Nov 2013 - The Golden Orange by Rotary Club of Nagpur

November 2013

VOCATIONAL VISIT It is fashionable these days to say 'No to Plastics'. Does that mean All Plastic? No Way. We cannot even think of a convenient life style, without plastic. Right from groceries, to fruits, vegetables, kitchen containers, water bottles, buckets etc. All day, we need to use plastic made things. Agreed, we should avoid the lower grade, recycled plastic but it is almost impossible to say NO. And on Sunday the 27th October, some of us saw, the boon that plastic could be. We visited the State of the Art factory belonging to our members, Neelesh, Vishal & Vaibhav Agrawal. PLASTO, as the name suggests is a 30 year old Unit at MIDC, started by the Agrawal family. They were into manufacture of Plastic Water Tanks. 12 years back, the younger generation took

R C Plasto Tanks-HINGNA MIDC over & by 2014 they shall be the Numero Uno in that field. Today, they make not only the water tanks, but also pipes of all sorts & practically all plumbing fittings. (I wish this report were being done by someone more knowledgeable about these things) As a lay man, I thought, what I saw was magic! A water tank with a 1000 liters capacity, made in 5 minutes. Yes you read it right. Just 5 minutes. You just put a specific quantity of powder & lo & behold, 5 minutes later you have a huge tank in front of you! Believe me, it was not I alone who was fascinated. Everyone of us, children included were in total awe. And what treatment! After a tasty & sumptuous breakfast at the Kale home, (where all 6 of them were as hospitable as ever), we reached the plant to tables loaded with, oranges, chickoos,

sugarcane, guavas, water chestnuts, carrots, cucumber… the list is long. Another large spread for lunch after the visit was over. And the icing on the cake was a GIFT for each & every one. (Shall not reveal, what we got, so that, those of you who didn't come, envy us—ha ha) The Agrawal clan was at their hospitable best. More than 30 members who visited can vouch for this. Thank you Neelesh, Vishal & Vaibhav along with Alka, Alpana & Neha for such an excellent morning. May your tribe rise! Thanks Akash for a very infotaining vocational visit. Were it not for all your SMSs, many of us wouldn't have been there. Those of you missed coming, really missed something. Plactic –nay PLASTO is here to stay. - Manju Shahani

Inside the plant1

President with Vishal & Neelesh

Pre Departure Breakfast

Testing Durability

Inside the plant

The impressive gathering

Fellowship

President’s Message Emergence of excellence is always through diversity and our Rotary club has this potential in abundance to churn out the best in every avenue of service. The moment an idea is tossed, all sharp minds in the club with diverse expertise immediately engage themselves to evolve the best and most effective solution. October being observed as a month of vocational services, an idea of making each Rotarian know the vocational skills of fellow Rotarian was mooted and the concept of creating a "Dynamic Website" of the club emerged where apart from the personal information of the member in the form of an e-roster, the details of their vocation/profession along with the links to their respective website would also be made available. Members would be supported to access their web page to revalidate / update the information themselves. Such additional information at hand, shortly being enabled on club's existing website with required modifications would greatly assist Rotarians in availing the expert advice/services of the fellow Rotarians for the club projects. These interactions would also strengthen the interpersonal bond most crucial for their active and meaningful participation in service projects. Honoring our Rotarians for their excellence in vocation and visit to their manufacturing works as a part of vocational at work were the highlights of the month. Overwhelmingly sought "District Interact Meet " held for 3 days at Jain International School with participation of 175 interactors was a great success and also brought in focus the hidden organizational talent of our Rotarians. The celebration of Diwali is to continue till 15th with club's grand fellowship and let us all express our joy by generously donating to Rotary Foundation during this "Rotary Foundation Month” and experience the blissful satisfaction. ?I wish all the Rotary families very prosperous, healthy and fulfilling year ahead. Yours in Rotary -Prashant Kale

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CREDITS Director: Sohrab Kanga Chairperson: PP Shabbir Shakir Editor: Parag Paranjpe Processing: Eskay's Scanner Designing: Gurushree Graphics Printing: Shabbir Shakir Paper: Courtesy BILT

FRONT PAGE Celebrating Excellence at Vocational Service Awards Workshop for Specially Abled (Carry bag form old news paper) Celebrating World Polio Day All 'Ear' to Dr Neena Parekh at SVMM

Thinking Otherwise Its Election time folks!! The festival of democracy is here. It doesn't matter if its not in our constituency or state. 24*7 media ensures that no matter where we are, whether its outcome affects us or not, eventually we get hooked to it. Being an Indian (argumentative, some might say) we have inherent strength of analyzing, debating politics …and cricket. How can I forget predicting results!! Right from the local panchayat election to Municipal Corporation and right up to the parliament, we simply love elections. (In fact it actually had impact on this month's medical diagnostic camp in association with Swami Vivekananda Medical Mission. Please read its report to appreciate the good work done by this committee) Coming month will witness some interesting contest and with the introduction of 'None of the above' option in 'candidate list' it will get even more interesting. Though NOTA won't change the result at least it won't give any excuse for 'Bhad mein jaye election…sab chor hai' types citizens!! It is often said that people holds the power in democracy. They are the kingmakers, but ironically it is the people who suffer most if the government they choose comes out to be incompetent and corrupt. It reminds me of famous quote by Irish Republican Army (IRA) when its assassination bid of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet failed. It issued a statement saying '…Today we were unlucky, but remember we only have to be lucky once. You will have to be lucky always'. How true!! Likewise voters need to be lucky at all elections and afterwards. They have to use their prudence & judgment, for their fate is linked to the performance (or non performance) of those very people whom they chose over others. Politicians, on the other hand need to be lucky only once. That's so unfair. But that's how it is. All said and done democracy has its inherent advantage that we take for granted just because we haven't tasted dictatorship!! Greek philosopher Plato in The Republic says that societies develop from dictatorship to oligarchy to democracy to chaos and then back to dictatorship. Chaos develops out of democracy. Thankfully Indians for last 65 years have not only survived this chaos and flourished but also managed not to veer towards dictatorship. Let us enjoy this festival along with festival of lights. Shubh Deepavali!! - Parag Paranjpe

YOUR VIEWS Dear Rtn President Prashant Kale, I have been impressed by the outstanding work done by Rotary Club of Nagpur, year after year. I enjoy reading about them in your well brought out monthly magazine "The Golden Orange". In the September 2013, I read about your club's program distributing adult's diapers to inmates of Shanti Mohan. This might be the first program of this type being undertaken in India if not Asia. Please congratulate Mulani family for their thoughtful gesture. Keep up the good work. All the best in your future programmes. With best wishes and regards, Yours in Rotary, -PDG Dr. Rekha Shetty

There will be a best letter prize every month. So keep writing. Also mail your photograph along with your letter.

BEST LETTER Dear Parag, My heartiest congratulations to you for managing the job of editor of our prestigious Rotary Magazine. I'm happy that our bulletin continues to maintain its premium position. I feel GO is not only compendium of functions, but also serve as brochure in which all members came to know about the activities, efforts, time and devotion of active members through its pages. I take this opportunity to share few things about club, members and projects;

I have seen there are several members who don't attend even a single meeting, but always find time to attend fellowship. Efforts should be more on service project than fellowship. Many projects do not reach the needy person. I think more efforts should be put in to identify the needy and create projects specially targeted at them. If Chairpersons are elected, than Director should evaluate the capability of chairperson and distribute work

accordingly rather than burdening single chairperson who is taking keen interest. Fellowships are important to socialize and to make new friends, but more service projects ALONG with fun will make this prestigious club more successful and reach the Pinnacle. Once again congratulations for the wonderful job of providing information through GO. Keep it up!! -Sushma Hedaoo

Dear President, NOT FAIR, NOT FAIR, WE WANT JUSTICE. It is a really wonderful idea for our lovely ladies to celebrate SINJARA. They really enjoy and have a real blast. They are dressed in what they like best and have a lot of music and dancing and lovely food. They do all this for the long lives of their dear husbands. The husbands are really proud of their wivies doing all this to show how much they love us. Hats off lovely ladies and especially to Manju and Veenita to organize this event. We are very proud that no husbands are allowed and they manage everything so well. When you return home - no one asks anything we come to know only when told by you.

Pres we must also do something to show our REAL love for our wivies it is not fair on our part not to do anything for our wivies. We must also do something to show our true love and also do something for the long lives of our dear wivies. Now we must have SINJARI. Where we men must must meet at least once a week or once a month and wish long lives for our beloved - it will not be classified as celebration or entertainment, as we are doing this only for our dear wivies. PDG Vishwas should be made chairman emeritus as he would be very ably guide us. This should be held in a place where mobiles do not work (nobody should be able to contact us). We dress up in any way we like (Chandru you can dress up the way you want). We eat and drink whatever and as much we desire (all wivies to note - especially

my wife Dilshad). No photographs, no reports, no mention in GO or meetings. Should be mandatory for all husbands to attend, attendance compulsory (presidents diktat - no wife can challenge). The starting time should be strictly followed (again all wivies to note), we will return whenever we want - no questions to be asked on return (wivies should not activate their 'lie detectors' on us reaching home). Dear ladies please understand we are ONLY doing all this for your long lives. It is justice being seeked for our dear wivies - I am sure all you gracious ladies, being so considerate will agree with me. Humble requestor on behalf of all husbands -Jehangir Doongaji

Dipesh Ajmera

Dr. Kishor Taori

Micky Arora

3rd October Our 3rd Business meeting was held on 3rd October 2013 at Udyog Bhavan at 6pm.President Prashant Kale greeted all the members & Spouses who celebrated their Birthdays & Anniversaries in this week. Jatin Sampat, Girish Deodhar, Sushma Hedaoo, Rita Aggrawal made project announcement for the coming week. Treasurer Bharat Parikh read the Treasurers report for the month and appraised the house about the club bank

balances. President Elect Bharat Goenka informed the house about the Amendments in Club Constitution, after some debate & discussion the amendments were kept pending to be cleared in next business meeting after required changes in amendments. PP Shiraz Gimi & Editor Parag Paranjpe released golden Orange. Meeting was well attended by members. Meeting was adjourned after singing of National Anthem.

Mocktails by Sonia Dewan Sonia Dewan was the guest speaker who kept the Rotary Anns deliciously enthralled for an hour. She demonstrated how to make delicious chocolates in different shapes and sizes with different fillings, like crunchy flakes, dry fruits and alcohol. She also demonstrated how to make colourful mocktails. She advised the ladies to let their imagination take over while preparing a mocktails. The lovely ladies present for the meeting later on indulged themselves in tasty chocolates. It was a lovely evening spent learning how to make yummy

chocolates and tasty mocktails.

Snoring and its ill effects Our 10th of Octobers regular Thursday meeting had Dr. Ashok Arbat as our guest speaker who enlightened us on snoring and its ill effects. Snoring is one of the major Menaces faced in the world, which according to some estimates about 30 % to 40 % people snore including Children. Why and how to stop it was talked on by Dr. Arbat who is Central India's leading pulmonologist and director at KRIMS Hospital. He told us about how obstructive steps Apnea (OSA) and snoring is Co-related. If you snore everyday and feel exhausted or sleepy in daytime, then you are suffering from OSA. OSA is a condition when muscles holding tongue and pharying at its position become weak or floppy. While sleeping, tongue falls

BUSINESS MEETING

- Sunil Bhatia

LADIES MEETING

- Shalini Naidu

REGULAR MEETING

back and obstructs windpipe. So when air passes through, it creates a typical noise called SNORING. Its treatment depends on the severity of disease, lifestyle modification change of position during sleep and CPAP therapy and may be surgeries in some cases. CPAP therapy is gold standard treatment in management of OSA. Many members who are patients of it admitted that it did helped in the treatment of snoring. With this machine air session, members had many questions that way is kept patent / open with the pressure of were very well answered by Dr. Arbat. Earlier, air, preventing Collapse of airway or respective chairpersons made club protrusion of tongue in the windpipe. With this announcements. The meeting concluded with therapy, we can control the risk of HT, DM, singing of national anthem. strokes and other hormone imbalances, - Dr. Pooja Poddar Cardiac problems. After his talk during Q&A

Origin, Impact and Future of Digital Age

REGULAR MEETING 17 t h October Thursday witnessed an interesting evening at the weekly meeting at Udyog Bhavan. The guest speaker was Mr Prashant Joshi. He is an independent IT enabler and educator with more than 3 decades of experience in IT and Technology field. The meeting began with customary birthday and anniversary greetings followed by important project announcement for coming week. Mr Joshi is his audio video presentation spoke about evolution of technology over a last few centuries. The earlier agricultural age (for about thousand years) gave way to Industrial revolution in 17th century that lasted for around 250 years. Then came the IT age or popularly know as information age. Now with the rapid strides in development stage of IT, the only limiting factor is your own imagination. He calls this stage as conceptual age. The pace of development has been staggering. He presented some facts that showed that for Radio, it took 38 years to touch 5 crore mark, TV on the other hand did it in 13 years while

facebook reached the number in mere 3 years. Google+ on the other hand did that in just around 3 months!! The viral you tube videos are testimony to that. 100 crore views in just about a year!! Astonishing. This reach and pace is simply amazing. According to him new frontiers are being explored with the advancement of technology. With the combination of Bio, Nano and Information technology, it is possible to explore areas, which till date considered as unreachable. He shared examples of use of technology in transmitting thoughts, controlling someone else's brain via Internet and few other interesting stuff. Amidst all the goody-goody news he also warned about the danger of losing privacy. The Internet in its current form is more of a one-way track where the web simply gives tons of information for our query. It is person to person interaction. But the day is not far off when contact of human to static things will become a reality. You talking to your 'Car' or a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Home' or may be a â&#x20AC;&#x153;microwave or a Fridge' will soon be a reality. The RFID with a

WELFARE OF SPECIALLY ABLED The workshop to demonstrate and train physically and mentally challenged people to make different types of marketable carry bags out of old newspaper was held last month by the Slum Development & Women Upliftment Committee. This project was in collaboration and under the guidance of Mr. Surendra Shroff, District Chairman of 'Save Planet Earth' Committee of Rotary Club of Pune. The workshop was conducted by his very able trainer Mr. Sunil More, who taught over 150 people of two institutes in Nagpur the art of making different types of carry bags. The project just didn't end there, since that day we are providing the schools with old newspapers & greeting cards collected from members and these children are giving us back the finished product. These bags can cater to the needs of

size smaller than a nail fitted on almost all the things that you wear Eg shirt, pant, belt, shoes, watch can transmit information to all and sundry. The privacy goes for a toss and so the risk associated with it multiplying manifold. The need according to him is not to avoid technology but to embrace it with lots of responsibly. The talk was very well punctuated with humorous anecdotes and it was truly an eye opener for technically challenged members. Rtn Prashant Rajurkar introduced the speaker while Rtn Sachin Palewar proposed a vote of thanks. -Team GO

Workshop on Making Newspaper Carry Bag

various shops, boutiques, bakeries etc and give a good source of income to the needy. The response has been overwhelming and very encouraging. It gives us a sense of satisfaction as large numbers of handicapped people are roped in to make these bags. Special thanks to Nisreen Maimoon and Jumana Shakir for appreciating our initiative by purchasing 300 bags for their boutique. Another lot of 150 bags was supplied to Nagpur Kirana Stores. An order of around 200 bags will soon be delivered to a known boutique. These bags are priced very reasonably and the funds so collected are directly given to the handicapped people who made them. This project could not have been successful without the support of Rotarians, who generously donated old newspapers to

enable non-stop supply of carry bags. A special thanks to Rtn. Shabbar Shakir for giving duplex paper strips of the required size and number wherever needed. It gives immense satisfaction that by joining our hands together, we were able to give a source of livelihood to a group of nearly 6-8 physically handicapped, who need special mention, as they were keenly involved in making these carry bags. The members in their group have increased remarkably since last month, signifying that the workshop is a grand success. Further, if anyone is interested in purchasing these bags and extending a hand for charity can contact Rtn. Nirja Shukul at 9766721901 or Rtn. Ragini Sahu at 9890101657. - Ragini Sahu

Vocational Excellence Awards th

The regular meeting of Thursday the 24 October 2013 began with President Prashant Kale briefing the audience about the discovery of polio vaccine and the worldwide polio eradication program undertaken by rotary international, to commemorate 'world polio day'. GSE team member, sponsored by our club, Ms Chanda Sinhababu made the presentation of her visit to Texas and New Mexico â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 'Down the memory lane'. She explained through power point presentation, her visit to district 5520. One interesting things she observed during their Rotary meeting is that the badges of members are kept in the club itself. The members put them on, before the meeting. As the time is on premium, meetings are conducted with 'food-on-table'. She displayed the photographs of Fantasy Park for children at Alpaso Bandelier- the dwellings of Weblos (red Indians) and milk farm called Carlsbud Cavern. She exchanged the our club's flag with the host club which she later presented to President. Mrs Mika Kale and Mrs Anjuli Minocha, the two new members were inducted to the present strength of 350, amidst a huge round of applause. October being Vocational month, our club recognized outstanding Rotarian who excelled in their

respective vocations. Rtn. Khushnoor Chug compered the Vocational Excellence Award program. The awardees were - Dipesh Ajmera, Dr Kishor Taori and Jasbirsingh (fondly know as Mickey) Arora. Rtn. Harish Thakur introduced Rtn. Dipesh Ajmera. Born in 1972 Dipesh, an alumnus of Hislop College and Managing Director of Ajmera Tyres has five stores to his credit and plans to reach a magic figure of one hundred stores by 2020. He shared his success mantra- You Keep employees on salary and they always want something extra. But, he changed the formula and made them 'profit sharing partners' and floodgate of growth was opened to his business. Rtn Vinita Chaturvedi introduced Professor Dr Kishor Taori. He is the Chairman of Maharashtra Medical Council and National President of Radiology of SAARC country. With his illustrious bio-data Dr Taori has bough laurels to the city of Nagpur. He was instrumental is getting the CT and Image scanning machine to GMC Nagpur thus bringing in much needed advantage to patients who earlier could not afford these high end diagnostic services. In response to the felicitation, Dr Taori said- 'at hear I'm still a

REGULAR MEETING villager and as a villager I always suffered from 'fear psychosis'. But soon I realized that one has to be always on the top to overcome this complex. 'I have showcased, that in public sector undertakings also a good job can be done'- he further added. Rtn. Shiv Rao introduced the third recipient of this prestigious award and his dear friend, Rtn. Jasbirsingh Arora (Mickey). A man whose business career began with a modest TVS Lucas Spare Part Shop, today, boasts of a chain of hotels, construction & real estate and a fisheries business employing well over one thousand employees. In response, an evercheerful Mickey gave credit for his success to parents' blessings and family support. Mantra for success, he explained, consists of hard work and consistency of efforts on the right direction. 'Success to arrive, takes its own time. One must have confidence and patience' he further added. Khushnoor in her vote of thanks made it a point to acknowledge the presence of large number of members that shows the bonding and camaraderie Rotary has created amongst members. The program ended with the National Anthem. - Sharad Bhave

MEDICAL COMMITTEE

Swami Vivekanand Medical Mission

Diagnostic Health Camp was organised at Gumgaon village's Chinchulkar Sabhagruh on Saturday 20th October 2013, 10 am to 2pm. The total number of patients screened and treated was 252. President Prashant Kale inaugurated the camp. Thanks to the team of Doctors from various faculties who contributed to the success of the camp - Dr. Rajesh Singhvi, Dr. Rajesh Singhania Surgeons, Dr Prashant Choudhary Ophthalmologist, Dr. Neena Parekh- ENT, Gynaec - Dr Shubhada Gade, Physician Dr. Gira Soni, Dr. Abhijit Mishra, Dermatologist, Dr. Niranjan Dharaskar & Dr. Sanjay Marwah Ortho, Pediatricians Dr. Nachiket Joshi and Dr. Radha Krishna ,Dr. Rita Bhargava Nutritionist and her team of 4 from Indian Dietetic Association and Care Hospital - Ms Neha, Malvika, Dr. Sonal, Dr. Shweta. Respective doctors saw the registered patients and medicines were distributed as prescribed. Blood sugar and hemoglobin was done as per the need. Deworming was done to all the registered patients and kids. Nutrition, health and hygiene education was done with

the help of diet expo and display of healthy foods , balance diet and charts on various health issues like balanced diet, healthy lifestyle and good personal hygiene etc. Many patients were detected to have osteoarthritis and were counseled for the same. Dr Rita and her team of dieticians performed a skit on health and personal hygiene for the benefit of school kids. The day kick started with the sumptuous breakfast at Gupta's Residence. Immediately on reaching respective doctors settled in their respective departments i.e. Physician, Pediatrician, Orthopedic, Dental, Opthalm, Gynaec, Surgery and Nutrition, and started screening the patients. The highlight of the camp was the effort taken by Rt. Shabbar Shakir, Rt. Manish Bhati and Rt. Parag Paranjape in the pre camp publicity by way of announcements in various villages. It was by their effort that the patients came from far off places Inspite of local panchayat election campaign running parallely. Lunch was courtesy Fiona restaurant, thanks to our President Prashant Kale and family. Immense efforts by the entire team Secretary Sunil

Bhatia, Directors Sanjay Sethi and Dr.Prashant Choudhary. Chairpersons Rajesh Singhvi, Manish Bhati, Rita Bhargava, Shivani Bidaye, Neeta Gupta and Vineeta Pasari were taken for making the camp successful. Members present were PP Rajan Bhatia, Gulab Mahant, Vijay Naidu, Treasurer Bharat Parikh, Shabbar Shakir, Heera Mulani and Rajan Mulani, Bharat Goenka, Parag Paranjpe, Sachin Palewar and family, Jatin Sampat and family, Manjot Kahai, Gogi Bhasin, Rajiv Bhargava, Richa Sethi, Devendra and Vandana Agrawal. Special Thanks to Mulani family for donating earring aid kit for 5 kids. The team worked hard for the success of the camp. SVMM Doctors especially Dr. Mrudula Bapat and the nursing staff took lot of efforts in smooth functioning of the camp. Doctors and volunteers from Rotary and SVMM who gave their selfless services for this noble cause, my heartfelt thanks to one and all. The next Camp is scheduled on 24th November. - Dr. Rita Bhargava

Excellent participation from members

Rita explaining importance of nutritious food

Children turned up in large numbers

The skit explaining the importance of nutritious food

Unexpected hurdle in event promotion

Mulani family donated hearing aids

Long queue at registration desk

Blood donation camp along with medical camp

Dr Rajesh & Rajesh examining patient

Cleaning up Telankhedi Lake Environment is very essential in every aspect of life. All the components required for survival of living organism are gained through environment. Human beings utilize the natural resources for development of civilization. To standardize the quantity of human life, man uses the environment is different sectors of the development activities. Nowadays, our environment is getting destroyed due to the rising pollution and unconsciousness of the people towards it. Humans need to take some important measures to save it. They need to be aroused towards the aftermaths of ignoring the environment they live in. With a noble deed

in their heart, the environmentally conscious students of Centre Point School, Wardhman Nagar planned to do something towards the rising environmental degradation in the city. th The students of class 9th and 10 gathered on th the morning of 11 October 2013, to give back a little of what we take from our environment. They went to Telankhedi lake for ocean clean up (or to clean the lake) where they picked up all the non-biodegradable items from and around the lake and put them into garbage bags. The exercise continued from 10:00AM to 12 noon. Littering being the most common of all the human ignorant faults, it has to be

Matching Grant Project at Village Girad, District Wardha

INTERACT ACTIVITY thrown light upon which was very well done by the CPS interactors. It was an immense sight to see around 100 students working to make this earth a better place and to create an impact on everyone. All the waste such as balloons, plastic bottles, cans, tires that could be collected was properly stuffed into bags and was disposed properly. It was a day of great achievement and belief of what needs to be done to save our environment and to make our city beautiful. - Suranjana Roy

MATCHING GRANT

(Following is the letter written by PP Dr. Daga to Members of RID 6690 ) Dear Catherine & Friends, Our matching Grants Project No. 74100 in the year April 2011 to December 2011 in the Village Girad, District Wardha was undertaken with the help of Rotary Foundation for a total Project grant of $26,848/- with the help of our partners from USA Rotary clubs of PATASKALA, WHITEHALL, BEXLEY, GROVE CITY, DELAWARE RI DISTRICT 6690 and local Organization- Magan

Sanghrahalaya, Wardha. It is now more than 2 years and 3 Summers that we have seen since the Project started. I am indeed happy to forward this mail with the Photographs taken yesterday the 8th October 2013 as a follow up of the Project. It gives me immense pleasure to let you know that the Water level in the Water Conservation Project at Girad has really helped charge more than 50 wells in its vicinity and also has been a Life Line to the Villages a r o u n d t h e Vi l l a g e G i r a d . M a g a n

Sanghrahalaya and Vibha Gupta have been a source of inspiration for this project and continue to be with us. We from RI District 3030 and Rotary Club of Nagpur wish to thank the Members of our partner clubs and Office Bearers of Dist. 6690 for this wonderful project. May I request you, Catherine to forward this mail to the members/Presidents of the participating Clubs with a sense of Gratitude from all of us. Regards -Manmohan Daga

The Project

The Outcome

The Big Picture

Hasya-kavi Sammelan – Hislop College

ROTARACT ACTIVITY The Rotaract Club of Hislop College organised “HASYA-KAVI SAMMELAN”competition an youth based event in which the participants recited comic shayaries and poems as the event name suggested. The programme started at 10.30 a.m. and came to end at 2.30 p.m.The event was conducted by Rtr.Shonali Kanjilal and Rtr.Mukesh Pratap Singh.The show was j u d g e d b y M r. R i s h i A g r a w a l a n d Dr.Pradeep.M.Navghare. Rtn. Jatin Sampat Director Rotary Club of Nagpur was also present there with other dignitaries. The event started by a special performance by the

students of Hislop College presented by the talented singers Ronald and Joel. The participants recited not only comic poems but also recited some serious, issue based poems. After every performance, there where also games for the audience which was taken care of by Host Mukesh Pratap Singh. Every one enjoyed it and played it with interest. The whole programme along with the interviews of of the Rotaractors was on AIR at 94.3 My FM “jiyo dilse” which was conducted by Rj Preeti. The result was announced after all the performances but before that Mr.Rishi Agrawal sir also recited some poems.The First

prize was bagged by Mr. Ichchayakant Sharma whereas the second prize was given to Mr.Mayur Rana and Mr.Sunil Gond got the third prize. The Trophies were distributed by the Judges.The programme ended after the prize distribution. It was a grand success. A very special thanks to Madame Jigisha Naidu for her support and guidance. A special thanks to all the Rotaractors who worked very hard to make the programme a grand success. The programme was enjoyed by everyone and the hard work of the Rotaractors was appreciated by all. -Ruchita Haldar

Teaching Assignment at St. Micheal School As a first attempt of Rotary club of Hislop College 2013-14, the committee members took up the task of conducting classes at St. Micheal School, Gaddigodam Nagpur. A few members of the team went to the respective School and taught the students continuously, for one hour. i.e. from 12.40pm-1.40pm. Rtr Mukesh Pratap Singh taught “Mathematics” to the Students of 6th std. Whereas Rtr Shonali

Kanjilal taught “English” to the Students of 8th std. The two classes went on simultaneously for 1 hour. As Rtr. Mukesh was teaching mathematics and Rtr Shonali was teaching English, to their particular classes. The students not only enjoyed the company of the Rotaractors but also studied very well. All the students co-operated with the Rotaractors and off course the discipline was maintained

throughout the class. In this attempt of the Rotaract members of Hislop College, the guidance of Madame Anita, the teacher incharge of St. Michal School needs a mention. Without whose help, the effort would not have been materialized so smoothly. The classes were completed at 1.40pm and Madame Himanshi was very pleased and thanked the Rotarians. - Ruchita Haldar

Tirpude's Management Students

The installation ceremony of newly elected members of 'Rotaract Club of Tirpude's Management Students' was conducted at the Auditorium of Tirpude College Nagpur, on 5th October, 2013. The ceremony started at 10:40am.Ummesalma Malik hosted the ceremony. The ceremony started by lighting the lamp by Rtn Prashant Kale, President of Rotary Club;; Rtn Bharat Goenka Preseident Elect; Rtn Shalini Naidu & Rtn Namita Sharma Chairperson; Rtn Prashant Rajurkar, Lalit kullar; Director of Tirpude College. Tokens in the form of saplings were given. This was followed by change of the guard presented to Anushi Jain-President by the Past President

Aakash Sachdev and badges to the other board members in the presence of Rotary President Prashant Kale. The office bearers and the board installed were: Anushi Jain - President Vishal Hemrajani -Vice President Piyush Chadha - Secretary Piyush Nagrani - Joint Secretary Ummesalma Malik -Treasurer Richa Sharma - Director Shivam Madan - Director Ritika Singh - Director Shanawaz khan â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Director Aakash Sachdev - Immediate Past President . Lalit Kullar, Director of Tirpude College enlightened the students with his inspiring words, explaining to the students why being a member of the Rotract Club was so important for improving one's conscious state and realizing that each one of us has the will to do better for the society. Rtn Prashant kale emphasised the need to make a difference in the world, not just by big actions but by every day smaller actions that ultimately become a moment to reckon with! He encouraged the Rotract members to participate in all events

Tree Plantation

ROTARACT CLUB

and to take benefit of workshops and seminars arranged for them. Past President Aakash Sachdev spoke of his amazing and eye opening experience in Rotract and his growth in the club, while the newly elected president Anushi Jain expressed her pleasure to take up the high responsibility with grit and willpower to do her best and also highlighted the yearly plan. The ceremony ended at 11.30am with a vote of thanks by Piyush Chadha and National Anthem sung by everyone. Some refreshing tea and snacks at the end of installation gave a chance for some informal chatter with Rotary members and the dignitaries. -Piyush Chadha

ROTARACT ACTIVITY

Rotaract Club of Hislop College organized a tree plantation drive. Prominently present for the tree plantation were Rtn Ann Shalini Naidu and director of the Rotary club of Nagpur Rtn.Jatin Sampat. The president of Rotaract Club of Hislop College Rtr.Mukesh Pratap Singh along with all his committee members and students of Hislop college worked hard for the success of the event. The rotractors have not only planted the trees but also adopted them and will be taking care of the trees on a regular basis. We are very thankful to the Rotarians for their precious time they have devoted and that too in such short notice. And our Teacher incharge Jigisha Naidu ma'am who inspite of some emergency came later for the plantation ceremony. Special thanks to all the committee members who gave their time and efforts for the success. - Ruchita Haldar

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BLOOD DONATION

Another educational institution saw the next blood donation camp, this time at Kamptee. Blood Donation camp at Porwal College, Kamptee took place on First October. A total of 18 students donated blood. Present amongst the Rotarians were Rajesh Yadav and Dr. Sheela Mundhada. The principal of the college took efforts to motivate his staff and students to donate blood and be a party to a noble cause. - Dr Sheela Mundhada

COMMUNITY WELFARE POLA CELEBRATION AT ANTER BHARTI ASHRAM SHALA Nutrition and Child Care committee celebrated Nagpur's very own Festival POLA ceremoniously at Antar Bharti Ashram Shala last month. There were 75 tiny tots present with their decorated wooden bulls. The children had come well dressed for the occasion and were looking very pretty in their traditional costumes. President Elect Rtn Bharat Goenka inaugurated the function by cutting ''TORAN''. He offered his best wishes

Nutrition And Child Care to the tiny tots. Chairperson of the Ashram Shala Rtd Colonel Shri Hastak also showered blessings on the kids. On the occasion sweets and gifts were distributed to all the kids. Rtn Ann Varsha Jaiswal sponsored these goodies. The Program was well conducted by Rtn. Shailaja Pingle. Present on the occasion were Director Public Relations Sanjay Sethi, Sargent-at-Arms Manjot Singh Kahai, Chairperson Gogi Bhasin, Rtn Ann Ritu Nahar, Kirti Jain, Sachin Palewar. Teacher-in-charge Mrs Kasbekar proposed vote of thanks. Program was thoroughly enjoyed by kids and

appreciated by all the members present. - Shailaja Pingle

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15 October is celebrated as global hand washing day. Rotary Club of Nagpur celebrated this day at South Point School, Omkar Nagar for Interact Club members with the theme- 'Clean Hands Clean Nails' (CHCN). The programme began with seeking the blessing of Goddesses Saraswati and prayer song by the school choir. This was followed by lightning of traditional lamp by the dignitaries present. All the dignitaries were welcomed with a flower as a token of love and affection by the Board of Directors of Interact Club 2013-14. Rtn. Sanjay Mohta explained the importance of cleaning the hands and cutting nails. Later Pramod Saboo senior member of Rotary Ishanya demonstrated the techniques of cleaning hands and the correct way to trim their nails. The children were called over for practical demonstration for the same. Rtn Saboo guided the students to carry a nail cutter in their pocket. This project will continue in the school for another week where the interactors would be demonstrating it to the junior classes. Assistant Governor and P.P. Rotary Club Rtn. Tauby Bhagwagar expressed her gratitude to the management of the school for being a part of this campaign and urged them to teach the right methods of washing hands to their younger sisters and

brothers and as well as to their uncle and aunt which will bring awareness and prevention for the various diseases. Rtn. Prashant Kale, President of Rotary Club Nagpur, Rtn. Sanjay Mohta, District Chair for CHCN & Past President of Rotary club of Nagpur Ishanya, Rtn. Tauby Bhagwagar Assistant Governor, Rtn. Chandru Shahani P.P. Rotary Club of Nagpur, Rtn. Pramod Saboo, senior member of Rotary Ishanya, Rtn. Rakhi Bhatia – Director services II, Hon'ble Mr. Bade Sir – Chairman of the school, Mr. Deaven Dasture,

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Director of the school, Dr. (Mrs.) Mrunalini Dasture – Principal of the School were present on this occasion. Director of the school Mr. Deaven Dasture proposed vote of thanks and expressed his gratitude by appreciating the Rotary members for the campaign, which is dedicated to raising awareness of this very simple method of hygiene of cutting nails and hand washing as a key approach to disease prevention. - Mrunalini Dasture

Donation of Water Heater

COMMUNITY WELFARE

Diwali is special for all ….old and young, rich and poor…. We at community service committee were collecting clothes, room heaters, flasks, OTG, Utensils and other items from all Rotarians for the past 3 months. Finally on the 29th and 30th of October, we distributed all the collected items to the Premature Baby Unit and

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Eye Check up Camp – Mohan Nagar A Cataract Detection and Surgical Camp was held in association with 'Parivartan Citizen Forum” a local NGO run by Dinesh Naidu on th 6 October 2013 at Mohan Nagar, Nagpur. The camp was well publicized in the area by way of distribution of leaflets, Banners and also by making announcement through public address system, with all these measures the camp evoked good response and in all 112 patients turned up for check-up out of which 38

patients were detected with cataract by the team of doctors and support staff from Anjani Eye Hospital. These short listed patients will be operated on a later date at Anjani Eye Hospital. President Prashant Kale, Hon. Secretary Sunil Bhatia, Director Medical Dr Prashant Choudhari, Dr. Shaunak & Shriya Mokadam, Manju Bhatia, Dinesh & Kanchan Naidu, worked hard to make this worthwhile project a great success. - Dinesh Naidu

Donation Of Matresses, Blankets And Television Sets Divya Jyoti is house of around 150 children with special needs, running without government aid .In the same way Saoner school of Deaf and Dumb has children in the age group of 6 to 20.Specially Abled committee has long association with these two organisation and has been helping them with resources available. Since winter is round the corner, they needed mattresses and blankets. Rtn Prithpal Vij, made the generous contribution of fifty mattresses and blankets. On 10th Oct.2013,at Udyog Bhawan thirty mattresses, blankets, one television set

WELFARE OF SPECIALLY ABLED

uniform of student and old clothes were distributed to Saoner School of Deaf and Dumb School. Twenty mattresses, blankets, one Television set and clothes were donated to Divya Jyoti school by the hands of President Rtn Prashant Kale. Hon Secretary Rtn Sunil Bhatia, Director Specially Abled Committee Rtn Rakhi Bhatia, Chairpersons Rtn Manish Agrawal and Namita Sharma and authority of both the organisation and students were present on the occasion. Rtn Tushar, Rtn Sushma and Rtn Ann Mamta Kanga also graced the occasion. We thank all the

Workshop- Flower And Hairband From Tissue Cloths A workshop was held at Saraswati Tiwari Hindi Madhyamik Shala Dosar Bhavan Chauk, Central Avenue, Gandibag, Nagpur, on Friday the 20th of Sept. at 3 pm. Students & teachers were trained to make Flowers & Hairbands from Tissue Cloth. 35 students & teachers

Snehangan School at Matru Sewa Sangh and Antar Bharti Ashram Shala at Khamla .As Diwali was round the corner we also distributed sweets to the inmates, who were overjoyed by this small gesture. President Prashant Kale, Rtn Vanita Shukul, Rtn Anita Jain and Director Rakhi Bhatia were present at the occasion. - Rakhi Bhatia

including their principal Dr Miss Rewatker attended the workshop. The workshop was conducted by Rt Ann Sadhana Paliwal & Rt Ann Anjali Chowdhari. Rt. Sharad Paliwal was also helping the participants. The management of this NMC Girls School was

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VOCATIONAL TRAINING very much appreciative of the initiative & had requested for the continuation of such workshops year the round. The participants were motivated to make these items in their homes and market them. - Sadhana Paliwal

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LADIES COMMITTEE MEETING sinjara In most states of Northern India Chaturthi or Chowth is observed with a fast by married & engaged women for their husbands & fiancés. Chaturthi as the name suggests, falls on the fourth day from the new moon day. The month of Kartik is supposed to be the most sacred according to the Hindus. So the Chaturthi in Kartik is very very sacred. Thousands of Hindu women fast on this day, without even drinking water. From Sunrise to Moonrise ladies fast & pray for the well being of their husbands. Every lady gets some gifts & some goodies to eat from her mother in law. This is called “SINJARA” Sinjara is very important for every woman. The Ladies of our club, to commemorate this significance put up a show at Hotel Hardeo on Saturday the 19th. 3 group dances & a medley of songs, all by our very own talented Rotarians & Rotary Anns had the crowd singing along & tap tapping. Some of the ladies could not restrain themselves from dancing to the peppy & popular numbers. A few interesting games & lots of prizes added to the gaiety & fun. It was a fun evening for the young & the old. Of course a lot of hard work went into it. Here I must mention, Poonam Sethi, Mamta Jaiswal, Sushma Hedaoo, Sonal & Ritika Singhvi, Nita Gupta, Hetal Sampat, all the participants, the Ladies Committee, headed by Shalini Naidu & Fatima Shakir & of course the lady behind the whole show- Vineeta Pasari. It was totally her brainchild & it brought a lot of PR & goodwill to the Club for the second time running. Maybe she'll have a hat - trick next year!! - Manju Shahani

ORGAN DONATION When a person can donation his skin? A person can donate his skin after his death. Skin can be donated within in 6 hours from the time of death.Who can donate skin? Any one can donate skin irrespective of sex & blood group, the minimum age of the donor should be 18 years but there is no upper age limit, even a 100-year-old person can donate his skin and it will be used for treatment.How much time the whole Skin Donation procedure takes? The whole procedure takes only about 30 – 45 minutes.Is it necessary to transport the donor to the hospital after death? No, Skin Bank Team will come to the donor's home, hospital or morgue wherever the donor is kept. There is no need to shift the donor to the operating room, hospital or ambulance.Who performs the Skin Harvesting procedure? Skin Harvesting is performed by Skin donation Team consisting of one Doctor, two Nurses and one attendant.How the skin is harvested? A special instrument called DERMATOME harvests skin, it is a battery-operated instrument made exclusively for skin harvesting only.Is the consent for skin donation is taken before the skin harvesting procedure? Yes, doctors will take consent of the next of kin of the donor and also a witness is required to sign the consent form. The whole procedure will be explained to donors family by Doctor before the start of the

LIFE SKILLS WORKSHOP Communication skills was the topic on which around 250 students of class 9th of Centre Point School Katol Road gathered in the school auditorium on 7th morning. The facilitator was Rtn Beena Mathew. The 2 hours session was peppered with mainly 4 activities involving the children so that they could get

Myths and FactsCentre aboutPoint skin donation at Hotel procedure.From which part of the body skin is harvested? Skin is harvested from both the legs, both the thighs and the back.Is entire thickness of the skin is harvested? NO, there are total 8 layers of skin; harvesting is done for only the 1/8th layer i.e. the uppermost layer of the skin is harvested.Is their any bleeding or disfigurement to the body? No, there is no bleeding from the site where skin if harvested from and there is no disfigurement to the body also. After the procedure bandage is wrapped over the parts from where skin is harvested in a proper way.What conditions render skin unfit for donation? Skin of persons suffering from AIDS, Hepatitis B & C, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Skin Cancer, Active Skin Disease and Septicemia are considered unfit for donation. At the time of skin harvesting, blood sample from the body of the deceased is also taken and necessary test for HIV, Viral markers & Hepatitis is carried out at the Skin Bank.What about diabetes & hypertension? Even donors with these conditions can donate their skin.How will my donation be used? After the skin is harvested, skin will be evaluated, processed, screened at skin bank, and then supplied to the Burns Surgeon for transplanting on burn patients.How is the skin preserved & how long it can be preserved? Skin is preserved in 85% glycerol solution, it is stored between 4-5 degree Celsius and it can be stored for a period of 5 years.Do we have to pay the Skin Donation Team? No, you don't have to pay

anything to the Skin Donation Team. Selling & buying organs is illegal.Do we need to produce any documents to the Skin Bank Team when they arrive? Yes, you need to produce the DEATH CERTIFICATE and its photocopy that will be evaluated by the Team Doctor before starting the procedure.Is there any kind of Donor-Recipient matching required for skin transplant? No, any one's skin can be transplanted on any one, there is no blood matching, no color matching, no age matching required. Once all the blood reports are negative the donor skin can be transplanted freely.Is it compulsory to pledge or register ourselves with the skin bank if we wish to donate skin? No, it's not compulsory to pledge or register, even if someone has not registered but the kin of the deceased is willing, and the skin bank received call in time, donation can be done. If however you register with skin bank it will provide you with a Skin Donor I.D Cards, Skin donation Magnetic Sticker, “I AM A SKIN DONOR” Pocket card for future references. If we want to call your Skin Bank Team for a skin donation, what should we do? One can call on 24 hours SKIN DONATION HELPLINE NUMBER 27793333. Here the team is on stand by 24 hours; A skin donation team will carry out the call irrespective of time.

At Centre Point School, Katol Road home the message how failure in communications can lead to disaster in getting the desired effectiveness. The participants enjoyed & experienced the fun activities based on communication skills along with the presentation. Though lack of proper sound system hampered the session but was

enjoyed by the huge group of students. Rtn Jatin Sampat & Rtn Ann Jumana Shakir was present for the session. A better sound system & and a smaller group ensures a better reach out for individual attention in workshops. - Beena Mathew

Special Request - From PRIP Raja Saboo Dear Rotarians A few days back I have written a detailed letter to all the District Governors in India to update them on the status of Rotary India's commitment to rebuild and reconstruct 176 schools in the districts of Rudraprayag and Uttarkashi that were the worst affected in the disaster caused by the recent floods. Additionally we have agreed to provide benches and desks for 160,000 students. 51 schools are totally destroyed and 120 schools are damaged and will require major repairs. The cost of rebuilding a school will be approximately Rs 10 lacs and that for repairs about Rs 5 lacs. The cost of the bench and desk per student will be Rs 700 (minimum contribution will be for 30 students amounting to Rs 21,000). Naming opportunities will be available for donors who so desire. The total outlay for our project is approximately Rs.24.00 crores. This is a challenge. Can we meet it? We did at the time of Gujarat earthquake, and Tsunami, and Latur and many other disasters. I suppose this time too we can. I am now asking you to once again show that in times of calamity Rotary

can rise to new heights. To accomplish the above task a trust in the name of Rotary Uttarakhand Disaster Relief Trust with all the RI General Officers from India as trustees and of which I will serve as Chair and Past RI President Kalyan Banerjee as Vice Chair, has been registered. Donations to the trust will be eligible for exemption under section 80G of the Income Tax Act. The Executive Committee and the Core Committee of the Trust for undertaking the task are in place. The work is going to start very soon and it is time that we have to sensitize the Rotarians of India to come forward to provide financial muscles to get the job done. I know that we are somewhat distanced from the date of tragedy and thus it may not hit the Rotarians hard when we appeal to them now to come out and extend themselves in support. But you can do that. This was seen at the Institute when one offer of taking up schools led to many offers. PRID Shekhar Mehta will be following up on that. A bank account has been opened with HDFC bank in Ambala Cantt and all contributions are to be made in favour of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rotary Uttarakhand

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FROM RI Disaster Relief Trustâ&#x20AC;? with HDFC bank in Ambala Cantt. Account Number is: 50200002233402 and the IFSC code is HDFC0000131. All contributions are to be sent to the Treasurer Yash Pal Das at 122 Railway Road, Ambala Cantt. 133001. Haryana. Email: yashpaldas@yahoo.com Please share this communication through your groups and with as many of the Rotarians in India as you can. Greetings and warm regards Raja Saboo Chairman Rotary Uttarakhand Disaster Relief Trust

TAKE ROTARY HOME

Take Rotary Home is a wonderful concept. And with gracious hosts like Atul & Vipul Gupta along with their pleasing better halves it becomes an evening to remember. A judicious mix of old and new; wherein the loud and the quite made the evening happy & enjoyable. A perfect weather for a perfect evening where 24 Rotarians and Anns gathered. The evening began with some beautiful impromptu singing session. Chairperson Shriya Mokadam conducted the introduction round with a memory game where in by the end of the game everyone memorized each others names. Chairperson Sonal Singhvi came up with a very interesting game, which acted as an icebreaker and was enjoyed by all. All the members sportingly participated. This was followed by Rotary Information by PP Vijay Naidu in his own unique style highlighting the importance of October as the Vocational Month. Rtn. Tushar Singhvi, Ann Madhavi Naidu and Ann. Fatima Shakir were seen marketing their upcoming events- District Interact Meet, Diwali Fellowship and Sinjara respectively. Delicious appetizers were served which everyone enjoyed. The dinner which as always is a pot luck was relished by one and all. From starters till the desserts it was a yummy treat for all. Rtn. Dr. Rajesh Soni proposed the vote of thanks. Dr. Shantala Bhole won best Dressed Female while Dr. Nikunj Pawar was adjudged as Best Dressed male. The best dresses couple award was won by Rtn Umesh & Sushma Sharma. It was an enjoyable evening with perfect Host who took care of everything meticulously. - Sonal Singhvi

RI NEWS Hunger touches every community, nation, and region of the world. It is a problem without a simple solution. At Rotary, we are committed to using the vast resources of our diverse membership and our partnership with organizations like the Global FoodBanking Network to seek fresh insights and pursue innovative answers. In the following letter for the official World Food Day website, Rotary's General Secretary John Hewko explains why Rotary is so motivated to help: Hunger. Famine. Starvation. Malnutrition. Indeed, as World Food Day (16 October) reminds us, there is no easy way to describe the grim fact that nearly 870 million people on our planet are chronically undernourished. And sadly, so many of those affected are children, whose minds and bodies are denied the sustenance needed to grow into healthy, productive adults. It is a truly global problem, plaguing communities throughout the developing world and even in developed countries where surprisingly high numbers of families struggle daily to put food on the table. My organization, Rotary, a global network of volunteer leaders committed to finding solutions to the world's most serious challenges, is well aware of the problem — and well positioned to do something about it. With more than 1.2 million members belonging to 34,000 Rotary clubs in over 200 countries and regions, Rotary has “boots on the ground” where the need is high and also in communities with the capacity to help. On their own initiative, Rotary members concerned about food insecurity have formed two very active international groups: the Rotarian Action Group for the Alleviation of

No Child Should Ever Go To Bed Hungry Hunger & Malnutrition, and the Food Plant Solutions Rotarian Action Group. These action groups serve as resources, assisting Rotary clubs worldwide to collaborate and undertake effective, sustainable approaches to the hunger issue. Recognizing the value of leveraging resources through partnerships with top-tier organizations with proven track records, Rotary in 2012 also became a service partner with the Global Food Banking Network to combat jointly the issues of hunger and food insecurity through food banking. Rotary First Harvest, a Rotary club supported charity in Seattle, Wash., USA, has developed a unique and effective way to support the food banking concept. Working in cooperation with growers and processors, Rotary First Harvest each year gathers more than nine million pounds of fresh, nourishing produce that would otherwise be wasted, and then helps deliver it to local food banks and food distribution programs serving families in need. Other examples of Rotary clubs in action against hunger: · In Florida, USA, the Flagler Beach Rotary Club co-founded the Family Food Co-op to provide food to needy rural families identified by local schools. A $30 donation can feed a family of four for a week, and recipients are encouraged to volunteer their own time to help their neighbors. · In Australia, the Rotary Club of Brisbane Centenary launched the Beef Bank in 2007 to provide fresh meat to organizations working to feed local families. One beef cow can yield 500 pounds of meat, enough for 1,000 servings. · Since 1998, the Rotary Club of Madrid,

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Spain, has worked with local hotels to collect surplus meals for distribution to food programs serving families in need. Trucking and transportation companies donate delivery vehicles. · Rotary clubs in Ecuador are partnering with Banco de Alimentos Diakonia (Diakonia Food Bank) to provide equipment, expertise and volunteers to reach lowincome families in Guayaquil, the nation's largest city. Of course, there is no single answer to the daunting challenge of hunger and food insecurity. Starving people must be fed on an ongoing basis, as long-term solutions are developed and implemented. Meanwhile, we must lay the groundwork needed to generate the kind of steady, sustainable, economic development that lifts communities out of poverty, which is inexorably linked to the food issue and other problems, including illiteracy, disease prevalence, and violence. This is what Rotary does. And Rotary clubs will continue to work at the grassroots level to identify community needs and to develop workable, sustainable, culturally appropriate solutions. If you would like to be a part of this effort, visit rotary.org and contact a Rotary club in your area. Learn what your area clubs are doing to alleviate hunger locally or internationally. Donate to or volunteer for a club-supported food project. Get involved. Remember this simple truth: No child – anywhere in the world – should ever go to bed hungry. - John Hewko, General Secretary

TAKE ROTARY HOME

The Take Rotary Home this month was organised at the warm and cozy home of our new Rotarian friends Rtn Ann Hina and Rtn Umesh Agrawal. About 13 couples attended the dinner. In the customary introduction round, couples were asked to introduce each other with the mention of one like and dislike about their partner! And nobody wanted to miss out the chance.... to mention the dislike of course! And it acted as an icebreaker. Durryia Akolawala came up with an interesting game to bring out creative skills of men. This was followed by rotary information imparted by PP Vijay Naidu. Sumptuous food, wonderful members of our club and warm hosts extending their full support; made it a fun filled and enjoyable evening indeed. Chairpersons Sonal Singhavi and Sonal Ajmera put together their best efforts to make it a memorable one! - Sonal Ajmera

KYC AND BEYOND We are at the third stage of the KYC after missing on a month due to my extensive travels. As planned after learning the establishment of the Bhonsala empire and the it's fall to the British, let us briefly in the next few editions learn about the architecture of the Bhonsalas. Architecture of the Bhonsalas can be broadly classified in to the following categories: 1. Forts 2. Palaces 3. Wadas 4. Gateways and Tatbandi (Protective walls) 5. Temples 6. Tanks 7. Step Wells 8. Gardens 9. Samadhis We shall discuss in detail a few amongst the above, which are specifically Nagpur based and of interest to us. To start with let us discuss the WADAS of Nagpur, since they were the most prominent face of Bhonsala architecture of yesteryears. A wada is basically a house big enough to be called in western geneology as a manor house or a villa. It was usually built by the powerful jagirdars, military chiefs-the sardars or the mahajans of the era. Since a wada represented the status of the owner, its grandeur depended upon it and was usually built in centres of Maratha power like Pune, Nagpur, Satara, Kolhapur Indore etc. It is usually observed that the jagirdars of this region were more austere and were not as flamboyant as their counterparts in other part of the country. Only much later in the era did they become a little more powerful and their clout increased. Raja Raghuji-I's reign was very tumultuous and the city of Nagpur was burnt twice, once in 1766 by the Peshwas and in 1811 by Pendhares. Raja Raghuji-I decided to built a new city after this with a new foundation and also gave permission to few of his officers to construct their own wadas.

These new wadas in Nagpur were a clear reflection of bigger and older wadas of Pune and Satara. There were around more than 50 wadas. Some prominent wadas of the Bhonsala period in Nagpur are: 1. Deshmukh Wada 2. Gujar Wada 3. Bakabaicha Wada 4. Bhutacha Wada 5. Ahirrao Wada 6. Kaptan Wada 7. Chitnavis Wada 8. Dajiba Patlacha Wada 9. Umadamiya Wada 10. Dajiba Wada Although these wadas belonged to both Marathas and Brahmins, their plans, construction technoques and outward appearance didn't wary or differ much. Architectural character of a Wada Fundamental designing of a wada depended mainly upon the organization of rooms around a courtyard called “the chowk”. The importance of the wada depended upon the social position of its owner and its architectural manifestation was the multiple number of “chowks”. The more number of chowks meant higher the stature of its owner. The area surrounding the wada was called the “prangan” and was enclosed by a high wall called the “tatbandi”. These tatbandis also had the “darwazas” or the entrance gateways. The chowks as was imminent were essentially squares and usually had a garden- the “bagh” or a tulsi vrindavan. The services were at the back side and completed the essential parts of a typical residential palace. Although the essential components were not at all different from any typical residential quarter anywhere else in the world, the only distinguishing character of these wadas were that they duplicated as mini fortress during periods of turmoil and acted as citadels. Since the Mughals or their governors ruled these areas or most of the principalities were under them directly or indirectly, the main darwaza was on the northern side and was usually named Dilli Darwaza, which partially explains the reasons of every other city having a Dilli Darwaza. Sun, moon and other deities were symbolically represented on the main gates. The security guards rooms was situated besides the darwaza and all visitors except invited royakty were thoroughly checked before enetering. This act was symbolic of a palace entry and

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the owners of the wadas considered themselves no less than kings themselves. The “prangans” or the front and surrounding areas were very well developed with beautiful gardens and water tanks with fountains. These “prangans” were also used as places for official meetings- “sardarancha sopa”. The water tanks called the “houds” were connected by stone pipes to the ambazari tank/lake which was the main source of water supply at that time. The “houds” were also used for bathing purposes and the waste water was recycled to water the plants at the rear of the wada where flowers were grown for offering to the “kuldevi/devta”. Some of the key elements and prominent architectural features and their terminologies usually associated with the wadas are: Darbar hall, Chowks, Sopa (pillared hall), kacheri (office), daftar, deoghar, pangatacha sopa, dalan, balantanichi kholi (delivery room-infant and mother care room), and few rooms were also dedicated to entertainment. The interior portion of almost all the wadas were given prominence and given importance, while the exterior was usually made in stone, baked brick, and mud walls. The flooring was of rammed mud or stone and carved wooden pillars, cusped arches and walls were decorated with mihtabs (niched arches) and wall paintings usually comprising of Sanskrit shlokas and scriptures. The most important feature of the wada was of course the shrine of the family deity, and is customary of the traditional residences, the Brahmin owner's deity was the Ganesha and the Marathas had Shiva as their principal deity. In the wadas of Nagpur, it was no different. I have tried to simplify the analysis to a bare minimum and hope the readers will have a fairly good idea of a typical Nagpuri wada. In the subsequent articles we shall explore other structures. - Habeeb Khan

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Rotary Meeting at Rail Station Can you imagine a Rotary Club meeting at the Bombay Victoria Terminus Railway station or at a railway station in Howrah, Madras Central or in Delhi? How would you like your Club meeting at Nagpur, Amravati or Akola railway station! One of the largest Rotary Clubs in the United States, the Rotary Club of Dallas, Texas with about 600 members, meets at the Union Station of Amtrak! The first floor hall of this railroad station is completely airconditioned, noise proof with 5-star lunch arrangements. No doubt, members have developed a liking for this unique venue. When I visited this Club in the summer of 1991 I was treated more as a special guest than a visiting Rotarian. However, my seat was near the entrance and not the main table. This was not very amusing to me. Seated next to me was a senior of a wheel chair. Many were fawning on him and also on me. This wheel chair Rotarian was William Nicol who was visiting the Club after many months or perhaps years. He had been exempted from attendance as he had suffered a Stroke and

disabled. Later I learnt Bill Nicol came specially to keep me company, as he was my fellow governor during 1971-72. He remembered my presence at the International Assembly at Lake Placid. Naturally, I felt ashamed of my despondence of being allotted a seat near the entrance. Bill wanted to be seated next to me. The warmth and satisfied look on Bill's face will ever remain in my memory. FUN FACTS -- Did You Know? · World's northernmost Rotary club: Rotary Club of Barrow, Alaska, USA · Club that meets at the lowest elevation: El Centro, California, USA, which meets at 40 ft below sea level. · Club meets at the highest elevation: El Aguilar, Argentina, which meets at 16,000 ft above sea level. · American Farsi speaking club: the Rotary Club of Rancho Park (Los Angeles), made up largely of Iranian- Americans, conducts meetings in Farsi. · World's southernmost club: the Rotary

BOBBY'S BUBBLES Club of Marambio-Antartida, Antarctica. · One of Rotary's most multilingual districts: District 9150 in Africa encompasses nine countries in which Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, and Swahili are spoken, along with dozens of local languages and dialects. · Four former prime ministers of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) have been members of the Rotary Club of Hanyang -Chang Soon Yoo, Choong Hoon Park, Chung Yul Kin, and Duck Woo Nam. · Club farthest from another club: Rotary Club of Papeete, Tahiti. · Europe's first Rotary e-club: Verkkorotary.fi, chartered in Finland on 22 June 2004. · Country with highest number of Rotarians per capita: Iceland, with 271 residents per Rotarian. Source: The Rotarian of February 2005. - PDG Bobby Srinivas

DISTRICT NEWS

World Polio Day Polio was once a disease feared worldwide, striking suddenly and paralyzing mainly children for life. There are several partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, the largest private-public partnership for health, which has reduced polio by 99%. Polio now survives only among the world's poorest and most marginalized communities, where it stalks the most vulnerable children. The Initiative's goal is to reach every last child with

polio vaccine and ensure a polio-free world for future generations. World Polio Day aims to shed light on October 24th, which marks the month in which Jonas Salk was born (28th October). Jonas was the leader of the team that invented the first polio vaccine in 1955. In 1988 Albert Sabin developed an oral polio vaccine. This is what we're using today. It has reduced polio worldwide by 99%. To mark this day RI

District 3030 organised a rally that was flagged of by Mayor of Nagpur Shri Anil Sole in the presence of District Governor Kishor Kedia along with several district officials. The showcase event held in Kasturchand Park at the heart of the city was an excellent PR initiative by the district. It helped in creating awareness about polio and role of Rotary in eradicating polio amongst general public. - Team GO

Hearty Congratulations!!! We are happy to inform that RI President Ron Burton has invited our Past President and Centennial PDG Vishwas Sahasrabhojanee to serve as Rotary International President's representative at RI District 3110 District Conference scheduled on 1st and 2nd February 2014 at Ramnagar, Uttarakhand. Incidentally, in February 2013, he has represented the then RI President Sakuji Tanaka at RI District 3202 District Conference held at Mangalore.

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Aashish & Shweta Rathi

Coming from a renowned family of Nagpur â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Rathis' of Monarch Medicals, Aashish was born and raised in Nagpur in a joint family. After schooling at Somalwar, his parents wanted him to get a taste of hostel life and hence he was sent to Mumbai for B Com. And to Delhi for MBA after that. With a degree in Business Management in Import & Export, Aashish wanted to do something different from the family business. They set up a Plastic Industry, manufacturing milk pouches. Soon he wanted to try his hand at something new and became a builder. The inception of Monarch Infrastructures occurred when they had to rebuild their own house. With the family growing, they needed more rooms and today they all have a floor each in their ancestral home at Dharampeth. Married to Shweta an MA in Political Science, they have Aditya, a 4-year-old son & Anubha who completes the family at 15 months. Shweta was from Boondi near Kota in Rajasthan and their marriage was brought about by their uncles, who were friends. Keeping with his character, Aashish wanted to get into another line besides his well settled work as a builder. This time he wanted to combine his work with pleasure. His childhood hobby of cooking brought about the icing on the cake. Yes friends,' Icing on the Cake' is the name of the fast food centre they have started, opposite the RTO Park. A Bakery cum Bistro, they offer Cakes, Confectionery, Sandwiches, Chocolates and a wide range of Chinese grub. Of course Aashish himself can't spend as much time as he would like to at the restaurant and has to leave the management of the place to either his mother or Shweta. Aashish, it is good to diversify but please stick to Rotary now that you have joined the Rotary Family. Welcome Aashish & Shweta! - Manju Shahani

Shamsha & Hafeez Raiyani Her first connect with Rotary was a few years ago, when her cousin Rozina Rana's daughter went as an IYE student to France. Shamsha Raiyani thought it was a wonderful program and wanted to send her own daughter as well which she did last year. In the process she came across PP Vijay Naidu, who she was quite impressed with & who told her a lot about Rotary. Rtn. Mamta Jaiswal was also instrumental in motivating her but it was Akash Agrawal who actually brought her into Rotary Born & raised in Hydrabad, Shamsha's both siblings left for the US. Shamsha wanted to be close to her parents and thus did not entertain any proposals from abroad. But Destiny had other plans. Soon after Shamsha & Hafeez tied the knot in 1994, her parents moved to Atlanta, USA, where her brother is an IT Engineer with Microsoft! Married into a joint family of Nagpur, Shamsha decided to further her studies, once her kids were born. She joined INIFD and did Interior Designing. Today she has a number of beautiful homes & commercial establishments to her credit. While Hafeez looks after his multiple businesses of trading of Kitchen Appliances, Fitting of LPG Pipelines & Execution of domestic & commercial pipeline fittings, Shamsha is busy with her creative designing. Her in-laws live close by. Shamsha plans to send her 18 year old daughter, Saniya, (in the 12th at Hislop College now), again next year as an exchange student to the US. Her son, Amaan at 14 is in the 8th grade in Centre Point Dhabba School and also a prospective IYE candidate. Shamsha's dream is to move to the US one day but Hafeez Saab is resisting that decision. So for the moment Shamsha's loss is Rotary's gain. Welcome Shamsha & Hafeez to our Rotary Family!! - Manju Shahani

WOMENS WHIRL Whoever said money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping. - Bo Derek Shopping is what almost every woman loves to do. Some say it simply makes them happy, while some people claim shopping to be a therapeutic activity. Nowadays, since we are living in a more advanced generation, we rely so much on technology and gadgets that even the simplest things, like shopping, can be done with the aid of internet and computers. This could be a good or bad idea, depending on a couple of things. Sites like jabong, flipkart etc. have even offered heavy discount this diwali season making online shopping very tempting. Let's take a look at the pros and cons of shopping online. The pros of online shopping: Convenient – Who said shopping is tiring? You can buy clothes or anything you want with just one click, while you lay on the sofa. Depending on where you live, if you need to go on a bombing mission shopping trip (get in, get what you came for, get out), then getting in the car driving to the mall, finding parking, and trekking to the store may take upwards of an hour. That can be a little ridiculous if you're just looking for one particular item. Plus, if you're like me, spending that much time just getting there makes me feel like I need to get more to compensate for the amount of time taken out of the day. Shop online and there's no need to leave the house! No need to fall in line. Just enter your credit card info and transaction is completed in an instant. Saves Time – No need to go around the mall for hours, trying to find that perfect dress you want. Just type in a few keywords and you'll definitely find something nice. Wide Range of Choices – Online shopping gives you a variety of choice that's not limited to what's in the store racks and stock rooms. The Ability To Price Compare - You're in shopping mode and it's easy not to put much thought into whether you could get it for a better price at different retailer. You're here. It's cute and relatively cheap and you're going to get it. When you're shopping online, you can simply search the item and find the best price instantly. Shop 24/7 (and in your pajamas!) - This one is pretty self-explanatory. I'll be the first one to admit I've searched for cocktail dresses at midnight sporting a facemask and pajama shorts from 2004. Try doing THAT at Empress

mall? Unlimited Sizes/ Options – A major downfall of traditional shopping is limited sizes and inventory. You've found the cutest top ever but they only have XXS. Damn. But online, for the most part, you can usually find garments or shoes in your size that are just as adorable. Yes, you may have to search a little harder, but online you can search in the comfort of your sweats on the couch. No pushy sales people - “Hi, welcome to ____!” “Hi!! Everything on these racks is 70% off!” “Hi!!! That's a cute top. Can I get a fitting room started for you?” You know what I'm talking about. As much as I love talking to people, sometimes I just want to quietly peruse racks of clothing without being bombarded with questions or energetic greetings. I know that's part of the job, and I'm sure it's way old to them too. Definitely don't mean to complain. If you want solitary shopping, opt for online. The cons of online shopping: Risky –Make sure the website or online store you plan to shop at is legitimate. Check for reviews and testimonials, if available. Seeing the item in person is different from just seeing a picture online. There could be some differences with the picture and the actual. Waiting Period –Unlike buying at the mall, where you can get the item right away, you will need to wait at least 24 hours before your purchase is delivered to your home. No Guarantees – There are chances of your mail not getting delivered on time, or not at all, due to a number of reasons (e.g. wrong address, problem with shipping, etc.). This is the reason why some online shops offer insurance to their clients. Shipping Costs - It's pretty easy to fall into the trap of paying more for shipping than for the item itself. Many sites have free shipping if you spend a certain amount. Definitely check what the shipping cost is before you punch in your card number. It's easy to let the excitement of something new cloud the judgment of your rational, budgeting self. If the shipping costs less than you would spend in gas going to a physical store, then you've definitely won. Can't Try It On - This is probably my biggest con for online shopping. Plus, you can't physically touch the fabrics to see if it's worth the money, if it will hold up through multiple washes, or if the

color you're seeing on your computer screen is even accurate. Hassle of Sending It Back - Many stores will give you a return label to ship the item back if it doesn't fit or it isn't what you thought it would be. I like those stores. If the retailer doesn't provide a return label, sending something back can be a royal pain, especially when the ill-fitting issue could have been avoided if you had had the opportunity to try it on before purchasing in the first place. Payment Insecurities -Make sure the website is a safe and has a good reputation before you give your credit card details. This can be one major worry while shopping online. It may be better to use COD (cash on delivery service) instead of giving your credit card details. Damage - When you're dealing with shipping, damage is always a possibility. Obviously, there's not a whole lot you can do to avoid it. Just hope that company you purchased from is accommodating, gives you your money back, and pays for return shipping. No Cash Option - If you take cash out at the beginning of the month and set that aside for clothing and accessory purchases, it's basically impossible to use that online. When you're online shopping it's incredibly easy to go over-budget with just a few clicks. If you know you are going to buy something online, check with the ol' bank account first. Take less cash out to compensate for the card purchase. There's no harm in trying new things, especially if it it's going to make our lives easier. The Internet made shopping more convenient and accessible to everyone. It's up to you whether you want to stick to shopping at the malls, or experience shopping online without breaking a sweat. -Madhavi Naidu

ON THE BOARD Forthright, to the point and charming to the core are the words that conjure Sunil Bhatia's personality. Before we even set a date for our discussion he already has a few suggestions for my piece. So meet the Hon. Secretary Rtn. Sunil Bhatia. Sunil is a hardcore Nagpurian, born in 1964, into a very large family most of which still resides in the ''Bhatia House'' of Ramdaspeth. They are in all 7 siblings, Sunil being the eldest amongst the brothers. Sunil did his schooling from SFS High school. He was actively involved in playing football for the school and has received citations for the same. He vividly remembers being one of the notorious boys in the school and has very fond memories of playing pranks on the teachers. They once put marbles on the floor of the classroom at the entrance to trip the Marathi teacher and were punished severely for the same. His school gang is still very thick, most of them being in Nagpur and form part of his Rotary group too. After completing his matriculation in 1979 he joined Hislop college. While still in college he joined his father's business of charcoal manufacturing in 1982. Since it was an era when the environmentalists were acting up and his father felt that felling of trees would not continue for long, they diversified into distribution of FMCG goods. They are thus distributors of Cadbury, Marico, Eveready, Wipro (consumer goods), Automobile spare parts, Indian Oil lubricants to name a few. In 1989 they discontinued the charcoal business and his father joined him full time in the distribution business. Sunil has faced a few setbacks in business. The first being in 2000, when P&G offered him complete distribution of their products in the region, due to some interference of the chemists association he was boycotted by the various retail associations in Nagpur. This standoff

Hon. Secretary Sunil Bhatia continued for 3-4 years and was resolved only when he gave up the dealership of P&G products completely. In 2009, Sunil's entire office premises and godown in Itwari caught fire and they suffered huge losses. The 6 months following that were a trial for Sunil in which he had a heart attack and had to undergo angioplasty. He credits his fathers strength, unflinching confidence and support which helped him cope. They now operate from Great Nag road and the business is flourishing more than before. He was introduced to Manju, his better half in 1988. His first impression was, not only that she was very pretty, but also simple and homely and that kind of clinched the deal and they got married in November 1989. Manju, always beautifully groomed, is an absolute regular for walks at the park nearby, come rain or shine. My personal experience when I decided to join her once is that the speed at which she walks can give Usain Bolt a run for his money . She also is an exponent of power yoga and practices it regularly. Having grown up in the uncertainties and strife of the Punjab area of the 80s, Nagpur was a welcome relief for Manju and as Sunil says she has blossomed here. Marriage was followed by three kids, Niharika in 1991, who is an electronics engineer from RKNEC and appearing for her MBA entrance exams, Mahima, 1995, who is

studying fashion design from Pearl Fashion Design Academy, Jaipur and Sudhanshu in 2001, who is a differently abled child studying in a special school. Sunil believes in motivating his children and making them feel secure so that they make the right decisions in life. The traits Sunil likes about Manju are her patience in handling the home and children and her cooking skills. Though he feels she is very moody at times. Manju appreciates Sunil's straightforwardness but laments that he is very curt and tightchested when it comes to Rotary matters and his business. Sunil was introduced to Rotary in 2001 by Rtn Arun Bhargava. He was not very involved in the first few years but then he feels he started meeting people, getting involved with projects, seeing the benefits to the society offered by the club and he was hooked. He has served as a director, as joint secretary and this year is an Hon. Secretary. As Helen Keller has said 'Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved'' Sunil's journey encompasses that and more. But with his happy go lucky attitude and his burning desire to achieve his goals, the sky is the limit. - Hetal Sampat

GEEK SPEAK MOONSHOTS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; IMMORTALITY, DRIVER-LESS CARS ETC. Immortality Who won't like to live forever? Although it looks impossible today, you have to take notice, when a company like Google starts pursuing something. Google has just formed an independent Biotech company called California Life Company (Calico for short), headed by Apple Inc and Genentech Chairman Art Levinson, to develop technologies to tackle health issues related to aging. "While this is clearly a longer-term bet, we believe we can make good progress within reasonable timescales with the right goals and the right people," says Google CEO Larry Page. This is just one of the moonshots which Google is working on. There are many others like: Driverless Cars rd Google has been working on self-driving cars for 5 years now and their 3 car model called GX3200 has been approved for commercial use in USA. Fully electric GX3200 can seat 4 passengers and can travel 750 miles on a single charge. It also has its own wifi for passengers. Global Taxi Company Uber, which just launched in Bangalore and Delhi, has already committed to purchase 2500 cars from Google. Balloon Powered Internet for everyone Official website (www.google.com/loon) for Project Loon says - Many of us think of the Internet as a global community. But two-thirds of the world's population does not yet have Internet access. Project Loon is a network of balloons traveling on the edge of space, designed to connect people in rural and remote areas, help fill coverage gaps, and bring people back online after disasters. Google Glass Google Glass is a wearable computer with an optical headmounted display (OHMD) that is being developed by Google with a mission of producing a mass-market ubiquitous computer. Google Glass displays information in a smartphone-like hands-free format and can communicate with the Internet via natural language voice commands. Google Glass was made available to developers earlier this year and will be launched for general public next year www.google.com/glass List of moonshots Google is currently working on also includes Google Fibre, which is a 1000 Mbps Internet infrastructure and flying wind turbines to tap into airborne wind energy. If you want to check out more similar Moonshot projects you can visit www.solveforx.com and give your inputs and discuss existing projects. You can also recommend a moonshot project of your own there. - www.sachinpalewar.com

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BIRTHDAYS 15 Nov. to 14 Dec. NOVEMBER Mohammed Master Shashank Pandey Narinder Kaur Vij Humaira Khan Ritika Singhvi Anita Jain Harpreet Singh Uppal Rajiv Choudhary Rajeev Javery Vishal Agrawal Kanak Bhargava Vinita Khushlani Dr. Sameer Jahagirdar Tushar Singhvi Vinita Bhatia Seema Jain Dr. Nisreen Maimoon Savita Mokha Deepti Pandhi Pratap P. Chandarana Dhiren Jeswani Nilufer Rana Seema Jaisinghanee Pratibha Kholkute Jayprakash Khushlani Ranjana Rao Shahrukh Master Uma Pendharkar

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Bhaskar DECEMBER Vikas Jain Kamal Narang Nidhi Gandhi Reema Sial Shibu Mathew Ratna Joshi Gayatri Deodhar Dr. Sunanda Sule Jayant Pendharkar Shahrukh Cassad VishwasSahasrabhojnee Smita Parsodkar Rina Sinha Shahina Khatib Appu Wadhwani Rajeev Shukul Dr. Anne Wilkinson Sanjay Bhargava Madan Pande Dr. Sheela Mundhada Prem Grover Vineeta Jaiswal Neena Chowdhary Sangeeta Chhabra Sunil Sahni Shabbir Vali Dr. Pushpa Bhave

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ANNIVERSARY 15 Nov. to 14 Dec. NOVEMBER Prem & Asha Gupta Abhay & Neeta Chandurkar Sunil & Manju Bhatia Sumit & Sarbani Halder Harpreet & Simrat Uppal Shailja & Raghav Sharma

17 17 17 18 18 18 Dr. Sheela & Shailendra Mundhada 19 Yogesh & Hema Thaker 20 Noorddin & Zarine Rana 20 Manish & Mohini Sanghavi 20 Dr. Prashant & Archana Choudhary 21 Pritpal Singh & Arvinder Vij 22 Anil & Archana Singhal 22 Deodutta & Mrunalini Dasture 22 Sandip & Rita Dhodapkar 23 Prashant & Vrinda Rathi 23 Sharad & Sadhana Paliwal 23 Tauby & Naushad Bhagwagar 24 Sameer & Babita Agrawal 24 Anil & Sunanda Sahasrabhojanee 25 Adarsh & Vandana Daga 25 Dr. Jerestin & Cyrus Watchmaker26 Bharat & Pushpa Parikh 27 Raj & Parul Shah 28 Dinesh & Priti Chhabra 28 Bhagwat & Priti Thakare 29 Rajeev & Archana Javery 29 Ashish & Pooja Neb 29 Manish & Divya Bhati 30 DECEMBER Rohan & Purvi Thakar 01 Manu & Reena Seth 02 Rachana & Sanjay Singh 02 Swati & Rajeev Singhee 02 Sonia & Vikash Khurana 02 Dipesh & Sonal Ajmera 03 Sanjiv & Ritu Nahar 03 Dr. Harish & Lata Rathi 03 Dr. Sushrut & Nandini Bhabhulkar 03

Dr. Rajesh & Swati Atal Vikram & Shalini Naidu Parheez & Jasmine Gimi Ashish & Rupali Kale Sameer & Sonali Paltewar Dr. Anil & Jaishree Masand Dr. Manmohan & Shobha Daga Pramesh & Deepti Pandhi Pritesh & Shipra Tank Surendra & Bina Jaiswal

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Bu-Vo-Qu (Business & Vocation Quiz) Before you decide to Google the answers, take the Rotary's four-way test. Honesty is the best policy. Give your brain some jolts. Let these questions deprive you of some sleep. Let the thinking begin. Rules: 1. Open to all the Rotarians and spouses of Rotary Clubs in Nagpur except DirectorVocational who will be the judge. 2. Mail your answers to quiz@rotaryclubofnagpur.org 3. Answers will be accepted only via e-mails. Latest by 27th November 2013. 4. Judge's decision will be final. BuVoQu - November 2013 1. Besides being Public sector bank, what is common to Bank of India, Allahabad Bank, United Bank and State Bank of India? 2. Which place does Ratnagiri Gas and Power Limited's plan is located? 3. Ted turner during one of his famous speeches – mentioned, “there would be 2 things in the future that would make all happy”. 4. What was Axis Bank called when it was first setup? 5. 500 millionth piece of this particular company was manufactured in Chennai plant. Name the company and celebrity who signed that piece? 6. The __________ was founded in 1823 by Thomas Wakley, an English surgeon , as well as after the a window with a sharp pointed arch, to indicate the “light of wisdom” or “to let in light”. It publishes original research articles, review articles (“seminars” and “reviews”), editorials, book reviews, correspondence, as well as news features and case reports 7. Name the Indian Pen brand whose namesake is a famous casino in Las Vegas and another famous place in Egypt. 8. Which is the second most expensive spice after Saffron? 9. This is the longest river in Goa and shares it name with prominent business group having a cement & fertilizer company. 10. Sugarpova is candy business of which sports personality? 11. Identify the luxury fashion brand from the logo

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Answers to BuVoQu - October 2013 1. Padma Bhushan crippled Children 2. Prem Watsa 7. Lakme 3. Ice-cream Sandwich, 8. Dhirubhai Ambani Jellybean, Kitkat 9. IIT Kharagpur 4. Jyothi Laboratories 10. Tata Group 5. Forbes Magazine 11. Merrill Lynch 6. International Society for 12. Rovio (Angry Bird)

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