May 2015 - The Golden Orange

May 2015

HIM ALAYA N TRA G EDY

VOCATIONAL TRAINING

WEEKLY MEETINGS

PHF CELEBRATION

DISTRICT LITERACY SEMINAR

COMMUNITY WELFARE

TAKE ROTARY HOME

ROTARY TWEETS

VOCATIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS

LADIES COMMITTEE

BLOOD DONATION

EARTHQUAKE RELIEF

MULTI DIST. PRESIDENTS ELECT TRAINING SEMINAR

R OTARY T W EETS - Vindhya Sanjana Dear All, This column is aimed at allowing our members a platform in which to air their thoughts, grievances, and to basically have a voice. We will present a new topic every month and publish your responses with your photo, subject to space availability.

Prizes will be awarded to three most pertinent responses. However, please let it be understood that we value ALL the tweets coming in. This is a democratic organization and we value every single sentiment or opinion that is sent to us. So

interact with us, tell us what you think, and let others too hear your voice!

In recent months, there have a few instances where mere informal requests for support from members have yielded near instant and extremely encouraging responses whether for our Medical projects, Disaster relief or support for financial challenged individuals pursuing higher education.

These responses are a clear indication that our members are quick to respond to financially support the causes espoused in service to Society.

In this background, the question for the coming month is:“Is our Club, with its 375 member strength ready to take on mega projects with a cost of Rs 1 crore or more ?”

Please send in your tweets ASAP to vindhyasanjana@yahoo.com or SMS / Whatsapp or even call me on 9423103916 / 9890715526. Do remember that the tweets should not be more than 140 CHARACTERS or LETTERS, & NOT 140 WORDS. That's far too long!! On the other hand, if you have a little More to say, then please don't hold back, just say it!

Awaiting your views! Remember - the idea is to be FREE, FRANK AND FEARLESS!!

Happy Tweeting!

-Vindhya Sanjana

Last month, we asked you ““Do you think there would be more participation from members if our club became more tech friendly and conducted a percentage of our meetings online?”

Winner 1st Prize

Sandeep Badjatia Personally I am all in for online meetings.

Will definitely be able to contribute lot more to Rotary if that happens. Will help me attending meetings even during my frequent overseas trips. This, coming from a member with poor attendance record proves a point?

Winner 2nd Prize

Jerestine watchmaker.

Hi.... for the tweet.... How boring to have an online meeting. .. ! The very picture is putting me to sleep. ..don't know about increased participation but there will be newer, innovative excuses like couldn't attend because cell battery low or phone under repairs or no electricity and back up to be online. ..and how do we get online refreshments and general camaraderie. ?.?

Winner 3rd Prize

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Atul Gupta Hi Vindhya, I believe the idea is worth giving a try. The effectiveness

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Definitely . As a roatryanne I find it very difficult to be physically present for everything like meetings, projects or fellowships.

We do have a life beyond rotary.

But online, I personally feel I could be a more active participitant in things that interest me & thus contribute better to my club.

On the other hand, conducting board meetings online or the Thursday meetings is a definite NO as members bonding happens only in these. Everything in life has to hv a proper balance. We can't land up as just pictures on our desktop.

Jyoti Goenka Conducting meetings online will certainly help many members to participate who otherwise find it difficult to attend. Web based interactions are always a great platform for participation, particularly from members who hesitate at regular meetings.

Best Wishes Shivkumar Rao If by participation we mean “Verbal” then it will surely improve. Each day a new thought/idea/suggestion/need of the society/ must do as

of this would only be known once we undertake the exercise.

But I opine that we should experiment with the concept.

Rotarians…will be thrown up.

But the fact remains that “participation” also means that as Rotarians and as a Club we need to implement and execute some of these ideas/programs/projects, which cannot be done online and the numbers there is not going to improve dramatically. That's my very personal opinion and feeling.

Atul Shah Dear Vindhya, As per my knowledge Rotary Club was formed to meet up people personally, taking out time for themselves and for a cause, no doubt everybody is tech savy and would be easier to get in contact, globally this is fine, but being here in town and not to be there personally, would not serve the purpose. Best Regards, Sandiip CS Vaid Rotary is tech-friendly with many "e-clubs" and several "webinars" that happen all over the world. We can try even though many of our members are not tech-savvy. At least few more members will be "heard", even though not "seen"!!!!

Vijay Naidu

Fellowship is one of the main objectives of Rotary and fellowship can not be done online.

If meetings are held on line then we shall miss our tea and snacks.

How sad!!!!

Jhangu Doongaji Its excellent to be Tech friendly & savvy but I personally feel, meeting people is the essence of Rotary. Its OK when we just pass time over Chats on What's App & Facebook etc. But a Rotary Meeting is more serious than that.

I know the world is changing, maybe one day but as of now NO. Manju Shahani More Rotarians becoming more Tech savvy is most welcome and desirable, but the idea of 'Online weekly meetings' is bizarre.

Rotarians are not Robots.

Remember, Rotary's worthy humanitarian Service projects are a byproduct of interaction and healthy fellowship and friendship nurtured during our weekly meetings and programs.

Please....don't rob Rotary of the human element and personal touch !

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THURSDAY TH O U G HTS shorter speech by our dignified assistant governor Vinay Tule- we did not ask a single member to become a PHF, the dinner was solely for members who are already PHFs and MDs- to thank them and acknowledge their noble gesture.

What a show our directors cum hosts put up- one of the finest PHF dinners I have attended so far, if I may say so myself . The PHF's were treated like royalty-an evening filled with glamour, sumptuous food and music

by Pinku Joseph who thoroughly ? ? ?? ??? ? ? ? , ???? ?? ???? ??? ?? ? ? , endeared himself to the audience by involving everyone in the singing and ??? ?? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ???? ? ?? ?? ?? ? ?? dancing, making it an evening to ? ? ?? remember .

My idea of not asking for money, that My dear generous Rotary family too, in a public forum was primarily As you all know, we had a PHF and that contributions should come from MD felicitation dinner recently. Well, the heart, not by embarrassing or we changed the format slightly. coercing people. If anyone wishes to Besides PP Manmohan Daga's short become a PHF, I am only a phone call but effective speech on the joys of away. I have full faith in the largesse of giving, of returning to society what our members and trust that they will you have got from it and an even respect my gesture in giving them the

privacy to think, and will return my respect by calling up in large numbers to become PHFs, or accepting my request when I call you to become one.

If you are already PHF, you can make your spouse, children, parents, inlaws, sons- in-law, daughters-inlaw‌ just about anyone from your family. It will be particularly appreciated by the younger generation, as, with the fast growing trend of opting for careers, rather than joining the family business, it shall reflect on their CV's.

So come forward to be part of this esteemed Paul Harris Fellow and Major Donor Fraternity. What you acquire makes only you happy‌ but what you share with the less fortunate makes God happy. Now it is your decision whether you just want to be happy alone or spread your happiness in the world.

Bharat Goenka President

JUST SAYI N G ...

When we sleep at night, our body slows down its speed and allows the vitals to rest and prepare for the following day.

This is the reason why the resting heart rate is a good measure of its health. The heart which is the key organ which supports us from womb to tomb, certainly needs this rest break.

and shopping. Many of us tend to return with a feeling that a break is needed after the vacation!

Therefore we have the concept of holidays or vacations which are longer breaks. Are these the exclusive preserve of the rich or children? No. Are holidays about spending money and calculating expense? No. Holidays are a different concept from breaks taken, or days off granted for Holy-days.

Well summer is probably a good incentive to break from the monotony.

Let's leave behind our mobile phones, laptops and imbibe nature through our natural god given bodily senses, treat ourselves to the pleasures of someone else's cooking and taste the new, wherever we end up going.

Should we indulge in retail therapy or spend time with our loved ones, understand and bond with our spouses, children and family? Shouldn't we unload the emotional baggage and Expanding the analogy, the mind also accumulated stress of work or school / needs to take a break from the routine college and simply catch up with each and drudgery of repeated activity as we other, away from the mundane or go along the business of life. routine?

Relax, take a break or be prepared to break down.

Nimish Sutaria Let us aim to be ourselves, loosen our Editor minds; let us aim to be comfortable and not trapped into society's concept of PS: Take your pick from suggestions fashion or trends. Seek distraction and on page 18-21 which list some avoid calling the office to check if distractions, whatever your age! things are all right; if there is indeed a

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Some of us actually go on holidays and cram each day with a grueling schedule, which means visiting multiple sights.

The entire vacation, if for a week or two, tends to be filled with travel, sightseeing, visiting places of worship

problem, they will find you. Reminisce the time gone, look ahead to the future.

Shed the labels and designations and status / positions and simply be.

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N EPAL C ATASTR O PHE

Catastrophe struck Nepal on 25th April in the form of a massive temblor, of an intensity which had not been experienced in over 80 years. Affecting the entire Everest range, and impacting many regions of India, the effect was felt as far away as Nagpur as well. Recent reports suggest that the fatalities have crossed 4500 and may well cross the 10000 figure.

Landmark structures and historic world heritage sites are reportedly destroyed and reduced to rubble.

India has mounted Operation Maitri with multiple agencies working in tandem to reach and provide succour and relief.

Rotary International and many districts have gone into overdrive to support the relief measures. RI has put on fast-track creation of 1000 +

low cost homes as well as other items.

Some Rotary districts are providing support in the form of food a n d w a t e r, o t h e r s s e n d i n g necessary drugs and medications.

District 3030 has pledged support in the form of blankets (refer reports in boxes) to be followed up with other requirements as and when indicated.

Our own Club has galvanized donations for which the response has been overwhelming within

Message from Chairman President Enclave Jagdish Khatri At the President's Enclave held on Monday 27th, it was decided that Nagpur Clubs will contribute 5000 out of total 15000 blankets committed by our District total cost of Rs 625000. I request clubs to send money directly to District account as per details given by AG Ramesh Jeswani. Please send it quickly as we need to support immediately. Please inform me for your contribution. Next we will send medicines as per their requirements.

hours of the appeal. The Club will continue to accept any amounts contributed by members, their families and friends in the form of cash or cheque. This is our chance to pay back, and be a gift to the world, in this case our landlocked neighbour who truly needs the gift of our giving.

Message from Chairman President Enclave Jagdish Khatri

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Message received from District Governor Dada Deshmukh

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Friends, let us focus on blankets and medicines. I am getting offer for blankets and list of medicines from doctors. I will circulate it.

Water and food is taken care by Rotarians from UP and Bihar. Cash can be sent on following account:Nasik Rotary Charitable Trust Bank of India A/c 080610100013410 IFSC Code BKID 0000806 Please send details to District office Thanks.

Workshop 30th March

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A workshop was organised at school of mentally challanged, Matru Seva Sangh besides Janki Talkies. The teachers and students were taught making of envelops from waste materials and how to add value to them for marketing.

The workshop was conducted by Rt Ann Sadhana Paliwal with the help of Rt Ann Asha Joshi. Rt. Sharad Paliwal was also present. About 20 Students and ten Teachers were trained.

- RtAnn Sadhana Paliwal

The meeting on this Thursday was called to condole the passing of our Club's ever smiling PP Arun Bhargava. The meeting was attended by his wife Kanak, and their family.

He had a benign smile, was a perfect gentleman - soft spoken, mild mannered, chivalrous and forever ready to lend a helping hand to those around him and a person one would tend to instantly connect with ... such was the persona of PP Arun Bhargava.

President Bharat fondly remembered him as a gentle and kind person, whom he had

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got associated as a Treasurer with in his term as President. PP Sati Khanna fondly recollected Arunji as the ever smiling, dedicated, alert and helpful human being.

PDG Vishwas Sahasrahojanee describing his persona to be of a true gentleman, said Arun was an Ajatshatru, friend of all and an enemy of none!

PP Chandru Shahani, PP Gulab Mahant, PP Rajan Bhatia and Sharad Bhave emotionally and fondly recollected their family rendezvous of sundays and how they all would miss him. PP Shiraz Gimi spoke on how remarkable, helpful,

charming and ever-smiling person Arunji was. PP Vijay Naidu remembered Arunji's manner of making friends was amazing and as a person he would make you feel wanted. Jehangir Doongaji and PP Ganesh Joshi also shared how he had led the Club in a dignified manner. PP Manmohan Daga said Arunji had left his footprints on the sands of time and that we all should follow them. He said that we will fondly remember him for his cool and calm demeanor and we, in Rotary, should follow his ways in true spirit.

Team GO

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MULTI-DISTRICT PETS Multi-District PETS – a trendsetting event in India – was held at Pune on April 4-5 where President Elects from Districts 3030, 3131 and 3140 attended the two–day Training.

The high point of the event was the presence of RI President Elect K.R. Ravindran. Rotary stalwarts like PRIP Kalyan Banerjee, RIDE Dr. Manoj Desai, PDG Dr.Bharat Pandya, RPIC Kamal Sanghvi were among many others who addressed the incoming Presidents.

In his Theme Speech RIPE Ravindran urged the President Elects to gift themselves to their Clubs during their term. “Build monuments in the life of others,” he said. He reminded them of

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their massive responsibility during their term of 366 days; hence, choose to do the most this year, he stressed.

RIDE Manoj Desai in his address stressed on accountability and meritocracy. He exhorted the incoming Presidents to remember the 3 P's…. PASSION,

PRIORITY and PERFORM. He, however, urged them to stay away from the fourth 'P' which was POLITICS! PRIP Kalyan Banerjee, speaking on the Topic PERFORM or PERISH, impressed upon the President Elects the qualities of a good President. “A good President is first among equals/betters. Use your head while dealing with yourself, use your heart while dealing with others,” he advised.

PDG's Dr.Satish Sule and Vishwas Sahasrabhojanee, Dist. Secretary Elect Vijay Naidu and Dr. Ravi Wankhede were present along with President Elect Khushnoor Chugh and also addressed the participants.

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Rtn. Dr. Ravi Wankhede, Chairperson of Organ Donation Awareness Committee was a guest speaker at the Multiple District President Elect Training Seminar (MD PETS) held at Hotel Orchid, Pune on 4-5 April 2015.

Rtn Dr Wankhede said that RIPE KR Ravindran's slogan is "Be a Gift to the World" is appropriate to his subject and exhorted the Rotarians to be the Gift should there be an occasion. He told the gathering that about 5 million people die every year for want of life saving organs in South Asia.

He stressed that Rotary Clubs in South

Asia should unite to help spread the awareness for prevention of organ failure as well as the need to donate healthy organs from people who have suffered 'brain death'. He said every year about 1.5 lacs people require kidney transplantation, but only about 5000 transplants are taking place. He said Rotary has just to provide platform so that organizations such as MOHAN Foundation could enlighten the Clubs and through them others the importance of the subject.

He said he could be invited for joint meetings of Rotary Clubs to speak on the subject. Rtn. Vijay Naidu informed the gathering that Rotary Club of Nagpur had recently started a Skin Bank in collaboration with Orange City Hospital

at Nagpur. This is the only Skin Bank in Central India. Rtn. Dr. Sameer Jahagirdar a member of Rotary Club of Nagpur and a Plastic surgeon is in charge of the Skin Bank, which would go a long way in helping burn cases.

DGE Rtn. Dr. Nikhil Kibe, complimented the Rotary Club of Nagpur for initiating Organ Donation Awareness in the District. Present on the occasion were Rtn. Khushnoor Chugh the President elect and PDG Vishwas Sahasrabhojanee.

Many club Presidents showed keenness to take up the projects during their tenure.

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C O M MU N ITY W ELFARE C O M MITTEE

Distribution of Food and Clothes to Inmates of Kurve's Blind School The Community Welfare Committee team distributed Lunch to the Inmates of Kurve’s Blind School near Deeksha Bhumi, Laxmi Nagar Nagpur. The cost of food was sponsored by Rotarian Hira Mulani, and the members of Mulani Family were also present for the Project.

Lunch was distributed to the 125 inmates of this institution who are either partially or completely blind.

The Director Community Service, Gogi Bhasin has conveyed his thanks President Elect Khushnoor Chugh, President Bharat, Neena Parikh and Jyoti Goenka for their help in this Project and Mulani Family for sponsoring the same and also for participating in the distribution.

-Gogi Bhasin

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8th April teams were pitted against each other to score the highest runs with least wickets lost. The runs / outcomes (eg wicket) were hidden behind balloons which were burst by each team's batter who had a maximum of four attempts. After a great spread of food and desserts, people went home ready to continue cheering for team India.

Parag Date proposed a vote of thanks to the host and his parents.

- Sharmila Sutaria

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India supporters, the true blues, met up at young Rotarian Ajinkya Saraf 's residence for a cricket themed Take Rotary Home.

The TRH was arranged by Chairpersons Sharmila Sutaria and Neeta Gupta.

All the participants were dressed in blue or India colours. Each person present was introduced by someone other than their spouse, which was very different.

The game was also cricket based and 4

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RE G ULAR MEETI N G

The President started the meeting by mentioning the Four Way Test and observing half a minute silence for the departed soul of R'ann Deepali Kale's father. PP D.K Sahni was given flags and copies of The Golden Orange to be distributed when he attends rotary meetings during his forthcoming travel in the USA. Kapil Patel was the new member inducted this day. Kapil, a partner in Mayur Tiles is married to Kanchan and they have two sons.

Parag Paranjpe introduced the speaker Dr Rajagopalan who is a Nationally recognized Acoustic Consultant since 1981 and has designed acoustics for more than 380 projects collaborating with reputed designers from India and abroad.

He is a Phd from University of Oklahama, USA and has 32 years of post graduate teaching experience and 48 years of research experience. and more than 125 research papers published in journals and 17 students who have obtained PHD degrees under his guidance and he has

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also published two books.

Dr Rajagopalan spoke of how good Acoustics can alter our mood. He said the main reason for his interest in this subject is that society has not utilized this.

Nowadays Acoustics is very important in our life as we depend on television for entertainment and we want to hear everything clearly. Clarity and understanding are key issues and background is also important. As we become more industrialized, large number of activities, community living and increase in vehicular traffic leads to importance of Acoustics.

Acoustics is the science of sound. The window of sound spectrum sensitive to our ear is the audio range. This window is 20 Hertz to 20,000 Hertz. Below 20 we have infrasound and above 20,000 we have ultrasound. Sound propagation is at different speeds in different forms of matter, eg in water, sound travels at 1.5km/sec. Three things happen when sound energy hits a material : it gets

reflected, absorbed or transmitted. These 3 are utilized to create a proper acoustic ambience for good listening. If there is a huge space and lot of reflection happens it becomes difficult to talk. Excessive reverberation causes confusion. Noise problems are solved by Isolation. Noise is bad as far as working ambience is concerned and therefore should be controlled. Dr Rajagopalan explained these problems and solutions citing some of his projects such as very large public areas like airport terminals, convention centres, etc. He tried to give us an idea how Acoustics plays a major role in our lives.

The vote of thanks was given by PP Gulab Mahant who thanked Dr Rajagopalan for giving us insights on a subject which we hardly know of and which is increasingly becoming very important in our lives.

Those who couldn't attend missed a brilliant man's highly mind stimulating presentation.

-Shalini Naidu

C O M MU N ITY W ELFARE C O M MITTEE

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Distribution of Food and Clothes to Inmates of Panchvati Vriddhashram The team of Community Welfare Committee distributed lunch, sweets and biscuits to the inmates of Panchvati Ashram run by MSS on Umred Road.

Food and sweets were sponsored by Rotarian Hira Mulani and the members of Mulani Family were present for the Project.

There are 15 Men and 55 Ladies at this Vrudrashram and hence 70 packets of ladoos and biscuits were distributed along with lunch .

The team has expressed gratitude to Khushnoor Chugh, Bharat & Jyoti Goenka, PP Rajan & Niru Bhatia & Madan Pande for their support and Mulani Family for Sponsoring the same.

-Gogi Bhasin

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11th April

Happy Ladies Take To 12th April

HAPPY STREETS

appreciated. A successful event is always an outcome of the efforts by a great team and this was proved by overwhelming participation and selfless contribution of Rotary members. PP Shabbir Shakir and Rtn Rukshad Bhagwagar meticulously Once again..ladies committee did it!! The unthinkable, unachievable, never ever done...!! As always thinking out of the box...this time we decided to go public, by participating in TOI's Happy Street by performing a street play, a rock show and a aerobic- dance workshop conducted by Shilpa Agarwal. The play titled as

present Jumana and Director Rina Sinha thanked Times Of India for giving this opportunity to showcase RCN to the public of Nagpur and all the Rotary

took upon themselves to do the script and direction of the play depicting each stage of a woman’s life through songs and almost 40 RCN families participated. All this practice and presentation was done in a record time of 7 days. The Power Band "THEN and NOW" stood with a social message by comparing today's empowered women with the women from the past right from Birth of A Girl Child to her Schooling, Career, marriage proposals, Safety and finally her old age.

reaction of the 1000 plus crowd that the message was well received and

comprising of Vinita, Nilufer and Shivani accompanied by Yash Goenka rocked the streets with women centric songs !

This activity by the Ladies Committee was a combination of Fellowship, PR, S o c i a l m e s s a g e o f Wo m e n Empowerment, Bringing Rotary Families together. Ladies Committee Chairpersons Nidhi, Sonia, Kirti and Archana, always

come true so well, Sohrab for his designs and all Participants and Contributors to make this larger than life project such a humongous success !

-Nidhi Gandhi

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Women today at present, resist completely the thought of being dependent, ill-treated and vulnerable as in past. This was undoubtedly clear from the

Families, PP Shabbir, Rukshad for believing in the Concept and making it

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PA N EL DISC USSI O N Programmes Committee arranged a very interesting discussion on the changes that Rotary has undergone over the years as seen through the eyes of the Stalwarts and some young blood.

Dr Sudhir Bhiwapurkar, Dr Sanjiv Chugh, Dr Shivani Bidaye, Dr Shaunak Mokadam and Designer Nidhi Gandhi were the enthusiastic and very articulate panelists, who were very ably supported by a very vociferous and encouraging audience.

The beginning was a bit slow but soon everyone warmed up to the discussions, especially the audience.

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the media more prominently.

President Bharat Goenka had to finally intervene to conclude the lively discussion, and presented mementos to all the panelists and the moderator, Vinita Bahri.

Chairperson Rita Agarwal proposed a vote of thanks.

-Vinita Bahri

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from our Rotary family were present making it one of the biggest TRH's to date.

The food was Maharashtrian and was outstanding as always ...

Everyone trying to out do each other with their cooking skills. A fun antakshari was conducted by Sonal Singhvi in her inimitable style and got everyone singing, acting, screaming and fighting...

And all at the same time. The best dressed prizes went to Madhavi Naidu and Achal Gandhi

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Summing up, everyone agreed that Rotary is more fun than ever before and the social betterment projects undertaken are bigger and better. PP Sati Khanna expressed his happiness at the increasing number of ladies participating.

Vexatious issues such as falling attendance and of proposers' taking responsibility of new inductees also came up for discussion and a number of innovative solutions were put forward.

It was also deliberated that probably our Club could do with an image makeover, or at least highlight the successful projects undertaken by our members in

TAKE R OTARY H O ME This Take Rotary Home was with a twist... The Happy Street gang met up for some more happy times together. 17th April was the date and the venue was Sunita and Alok Khandelwals' apartment terrace. The theme for the evening was 'then and now' going with the theme of the Happy Street play. More than 60 people

- The Changing Face Of Rotary

for dressing in the 'then' fashion. Rotary information was imparted by Past President Rajan Bhatia who spoke about the importance of fellowships like TRH to build better friendships. Both Sunita and Alok were wonderful and warm hosts who ensured every guest was looked after. Kudos to the chairpersons Jumana Shakir and Neeta Gupta for organising such a wonderful evening... Everyone went home with a beaming smile and a 'happy' feeling.

-Madhavi Naidu

-Tirpude's Rotaract 18th April

A blood donation camp was held at Tirpude Institute of Management Education, under their Rotaract club. The camp started at 11.00 AM and concluded at 1.30 PM. Rotaract members took efforts to mobilize students for donation of blood; however, the summer heat and the exam season had its toll. 15 units of blood were collected. Chairperson Rtn. Dr. Sheela Mundhada and teacher incharge Rtn. Prashant Rajurkar were

present and they appreciated the service attitude and enthusiasm of students who donated blood during this camp.

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The 9th business meeting was called to order and half a minute silent prayer was observed. President Bharat welcomed all the members, read out the customary Four Way Test and wished birthdays and anniversarys to members. Secretary Manjot Kahai read out the minutes of the last business meeting, which was

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approved by the house. Rotary information and project announcement for the next week were read out. Treasurer Kapil Bahri read out the treasurer's report.

PP Prashant Kale informed the house of the formation of committee for amendment to Bye Laws and the names of members for the same. A letter received from PP Rajendra Bhatia and PP Gulab Mahant regarding Probus Club was clarified in the house. In the board decisions, New Member proposal of five new members were put for acceptance, which after preliminary discussions were accepted by the board. Attendance

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Report for the months of January and February '15 was presented by Rtn Madan Pande and 100% attendance awards were distributed. The meeting was adjourned after singing of the national anthem.

-Team GO

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Modern School, Koradi Road Modern School has been one of our partners in service since long and it has been a venue for a number of blood donation camps held earlier.

This camp conducted on 24th April was planned to coincide with final results of middle and high school students. The blood donation camp started at 8.00 in the morning and closed at 12.30 PM. Parents accompanying their wards and school staff were the expected donors. The summer heat probably had its spell and the camp could garner 24 units of blood. A follow up camp is planned on 2nd May for parents of primary school children coming for their results that day. School teachers have probably reserved their contribution for 2nd May. Our special thanks to Rtn. Neeru Kapai, Principal – Modern School and Director NK Academy, for arranging this camp and making the venue available to us.

-Team Blood Donation

Online meetings would be a good initiative..... though I am not sure participation would increase..... initially it may and gradually it will be back to the current level. It will certainly benefit those who can't genuinely make it to the meetings.

Rajesh Datar The profile of members is constantly evolving. More and more younger members are deeply involved in their vocations whereas our meetings are in the

midweek at peak business or working hours, to top it. At the same time more people travel for work these days, many frequently.

I believe that as the question suggests, if we try and have a few meetings online, we can only gain and have nothing to lose. This is of course not an elimination of physical meetings, but a way forward which enables a virtual meeting involving participation by members who could be in their

offices or chambers, or away in any corner of the world. If one looks at the larger picture, it would also allow the Club to enable members to be exposed to subjects and speakers who are otherwise inaccessible. This is not an idea which can replace or eliminate the physical meetings, but it will enable engagement and inputs from some members and spouses who otherwise are unable to contribute at all. Nimish Sutaria

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PHF DI N N ER

The PHF dinner was full of masti, dhamaal and bonding.

This time, under the guidance of President Bharat, four directors – Gogi

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Bhasin, Pritesh Tank, Sanjay Sethi and Vinita Chaturvedi –decided to give a new look and feel to the PHF dinner, which is usually a formal and sedate affair.

President Bharat made it clear from the word go that during the dinner, members of the club will not be asked for any donations or forced to become PHFs and Major donors. With the formalities kept to the barest minimum, the evening was dedicated to celebrating the spirit of

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-Vinita Chaturvedi 26th April charity and to everything that PHF stands for.

It was heartening to have singer Pinkoo Joseph regaling the members with his entertaining singing and interactive ways.

He first invited the president and the first lady to set the ball rolling and then he made everyone sing and dance with him.

As a result, many seniors also danced, enjoyed the bonhomie and let their hair down.

If Pinkoo and his songs were the show-stealer, the a c t i v e participation of so many PHFs and M a j o r d o n o r s added to the excitement level of the evening.

The musical dhamaal that lasted well beyond midnight left everyone wanting for more. In all, it

was an evening which spelt warmth, fun and full-on entertainment.

the process of bone decay. He also stressed on the remedies and the philosophy of management.

The second part of his talk was on his innovative project called “HEATCO”

treatment in the villages free of cost.

Earlier, Vocational Excellence Awards were given to three members of our Club, namely, Rtn. Sarang Upganlawar, Rtn.

which is about taking health education, awareness and treatment to the rural villages through the web. He has a mobile team which identifies remote villages with internet facilities and connects Dr. Chaudhary to the group of villagers who talk and discuss their problems! This is the first initiative of its kind in India and has been recognised by the governmental authorities and the corporate sector too.

He has created so far a data base of 9000 women with osteoporosis who are under

Nikhil Bansal and Rtn. Abnash Khurana.

Two awardees from outside the Club were Mrs. Vilasini Nair, Director Orange City Hospital and Dr. Sanjeev Chaudhary himself. They were introduced by Rtn. Girish Deodhar and Rtn. Beena Mathews.

The customary rituals of birthday and anniversary greetings were done by President Bharat. The vote of thanks was given by Rita Aggarwal, Chairperson Programmes.

-Rita Aggarwal

15hth April Dear Nimish, Its been fantastic contribution on 'Environmental Doom' by Mr Sudhir Paliwal in Opinion Unvarnished.

When every other region is rejecting the Coal based Thermal Power Plants in their area, it seems Vidarbha is covering the backlog with amazing 132 Thermal Power plants here. Mr Sudhir Paliwal properly outlined the bad consequences of these power plant establishments in his article. I am observing for the first time such in depth study being explained in short, properly. I salute Mr Sudhir for such meticulous research work and Rtn Shivkumar Rao for getting him on Golden Orange Platform on environmental subject that needs urgent attention.

20th April Golden Orange got more interesting!!!

Since last 10 years, I am an avid reader of Golden Orange. All respective editors worked hard during their tenure to make it better. This year too, Nimish has done the job fantastically well.

Summary of contents on cover page, Rotary Tweets, Proper Detailed Coverage of Rotary Activities on day to day basis, Rotary Calendar, immaculate designing, and contributions by various dignitaries of the Club. Congratulations to the Golden Orange Team to keep the momentum going, and also to the dignitaries who whole-heartedly while contributing to it - Sarang Upganlawar

Osteoporosis and HEATCO (on Web) “Beauty is not skin deep but bone deep” The 30 April regular meeting had an eminent orthopaedic surgeon of the city Dr. Sanjeev Chaudhary as the guest speaker. With a brilliant flawless speech along with a scintillating power point presentation he kept the audience spell bound who graciously sat through even though it took off at the close of the programme at 7.35 pm! A man with a passion, a mission and vision, he elaborated his concerns for the menacing disease osteoporosis. The strength of any person is based on a foundation which is the bony skeleton. The bones are strong and healthy till the age of 35, after which they begin to decline and lose strength.

Women, due to menopause, begin to lose bone density fast and develop osteoporosis which is also named as 'brittle bones or fragile bones'. Thus millions of women in this age group suffer from bone fractures due to accidents or falls. This is a debilitating disease which silently afflicts the women as they suffer and continue to remain ignorant of its causes and remedies. With animated slides he explained wonderfully

7th April Bharat, I have been reading issues of Golden Orange regularly.

Quality and the standard of magazine is outstanding. I don't think not only in our district but other districts have such a high standard magazine.

My heartiest congratulations to the Editor Nimish Sutaria and to you.

Keep it up. Good luck. Regards Dr Vinay Tule AG

V O C ATI O N AL AWARDS

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ROTARY CLUB OF NA GPUR C ALENDAR FRO M 7th May 2015 - 10th Jun 2015

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Rahuhl Gugaliya Dr. Sameer Chaubey

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Rajendra Kumar & Vineeta Jaiswal Commd.Rajkumar & Keka Roy Dr. Anil & Anjali Chaudhari Sushil & Daksha Mandhaniya

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Manu Seth Mrinalini Marawar Arvinder Vij Talk by Advocate Mahendra Limaye on 'CYBER CRIME" WEEKLY MEETING

Swati Agrawal Rahul Kale

Urvashi Yashroy Vinita Bahri

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Umesh & Sushma Sharma Yatin & Meena Malji

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Dr. Ashok & Sunita Lawange

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Presentation by MAD PARINDEY: A STREET PLAY AND A DANCE

BY THE GROUPS. WEEKLY MEETING Umesh & Heena Agrawal

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Dr. Sameer & Shivangi Jahagirdar

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Devendra & Vandana Agrawal

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Annahita Doongaji Dr. Kanchan Naidu

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Anmol Badjatia

Mahesh & Vinita Agrawal

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DNA and Freestore talk another initiative by youth.

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Keka Roy Simrat Uppal

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CP Club – CP Studio Series

Shahrukh & Parveen Cassad

Priyanka & Durgesh Jaiswal

Dr. Sanjiv Chugh Ruquaiya Vali Dr. Jaishree Masand

Membership Seminar (Nagpur) - hosted by RC Nagpur Mihan Town.

Sandeep Vaid

Parul Shah

Anju Chokhani Shriya Mokadam

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Dr. Abhijit Hazra

District Training Assembly Nagpur -hosted by RC Nagpur South.

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Gulab & Padma Mahant

Moiz & Nafisa Bande Ali Pavneet & Neeta Singh

Mohammed & Alefiah Master Bharat & Babita Parekh

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Fri Prashant Garg Meena Malji Abdul Husain

Rana & Ritu Khurana Kiran & Namrata Rathod Seema & Raju Jain

Vishal & Swati Agrawal

Alefiah Master Priyadarshini Upganlawar Anjuli Minocha

Satish & Chandrakanta Raina Abnash Chander & Indira Khurana

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BUSINESS MEET / LADIES COMMITTEE "Beat The Heat .. With exotic Mocktails" A live demo by Rajput's caterers preparing exotic mocktails

Dr. Pushpa & Sharad Bhave

Dr. Sanjay Marwah Sushil Agrawal

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Jasbir Singh Arora Kapil Bahri Sangeeta Grover Nitin Deveshwar

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Shiraz & Bachi Gimi Ashish & Aarti Kalode Ram & Smita Parsodkar

Brajendra Kumar & Usha Singh

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Shiraz Gimi Shailaja Pingle Shipra Gugaliya

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Anuja Chhajed Vishal Jaiswal Dr. Mrunalini Dasture Vandana Agrawal

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Jugalkishor Agrawal Dr. Jayashree Mulik Pritpal Singh Vij

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Suvarnarekha Chandurkar

WEEKLY MEETING Behram & Archana Patel Dr. Ajay & Anita Sood

Kumar & Deepa Kale

All the events listed are on the basis of available information. While all care has been taken, errors and omissions, if any, are unintentional & may be excused.

Please confirm details / schedules with the concerned organization for changes, if any – Ed.

Pramod & Pratibha Kholkute

Birthday

Anniversary

Abdul & Zulekha Parekh

City Events

Shailaja & Chandrasekhar Pingle

Meeting

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MI N D IT Across 5 Very different (6,5) 7 Quantity of paper (4) 8 "A" is at sea (anag) — geographical region (4,4) 9 Ordained (7) 11 Wash off surface dirt (5) 13 Young mare (5) 14 Open grassland of North America (7) 16 Gossip (8) 17 Opposite of wax (4) 18 Calm and sensible (56)

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

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

Down 1 Metric unit of weight (4) 2 Stuck - redhead (anag) (7) 3 Sham (5) 4 Ritual suicide (4-4) 5 Means (11) 6 Easily offended (4-7) 10 Not absolute (8) 12 Inscribed (7) 15 Edible marine snail (5) 17 Walk through shallow water (4)

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April Winner Anju Bansal SUDOKU

April Winner Nakul Malani PS: Winners names were drawn by lot out of the correct entries received.

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We look forward to your candid views which we will publish verbatim.

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O PI N I O N U N VAR N ISHED

Will MIHAN take off ?

The story of MIHAN over the last 20 years has evoked strong emotions of hope, despair and anger amongst the people of this Vidarbha.

Team GO spoke to Sopan Pandharipande, Business Editor, Lokmat Group and Rtn. Devendra Parekh, President VED on their views about the project and the way forward.

The MADC saga MADC, engaged in setting up MIHAN also has a 2100 hectare SEZ. The strange reality about MADC was that it evolved as a rehabilitation unit for retired bureaucrats and hence its bosses insisted on running it from Mumbai only. MADC had a firm belief that only IT companies can create mass employment and focused on luring only IT companies to MIHANSEZ, totally ignoring the labour-intensive manufacturing units like textile and steel companies. Thus out of the 60 companies which invested in MIHAN-SEZ, nearly 25 are ITES companies and only half a dozen of them have started operations.

The MIHAN-SEZ has the finest worldclass industrial infrastructure available and that too very close to the city, yet the unfortunate part is that nearly 700 hectares allotted to various companies, remains unutilized. Thus, after 15 years and an estimated investment of Rs 1,000 crores, the MIHAN-SEZ has proved to be a non-starter for Nagpur and Vidarbha region.

Practical approach needed Last year, the country and Nagpur city both witnessed electoral transformation.

Now Centre and State governments both are ruled by BJP led coalitions and Nagpur has become a power center. This is a crucial period not just for MIHANSEZ but also for the entire Vidarbha region.

The dire need is to adopt a practical approach towards MIHAN-SEZ project, viz., if Export Oriented Units (EOUs) are not ready to come to Nagpur, we should not insist on developing an SEZ and instead try to develop domestic

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industry in MIHAN area. Fortunately Vidarbha is rich in cotton and minerals and hence development of textile and mineral-based industry in the region ought to be focused on.

EOU's who have already commenced operations in MIHAN-SEZ should continue to get SEZ sops, but remaining land should be denotified and made available for manufacturing units. No doubt this is a difficult task but if state and central government are determined to revive MIHAN, they can easily find a way out. The emphasis should shift to attracting labour intensive manufacturing units here, which, not being EOU's would not be eligible for SEZ concessions.

If we do not act now, MIHAN will continue to be non-starter for Vidarbha region and continue to haunt us in future also.

Devendra Parekh I agree with Sopan's opinion & adding to that, I think the new State Govt has given MIHAN a priority & a task force is formed under the leadership of Hon Sh. Nitin Gadkari, who understands the project and was a part of it since it's inception. With the infrastructure almost ready what MIHAN needs today is focused Marketing in sectors like Pharma, D e f e n c e , Av i a t i o n , G e m s & Jewellery, logistics etc. At the same time the issues like power, security, connectivity etc faced by the existing companies should be sorted out at the earliest.

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Sopan Pandharipande The MIHAN (Multimodal International Hub Airport at Nagpur) was originally conceived in the 1990s. Earlier in the 1980s, a courier company named Skypack had used Nagpur airport as a transshipment base for its courier packets by linking it with night-time cargo flights from the four metro cities.

MIHAN was an ambitious international scale extension of the same idea.

Considering that over 400 international flights overfly Nagpur every day, it was presumed that if Nagpur airport morphed into an international air cargo hub, aviation companies would start using it for their cargo operations. The logic was that Nagpur was situated midway between Middle East and Far East, and was an ideal mid-point for aircraft flying long distance from Europe to Far East and Australasia.

What went wrong?

It is unfortunate that nobody tried to analyze the potential of Nagpur as an International cargo hub and the halfbaked idea was implemented as a grand project. The reality, however, is that, although Nagpur is the geocentric location in the country, it is situated on the fringe of most of the unindustrialized, poorer states of India such as Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Orissa etc and hence it neither was a big manufacturing nor a big consumption centre. In other words, Nagpur has no real potential to handle large in-bound or out-bound cargo.

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I N SH O RT

-Team GO

R O STER O N W HEELS APP

The key objective of ROW is to revolutionize the functioning of Rotary and to connect Rotarians globally via a single mobile and web based platform. This App has been launched recently and can be found on your App Store. It is supported by all mobile platforms but currently at a nascent stage.

Features in brief are ROSTER - Members' details.

BIRTHDAY & ANNIVERSARYSpecial days and automated reminders EVENTS – Reminders for events (weekly club / committee meetings/ RSVP / tally attendees).

ROTARIAN SEARCH - Search for fellow Rotary Club members, or even do a global search for Rotarians around the world by name, classification, blood group or geographic area.

NEWS - Never miss out on important News from your club, District or Rotary International.

ANNOUNCEMENTS - Send and receive Announcements to all your club members. Be able to create specific groups.

PAST PRESIDENTS - View and learn about the tenure of PPs CLUB HISTORY - Archive and view your Rotary club's

DIET LA N E

history.

B.O.D - Know and connect to your club's Board of Directors.

RECOGNITION – Recognize, share and celebrate the initiatives/ work/ project of your club, committees or members.

PROJECT GALLERY - Club Projects images and contents displayed – like, comment and share.

NEAR ME – Find a Rotary Club anywhere in the world.

COMPATIBLE OS - ROW is compatible with all major mobile OS platforms and is also a Web Based application.

CONFIDENTIAL & SECURE - Access only to Rotarians using Mobile Number Authentication. to save it from marketing activities.

Check for details and FAQs on www.rosteronwheels.com

- Sneha Fafat

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Small Changes = Big Difference Stay Hydrated (Nagpur is super hot!!)

TASK 8 – Drink Up!!

What - Our bodies are made up of about 60% water, and every system depends on water. If you stay hydrated throughout the day you perform better, lose weight, throw away waste from the body, improve on digestion, help your skin glow and keep yourself fresh and rejuvenated.

Why – Water is important for healthy skin, hair, and nails, as well as controlling body temperature, heart rate, and blood pressure. Keeping the body hydrated helps the heart pump blood more easily through the body.

How Much – pay attention to the color of your urine. Pale and clear means you're well hydrated. If it's dark, drink more fluids.

Add to the list or ask your question on www.facebook.com/dietlane Sneha is a registered dietician and consulting Nutritionist practicing in Nagpur.

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Beat the summer with Books As we prepare for summer, and schools wind up for vacations, keeping children and young readers alike occupied can be a daunting task. We are lucky that Time Magazine recently put together a team of highly reputed authors, children's poets and children's book historians as well as some independent booksellers to compile a list of the best books in English for two separate age groups. The list actually has 100 titles each and only 5 from each category are listed here.

Top 5 Young Adult Books (Ages 12 and up) 1. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

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- Team GO Harry Potter (series) by J.K. Rowling The Book Thief by Markus Zusak A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle Charlotte's Web by E.B. White Top 5 Children's Books (Ages 3-11) Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey Little Bear (series) by Else Holmelund Minarik For the full lists check www.time.com/youngreaders

-Priyanka Sutaria

Five Movies You Must Watch Before You Turn Twenty (Or Before You Die) Fight Club Consumerism and psychological problems in an adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's novel with brilliant performances

by Brad Pitt and Edward Norton; a movie for our times indeed.

Dead Poet's Society A passionate litterateur ignites the spark of poetry in a group of schoolboys, questioning the non-interpretive model of English education in schools. Oh Captain!

My Captain!

Breakfast Club

Tarantino's classic on drugs and rock-&-roll, the film boasts unforgettable dialogues and an unconventional, non-linear storyline.

India Untouched An unabashed (and banned) documentary about caste hegemony in India, and the deeply entrenched orthodoxy that yet exists openly in all corners of the nation.

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Pulp Fiction

Classic eighties young-adult cinema about growing up, set over the course of a detention sentence served by five archetypal high school students.

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LET US F O R TO G O

– Rahul Kale

International Flower Festival, Gangtok Usually held over the month of May when the gardens are in full bloom, visitors enjoy the visual feast of flowers and plants. The gardens are famed throughout India for their beauty and attract thousands of visitors. At this time of the year the gardens explode into a riot of colour and smells as the many plants and flowers enter full bloom. Yak safaris are added attractions so also a popular food festival which promises visitors many delectable treats.

Sindhu Darshan Festival Banks of Sindhu river (Leh in Ladakh District) June 2015 Full moon day / Guru Purnima) This festival celebrates the mighty Sindhu River or Indus River which gives India its name. The event attracts devotees from across the country, many of whom bring water from their own local river to tip into the Sindhu River. The festival is a lively affair that includes live music, dancing, street theatre and craft fairs.

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Mango Festival

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Venue: Dilli Haat Market, New Delhi.

July 2015 (check dates on Delhi Tourism website) This Two-day festival celebrates the Indian mango varieties with quizzes, competitions, mango tasting and over 400 varieties of the fruit on display. India is one of the world's biggest producers of mangoes, and during this event the venue which is constructed in the form of a traditional market place with a host of people selling arts, crafts and speciality foodstuffs, is transformed almost exclusively to display of the humble fruit, in its many shapes and forms.

V O LU N TO URISM

A new concept that has come up in travel is ' Voluntourism' or Volunteer Travel which can be undertaken in India or abroad.

There are various organisations offering opportunities to travellers who want a different take on vacations which combines travelling with volunteering work and lets them see the place and its people and culture in a different perspective.

1) Location : ORISSA Website: http://www.grassroutesjourneys.com Overview: Grassroutes Journeys is a travel company that provides opportunities for travellers to engage with local communities. It believes that enriching experiences come from a deeper understanding of the place, people and culture, and offers responsible travels deep into rural & tribal Orissa.

Nature of volunteering opportunities – Agriculture & organic farming.

– Vocational training for women.

– Teaching English in tribal schools 2) Location : AUROVILLE , TAMIL NADU Website: http://sadhanaforest.org/ Overview: – tree planting

ITALIA N F O O D I N PU N E - Portobello

will allow them to present a radically transformed menu.

PS: The unique presentation of filter coffee in a cutting chai glass deserves special mention - Sharmila Sutaria

– environmental education – promotion of ecological revival and sustainable living Minimum period of commitment: 4 weeks from December 1st to April 1st – April 2nd to November 31st the minimum stay is 2 weeks Nature of volunteering opportunity: – Planting trees – working on water conservation in the forest – maintaining the community area – tending to the vegan-organic garden Contact: sadhanaforest@auroville.org

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It was the memory of the chilled orange cake which prompted us to go back to the Italian restaurant 'PORTBELLO', run by Le Cordon Bleu (Australia) alumnus Swapnil Wadar, located at Viman Nagar , Pune.

I found this place whilst researching for eateries in Viman Nagar. It turned out to be a quaint place with a dynamic m e n u . Right from the salads down to the main course and the desserts, the list of dishes is impressive. Whatever you order tastes as good as it sounds up there on the blackboard menu.

This time we tried the panzanella salad which was the perfect platter to start the meal.

We followed it up with Fettucine in a creamy, silken mushroom sauce, a Tomato Risotto cooked to perfection, topped with an olive and mushroom stuffed chicken and finally the Potato Gnochhi with roasted pumpkin, almonds and sage butter The desserts were a fitting finale to an excellent meal - Coffee jelly topped with mascarpone, meringues with strawberry coulis and of course the chilled orange cake served with caramelized orange segments and vanilla ice cream. Yes, it was the memory of this cake which took us back.

Look forward to the moment when they get a wine license which

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SH O W C ASE Black marketing, corruption and exploitation have become so much a part of the system today that the common man feels frustrated and powerless. For fighting these evils day in and day out, society needs to extend a helping hand. This led to the creation of 'Janmanch' in 2008 by some socially committed people. Their primary objective was to address the problems of the common man, to make the public aware of their rights, to inculcate the spirit of social commitment in them and to strengthen the dialogue between the government and the people.

“Janmanch' is a non-political, serviceoriented, registered organisation, set up by the people, consisting of the people, and working for the people. In a very short span, it has established its credibility beyond doubt, and has emerged as a champion for the cause of the common man. Following is a brief outline of the multifarious activities of 'Janmanch'.

Fighting Corruption:

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· Janmanch exposed the huge irrigation scam in Maharashtra, involving not only officers and contractors, but the high and mighty in the state government with a PIL before the High Court, exposing a fraud played by an unholy nexus of politicians, officers and contractors, who siphoned off Rs. 70000 crores meant for irrigation projects in the state. The fraud resulted in depriving the backward region of Vidarbha of the desperately needed irrigation facilities. · The Government of Maharashtra had decided to hand over the strategically located Indira Gandhi Medical College and its huge campus at Nagpur to a private operator for developing it on BOT basis.

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- Dinesh Naidu move, it was stalled with the help of a PIL. Health for All: Extending a Helping Hand: · Branded medicines are expensive and many patients cannot afford them though prescribed by doctors. To overcome this difficulty, Janmanch started a Generic Medicine shop at Nagpur, inspired by Amir Khan's popular TV show 'Satyamev Jayate', the first in Central India. More have since been opened at Amravati and Nagpur. · Janmanch' started the 'Jeevan Dayee Yojana' in August 2013, to give a financial helping hand to poor patients for medicines as well as surgical operations.

Standing for Common Cause: · Nagpur had only one Regional Transport Office catering to a population of 2.5 million, thus causing great inconvenience to people in the farflung areas of the city. 'Janmanch' took up the matter, and succeeded in getting a second RTO office started in Nagpur. · A PIL was filed to reduce the growing noise pollution in the city. As a result, many Silence Zones were created all over the city, especially around hospitals, schools and religious places. · The Central Government had decided to dispose hazardous waste of the Bhopal Gas Disaster by burning it at Nagpur. Gases produced in the process would have posed a serious health hazard for Nagpurians, hence Janmanch challenged the decision and succeeded in reversing the decision. · Janmanch' took recourse to a PIL to restore to the Nagpur University forty acres of prime land belonging to it and acquired but not utilized by the state government.

· Janmanch runs free coaching classes for poor and deserving students. · Janmanch run a free Legal Aid Centre. · Janmanch has adopted the village Pahurjira (Khamgaon, Buldana district) for all round development. It helps the people of this village by addressing problems related to revenue, electric supply, bank l o a n s , d e b t r e c o v e r y, w o m e n empowerment, new farming techniques and health checkup, to make the village a role model for others to follow.

Engaging the Masses:

· The demand for a separate state of Vidarbha has been simmering for a long time, but always brushed aside on the ground that it does not have popular backing. To find out the truth, Janmanch conducted a referendum on the issue. The people of Nagpur participated with great enthusiasm and nearly 90% of the nearly six lakh people voting in favor of separate Vidarbha state. Taking a cue from this, other NGOs conducted similar exercise at Chandrapur, Amravati and Yavatmal with identical results.

JANMANCH welcome volunteers for their activities by head or heart, help with time, sympathy in any area and also in reporting any injustices noticed.

You can reach Janmanch at: M-5, Premium Plaza, Khare Town, Dharampeth, Nagpur www.janmanchngo.org

IMPA CTI N G LIVES -Atul Shah through this project in the coming years and also inspire many more towards Cadaveric Donations.

ROTARY OCHRI SKIN BANK

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This month we have a look at the Impact being created by our “new kid on the block” – The Rotary Skin Bank in association with OCHRI (Orange City Hospital).

This project was conceived in the Rotary year 2013-14 and got implemented on 27th Aug 2014. This is the first of its kind in Central India and only the 4th across the country. The intention and reason behind this noble project was - To make available skin grafts at an extremely reasonable cost - Use of Cadaveric Skin graft in treatment of burn patient is known to reduce pain, fluid loss and number of repeated surgeries and also the overall hospital stay by causing and facilitating early recovery - It is a life saving facility - The Project has potential to influence outcome, mode of treatment and financial implications to lacs of burn patient who suffer and go through this deadly trauma.

Rotary Skin Bank project was implemented with a total investment of Rs.25 lacs. This amount sounds huge but the direct financial benefit it o ff e r s t o a p a t i e n t i s enormous. Let us look at the following illustration based on the donations received till date.

Each donation makes around

1000 sq.cm Skin available for use. 1000 sq.cm synthetic artificial Skin costs around Rs 5,00,000/.

In a short span of 45 days, Rotary Skin Bank has received 3 donations thus making 3000 sq.cms of skin available for graft. The total cost as illustrated above, for 3000 sq.cms of Skin is Rs.15,00,000/!

Rotary Skin Bank is making this available to needy patients at Rs. 30/- per sq.cms., thus bringing down the cost of 3000 sq.cms of skin to Rs.90,000/- only, translating into net saving of Rs.14,10,000/-.

Moreover as stated earlier, the use of Cadaveric Skin graft in treatment of burn patient helps in faster recovery and because it is a natural graft, requiring fewer surgeries further reducing the cost and trauma for the patient.

The “new kid on the block” has truly taken off. This is just the beginning.

Numerous needy patients will benefit

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SMILI N G FA CES

-Hetal Sampat

Rupak Diwakar– Recipient of scholarship funded by Scholarship Committee – Rotary Club of Nagpur Simple, yet unassuming...orphaned at a very young age, he has come up on his own by his own grit and determination. Originally from Bhandara he completed his std 12 after schooling at different schools living with different relatives. He came to Nagpur after finishing his 12th and it was here that his local guardian suggested he live at the Ramakrishna Math. He lived at the Math for 4 years imbibing the serenity and the disciplined life that it offers. He received support from the Rotary Club of Nagpur in the form of a scholarship of Rs. 2000 each year of his graduation and post graduation. Graduation did from Dharampeth Mundle College and the post graduation from GS college of Commerce and Economics.

After completing his studies he joined Pix Transmission as an Executive Assistant. He worked there for a year and then got a better opportunity from Balram Agro Industries, Butibori. He now works as an Marketing executive to sell the product 'The Rotavator' which is an attachment to the tractor to till the harvested land. His area of work are the villages of Vidarbha.

He has come a long way in life but still has miles to go ahead. It is these simple stories which motivate us to be contributors to Project Smiling Faces and to give a fresh lease of life to these children of God.

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YO U N G A C HIEVERS

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Superpandit.com This is a success story of two youth from Mumbai having a humble background who have launched a novel dot com and are currently running the most soughtafter site for puja services.

www.superpandit.com is incubated and mentored by Nagpur based, Lemon Ideas, the brain child of Mr. Deepak Menaria.The aim behind setting up www.superpandit.com is to provide qualified and hassle free Pujari services

and other puja related products, on one click. They are the unique site which has innovated in the spiritual world and are in the process of simplifying the mode of worship. Lemon Ideas has played a very crucial role in their venture because they have helped to channelize all of their energy and focus only on the puja service.

They helped in building the strategy for designing the service model. They consider having Lemon Ideas on the board of mentors of superpandit as a privilege. They have been covered by all Marathi news channels like ABP majha(GheBharari) , IBN Lokmat, TV9 Marathi, Etv Marathi etc.newspaper like, Maharastra Times, Pujhari etc. for the unique concept and execution of the same.

Hiplogik Hiplogik is the brainchild of Bangalore based Amit Tiwari.It is an IT company which develops solutions to impact businesses and persons alike. The Aim behind setting up Hiplogik is quite

An idea sparked to lemon ideas involves idea generation – idea validation – conversion to a business plan – looking for an angel or HNI to fund the project – handholding in the initial days – support till the venture is on its own feet. The organisation has a large network of mentors spread across the globe.

Currently they have around 15 startups pan India, in the various stages of growth.

Entrepreneurial skills is the service offered by Lemon ideas for stabilising the venture.

The Lemon school of Entrepreneurship has been also started by Mr. Menaria. It is the first of its kind in the country. Nagpur based, exploiting the locational advantage of the city, the school will train the students/youth in the niche area of entrepreneurship.

According to Mr. Menaria the youth today is more exploratory, has more dreams and is ready to experiment with new ventures. As a mentor, Lemon Ideas is ready to channelize and navigate the dreams to a successful fruition but parental role is very important at this stage. If the parents support their childrens ideas and allow them to start an novel venture not expecting them to be a part of the rat race, alot of more start-ups can come up in mid size towns like Nagpur.

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simple. In one word it is Impact. Amit wants to develop solutions that simplify things for people. Be it their daily life or their professional life. Lemon Ideas helped him understand the path he should take to start up the venture. They even helped with Idea validation and refining.

Lemon Ideas is also helping Hiplogik by generating few leads and also by giving visibility to my company from their huge platform. He feels that all these are quite essential in the initial days of a business.

In coming Months they plan expand to a bigger team to cater to their initial service of helping startups in technology solution building. By the end of this year Hiplogik will be Out and Loud in market with a suite of apps and products also.

Collegenucleus.com Brainchild of Avishek Tiwari, Brian Fernandes and Vishvanath Singh, www.collegenucleus .com was set up with the aim reducing of employability gap among the pool of fresh graduates in their respective MNCs. CN would act as an enabler in addressing this gap through CPI (Challenge, Projects & Internships) and the Co-curricular module. While, the co-curricular module in already up

and running the CPI module is slated to be launched on 1st July 2014. They partnered with Lemon ideas in Jan 2015 and since then Deepak and his team have been integrally helping them across various tenets of our overall growth strategy (product pivots, technology, go-to-market, networking, funding etc.).

Together they are working towards disrupting this ecosystem. In the short term they are planning to undertake a rebranding exercise with the scheduled launch of the CPI module on 1st July 2015. They would be focussing on hitting the critical mass of colleges and students by next year.

They are looking to raise some funds to fuel their aggressive growth plans which include hiring and sales & marketing initiatives. In the long term they have plans to go global and be another Jewel under the make in India campaign.

Mentorspeak Lemon Ideas was founded in 2012 by Mr. Deepak Menaria the ex founder of Lambent Technologies Limited. The idea was to provide support and guide startups to see the light of the day. Mr. Menaria has an affinity towards youth and their developme nt. Thus the idea was conceived to create an ecosystem wherein the youth c o u l d bounce their ideas and these thoughts could be channelize d to create a successful venture.

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New Members

A second innings in Rotary is what she is looking for, says fresher Dr Pratibha Siriya. A past president of the R C of Orange City, she realized there was not much for her to do there anymore and she yet wanted to do a lot for society, hence thought the best way to continue to serve was by joining the R C of Nagpur, where we have projects by the dozen.

Ex Director- Students Welfare at the RTMNU, this academician has been the Vice Principal of Dr Ambedkar College for the last 27 years. Umpteen degrees, 10 books on Commerce and Management and a full time career to her credit, she has been a guide to thousands of students of

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which 8 students have even earned a doctorate under her guidance.

Married to Retired District Judge, Hon. Shri Mahendra Siriya, they have a 26 year old son Shekhar.

Shekhar did his Engineering from YCCE and MBA from Pune and is currently working in Pune with Tech Mahindra.

Justice Siriya, started as a pharmacist in Kamptee. With a B Pharm to his credit, he joined the family business of Wholesale and Retail Medicines. His love for the Judiciary made him take up Law. After acquiring an LLB, LLM, BBM and MBA,

Dr Pratibha Siriya

one fine day he decided to switch to Judiciary. After retiring last year, he wants to take life easy while wife Pratibha fulfills her dreams. He supports her in all her endeavors and is also looking forward to her new Rotary status.

Welcome Dr Pratibha and Mahendra, we are more than happy to have experienced people like you.

-Manju Shahani

Kapil is a true blue Nagpurian having studied at Saraswati Vidyalaya up to matriculation and graduating from GS College of Commerce and Economics. He completed his post-graduation in Marketing and Advertisement from Bhavans and started working in the business of Mayur Tiles while pursuing his graduation itself.

His pretty and enthusiastic better half Kanchan is from Hyderabad, where she did her B.Sc in Home Science. They have two boys Harshvardhan aged 12 and Raghav aged 9.

They have had a blissful 15 years of married life. The whole family is very adventure oriented, and are members of 'Adventure Achievers'. This club conducts adventure activities for the young and old alike. In addition to that Kapil enjoys playing and watching cricket and going on wildlife safaris.

They were introduced to Rotary by Raj Shah and they view Rotary as a platform to serve the people. Welcome to the Rotary fold Kapil and Kanchan !! - Hetal Sampat

They have so many friends in Rotary that they never felt the need to join!

Siddharth and Archana have been a part of our club indirectly for a long time.

They could attend many of our fellowships through some friend or the other and also did a lot of projects with our Club, when they had their designing institute.

Son and Daughter in law of our ex member Mrs. Nisha Saraf, they were a part of Round Table Club knew they would not do justice to Rotary as well. Now that he is a Square Leg (in Round Table), at PP Vijay insistence, they couldn't stay out.

Though born in Nagpur, Siddharth spent most of his childhood in Hospet. He did his schooling in Mayo College – Ajmer, followed by a degree in Electronics from IIT Delhi; and it was only after marriage, that he settled down in Nagpur.

Initially he joined the family Corrugation Unit but soon diversified to Real Estate. Today he is busy establishing a Township. Archana, his better half is totally involved in his business along with managing her franchise for Shiamak Davar Dance Classes. Atul Gupta (also our member) is a partner in this franchise also.

Born in Dehradoon, Archana also did her education at Ajmer (no, they didn't meet then) and Fashion Designing from Delhi.

Their 19 year old daughter Ishika just graduated in BBA from Ajmer and aims to pursue a career in the Culinary Arts in the UK, while 15 year old Sanidhya is still at Mayo - Ajmer.

Welcome to the Rotary fold.

-Manju Shahani

Siddharth Saraf

12th April

DISTRICT LITERA CY SEMI N AR Organised by Rotary Clubs in Chandrapur school adopted by RC Chandrapur .

The plenary session started with a literacy song sung by students of Tiruvanja ZP school. During the plenary session various speakers expressed their views about different aspects of TEACH. PDG Kishor Kedia, PDG Gopalrao Shiralkar, PDG Raje Sangramsingh Bhosale, DGE Mahesh Mokalkar, DGN Dr. Rajan were the moderators for the different sessions. Prof. Anjum Qureshi, spoke on Teacher's Support, Rtn. Rajendra Bhamare on E-Learning, Rtn. Shabbir Shakir on Adult Literacy, AG Ravindra Ostawal on Child development, Vishwas Chakanalwar on Happy School.

Mr. Ashutosh Salil CEO Z P and Addl.

Collector of Chandrapur said that elearning is essential for students to be competitive. With efforts of Rotary and Government organisations, e-learning can reach all Zilla parishad Schools. On this occasion, four Computers and five elearning setups were given to ZP Schools by the RC Hirai Chandrapur and Ambuja Foundation.

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H'ble Hansraj Ahir Minister of State Chemicals and Fertilizers inaugurated the function.

He applauded the efforts of Rotary to start the TEACH project to free India from the bane of illiteracy. Prof. Dr. Y.J Rayalu was the Keynote speaker. DLCC Rtn. Bhalchandra Chande (Ram) reiterated Literacy program and 'Rotary India Global Dream: “Each One, Reach One and Teach One Campaign�. DG Dada Deshmukh focused on District Literacy Mission, AG Hemant Kulkarni Rotary and Club Presidents' Arun Tikhe, Satish Madhamshettiwar, Dr. Anagha Wadekar, Convener Pradeep Bukkawar, Advisor Shafique Ahamad were present on the dais in inaugural session.

A skit on education ( Mrs. Savitribai and Mahatma Jyotiba Fuley) was presented by a student of Tiruvanja ( Village) ZP

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