roll from water, keep them cool, cut them into1/2inch long pieces.

Direction for making gravy 1.Take 1 tbsp oil in a pan . a d d

seeds,hing,garlic ,chill paste and saute for 20 -30 seconds . Add chopped onion then add coriander powder , red chilly powder , Garam masala.

Add beaten curd mix well and cook until oil comes on the surface.add 1 cup water , dumplings and salt.cook until gravy becomes thick for approx 5 to 7 minutes .

Garnish with coriander leaves. Gatte ka saag is ready to eat.

Thinking Caps On

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A book, if you believe, can change your life Every culture around the world insists on cultivating positive and healthy feelings since early childhood. Ever wondered why? We have often heard the phrase: “It's all in the mind”. But how many of us actually have tried to understand its meaning and implication. Well, I was one of them until I came across the book 'THE SECRET'. This book by Rhonda Byrne has changed and shaped life of

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Ajinkya Saraf millions of readers across the globe.

In this book, the author reveals a 'secret' which she claims to have been known for centuries, used by great achievers, applied by nobles and cherished by kings.

In the words of the author, “It has been passed down through the years, highly coveted, hidden, lost, stolen, and bought for vast sums of money.”

The very essence of the book is the importance of power of mind. It states that our mind has the capability to transform our life by thinking process.

Everything that happens to us directly or indirectly is a result of our own thoughts.

“Like attracts like”, meaning if we culture positive thoughts, positive things happen to us. The author explains this theory scientifically stating that our thoughts are magnetic waves and every person has a particular magnetic frequency, with which thoughts can be sent out to the universe, thus attracting like things and reflecting back to us. The author claims that prominent personalities such as Plato, Galileo, Beethoven, Edison, Carnegie and Albert Einstein over centuries have used 'The Secret'. Many

other great inventors, theologians and scientists have realised and used the secret to achieve success that would be talked about even after several generations. The book also helps us understand the importance of good deeds – the karma theory as we know it. It states that our deeds decide the course of our lives. The best part of all is that we are already aware of this.

Consciously or subconsciously we have made some things happen by thinking about them. But it's the way in which the author explains every detail that hooks us to this good read.

There are certain sections that do not believe this theory at all. But throughout the period when I was reading the book, I was nodding my head in approval of the theories discussed, realizing how true and appropriate each one of them is. All in all, it is a must read in order to discover our true self and to understand the power of greatest thing in the entire universe – our mind

Unsung Heroes He started a Ferro Alloy unit. The unit was still in its early stages, when it caught fire.

The whole place turned to ashes. Naushad was in great depression. He had lost it all.

A big investment, a partner, his bread and butter - all was gone. One day, on his way back from the MIDC, an inner voice guided his steps to the Untkhana. When there, he realised, what REAL problems of life were. He realised, how fortunate he was, to have a strong and complete body.

He realised, What he HAD. His life changed. He started from scratch all over again, with a new zeal and new vigour.

Today we all know, that he runs a successful business. But he has never forgotten to Count his Blessings! When, we all visit Hemalkasa, we help, in whatever way we can. Be it in the OT or the kitchen. The Langar or the school.

This man, just keeps roaming around, by himself, taking pictures. When the rest of us come back, satisfied with whatever we did, Naushad's work begins.

He identifies, a patient, who could not be operated upon, or who needed continued care or someone who needed to be treated in Nagpur. He takes it upon himself to do the needful. Tests, surgeries, treatment, medication, hospitalization, he manages it all. Thanks to Rotary and our Noble Rotarian doctors, Naushad manages to get them the required treatment at no cost to them. The doctors Do Not charge and whatever little he has to, he spends from his own pocket. He does this not only for

patients from Hemalkasa but also his work places, Katni, Bhandara etc. A lot of running around is required and with his busy lifestyle, this becomes difficult at times. So for the last 2 yrs. he has engaged a dedicated fellow, who does it all for him.

A paid full time employee, Rahul, does it all sincerely and lovingly. He arranges food for the patient and his companions. A place for them to stay, all the medicines and whatever else is required.

Close to their fire temple, lived a family on the pavement. The mother would take her daughters begging.

Naushad and Tauby, convinced her that she could give her daughters a better life.

They virtually adopted the 2 girls, put them in the Providence School hostel and they pay for whatever expenses. Tauby, is also very generous and has always supported Naushad in whatever he does.

Naturally the genes have come to their kids. Both Chirag and Armaan have compassionate hearts. Chirag, helped a nearly blind man, set up a shed, all by himself and today that man has a successful business of seat covers. The Mantra this family believes - ' The more you give - The more you get'. Also you need this much and not more. I could write so much more..............

The world would be a wonderful place if we had more such families!

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" In our world of big names, our true heroes tend to be anonymous. In this life of illusion, the person of solid virtues who can be admired for something more substantial than his well knownness often proves to be the unsung hero."

Jovial and fun loving, friendly and helpful, this well versed Rotary Lord, is often seen with his camera, clicking pictures! But behind this happy go lucky, facade lies a heart which beats for the downtrodden. It was about 15 years ago.

We were at a wedding reception. One of our Rotarians' son who was a spastic was also there. Everybody empathized and that was it. 10 minutes later I saw that the child was being fed ice cream!

He had the boy in his lap and was patiently feeding him ice cream and wiping his mouth lovingly after every spoonful. I am talking about Naushad Bhagwagar! Somehow, that scene is etched in my mind, since.

Hailing from a renowned Parsi family of the city, Naushad was exposed to philanthropy from a very young age.

From the time he was a kid, he remembers his grandfather always giving and caring for the needy.

His parents did the same. Still do, whatever and whenever they can. Caring for the underprivileged is like second nature to the family. As a kid, Naushad accompanied his grand father and parents but later got involved in other interests of the world - education, work, family etc.

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New Members

Anita Chitaley

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Manisha and Anil Sawarkar Social service is not at all new for her. She has conducted many blood donation camps, surgical camps , free medical check ups under their family name, Sawarkars. Meet Manisha Sawarkar this tall, pretty and enthusiastic Rotarian.

Daughter of an IPS officer, she has lived and studied in the interior most parts of Maharashtra. She is an athlete to say the least! A volleyball champion who has represented Nagpur University and has also played at the National level. (Yay for the lady athletes). She participates in Marathons, treks so we can safely say that sports runs in her blood. An M.Com graduate she left the numbers behind and is now pursuing her career in her next passion, interior designing. To be more specific she designs window curtain treatments and bed spreads.

She met him on the volley ball field(where else right) and they fell In love. Anil Sawarkar her husband share the same passion for sports. To complete the family is her daughter Anoushka, who is studying Sports Psychology at Pune, and she in her own right is a champion swimmer.

Manisha is absorbed in social service so much so that even their kitty party themes revolve around this instead of being just about food and chatter. Manisha has a lot of friends in our club and the primary reason for joining rotary is to give a bigger and better platform to pursue her endeavour for social service. Manisha and Anil welcome to our club where there is never a dull moment!!!!!

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Harish and Monica Kriplani Harish Kriplani, one of our newer members is a businessman dealing in electrical goods trading. Introduced by Raj Shah, it took Harish two years before he actually joined Rotary for the simple reason that he wanted to be sure that he could dedicate time for the various projects and activities! It's like he almost studied the working of the Club and says that he's just in the infantile stage of understanding Rotary! He is taking it one step at a time, and his first step is to attend weekly meetings as regularly as he can. Working for rural development is one of his areas of interest, also he likes what the micro credit comm is doing, he sees himself involved in committees where there is rural upliftment. Harish is an engineer, done his BE in electrical engineering from Datta Meghe College. His life partner is Monica, who is an Arts graduate and has went on to do fashioning designing.

They have two children Shrushti who is 15 and Manav- 10. Both study at the Centre Point School.

Harish and both his children are a sports group, they love

tennis and squash and surprisingly not cricket. Monica is the silent spectator and supporter and not the player. She prefers devoting her time to her family and children! “Holi" was their first interaction with the fellowship part of Rotary, and they enjoyed it so much that Monica took part in this year's Monsoon fellowship. Good going!!!! Harish and Monica we look forward to seeing them in this large yet close knit family of ours!!!!!

On The Board During the tenure of PP Tauby he got involved with the Walkathon Project and thus understood the power of our club.

The Walkathon was a Rs 2.5 lac project then with only around 1500 regist

rat ions .From 2.5 lac to 32 lac in 2016 has been Manish's vision and this is what he wants with other projects too.

Manish Bhati has brought the Watershed Project under the purview of our club

which was a dire need of the hour. To understand and empathize with the farmers and bring a change in the life through Watershed Development program where according to statistics 10 farmers were committing suicides per day from the last 15 years due to failure in crop and debts. Actually we have lost more farmers than soldiers fighting against Pakistan. It is a development program which we are doing in association with Dilasa Sanstha and have given them a proper systematized way to doing the p r o j e c t e ff i c i e n t l y. T h e Watershed Project will bring about a huge change in the water table of the area assuring adequate water for irrigation.

One should ''Connect with the Cause'' and bring innovative ideas, brainstorming and productivity to achieve the same efficiently with the set time frame.

He believes RCN allows you to dream of a better society and the size of our club affirms that the dream looks achievable. The sheer energy in the club makes us want to do innovative things with the ideas that the members come up with. He appeals to all the members to come up with plans or ideas wherever they feel we should clout to bring about change in the society.

We are with you Manish and wish you the very best in all your endeavors.

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Manish Bhati "Work for a cause not applause, Live life to express not impress" This is my first impression of our present Club Secretary who is so elusive that rarely anybody would have seen him last year but his work speaks for him and makes up his absentia.

I met Manish for a tete a tete at his lovely home where he has a spacious office which is now the Secretariat per se for the Rotary Club of Nagpur. Manish Bhati belongs to a Rajasthani family and hails from Jodhpur and now the family is settled in Nagpur.

Manish has done his BE in Mechanical from YCCE, Nagpur and thereafter went to do a job in Australia. he then went on to take the dealership of the same company of Australia and started his own work here, Now he has unit in MIDC and manufactures machinery exclusively used in Coal mines. His Wife Divya take care of his home and family wholeheartedly and has two daughters Reshal and Prisha.

Prisha has the honors of being number 1 in skating in Maharashtra Under 7 years category. The whole family is sports and fitness fanatics and are involved in various sports like badminton, swimming and running, Divya, Reshal and Prisha won the recently held Pinkathon in different categories. Divya also plans to pursue her hobby converting it into a business soon.

Rtn Kirit Joshi introduced Manish Bhati to RCN in 2009 but as he says it took him 3 years to really understand the club.

-Chetna singhal

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Birthdays

Organ Donation

16th September to 15th October Kanchan Patel Anula Goenka Reeti Khanna Maitry Garg Sarita Pathak Rasika Dasture Chandru Shahani Smita Bhargava Villoo Bapuna Veena Puranik Vrinda Rathi Gagan Siyal Parveen Cassad Neeta Gupta Manish Sanghavi Minal Doshi Kishor Taori Sanjay Singh Vinita Agrawal Ajinkya Saraf Dipak Deshmukh Anchal Jeswani Samiksha Bagadia Divya Sharma Amit Jhawar Manoj Moryani Preeti Vaid Vinod Parekh Asha Singhania Anita Chitaley Sabhia Maimoon Shubhra Maheshwari Sacheen Vastani Jatin Sampat Dr Satish Kadam Brijesh Sahu Rizwan Haq Nimish Maheshwari Jagdish Agrawal Shipra Tank Kapil Patel

17 17 18 18 19 19 20 21 22 22 23 23 24 24 24 24 27 27 27 27 28 28 29 30 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 6 7

Sonam Mohta Rakesh Awachat Mohinderpal Singh Alag Pradnya Hazra Pritesh Tank Vandana Palewar Nitin Thutheja Smita Chaubey Manjot Singh Kahai Neeta Singhania Hargun Sangtani Chandrakanta Raina Vijay Naidu Soharab Kanga Wijay Chitaley Keshmira Mankeshwar Shwetali Deshmukh Rajni Sangtani Poonam Sethi Romesh Batra Priyanka Jaiswal Naheed Khan Sharad Bhave Kshama Yadav Aditya Mohta Mahendra Siriya Suresh Kulkarni Achal Gandhi Sadhana Paliwal Ambika Shivhare Arveen Dheer Deepak Chowdhary Khushnoor Chug Shailendra Mundhada Mahesh Agraawal Nafeesa Bande Ali Khan Devyani Buty Ragini Sahu Kevinder Talwar Dr Deepali Kadam Mamta Rai

Anniversaries 16th September to 15th October Vindhya & Jimmy Sanjana Dr Shantanu & Rajasi Sengupta Vrinda & Prashant Rathi Harshwardhan & Poonam Dhanwatey Romesh & Pinky Batra Aeyjaz & Durriya Akolawala Rajiv & Abha Choudhary Yoginder & Renu Singh Capt. Ashok & Kamal Narang Ashok & Madhu Mrig

16-Sep 18-Sep 23-Sep 25-Sep 26-Sep 30-Sep 3-Oct 8-Oct 9-Oct 10-Oct

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Family of deceased Mrs. Sudha Pandit contacted Rtn Shiraz Doongaji through ad in Hitavada and their noble gesture to donate her eyes has given sight to two visually impaired people. Today evening Shiraz and me visited their residence and presented a memento as a gesture of gratitude for their kind deed.

Another very encouraging news as regards organ donation.

A young boy Satish Gupta sadly met with a road accident and his relatives contacted Rtn Shiraz Doongaji (once again through hitavada ad) to donate his eyes. However as Mahatme eye bank was approached we were informed that the boy has been declared brain dead and so Shiraz motivated them for Organ donation. After contact with MOHAN foundation and completion of legalities and required procedures Kidneys harvesting was carried out at O.C.H.R.I. RCN salutes the brave mother and family members for their magnanimous deed at this time of personal grief.

The Rotary Tales SEPTEMBER 2016 GOLDEN ORANGE

1. Sahil Dewani, son of Rtn Shyam and Rajshree Deawani who stood first in the 10th semester of BA. LLB. (5 yrs)examination conducted by Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj (RTMNU) by securing 80% in the summer of2016. Congratulations and Keep it up Sahil !!

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2. Rtn Usha Kale lost her husband Satish Kale who left her his heavenly abode, May his soul rest in peace.

3. Ritika daughter of Rtn Ragini and Rajeev Sahu, got married to Saurabh Paruti from Delhi.The wedding was held in Delhi. We congratulate the newlywed couple.

4.Rtn Dr Bharti Gidwani was interviewed on ALL INDIA RADIO. The topic was " effect of stress on skin & beauty". This will be broadcast on19 Sep 2016 at 12 noon to 1pm on Akashwani Nagpur.

Archana Javery

Ritika Singhvi

Meet the RIPN Designate

SEPTEMBER 2016 GOLDEN ORANGE

Rtn. Samuel F Owori of the Rotary Club of Kampala, Uganda is the choice of the Nominating Committee as the Rotary International President for 2018-2019. PRID Sudarshan Agarwal represented our RI Zone 4 at this nominating committee meeting.

Samuel F Owori is a banker and CEO of Institute of Corporate Governance of Uganda. He was Chair of the Center for African Family Studies, and a Director at Mulago Hospital Complex, Hospice Africa Uganda, Greenhill Holdings Limited and Uganda Heart Institute. He has been Executive Director of African Development Bank and Secretary of Uganda Bankers Association.

He joined Rotary in 1978 and was RI director in 2010-12. He was also a Foundation Trustee for 2012 – 16. He also has served as a regional Rotary Foundation coordinator and RI training leader. Sam currently serves as chair of the Audit Committee.

Also, Sam served Rotary as an RI Representative to the United Nations and member of the African PolioPlus Committee and the Reach Out to Africa, Eastern Africa Sub Committee. He is a Paul Harris Fellow and Benefactor of the Rotary Foundation.

He and his wife Norah live in Kampala, Uganda.

He will be declared elected on 1st October 2016 if his nomination is not challenged before 30th September 2016.

PDG Vishwas Sahasrabhojanee

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