September 15 - The Golden Orange

September 2015

DISTRICT EVENT

OMOG

BOARD INTERVIEW

COMMUNITY SERVICE

INTERACT INSTALLATIONS

ROTARACT INSTALLATIONS

FELLOWSHIP

LIFE SKILLS

LITERACY

Painstakingly prepared by the Paranjpe Anathalaya students under the able guidance of Rtann.

Sadhana Paliwal for the use of the Rotary Club of Nagpur

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Rtann. Reeti Khanna initiated the sprucing up of the garden at Matru Seva Sangh.

Extensive cleaning was done by the Green City Committee.

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President’s Message We in Rotary, have a dream……

It's to bring to India Literacy, Sanitation and Hygiene of the highest order. It's not a Utopian dream, one knows. But, it's a dream which will require myriad hands and minds to work in unison to make this dream a reality.

That is why NGO's like Rotary have set up RILM (Rotary India Literacy Mission). Rotary has set to work in right earnest ; to set right the wrongs and provide the missing links. When our teams fanned out to take a look at the rural schools, it was an eye-opener. Structures in the name of schools were there; there were some desks and benches in the name of furniture in some schools, toilets were an utter mess to say the least ! The commonality, however, was the lack of teachers . Pitiable !

The students, who are the heart –beat of

any school were there. From the way their faces lit up on seeing us visitors to the way they bade us good-bye , we could sense there was a spark in them waiting to be ignited. That's the similarity in all kids.

Even nearer home, when we visit our Interact schools which are well equipped with all the paraphernalia, we feel the need to motivate the students. Children everywhere are the same. Their enthusiasm is palpable. They are all malleable and they are ready to go that extra mile to make a difference to themselves or to someone , somewhere !

If only we, as parents , teachers, Rotarians take it upon ourselves not to lose out on the precious years of these invaluable children.

It's up to us to capture their innocence, utilize their positive energy and motivate them to do the right thing at the

right time. Let us all work together towards giving our generation next HAPPY SCHOOLS. Let us nurture these young lives in such a way that they become WORTHY CITIZENS. Let us teach these young hands to mould their future. Let us train these young minds to distinguish between right and wrong .After all, they are a gift to us. Can WE not be a gift to them?

Khushnoor S.Chugh

My thoughts... vice –prefect. The innocent banter...

And in the later years, running across the stations in Bombay to catch a local, hoping for a 'fourth' seat at least on the train, trudging through flooded over/under bridges to cross platforms, rushing to college/office to equally drenched colleagues. Sipping a cup of hot coffee watching the rains lash across Marine drive/Nariman point. On a very 'vela' day walking to the sea shore to experience the waves of the Arabian sea drenching you from head to toe.

To now....sitting on the window bench, working on my laptop and hoping the rains stop for a while so that the daily activities can be done without any hassle

CREDITS Director: Nilufer Rana Chairperson: Atul Shah, Shweta Singh Editor: Hetal Sampat, Durriya Akolawala Processing: Eskay's Scanner Designing: Gurushree Graphics Printing: Shabbir Shakir Team Golden Orange

and the day runs smoothly. As Bob Dylan has said ''Take care of all your memories, for you cannot relive them''.

Hetal Sampat

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As the skies darken, the clouds burst and we are showered with heavy rains, nostalgia creeps in slowly and the ghazal

by Jagjit Singh comes to the mind : ''Ye Daulat bhi lelo shohrat bhi le lo Bhale chhin mujhse meri jawaani Magar mujhko lota de Bachpan ka sawan Woh Kagaz ki Kashti woh baarish ka paani '' Memories come flooding (!) back. The innocent days of getting drenched in the rain, jumping over puddles, making paper boats, football in the rain, use of corn in every meal. The first few days of school, excitement over a new class and classfellows, selection of the prefect and

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Letters to the Editors Golden Orange Dear editor, Wow ! If the last year's GO had all the unstoppable flow of back to back uploadings of events & activities in it then the first GO August edition with its freshly peeled look & buzzing confidence in terms of innovative streaks of approach, seems to be dipped in unbeatable spark. It smells of the youngish feel of some of the columnists zipping through with a smacky sense of enviable energy page to page. I loved it.

But can't help mentioning the splashes of life skill programs spread all across.

On feb 22nd 2012 PP when PP Atul Shah invited me to join as a chairperson of a newly instituted committee called the

lifeskill committee I was more than happy & totally believed that its high time that we bequeath to our rotractors & interactors some special set of skills training which they get deprived in their routine curriculum but which they badly need in every walk of life be it personal, academics or career building. Since it was my own field it was all the more easy & interesting with the young Sonal Singhvi& the veteran Sharad Bhave. We did around 18 workshops that term 13-14 more in colleges. Lifeskill programs got further impetus next year too with director Jatin Sampat putting enthusiasm in it & we thoroughly enjoyed our work.

In year 2014-15 as director Vocational Services our team life skill took to furthering this fervour with 31 workshops specially for interactors under our

Hi Team GO, Please accept my congratulations for the August issue of GO. You have raised the standard of our club bulletin and improved the overall looks with impressive articles and colourful photographs. Hetal, your editorial MY THOUGHTS is interesting and so well written.

I am sure that your innovative ideas with more informative news will continue to reflect

program called 5 point someone wherein we also could utilize our own members of Rotary to train the students with each school getting minimum five sessions spread across the month. The response from the schools was tremendous & I personally feel very proud that such a motivating, life changing skill building program continues this year too under Prez Khushnoor Chugh's term as well & I am sure it will benefit thousands of children in the coming years & bring the best out of them. Cheers specially to the new team of Youth Services- Director Raj Shah & the chairpersons.

Good to see the column 'On board 'back again. Had missed it last year.

Best wishes to the new Team GO Always In Gratitude Beena Mathew

in our prestigious Golden orange.

We are going on our annual trip to Canada and USA - so will be away from Nagpur from Sept 3 till December 4 this year. I shall be visiting many Rotary Clubs not only in Montreal but also in Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and Houston. Will keep you posted with news from part of the world.

With all my best wishes for continuing success.

PP Sati Khanna

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Hetal and Durriya Compliments to you for bringing out your maiden GO!!! You made us think you are amateurs but turned out to be as professional as the best in the business!!! Keep it up PP Vijay Naidu

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Any issue of 'The Golden Orange', for the last so many years, is a pleasure to read. Not only Rotarians, I have seen non Rotarians also show interest!

One wonders, how such a mag could be improvised upon, yet time & again we come up with equally good, if not better issues, month after month. Year after year.

Kudos to the Editors!

Cheers!

Manju Shahani

Interact Installation Interact club of Dinanath high school was installed by President Rtn Khushnoor Chugh The new team is President - Harshita Shivhare Vice president - Tanushree Patle Secretary Anhay Ahirkar Treasurer - Sakshi Meshram Directors Community service - Anjali Mahajan Vocational service - Prachita Ambadore International service - Om Gajbhiye Youth service. - Nehal Makde.

On the occasion President Khushnoor Chugh spoke and encouraged the new team and also appreciated the work done by the past members. Chairperson Rtann Ruchi Uppal spoke about the importance of being a 'Gift to the world'.

Rtann Shefali Shah spoke about neem seed plantation and distributed neem seeds to the children. Principal Sunita Roy too spoke to students and encouraged

them to continue to work for the upliftment of the society.

Program was conducted by Immediate Past president, Shruti chandak and coordinated by club advisor M r. M . K . N i c h o l s a n d t e a c h e r

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Dr.Jyotimani.

Rotarians present on the occasion were Hon. Sec. Parag Paranjpe, Director Raj Shah, Chairpersons Rtn Rakhi bhatia, Rtann Jumana shakir and Rtann Shefali shah.

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A workshop on "Emotional well being " was conducted as a part of the ongoing life skill programs by Rotary club of Nagpur. This one hour training session was conducted by Rtn. Ajinkya Saraf to cater to the need of students of tenth standard.

Students of St Michaels who come from varied backgrounds. Some of them are not able to cope up with day to day school activities and most of them work part time, earn a bit and have that zeal to study more. So they come to school daily despite being tied up in work and other activities. I taught them the necessities of well being by helping them manage stress, giving them tips for anger management and overcoming peer pressure. At the end of the session we had a wonderful interaction for developing thinking skills, nearly all the students participated.

After the session ended a lot of students asked for advice on career. I hope I was able to guide them properly.

-Ajinkya Saraf

This workshop was held on August 1, 2015 at BVM Civil Lines.

When an expert trainer like Rtn. Girish Deodhar speaks not only the students but also the teachers are glued to their seats. He explained the concept of how to better the best and achieve the goals of life. An activity was conducted to highlight the personality of the students. He said that excellent today is not a passport for an excellent tomorrow. He also highlighted the importance of punctuality in everyone's life.

Director Raj Shah and chairperson Sonal Singhvi were present for the workshop.

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Community Welfare

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Around 500 students are there in Gardiner High School. All these students come from economically poor background. Government distributes free books to students till 8th standard. Students were facing hardship in procuring books of 9th and 10th standard. On 1st August, 48 sets of books were distributed to students of 9th and 10th class. President Khushnoor Chugh and Director Non medical Namita Sharma were there to grace the occasion. The Staff welcomed them with flowers and children sang Saraswati Vandana.

Books were distributed by the hands of President Khushnoor. She addressed the gathering and encouraged children to do well in their life and also suggested to take care of their huge campus . Principal Thomas thanked Rotary Club Of Nagpur for their gesture.

-Namita Sharma

Club Assembly

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The first club assembly of the new Rotary year was held on Sunday 2nd August 2015 at Hotel Airport Centre Point. The first assembly is the platform to outline the club activities for the coming year.

Directors and the chairpersons presented t h e i r p l a n s . P D G Vi s h w a s Sahasrabhojanee summed up the proceedings of the assembly and wished all chairpersons in their endeavors. He stressed on the literacy program adopted

by Rotary India Literacy Mission (RILM) and urged members to make joint efforts.

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Interact Installation

Interact Club Installation ceremony was held in Jain International School on 3rd August, 2015.The ceremony started with the lighting of the ceremonial lamp by the guests. Interact Club teacher in-charge Mrs. Lata Pant presented the report of activities of the past year on behalf of the out going President of the Interact Club.

The President of the Rotary Club of Nagpur Rtn. Khushnoor Chugh handed over the badges to the new office bearers.

The newly appointed President, Avni Tambi, presented the plan of action and the projects which will be undertaken this year. The new office bearers arePresident –Avni Tambi Vice President-Manya Joshi Secretary-Mudita Tekriwal Treasurer-Mayank Buddhdev Directors-Manasi Vaidya, Rajasi Vaidya, Rishab Gupta, Mahek Kalani.

Chairperson Rakhi Bhatia guided the interactors on the theme project of the year”one mission one goal”. President Khushnoor encouraged the children to help the underpriviledged with their love and affection, not just materialistically.

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The ceremony ended with a Vote of Thanks extended by Mudita Tekriwal.

Other dignitaries who graced the dias were- Director Youth Services Rtn. Raj Shah, Chairpersons Rtn. Rakhi Bhatia & Rtann. Ruchi Uppal, Director of JIS Mr. Anuj Badjate,Tushar Badjate and the Principal Mrs .Anmol Badjatia .

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A mixed group of class IX and X were explained the importance of Time Management by Rtann. Sonal Singhvi. It was the starting of week 3 of the "Be a gift to the world" organized by the lifeskills committee. Interesting activities made the workshop interactive.

Around 75 students attended it. Principal of the school appreciated the effort of the club.

-Sonal Singhvi

Life skills committee organized an interactive and energetic workshop at South Point school on Self Esteem. It was attended by 160 students of class 9th.

Parul Shah conducted the workshop with these energetic and enthusiastic children by providing them information on High and Low Self Esteem by taking some fun filled activities, lively oral and A/V presentation and the children had no choice, but to believe that every little thing can be achieved with little hard work and commitment.

Interact coordinator, Shradha Kelapure appreciated the Rotary Club for providing motivational speakers for their school. Director Raj Shah visited to encourage and motivate the students and speaker.

-Parul Shah

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Interact Installation New team of Interact Club was installed recently at Bhavan's B.P. Vidya Mandir, Srikrishna Nagar, Nagpur at the hands of Rtn. Khushnoor Chugh, President, Rotary Club of Nagpur. The new team consists of President Mast. Sahil Patel, Vice President Mast. Sudhanshu Sonkusle, Secretary Ms. Sharvari Motghare, Treasurer Mast. Nainesh Agrawal and four Directors Ms.Priya Rathi, Mast. Divyom Batra, Ms. Rajnandini Chouhan and Mast. Gurtej Singh Manni.

On this occasion, the chief guest, Rtn. Khushnoor Chugh, addressed the students and informed them that Interact Club is an international organization which aims to teach the student community to share, care and act from the young age. She further appealed to the students to make the best of the opportunities provided by the Interact Club.

The Chairperson of the Interact Committee Rtn. Neelu Garg exhorted the

interactors to focus on saving environment and be a gift to the world through their service to mankind. She said,'Dream, turn dreams into thoughts, and thoughts into reality and this will be the key to win the world.'

Vice-Principal Smt. Nirupama Iyer, teachers and other Rotarians were

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Amidst the drizzling rain, the A V room of Dinanath High School was full with the students of class 9th.The students awaited with bright faces to attend another interesting session from Rotary Club of Nagpur.

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prominently present on this occasion. The proceedings were conducted by Ms. Anushka Jhawar. The report for the bygone year was presented by the ExPresident, Interact Club, Mast. Arpit Anwani. A formal vote of thanks was proposed by Mast Gurtej Singh Manni.

5th August The students welcomed me with a loud GOOD MORNING MAÁM. It was quite overwhelming and warm. The session started at 11am.We began with a short Introduction of Rotary to the young Interactors. It was good to understand that the children were aware of the RI theme

“BE A GIFT TO THE WORLD”.We began with various forms of communication skills. Verbal, Visual, Body language, Written & Media based communication. The concepts were told along with physical activities (which were thoroughly enjoyed by the students)and narration of short stories.

The talk was conducted in English .The students though from English medium took a little time but then interacted wholeheartedly in their own way. It became a very lively and interactive session. The talk was attended by the school Principal Mrs. Sunita Roy, Class teacher of 9th standard, Interact Teacher Incharge Mr. Nichols. The club Director for Youth Rtn. Raj Shah and his daughter Ms. Devanshi Shah were also present.

The school Principal, a former Rotarian herself appreciated the efforts of the committee and congratulated us for the effective Talk.

-Geeta Rao

Interact Installation them that Interact Club is an international organization which aims to teach the student community to share, care and act from the young age.

She further appealed the students to be open to learn to make the b e s t o f t h e opportunities provided by the Interact Club.

The Chairperson Rtann Vandana Agrawal exhorted the interactors to focus on saving environment and be a gift to the world through their service to mankind.

Business Meeting First business meeting of the year was th

held on 6 August. President welcomed members and wished those who

6th August celebrated their birthday/anniversary during the week. Important club matters relating to service tax, amendments to bylaws district communication on DGN

Ladies Committee

RED CARPET, PAPARAZZI AND CAMERAS A red carpet is a beautiful situation for people. I think everybody appreciates it, loves it and honors it. This year the ladies committee decided to start the Khush year with a red carpet theme. So a red carpet was rolled out to make the ladies of the club feel pampered and stylish.

The whole venue was decorated

Rtn. Parag Paranjpe secretary Rotary club of Nagpur, Rtn. Raj Shah Director Youth Service, Advisor RtAnn. Jumana Shakir and Chairperson Neelu Garg were prominently present on this occasion. A formal vote of thanks was proposed.

according to the theme. Our very enthusiastic ladies came dressed as famous film actresses. So with flash lights and paparazzi following them, their style quotient was at its peak. The committee chairpersons welcomed actresses from every era ie from Nargis, Neetu Singh, Zeenat Aman to Madhuri, Aishwarya, Kareena and Deepika who were then asked to do a catwalk and each one of them was asked witty questions by our special reporters which in return were answered very humorously by the Stars.

The ladies were quizzed with famous dialogues and asked to guess the bollywood heroine. The fun and frolic continued with "Antakshari with a twist " followed by prize distribution for three best dressed ladies which was bagged by

& DGNC were taken up for discussion and deliberated upon. The meeting was adjourned after singing of national anthem.

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Timmy Bawa, Shivani Bidaye and Neelu Garg.

The glamorous evening came to an end with a vote of thanks proposed by Ruchi Uppal.

All the chairpersons Ruchi, Parul, Ragini, Neerja, Chetna, Vrinda, Priyanka and Anushka made sure that every lady that evening felt like a DIVA! -Anushka Kale

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New team of Interact Club was installed recently at Modern School, Koradi Road, Nagpur at the hands of Rtn. Khushnoor Chugh, President, Rotary Club, Nagpur.

The function commenced with the traditional lighting of the lamp by the dignitaries. The guests were welcomed with a sapling.

The outgoing president Interactor Aman Sharma, presented his report for the year and informed about the service done by their club.

The chief guest, Rtn. Khushnoor Chugh, then handed over the responsibility of the coming year in the hands of incoming president, Vidhi Bhamra and her team.

She addressed the students and informed

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Organ Donation Rally The National Organ donation day was observed by organizing a rally to increase awareness about the need and importance of Organ donation on 6thAugust 2015. The event was jointly organized by the Rotary Club of Nagpur, the Zonal Transplant Coordination Centre-Nagpur (Govt. of Maharashtra) and MOHAN Foundation, a leading not for profit NGO working towards the objectives of increasing the donation of organs from Deceased Organ Donors (Brain dead). The participants gathered at the Matru Sewa Sangh Institute of Social Work at Bajaj Nagar, Nagpur at 8.30 a.m. Rotarians from five Rotary Clubs, Rotaractors, officials of Deputy Director Health Services, National Services Scheme (NSS) volunteers, NCC cadets, Nursing students and Staff and students of Institute of Social Work. At the outset Rtn. Dr. Ravi Wankhede spoke to the gathering about the need to understand the philosophy

behind organ donation. He said organ donation is the highest service to mankind, especially because after death we do not need them anymore.

Rtn. Khushnoor Chugh, President of RC Nagpur in her brief speech, said that the huge participation by the youth speaks high of their understanding of the important subject. Others who spoke were Dr. B G. Waghmare, President of ZTCC, Monica Bhagwaghar, Col. Rahul Sharma from NCC, Dr. Bhau Daydar Nagpur University NSS Coordinator, Dr. Ashwinikumar Khandekar (Nephrologist). The Pro-Vice Chancellor of Nagpur University Dr. Pramod Yeole commended the organizing of the rally by the organizations. Rtn. Parag Paranjape, Rtn. Dr. Rizwan Haq, Rtn. Sandeep Pathak, Rtn. Dr. Pratibha Siriah and others were present.

Prior to the flagging off, the students of

Life Skills An interactive workshop on communication skills was organised at St Ursula Girls High School on 6th August 2015. About 80 IXth std girls attended the workshop. Practical exercises and one

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the Institute staged an impressive street play. The rally was flagged off jointly by Rtn. Khushnoor Chugh, Dr. Pramod Yeole and Dr. B G Waghmare. The rally walked with huge enthusiasm with banners & placards from the Institute to Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar College, where the students staged the street show once again amidst loud applause by over 5,000 students. There were over 750 participants in the rally.

6th August acts were performed by students helping them understand importance and usage of Non verbal and verbal communication skills in day to day life. Students were told the impact of Communication skills in

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6th August

‘Success means freedom ; freedom from worries, fears, frustrations and failure. Success means winning admiration, leadership, being looked up to by people in your school, personal and social life. These are unlimited, and it is for every one who strive hard to achieve it.'

Eminent Motivational trainer Rotarian Rajendra Jaiswal had conducted a training session with 100 students of St. Micheal on the topic SUCCESS UNLIMITED. By doing group tasks, children learned that it does not matter that you are poor or rich, success can be achieved by a winning attitude.

Students enthusiastically enjoyed the session and promised that one day they will also be an Icon of the country.

-Rajendra Jaiswal

ones career. Interact coordinator Reena Maam thanked the Rotary Club of Nagpur for enhancing the students' skills which will help them in the long run.

- Shweta Singh

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international Service B h a v e s h Kewalramani, Director of Youth Service Nikhil Balwani.

They took the Oath to serve the mankind.

President Rtn Khushnoor Chugh, inspired them with her words and made them realize, their duties towards the society. The chairperson Rtn Ruchi Uppal highlighted that we all are renters on this earth and we need to pay back to the society and be a

Micro Credit The Micro Credit Committee held a program on Saturday, 8th of August 2015, at Pratap Nagar Madhyamik School, Pratap Nagar, for disbursal of the first round of micro credit loans. Twelve needy women from nearby areas were selected after inspection of their home and work places.

They were given Rs 10000/- each, which they have to return in 1 year. A few recipients described how they wish to use the loan. Advisor PP Gulab Mahant explained that the main aim of micro credit is women empowerment and recipients should use the loan for expansion of their business or for starting a new and sustainable business. He also explained the mode of return of loan and answered the queries.

President Khushnoor, in her speech, congratulated the recipients and motivated them to work hard and use the loan amounts judiciously. She also advised the ladies to make use of the new courses started by Chitnavis Centre for needy, the fees of which shall be part financed by our club.

Chairperson Rtn. Shailaja Pingle conducted the program. Also present were Hon. Secretary Parag, Treasurer Rina, Director Ashok Mrig, Director Dipesh Ajmera, Rtn. Sharad Paliwal and PP Chandru Shahani. Dr. Surekha Gotmare proposed Vote of Thanks.

-Shailaja Pingle

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gift to the society . In the end the Vote of thanks was proposed by Anushka Shivanand and the programme ended with the National anthem.

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Interact Installation The new Board of the Interact club was installed in Wonderland High School. The Chief Guest on the occasion was President Rtn Khushnoor Chugh, The other members present were Hon. Sec. Rtn. Parag Paranjpe, Director Raj Shah, Chairperson Rtann. Ruchi Uppal, Rtn. Rakhi Bhatia and Rtann Varsha Paranjpe.

The outgoing President.Vidhee Sonwane headed the programme and Anusha Gopchandani, was selected. as the President for the year 2015 -16. Board members of interactors included Vice President Zameer Ahmed, Secretary Anushka Shivanand, Treasurer Mahek Harwani, Director of Community Service Vipul Lade, Director of Vocational Service Bhoomika Balgar, Director of

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Interact Installation

8th August A joint installation ceremony of Husamiah Boys High School, Husamiah Girls High School and Jamali English School, under Husamiah education society was organised in Jamali English school to install the Interact Club for 2015-16. President of Rotary Club Rtn. Khushnoor Chugh did the honours and allocated the students their posts. The outgoing presidents of all 3 Schools presented their report of the previous year activities. Rtn. Khushnoor Chugh addressed the gathering and give guidelines to the students on how they can help the society.

The Rotary Club Director for Youth Rtn. Raj Shah, Chairperson Rtn Neelu Garg, Rtn Nisreen Maimoon and Rtann. Jumana Shakir were present.

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9th August

This year's first and the most awaited Monsoon Fellowship was scheduled on 9th August. The venue decided was a lavish A/C Hall and Garden shed at Lamba Celebrations. The whole week prior to the fellowship, it was raining incessantly but luckily it was a sunny day on 9th with no signs of even mild showers.

There were special arrangements made for adults as well as kids. Kids had a massive air conditioned hall specially allotted to them for their activities.

They had Tattoo makers, Caricature artists, a talented magician who had participated in India's Got Talent, a massive jumper for them to freak out and two dedicated professional anchors who kept them busy throughout the day with unlimited games and loads of exciting Prizes.This arrangement kept the adults carefree and happy to mingle and

participate in hand picked games designed for them.

We had planned a unique umbrella housie which had been designed and decorated by our committee members. There were loads of other engaging and exciting games like Queen of Sheeba and many more, all lined up one after the other to keep all members on their toes.

The bar counter was designed to give everyone their choices of Cocktails and Mocktails. Right from Bloody Mary to Capriosca to Borabora, members were seen freaking out on the varieties.

The food too was a lavish spread, from charcoal grilled Bhuttas and mouth watering Chaat to snacks, Chola Kulcha, Biryani and much more, everyone was busy exploring the wide varieties of delicacies.

The IYE students too attended the Monsoon fellowship and got their first

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Colourful Ladies

The bedecked venue hand experience of Indian food and fellowship culture of our Club which excited them to participate in more Fellowships during the year.

It was overall a fun filled exciting day for all who attended and the Fellowship team is grateful to the members who made this event unforgettable.

Our team will try to make every Fellowship an amazing experience and try to involve as many members as possible.

The team who made it all possible was Director Fellowship Sarang Kale, Chairpersons Mrunalini Dasture, Rajiv Javery, Sapna Vastani,Sunil Bhatia, Reema Sial and Members Rasika Dasture, Navneet Jain, Sandeep Vaid, Mayank Jain, Rt.anns Poonam Sethi, Sonal Singhvi,Chetna Singhal, Preeti Vaid, Swati Agrawal, Sonam Mohota, Archana Jain and Vinita Bhatia.

Power quartet

IYE students

What a Look !!

Lovely Girls

Burst the Balloon

Selfie Le Le re

The Gang

Girls enjoying Kidzone

Tattoo artist

Change your partners

Children - At play

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They made it happen !!

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Life Skills

10th August

On 10th of August training on life skills was done at Tuli Public school for students of 10th, on setting smart goals as a part of the ongoing "Be a gift to the world".

It was well received by the students. We got a very positive feedback from the students and their coordinator Mr. Nikhil.

Around 120 students attended the same.

-Mohammad Master

Life Skills Sadabai Raisoni Women's College in collaboration with Rotary Club of Nagpur, organized a workshop on “Stress Management and Healthy Living” for the students of first Year, BCA and B.Sc. (IT) on 11th August 2015. The workshop was conducted by Dr. Darshana Pawar, Senior Gynecologist and IVF Specialist.

11th August The workshop dealt with the issue of growing stress in our day-to-day life and instructed on ways and measures to combat this problem.

Stress causing factors like, physiological, mental, emotional and behavioral were discussed which was followed by methods to deal with them. The audience was quite active in the workshop with their own observations and examples, making the workshop more lively.

“We can't avoid stress, but can surely manage it” Dr. Pawar told the audience. She discussed the power of positive thinking and the effect it can create to soothe one's stress. The session ended with a question and

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Interact Installation

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The new Rotary year has started and the Rotarians visited CDS School, Katol Road, Nagpur, for interact Installation Ceremony. President Rtn. Khushnoor Chugh , Secretary Rtn Parag Paranjape , Chair Persons Rakhi Bhatia , Ruchi Uppal , Director Mr. Raj Shah , Advisor Jumana Sakir were welcomed by the director of the school Mrs. Nishaji Saraf , Principal Kenneth Mendonca , Interact In-charge Mr. Anil Francis and the School Council Body. The school choir group sang a beautiful song which was highly appreciated by Mrs. Khushnoor Chugh,

the outgoing president of the Interact Club read out the school report and the new president Osheen Rajpal gave her acceptance speech. The new Interact Club members were then installed by Rtnn.

Mrs. Khusnoor Chugh. The team comprised of Interact President -Osheen Rajpal, Vice President - Sudhanshu Pandey, Secretary Riya Pandey, JT. Secretary - Kunal Suryawanshi, Treasurer - Suyash Dubey, Director (Community Service) - Sri Ramani, Director (Vocational Service) - Ishika Bansod, Director (International Service)

answers round, where Dr. Pawar took queries from the audience, and provided them with appropriate solutions.

Rtann. Geeta Rao, Rtn. Raj Shah Director, Mrs. Amina Vali Principal, Dr. Shakti Sharma, Teacher Incharge, Rotaract Club of Sadabai Raisoni Women's College and Staff members of SRWC were prominently present at the workshop.

11th August - Adarsh Bhiwgade, Director (Youth Service) - Mohit Chaudhary, Teacher I n c h a r g e - M r. A n i l F r a n c i s (9373255832). Mrs. Khushnoor Chugh gave an impressive speech in which she motivated the Interactors to be a gift to the World. Mrs. Ruchi Uppal also addressed the Interactors and asked them to put in their service above themselves. Riya Pandey then expressed the vote of thanks.

Compere Mahima Kadwe brought the show to an end with the School Anthem and National Anthem.

Rotaract Installation The installation ceremony of newly elected board members of Rotaract Club of Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur was conducted on 11th August 2015 at Bishop Cotton High School. The ceremony started with the traditional lighting of the lamp.

Madhur Rathi the outgoing president then enlisted out the activites conducted by the club in 2014-2015. This was followed by change of gaurd ceremony during which Madhur Rathi handed over the gavel to incoming president. Rtn Khushnoor Chugh, President of The Rotary club of Nagpur installed the new body.

Past president of The Rotary club of Nagpur Rtn Dr Sanjiv Chugh who was also present during the ceremony spoke on the importance being a rotractor and how the future Doctors can do his/her bit towards the betterment of society.

Rtn Khushnoor Chugh encouraged the rotaract members to take initiative in the

vital events of the parent club. Rtn Parag Paranjpe Secretary of rotary club Nagpur, Rtn Raj Shah Director youth service, Advisor Rtn Jatin Sampat, Chairpersons Rtn Manish Agrawal, Rtn Shweta Singh & Rtn Zaheer Akolawala graced the

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ceremony with their presence.

Teacher in charge Mrs Neena Parikh along with the students of IGGMC worked hard to make the program a grand success.

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A workshop on goal settings was conducted at south point school on 11th August 2015. The Importance of goals was explained to the students and they were guided on how to set smart goals.

Types of goals were explained with examples to help the young minds distinguish between them and set them in their day to day activities. Interact Co-ordinator Shraddha Maam appreciated the Rotary Club of Nagpur for guiding them.

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Community welfare Someone has rightly said ....Love your parents with respect, for you will regret when you see their empty chair.... Our Indian culture teaches us to treat our elders with lots of respect. But due to nuclear families, fast pace of life and some western influence, we have seen growing numbers of old age homes. On a positive side it helps inmates live with dignity, surrounded by people of their age. Community welfare committee

visited one such home, Matra Kripa Vridha Ashram on 12th August. This place is around 58 km from Nagpur at a place called Aadasa. This is home of 85 very old people. Ashram is very well maintained and beautifully made. Rotary club of Nagpur donated a high projection TV worth a lakh of rupees. This was sponsored by our very own Rotarian Rukhshad Bhagwagar. The TV was inaugurated by the hands of Committee

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The new team of Interact Club was installed recently in MSB Educational Institute Nagpur,Wardhaman Nagar at the hands of Ms.Khushnoor Chugh President Rotary Club. The new team consists of President Arwa Zariwala,Secretary Taher Mehta.

The President Khushnoor Chugh informed the students that the Interact Club teaches the student community to share ,care and act from the young age.

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and how the students can be a gift to the world through their services to man-kind.

The Installation Ceremony was graced by the Principal of the school Madam Raziya Husain, Masool Sk. Mohammad bhai Sabir. The report of the bygone year was presented by the past President Qutub Khan Fidvi and the vote of thanks was proposed by the past Vice President Sakina Dargawala on behalf of the Interact Club and school authorities.

The ceremony was concluded with Rose

12th August members and is placed in the dining room where maximum numbers can watch it. We also organised lunch for them which was sponsored by our President Khushnoor Chugh. Food packets, biscuits and Namkeen were distributed to all the inmates, which they all relished. Sweets were distributed by Anita Jain. We strongly believe that the best thing you can spend with them, is time . So we organised games for them. It was heartening to see them sing old patriotic songs. They very enthusiastically took part in another quiz, based on Mahabharata and Ramayana.

Prizes were distributed to them which were things of their daily needs. We came back with heavy hearts .....with the commitment of getting their eye checkups and providing reading glasses.

Present on the occasion was Director Non Medical Namita Sharma, chairpersons Anita Jain, Nirja Shukul, Ragini Sahu, Kusum Pande, Rtann Shalini Naidu and Mamta Kahai and Shashank Pande.

12th August Sapling Plantation by the Rotarians and the School Authorities to commemorate in the name of Late Past President A P J Kalam. The program was conducted by the teacher incharge Mrs Neelima Deshmukh and Co incharge Mrs Manju Shukre Mam. The ceremony was graced by the presence of Honorary secretary Rtn. Parag Paranjpe, Director of Youth Rtn. Raj shah, chairpersons Rtn. Vandana Agrawal and Rtn Neelu Garg .

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“An out of the world experience" were the words of the Interact Coordinator Mr. Nichols after another enriching session by Rtn. Ajinkya Saraf at Dinanath. A favorite trainer of the school, Ajinkya did justice to the place he holds in the hearts and minds of the students there.

Students of class IX were the beneficiaries of the engrossing talk on the topic "Thinking Skills". A Power Point presentation along with some every day examples made the talk very captivating. Mrs. Roy, Principal of the School praised the club for their effort.

Life skills students of Centre Point School, Katol Road.

She grabbed the attention of the students by asking them about their day to day activity. She instantaneously added value to their answers. She emphasized on a 'good nights sleep and 'early morning study' which are so important for a student.

The next segment of the session included a game. It stressed on how important planning and organizing is to complete the task on time. It had 3 teams and 8 members in each team. The teams had to perform 12 tasks within a time limit of 10 minutes. The students thoroughly enjoyed the well designed tasks which were so age appropriate. The analytic

Take Rotary Home Ajay and I were invited to attend our 1st TRH hosted by Anupam & Mamta Rai on the 12th of August. The weather Gods showered their blessings. There was a slight drizzle accompanied by a gentle breeze. My spirits soared & with deep anticipation we reached the Rais' residence. We were greeted with warmth

by Mamta & Anupam Rai, Ragini Sahu,

Shalini Naidu & Manju Shahani and the Advisor PP Sati Khanna Soon the rest of the invitees joined us.

The introductions were very innovative & suited the Independence Day theme. The welcome drinks, the desserts, & even the starters & main course were all in colors of our National flag.

Quiz was very informative about Rotary

study of the result of the game was done by the speaker. From the given task, the students understood that the ability to manage time is one of the most important and useful skills to have. An inability to do so effectively can lead to a lot of stress.

Time Management plays an important role in making a person successful. This was shown by a video clip of a Bollywood celebrity who emphasized the importance of Time Management in his success story.

The session was very fruitful as the students of class X stand at the threshold of a new career. It ended on a positive note. Time is very precious. It waits for none. So don't let time be a burden, learn to control your time.

-Sonal Singhvi

12th August & our club activities especially for us beginners. While playing games we bonded well with each other. The childlike excitement on winning was a moment to cherish. The entire experience was very pleasant. It was an evening well spent !!

So much so that I wish I could host one at my place.

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On 12th Aug'15, Rtann Sonal Singhvi conducted an interesting and interactive session on 'Time Management' for the students of class X of Centre Point School, Katol Road, in the school auditorium. This is one of the many sessions slated for the benefit of the

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Meeting The Launch of 'Power of Rotary' the book written about Rotary by PP Sati Khanna was well attented by a galaxy of dignitaries like Mrs Feroza Eduljee, Mrs and Mr Minoo Patel, Mrs and Mr Kamal kapai, Mrs Silu Bhagwaghar, Mrs Sherna Banerjee, Mr Sriratan Daga, Mrs and Mr Tarkunde, Mr Madhu Nair, PDG Ramesh Khanzode and Dr Ali and Dr Kareef.

The book was released by Mrs Eduljee and PDG Vishwas. This book was a labour of love and the amount of detailing that had gone into it is a game changer and the difference between a member and an educated Rotarian. Rtann Monica Bhagwaghar introduced Dr Ravi Wankhede who spoke on organ donation

13th August after the book launch.

Dr. Ravi Wankhede is a man of many talents. He is an expert member of Zonal Transport Regulation Committee and he is the Director and Centre Head of Mohan Foundation a leading NGO working in the field of spreading awareness of cadaver organ donation in Asia and he himself donated his own kidney to his friend thus setting standards of selfless servIce. Dr Ravi told us what is organ donation and the difference between brain dead and natural death. If a brain dead person's relative consents to donate, one can remove upto even 34 organs including skin, bones and ligaments etc. Dr Ravi laments the lack of awareness of organ donation in India. He says amongst all the states - Tamil Nadu is the most aware state of organ donation and he feels it is his duty to get people to become conscious about organ donation.

Rtn Rozina Rana who donated her daughter's organs said in an emotional speech that since her daughter was the kind of person who would cover the street urchins

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with her jacket and buy them snacks and milk on a rainy day and believed in the Rotary motto of selfless service.

She and her family took this decision to donate when she knew her daughter was not going to pull through her accident .She is happy her daughter could do service to society even in death.

The recipient of a kidney Mrs Agrawal's brother spoke of how grateful he was to see his sister come back from the jaws of death after her transplant and lead a normal life. He urged everyone to sign up to become a donor.

PP Vijay Naidu gave the vote of thanks, followed by the National Anthem.

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13th August day on 15th of August with their children between age group of 1 to 6. It was nice to see enthusiasm of staff and children. Flag hoisting was done by the hands of our President Khushnoor Chugh. All the guests were welcomed with flowers. Children sang 'sare jahan se aacha' in unison. Mrs Prabha, coordinator, couldn't thank enough for the help Rotary is providing to these children.

President and Secretary Parag Paranjpe addressed the gathering and promised all possible help. Biscuits were distributed to all children and

National Anthem was sung. Apart from president Khushnoor and Secretary Parag, Present on the occasion was Director Non Medical Namita Sharma, chairpersons Mamta Kahai, Sushma Hedaoo and Anjuli Minocha.

Life Skills A Special session which was also the concluding one of the 5 point programme at Tuli International School was conducted by Rtn. Swati Dharmadhikari of Green City, rotary.

Swati is a Child Psychologist and an assistant professor in Tirpude college of Social Work. This talk was in continuation of a session on Adolesence blues conducted by our committee in the last week of july, where the students,

17th August specially girls were asked to write their queries and problems if any, on a chit and submit. It was amazing to read the chits where the students placed tremendous confidence in us and asked for solutions for simple as well as grave issues related to child abuse. Hence the committee decided to invite a child psychologist and give proper guidance and solution to the students. Swati did full justice, as she gave simple explanations as to why problematic situations arise and also gave tips on self defence to girls. The later half hour session was for both girls and boys, where a general awareness on career selection as well as well being was given .A special note on maintaining healthy friendships between girls and boys was made, as this is a prime requirement in any co-education institution. After the talk there was a open house Q&A, where the students interacted with the speaker.

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The girls were happy to get solution to their problems. The principal and Interact coordinator Mr. Nikhil, who is also the science teacher for the students thanked Rotary for arranging this talk as it was very essential for the teenaged students.

There were about 100 students who attended the talk. In a nutshell, it was a very satisfying experience as we could give proper guidance to the Gen next.

-Geeta Rao.

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The Life Skills committee conducted its 23rd consecutive workshop in Dinanath High School.The topic was Thinking Skills by Rtn. Ajinkya Saraf..

It was an amazing experience for the new members of the Interact Club of VIII A who learnt new thinking skills for unexpected situations.. The students were very proactive and shared their ideas and inputs on various occasions .

The Interact coordinator, Mr. Nichols and Principal Mrs. Roy appreciated the speaker and the club for their back to back workshops and seminars.

The school is requesting for atleast 5 more workshops.

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Another workshop on goal settings was conducted at St Ursula High School on 20th August 2015. About 90 enthusiastic 10th std students attended the workshop. The Importance of goals at this stage of their school life was explained to the students. During the workshop students shared the difficulties they face in setting goals especially for the approaching board exams. Rtn Shweta Singh guided the girls on how to set smart goals not just for the coming board exams but also towards their dream career. Few sample action plans were made on how students can set their career goals by achieving several short term goals. Interact Co-ordinator Reena Maam applauded the efforts taken by The Rotary club of Nagpur towards their students.

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Regular Meeting President Khushnoor called meeting to order and then half minute silence was observed. Rtn Sachin Palewar was applauded for his efforts in cycling and completing 200 kms.

Induction saga continued as mentioned

by President Elect Alok Goenka and the new members inducted are : Sachin Mulani, Akash Garg and Dr Shantanu Sengupta. President pinned them and acquiesced the Rotary oath.

Then project announcements for the o n co min g w eek w er e mad e b y chairpersons. Rtn Rajiv Behal shared a good news that Revathy Naidu, a CA student who was given a scholarship by our club to pursue her studies, has cleared both the groups of IPCC in the first attempt.

20th August Rtn Sohrab Kanga introduced the speaker Mrs Kanishka Pandey of "Movers n Shapers" fame.

She is a fitness expert who got her certification from the US and got trained in UK. She was motivated to come in the field of fitness and healthy living when she herself lost 38kgs on her own and wanted to share her mantra of Fat to Fit. She has been part of many TV shows and is an expert on pre and post natal exercise regime. Married to Wing Comm. R. Pandey she has been imparting training to Air force personnel too.

Mrs Kanishka Pandey started her interactive session on "Fitness the Right angle"with the question What is fitness? It is to be able to do whatever we wish to do at our age at the best of our ability, she cited. Mental fitness is also utmost important as it is very difficult to control and calm our mind. Dis-ease of mind brings disease. Me time is essential for

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A talk on “Getting job ready� was conducted for the BCA students of Sadabai Raisoni College of Women on the 21st of August. Rtn. Sharad Bhave was invited to give a talk on the topic. The teacher incharge Ms. Shakti Sharma requested for a talk on 'How to face Job interviews'. The students being in professional courses were very keen on knowing the fundamentals of writing a resume correctly and the right way to communicate during any interview. Rtn. Sharad Bhave, who is a consultant and trainer, guided the students in his own effective style, a proper way to write a resume. He was simple in his language, which made the talk very interesting for the students. He advised the students to be a vigilant citizen, who is aware about the

everyone which brings clarity in life ,away from humdrum of social media.

For physical fitness one has to be consistent in any activity that we undertake. Time and efforts one invests on oneself is never wasted. One has to find a path and carve a niche for oneself that will work in the long run. Most important relationship should be with one's body. Kanishka shared the mantra "we woo we " meaning we hold the key for our own fitness.

It was a full house with more than 105 members attending the meeting. Rtann Madhavi Naidu proposed the Vote of thanks and commended the speaker for motivating the audience. Meeting was adjourned with National Anthem -Chetna Singhal

21st August situation around him/her. He explained the importance of verbal as well as non verbal communication, which describes a candidate's personality. He explained himself with a power point presentation and gave various examples of human behaviour which make or mar anybody's performance. Bhave Sir, with his tremendous experience fascinated the students by answering all their questions with ease. His sense of humour created a very good atmosphere where students enjoyed his talk and were interactive throughout the session. The young, to be professionals, were so engrossed that the one hour talk session went upto two and a half hours, with Bhave Sir, tirelessly giving solutions and answers to the students. The staff and students thanked

Bhave Sir and Rotary for arranging such a useful talk for the young aspiring students. There were 200 students who attended the talk. It will not be wrong if I state that this is a true service to the nation by way of guiding the youth of today who will be the strong Nation building citizens of tomorrow.

-Geeta Rao

Adolescence Blues Workshop no. 27 was organised by The Life Skills committee on Adolescence Blues for the 10th standard students of St. Micheal School, on the 21st of August 2015.

Dr. Waiker, an excellent speaker

addressed the boys. He got full attention & cooperation of the participating students. They were made aware of the commonly faced problems of adolescence and the logical methods of overcoming the same was explained in

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21st August simple and unambiguous language. The tremendous applause and prompt answers from students made the session very lively. Within an hours time Dr. Waikar managed to win the faith and hearts of the students.

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The Installation ceremony of the members of the Interact club was held at S.F.S High School on 21st August 2015. The program started with a prayer and lighting of the traditional lamp by the vice-Principal and the dignitaries present for the program. Hon'able President Rotary Club of Nagpur, Khushnoor Chugh handed the badges to the newly elected board members followed by an oath. The program concluded with vote of thanks and national anthem. The dignitaries present were Director Rtn. Raj Shah, Secretary Rtn. Parag Paranjpe, Chairperson Neelu Garg co-chairperson Rtann. Ruchi Uppal and Rtn. Harpreet Uppal. The program was conducted under the able guidance of Principal Rev.Sr. Manisha Paul, vice- principal Rev. Fr. Prashant, incharge trs. Mrs. M. Pitcher, Miss D. Soloman, Mrs. S. Patel and Mr. S. Medha.

Fund Raiser evening.

Mr. Raj Sodha, a legendary saxophonist from Mumbai who has the tracks of DON to his credit and worked with the top Music Directors R.D. Burman, Kalyandji Anandji, and the new ones Vishal Bharadwaj, Shankar Ehsaan Loy all big names, played some very popular tunes and themes like Sholay's title song, Pehla Nasha, Mehbooba, Aao na gale lagao na and many more with aplomb.

Mr. Anand Rai, a well known businessman of the city gave a magnificent performance for our cause, on popular demand, again this year at no cost to our club. What started with “Tumne Mujhe Dekha“ went on to a high crescendo with “Ek Haseena thi” that had

the audience on their feet. It was epic singing. The music was arranged by Mr. Pankaj Singh.

RtAnn Madhavi Naidu, an established & a very talented artist created two radiant paintings which were auctioned on the occasion. The auction was conducted by PP Shabbir Shakir in his inimitable style.

It was his motivation that an amount of Rs.40,000/- was collected. The paintings went to Rtn. Vijay Singhania & Rtn. S.P Singh.

Rajiv Behal conducted the program with zeal. Parvez Buxy arranged for the sound.

Chairpersons Amitabh Sinha and Rajiv Chaudhary worked round the clock, planning the minutest details to make this program the huge success that it was; with tremendous support in ticket sales, venue management etc from PP Shabbir Shakir, Behram Patel and Vice President Alok Goenka and Director Rina Sinha.

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When the ends are noble the means undoubtedly become noble… or in this case musical. Entertainment was ensured when a Fund Raiser by The Project Support Committee “Anand hi Anand..

Raj Sodha ke Saath” was organized to support “UDAAN ”, a day long sports meet for the specially abled . It was a night where our members drowned into some great music and thoroughly enjoyed the

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Literacy Seminar

Our Club was given the privilege of hosting the Literacy Level III Seminar by District 3030. The Seminar was held on nd 22 August and was attended by a galaxy of Zonal Chairs and District Trainers and officers, DG Nikhil Kibe, DGE Mahesh Mokalkar and DGN Dr Rajan as well as several PDGs. Rtn Nimish Sutaria was the Convener of the Seminar. All Clubs from Nagpur attended the Seminar alongwith special invitees from Zilla Parishad and the DIET. Several Clubs from Wardha, Chandrapur and Amravati were also well represented.

The Seminar was held in a packed hall at Chitnavis Centre where speaker after speaker shared information and details of the requirements mandated by RILM ( Rotary India Literacy Mission) as also the progress on various fronts. The Zilla

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Parishad operates 1580 schools of which Nagpur President's Enclave has accepted 290 schools in the first phase under the MOU with them. The MOU envisages the adoption of these schools aimed at making them Happy Schools as well as to improve the teaching and attendance therein.

Nagpur Clubs have completed visits in almost 275 of these allotted 290 schools and the update on the same was shared by many speakers representing the Clubs concerned. Our Club was well represented in terms of numbers present.

RCN Literacy Chair Pranav Singhal spoke on thefindings and also shared initial plans of ensuring proper cooking gas arrangements and improvements in Library facilities as an immediate step to cement the relationship with the schools.

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When they smile, their faces glow. They are happy in their own little world. Most of these mentally challenged children are away from their home and loved ones.

Doing even daily chore is a challenge for them. Most of these places are running on donations and always have a cash crunch.

The plates in which they eat have come as a donation and are in different sizes. At one of our visits, we saw children fighting for better plates. Staff told us that it's an everyday affair as they all want a bigger one. That day our committee for specially abled children decided to provide them with better plates. Rtann Amita Behal took upon the task to collect funds and generated Rs 27,000 within 2 days and bought 350 steel plates with compartments and glasses. These plates

were distributed by the hands of President Khushnoor Chugh in three schools on 23rd August at Jeevan Dhara. In the rest of the schools it will be distributed on 28th at Divya Jyoti. We thank all our donors from bottom of our hearts, who believed in us and came forward to help. Our donors are Soniya sethi, Reena Seth, Nandita Sahu, Sangita Sharma, Roshan Patel, Archana Patel, Amita Behal and Minoo Patel. Apart from the President,

In the medium terms, he also shared that we would work on repairs of toilets as well as provision of clean potable water and also hygiene in the schools. These views were followed by many other clubs also speaking on their observations and perceived priorities.

At the outset, President Khushnoor welcomed the delegates present followed by guidance by DG Nikhil Kibe, Zonal Literacy Chair PDG Sanjay Meshram and District Lieracy Chair Dr Madhusudan Sarda. ZP representatives as well as many participants shared their views and raised doubts which were clarified in the concluding Q and A session. The Seminar was followed by high tea.

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present on the occasion was Director Non Medical Namita Sharma, Chairpersons Pranav Singhal, Manisha Aggrawal.

Committee members Reema Sial, Anjuli Minocha, Priyanka Awachat..

Blood Donation Shalom, Hislop college auditorium.

There was lots of enthusiasm amongst students. Total 38 counts of blood was collected. The camp was organised in association with Jeevan Jyoti Blood Bank. Present on the occasion was President Khushnoor Chugh, Secretary

Life Skills The fifth session of personality development by life skills committee was taken at St Micheal's High School by Rtann Parul on Tuesday 25th August, in the school auditorium. Around 80 students of class10th took active participation in this interesting and self development session.

She, by her wonderful and motivational examples explained to children that for achieving the main or the highest goal you first have to climb the ladder step by step, at times you succeed but there are times you fail . Don't let yourself feel low for failures and don't get over confident by success. Keep yourself balanced and work towards your goal with full courage

25th August and enthusiasm. She emphasized on bringing about little changes in one's daily routine to keep a balance on day to day work. She also stressed on reading books that would motivate and inspire, read positive quotes and thoughts, exercise, talk to yourself everyday as, you are your best friend The children were so happy when she played a game that made them understand that each name has such good positive adjectives which describes them . They thoroughly enjoyed playing and analysing themselves, which made them feel so good about themselves. The session was effective as these students are soon going to climb the next step of high

Rotaract Installation The installation ceremony of the new team of Rotaract club of Hislop College took place in the college auditorium 'Shalom' on 25th August, 2015 at 10:30am sharp.

The programme was hosted by Rtr. Khushita Sharma. Rtr. Richard Thomas led us all through the opening prayer. All the dignitaries present, formally inaugurated the program by lighting the traditional lamp. The principal of Hislop College Dr. Miss Dipti Christian formally welcomed Rtn. Khushnoor Chugh, the President of the Rotary club of Nagpur, Rtn. Parag Paranjpe, Secretary of Rotary Club of Nagpur, Rtn. Raj Shah Director of Youth , Rtn. Shweta Singh - Chairperson.

The past Vice-President Rtr. Vinisha Koche presented the last year's report.

Change of guard was done at the hands of Rtn.Khushnoor Chugh between the outgoing vice president Vinisha Koche and the incoming president of the Rotaract Club of Hislop College Rtr. Ronald John. The new office bearers were decorated with their respective pins by

Parag Paranjpe, Director Non Medical Namita Sharma, Director Youth Raj Shah, Chairperson Navneet Jain . Other members present were rotarians Pranav Singhal, Dinesh Naidu, Chetna Singhal, Parul Shah and RajendraJaiswal.

President of Rotary club of Nagpur Rtn. Khushnoor Chugh.

The new office bearers are as follows: President-Rtr. Ronald John Secretary-Rtr. Rahul Jain Vice President –Rtr. Khushboo Agrawal Joint. Secretary-Rtr. Khayati Golchha Treasurer-Rtr. Meghna Urvashi Director of Youth services-Rtr.Akash Rai Director of vocational servicesRtr.Sachin Tiwari Director of community services-Rtr. Tauhid Sheikh Director of sergeant atarms –Rtr. Preshita Kaner New president Rtr. Ronald John gave his acceptance speech and ensured that he will do his work with all the determination and team spirit. The principal of Hislop College Dr. Dipti Christian advised the students to strike a

school very soon.......

COURAGE, CONFIDENCE, SUCCESS they begin with SELF -ESTEEM and SELF ESTEEM begins with YOU! -Parul Shah

25th August balance between their studies and other activities. This was followed with the experiences shared by the President of the Rotary Club of Nagpur Rtn. Khushnoor Chugh. She motivated the students to keep up with the rotary theme 'Be a gift to the world' by gestures of bringing smiles to the underprivileged.

The new secretary Rtr. Rahul Jain proposed the vote of thanks. The ceremony concluded with the national anthem.

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Every year under the able guidance of their Teacher In Charge Mrs Jigisha Naidu, Rotaract club of Hislop college organises a blood donation during installation of their Rotaract Club . In continuation of this tradition a similar camp was organized on 25th August, at

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Interact Installation The Installation of the new Governing Board of the Interact Club of BVM Civil Lines was held at 10 :00 am on 26th August at the multipurpose hall of the school, on August 26, 2015.

The Chief Guest of the function was President of RCN Rtn. Khushnoor Chugh and other Rotarians present included Sec. Rtn. Parag Paranjpe, Director Rtn. Raj Shah, Rtn.Manisha Agrawal and Rtann.

Jumana Shakir.

At the outset the outgoing President of Interact Jaanvi Wasade welcomed the guests, followed by prayer and lighting of the traditional lamp. Then she presented a

report on all the activities and projects done in her tenure.

The introduction of the incoming Board was done in an interesting manner by interactors Saurabh Khanna and Noyonika Chatterjee.

The newly installaed President Interactor Nikunj Mehadia took over the proceedings. An amount of Rs.1200 was handed over to Rtn. Khushnoor Chugh, being the cost of 100 rakhis that were sold by the Interactors.

These rakhis were prepared by differently

Project Nutrition Nutrition committee celebrated Rakshabandhan at Antar Bharti shala on 26th August. Beautiful fruit shaped rakhis sponsored by Rt Anns Anula Goenka and Sushma Hedaao were tied on every child's hand. Tasty laddoos brought by Anjali Minocha were distributed .The programme started with Gayatri Mantra sung by a small child aged five .Children

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abled children. A formal vote of thanks was proposed by Rebecca Mathews, Secretary, Interact. This was followed by the National Anthem.

26th August enjoyed a funny story narrated by our own RtAnn Anju .The story carried a moral that one should rack your brains in time of difficulty. Rtann. Anagha jaiswal brought drawing sheets and a colouring competition was organised We could find some budding artists and the best ones were awarded by our President Khushnoor. After all the fun and masti children were given deworming

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26th August

Sevanand Vidyalaya school teachers were observing that some students are getting into the bad habit of eating gutkha. They requested our club to have a workshop on this. On 27th August, 11am Community welfare committee organized a session on ill effects of eating gutkha and tobacco. Dr Karemure, Assistant Professor at Government Dental College and an anti tobacco activist, happily agreed to be part of this, along with his team of junior Doctors . A strength of 600 students listened to him in pin drop silence . An audio visual presentation had a great effect. He also showed a movie and presented his thoughts with facts and figures through the slide show.

Students had an interactive session and came up with many questions. In the end they all took an Anti Tobacco Pledge. President Khushnoor Chugh and Director Non medical Namita Sharma were there to grace the occasion. The session lasted for around ninety minutes. A token gift was presented to Doctor Karmure for taking out time from his busy schedule.

medicine sponsored by Rtn. Dr. Sanjeev Chugh. Napkins were also distributed by our President. The zeal and enthusiasm of Director Namita Sharma, Sec. Parag, Dr Rizwaan, Reema Sial, Chairpersons Anagha Jaiswal, Mamta kahai, Sushma Hedaao. Vrinda rathi made it possible to complete one more satisfying project .

-Mamta kahai

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Meeting inflicted by this decision? Is porn serving the society?”

Rtn. Rina Sinha was in favor of Govt. exercising its right, cause it's not only about educated class watching it but it also goes for the rural and less educated segment of the country. Dr. Sengupta believes that govt. has the right to formulate rules and regulations to maintain the sanctity and sanity of the society. He expressed his opinion on all the above questions wherein, he emphasized on the fact that there should be regulations like paid viewership etc. to curtail the viewers. Rtn. Shivani Bidaye was not in favor of the ban. She feels that there are other major things in the country that needs to be stopped first.

Rtn. Sohrab responded to questions in an analytical way where he strongly supported his view with the facts and figures from

Take Rotary Home When one week old Sachin & Kamya Mulani, Two week old Manohar & Bhuvi Wadhwani, less than a month old Dr Manu & Esha Goel & Manish & Rhea Gupta, just a little more than a year old Pranav & Chetna Singhal, Danny & Preeti Vaid & Gaurav & Akanksha Agarwala, get together with 38 year old PP Sati & Reeti Khanna 28 year old PDG Vishwas 23 year old PP Chandru & Manju & Rotary Encyclopedia Shabbir Shakir & Jumana, what does one expect? of course on the scene are nearly extinct Nikunj Doshi. Drs Ajay & Anita Sood, Vinay & Anjali Thakur, Sanjay &

Varsha Mansukhani & of course the hosts Appu & Laxmi Wadhwani who are an equally rare species, the get together turns out to be great fun.

Almost no one knows the other. But Introductions, a Rotary Quiz, Games, Drinks & a Pound Dinner break the ice.

With Jerry & Cyrus Watchmaker, Rajiv & Rita Bhargava, Sunil & Manju Bhatia to act as buffers, amidst lots of Photographs & Hawaiian Music, the evening was full of fun at the 3rd Take Rotary Home on Thursday the 27th. Everyone was dressed to KILL. Floral Shirts, Skirts, Dresses, Hats,

Probus “Old age is the most unexpected of all things that can happen to a man"?

We the PROBUS CLUB, today celebrated rakshabandhan with the residents of Panchvati vridh ashram. It was a small gesture from our side to bring smiles into their lives. We tied rakhis to them, played games and shared their pain and sorrow by talking to them .For the couple of hours that we spent with them we succeeded in making them forget their old age. Our active Rotarians-Rtn Madan Pande, Rtn Shailja

various surveys. Dr. Rita Aggrawal feels that to some extent government does have the right to ban. If they can liberalize issues like same sex wedding for the society then why can they not tighten the laws?

Rtn. Rukshad conducted the discussion in a very balanced way by letting the panel air their views. Vote of thanks was given by PP. Shabbir Shakir.

-Fatema Akolawala

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Garlands, Tiaras made the perfect backdrop.

ThanQ Rotary!

ThanQ Chairpersons Akanksha & Varsha.

28th August Pingle, Rtn. Nilufer Rana Rtann Ritika Singhvi were all present to help us for the project. Our Probus members Mrs Rita Seth, Mrs Kriplani, Mrs Uppal, Namita Singhvi actively participated in the programme. In the end we distributed snacks to the residents. Director Sonia Khurana, ChairpersonsRuchi Uppal and Raakhi Bhaatia efficiently managed

and coordinated the entire programme -Raakhi Bhaatia, -Ruchi Uppal

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The last meeting of the month was held on 27th August, 2015. The President on the behalf of RCN presented a letter of thanks to Mr. Anand Rai for the fund raiser night and also thanked Rtann. Madhavi Naidu for her contribution, to the project Udaan. Short term exchange students shared their experiences.

The program for this week's meeting was Panel discussion on “To porn or not to porn” led by Rtn. Rukshad Bhagwaghar. He called upon the panel Rina Sinha, an IT entrepreneur, Shivani Bidaye, an Ophthalmologist, Dr. Rita Agrawal a journalist and a psychologist, Dr. Shantanu Sengupta a surgeon and Rtn. Sohrab Kanga.

Rtn. Rukshad started the discussion with this question “Do they think that government has the right to act as a society's moral police? Is the personal space has been

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Rotaract – Inter College Debate Sadabai Raisoni.Womens' College in association with the Rotary Club of Nagpur organized 'Kurukshetra' an Intercollegiate Debate Competition on the topic 'Is Death Penalty Appropriate” at Vivekananda Hall, Shraddha House on 28th August 2015.

Teams from seven colleges namely, G.H.R Law School, Hislop College, IGGMC, Tulsiram Gaikwad Patil College of Architecture, Tirpude College, Priyadarshini Institute of Engineering and Technology and Sadabai Raisoni Women's College participated in the event.

The debate was judged by Ms.Khushnoor Chugh, President Rotary Club of Nagpur, Ms. Monica Bhagwagar and Mr. Dinesh Naidu. Rtn. Shabbir Shakir was the

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moderator. Sumedh Kadam and Anisha Sharma from GHR Law School were the winners. The first runners up were Megha Pande and Supriya Ghodke from Tirpude

College and 2nd runners up were Vedang Mahajan and Mahesh Hakka from IGGMC.

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Happy Schools seems a distant dream for the children studying in ZP Schools, but Rotary has taken it up as a Mega Project and with the dedication and hard work of the Rotarians we shall soon see significant changes in the 50 schools allotted to us at Rotary Club Of Nagpur.

Our ready to help volunteers, namely PE Alok Goenka, PDG Vishwas, PP Shabbir, PP Gulab Mahant, Rtn Litesh Thakkar, Rtn Mohd Master, Rtn Shiv Rao geared up their respective teams. They were supported by President Khushnoor, PP Tauby, PP Rajan Bhatia, Rtn Sharad Bhave, PP Vijay Naidu, Rtn Sharad Paliwal, Rtn Parag Date, Rtn Shashank Pande, Rtn Mohan Anand, Rtn Kevinder Talwar, Rtn Tushar Singhvi, Rtn Sarang Upganlawar, Rtn Rajesh Yadav, Rtn Nimish Sutaria and Rtn Pranav Singhal.

These few good men and women undertook what appeared to be a herculean task of taking the first step of

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surveying the schools, to gauge the actual ground scenario there. Our children are getting the best of the best, but for the ZP School Children it is not even 5% of it. We have summarized and identified a few things which are worth sharing for inputs, guidance and support in due course.

Toilets are a major concern, Water is a huge point both for sanitation as well as drinking, Compound walls, Building structure, Electricity, these are some of the major points identified, apart from library, sports equipment to name a few.

One common solution identified is provision of cooking gas (LPG) as a medium to cook the meals vis-à-vis firewood used as on date. We want to stop this usage as it is not eco friendly. We intend to get these schools Gas Connection in their names in collaboration with the PSU gas companies, helping them to procure one Gas Stove and two Gas Cylinders per

school, so that we make an immediate impact. In addition, we intend to ask our interactors to collect old books to improve the collection at individual schools. Another very important aspect to be addressed is teacher training, improvement of teaching aids and ensuring water and sanitation. Also footwear is one concern we can address immediately with minimal efforts by taking help from our interactors and rotaractors All these will require the whole hearted support and virtual adoption of schools in maybe sets of two or more, by each team to ensure that by rotation visits can be done to monitor progress.

Our Goal is to bring smiles and spread happiness by contributing our bit for the future generations of our country.

-Pranav Singhal

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One Mission One Goal -Combat Global Warming

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We all know that global warming is the biggest concern for the world today. To contribute to the cause this year the rotaract committee is following the theme “OMOG” – One mission One Goal of working towards Global warming.

The first step towards OMOG is the “Combat Global Warming project” where the dedicated Green city committee and rotaract committee are working hand in hand, wherein plantation is being done at the houses of Rotarians and Rotaractors.

The enthusiastic team of chairpersons & rotaract members under the guidance of Rtn Jatin Sampat, Rtn Raj Shah, Rtn Sarang Kale & Rtn Reeti Khanna have their boots tightened on Sunday mornings, who carry the fruit saplings to the houses and plant them along with the rotarians. The rotaract club members then present a hand made card to the rotarian thanking them for their gesture and lending their hand in the cause.

All smiles about the project, Vaishnavi Telrandhe, President Rotaract Club of SRWC said “The project not only gave us a chance to contribute to the global cause of reducing global warming but moreover we were overwhelmed with the warm

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welcome we received at the homes of rotary members. Thanks and looking forward for such activities.”

Sandeep Dubey, President Rotaract club of IGGMC had to say “Trees have furnished us with two of life's essentials, Food and Oxygen. It's an important part of every community. The main reason we like trees is because they are both beautiful and majestic. The initiative

taken by Rotary club of Nagpur on project one mission one goal is appreciable and we are thankful for giving us this opportunity.”

Considering the theme of this year, Being a gift to The World, Smita Burrewar , President of Tulsiramji Gaikwad Patil College of Architecture said “I feel tree plantation is the best gift that you can give

to the nature. Moreover the best part of the project is working in groups with members of other rotaract clubs & also with rotarians who treat us like their friends. Thanks to rotary club for organizing this project” Last but not the least Ronald John, President, Rotaract Club of Hislop College stated in a musical way, “Tree Plantation Is Not An Activity Now, As I did it By Myself, I Realised That It Is A Core Contribution By Us Towards The Nature And the best Part is The Teams Which Are Made By mixing Up all the Rotaract Clubs” So far more than 30 Households and more than 60 trees/saplings have been planted and the team is geared up for a bigger target.

A big credit goes to the green city committee of dedicated chairpersons who take care of the technical and who spare their time for the project. We hope that the team is welcomed by every rotarian as we say charity begins at home !

So what do you what do you want to see blooming at your houses, Basil/ Lime/ Guava/ Aloe Vera/Kadipatta ? Hope to see you soon !!!

- Shweta Singh

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Project Possible!

Shabbir Shakir Literacy – The Panacea to all ills!!!!!

Our world is faced with numerous problems – poverty, hunger, terrorism, fundamentalism, lack of health facilities........the list is endless. We either address all these problems individually, and in the process take a life time, or wish it away with the single stroke of a magic wand. That magic wand is Literacy!!!!!

Make every one literate, ignite the fire for knowledge, instil skill sets and they will be ready to face all that comes their way.

Literacy is supposed to be the first baby step which stirs up the thirst for more within an individual. It is supposed to create an urge for more, with an understanding that it is the best investment. An investment that can never go waste! An investment that will stand any test of time! An investment that cannot be destroyed, stolen or lost!!

The world has woken up to this fact a bit late, but not too late. The paradox here is that my education, in isolation, is not sufficient. It is imperative that my environment has to be educated too.

Education will lead up to employability, better lifestyles, self esteem, tolerance and above all a reason to live.

The thought process is now in place. And, yes, this was the difficult part. It is time that we put this thought into action in a 'Literate' way rather than a haphazard one. Because, faulty action can be as bad maybe worse than no action at all......

Rotary can have a crucial role to play in this endeavour. Post the Polio campaign success, Rotary could not have chosen a more worthy cause. Now that it has, we have to put our mite to take it forward. We have to even galvanise the governmental agencies, administration of schools, village elders and the common man into positive action. Structured planning is the way forward. Adoption of schools by specifically identified members, analysis of the existing infrastructure, identification of gaps and a plan to fill in the gaps is the beginning. Implementation is the next step.

The short and medium term will see us partnering with the government, playing

the role of a mentor and a watchdog, planning and implementing action and resources to make the schools good enough to attract students, hold their interest and dispense quality education.

The analysis right now covers existing infrastructure, which includes classrooms, libraries, toilets, playgrounds, kitchen facilities et al. The teaching staff in the school is another aspect under analysis. The recommendations at the initial stages will cover these aspects and will also suggest a roadmap in terms of time, effort and resources to make it happen. The 'time, effort and resources' will be a team work of the government and the community, with us as mentors and watchdogs. We have to ensure that the resources are put to best use and stewardship is sacrosanct.

The Literacy drive has the potential of changing the world for the better. Passion is the key word!!!!! Passion to 'Be a Gift to the World'!!!!!

Rotary touches lives

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Hemalkasa surgical camp has been my place of pilgrimage for the last 18 years.

It has metamophorsed a needle fearing me to a bold individual. Infact the Amte family and the magnanimous hearted doctors have become my extended family . Dr. Govardhan who has nicknamed me 'annapurna' and Dr Joglekar deserve special mention and they have been my source of inspiration.

Instances of rotary generosity are limitless.When I approached Dr. Shaunak Mokadam, with a request of cataract

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operation for a financially needy friend , he sweetly told me to order and not request . Again, another acquaintance suffering from cancer approached me and I took her to Dr. Govardhan and then to Dr Joglekar. both these patients have felt the humble service of rotarians and they now are operated and living happy lives the Rotaryannes are a mirror image of generosity too. On many occasions they have come forward to help the indigent, whether it was gathering 60000 for an accident patient or accumulating money

for the marriage of two poor girls.

Kudos to rotary for giving us a platform to show our humane side.

My early morning prayers are always to be of help to the others and to show the true spirit of our club. As truly said “service above self” and to be “a gift to the world”.

-Neeru Bhatia

Smart Alec BAN THE BAN Our politicians have two pastimes.

The first is making truckloads of money, though that is more of a fulltime occupation than a pastime. The second is banning things left, right, centre. They ban beef because cows are holy .... in the same breath they go on record to say that the woman who got gang-raped probably deserved it.

Maggi is harmful for health ....

Gutkha and cigarettes are not. Kissing in public is banned .... pissing is not.

Porn is banned .... female foeticide is our birthright.

The recent ban on BBC's controversial documentary “India's Daughter” has proved that the BJP government is more concerned about India's image worldwide rather than the safety of its women. The government's reaction to everything controversial is to ban it, making BJP the Ban Janata Party. These days you cannot do anything if even one knowit-all in power takes offense to it.

Take the curious case of the common man in Mumbai for instance. He lives in a one room apartment with six other family members. He gets out of the house and jostles with crowds every step of the way to his office across town, the commute of which takes the better part of two hours. The same process is repeated on the way back.

He cannot take his girlfriend to a hotel for a private tryst for fear of the cops raiding the place. He cannot watch porn at home because four siblings and parents breathe down his neck at all times. He cannot watch naughty clips on his mobile because a random cop again can confiscate the instrument or book him under some random act. He can swear in private but cannot watch film stars do it on screen. His small ray of hope in watching some nudity promised on the poster outside is squashed by the censor board inside. On the way back home in the packed local train he is

Sohrab Kanga left wondering how India is the most populous country on earth when his government is thwarting every attempt of his in adding to the figure....

Though this may not be the norm it certainly illustrates how the government has begun regulating our lives. Whatever happened to freedom being our basic birthright? Aren't issues like terrorism, dowry, disease, education, farmer suicides, Rahul Gandhi's speeches and Modi's next foreign visit more important than these frivolous bans? Aren't we, as responsible adults, supposed to know what is good for us and what isn't? Do we need some uneducated, uncouth, corrupt, crass, gutkha chewing, public-spitting, rhetoric-spewing leader telling us how to live our lives?

Isn't it time to ban the bans?

Last Month’s Winner Veenita Pasari

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

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Doctor Alert Dr. Shaunak P Mokadam Eye Update Hello friends, even today the most common cause for patients consultation with an eye specialist is refractive error or glasses. So let me briefly update you regarding the newer treatment modalities for this common eye problem.

The refractive errors are mainly classified as Myopia or near sightedness, Hypermetropia or far sightedness and Presbyopia or the near vision glass people need after forty years of age.

We have to differentiate the treatment options age wise since there is definite progression with age and also based upon the quantum of refractive error or power.

In children, as and when they are diagnosed, the first choice is glasses.

Once they are about 12-14 and start becoming independent we can consider contact lenses. These usually would be in the form of disposable soft contact lenses, which could be worn for about 12-14 hrs per day at a stretch.

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There are the Daily Disposable lenses which are one day use only lenses. They have the biggest advantage of zero maintenance, as, everyday, you open a new pack, apply the lens and at the end of the day, just discard the lens. Then there are fortnightly, monthly and quarterly disposable types available aswell, which help to economise the cost but do add up the maintenance hassle.

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Hard lenses or the RGP lenses are the older alternatives, which have a very wide power correction capability, but are little uncomfortable in the eye. They need some time to get adjusted to. They are the best options for a patient with higher powers or irregular astigmatism. They also have been known to arrest the progression of the power.

LASIK or Laser correction of power is another modality of treatment, wherein the requisite power is adjusted by doing surgery with Laser, on the patient's cornea (the transparent front portion of the eye,

which is generally called as 'black portion'). It is an irreversible procedure and usually non-repeatable. It does have some limitations of patient selection.

Those with thin corneas and those having powers higher than -12 cannot go in for LASIK. As of date LASIK is the most accurate & successful method of making the individual spectacle free. After a thorough check up of cornea using modern machines like Atlas Topographer, Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography, Visante Omni and WASCA analyser, the newer LASIK machines using 'Wave Front' technology can bring about a near perfect correction.

LASIK could be done for all ages after the power progression stops around 18 to 20 years of age. Even after treatment minor power correction may still be necessary because healing response of each individual differs. In the younger population it helps to make the individual spectacle free. For the forty plus age group it helps to get rid of the distance vision glass. This reduces the thickness of the glass giving a better visual quality and cosmetic appearance. Selection for certain jobs is not possible if spectacles are to be used. Similarly, young girls and boys of marriageable age, are happy to get rid of spectacles after LASIK. For those above forty, the near vision glass is still necessary for reading, writing or computer work even after LASIK.

Multifocal contact lenses. They are in the monthly disposable format and come as pack of six lenses.

They do have some limitation as to the amount of power they can correct. Some top-up glasses maybe required in some individuals. But again the aim is spectacle independence.

Ortho Keratology lenses are hard lenses to be worn overnight, so as to make the individual spectacle free during the waking hours. It was once discarded as an obsolete method, but is now making a comeback with a newer design of lenses.

The only drawback of the treatment is the variability of the power throughout the day.

For individuals unfit for LASIK, ICL (Implantable Collamer Lenses) is the next best surgical correction. This implies surgically implanting a collamer lens in front of the natural lens of the eye.

Regular Cataract surgery with an Intraocular Lens (IOL), is now refined to help provide spectacle independence for all ages.

For individuals above forty and desirous of spectacle independence, Presbyopic Lens exchange with Multi-focal IOL for both eyes sequentially is now gaining popularity. Post surgery, the vision for both distance and near is good. Though

With the newer Presbyond treatment in the Zeiss LASIK laser system, it is possible to correct this issue aswell, wherein basically one eye is made near dominant and the other distant dominant with a good intermediate working distance. This procedure is meant to make the individual spectacle independent.

Thus it is best suited for high flying executives, house-wives but not suited for skilled artisans.

These are but few of the options available

The other development for the population above forty, is the presbyopic or

day to day activities and life-style.

some people, sometimes, might require minor glasses after surgery, which are single vision glasses.

Clear Lens extraction with Multi-focal IOL is a procedure for those individuals who are in the presbyopic age, with high myopia and desirous of spectacle independence. today and have to be tailored to a patients

Fealty to the Body Vinita Bhatia

Weight training is a kind of exercise which involves lifting weights to strengthen your muscles and increase metabolism. It can be done by using weights like dumbbells, kettlebells and weight training machines.

Since, I belong to this field the frequent queries are: 1) Cardiovascular exercises like treadmills burn more calories than lifting weight, so its waste of time going to gym.

I simply tell them NO. Working with weight can improve your strength. And the fantastic inch loss one targets can be achieved much easily through weight training.

Cardiovascular activity is great for stamina, heart & lungs & burning calories but if you combine it with weight training it will strengthen your muscles increase your basal metabolic rate. So, for every additional pound of muscles you gain your body burns around 50 extra calories 1 day. So in long term you'll not only get stronger but thinner.

2) I have started weight training for weight loss but am depressed that I am not reducing weight.

Ans:-Do not be disheartened if you haven't reduced weight initially or may have gained a little. Because muscle weighs more per square inch than fat. So, though you are reducing fats & putting on healthy muscles it will reflect the

same on weighing machine. But definitely you can see better toned “you” in the mirror.

3) Should women do weight training?

Will I look muscular like men do?

Ans.:-definitely. All women must do weight training –It's in fact more important for women to do weight training. You'll never look like men with weight training unless & until you strive for it. As men have testosterone hormones which are important for development of muscles shape. As women have low level of testosterone & majorly estrogens, it does not lead to bulky & butch physique.

Weight training is the only exercise which increase your Bone density. As the women start ageing they start having osteoporosis, so having a strong muscles means a stronger and a firm support to bones as muscles engulf the bones. So chances of injury and fractures minimise when one has strong muscles.

It's good for women as it keeps a better hormonal balance well. So, coping up with menopausal blues for women over 40 becomes very comfortable if they are regular with their weight training.

4) I m 45 too old for going to gym for weight training. It's all fads of young boys and girls who want to make all “Dolle Sholle.”

Ans: - No, in fact building a little extra muscle can actually reduce the risk of injury.Stro n g musc les, ten don s and ligame nts are much more capable of withstanding stress, and the i m p r o v e d flexibility gained

by strength training also reduces the likelihood of pulled muscles and back pain.Resistance exercise can reduce bone deterioration and build bone mass, preventing osteoporosis.

Working your muscles can also inhibit the affects of sarcopenia, the age related loss of muscle mass, strength and function.

After the age of thirty there is a loss of 35% of muscle mass per decade, making day to day tasks gradually harder to perform and slowing down metabolism which in turn increases the risk of weight gain.weight training acts no less than any ''Anti ageing miracle”.Believe me I have a lady coming to our gym 'as young as 82 years' doing fantastic weight training exercises with full vigour and energy.

5) How can weight training make me healthier?

Ans.:-Researches have shown that it has excellent control over insulin resistance, blood pressure, and body fat& gastrointestinal transit time. So it's very good for diabetics & even heart diseases.

So one should start with moderate weight training & gradually start increasing under a guidance of professional trainers for injury free effective weight training.

Make sure to have resting time of 48 hrs between the same muscle groups to have proper recovery & growth of the muscle.

If you have less time it would be good idea to target major muscle groups like chest, back & legs. & a little time for minor muscle will take you a long way.

Having a proper diet while weight training rich in proteins is extremely important. Because if you eat properly, at right time, right quantity & right quality will reap a big benefits. Importance of diet & exercise is 50-50.

So feel healthy, look best which in turn makes you feel better & relish the benefits for the rest of life.

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Weight Training for fitness & weight loss

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Fashion with Finesse Madhavi Naidu

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"Fashion is what you're offered four times a year. Style is what least a day before the event... That way you can be sure as to what goes with what, what you pick out of that fashion".

Whoever said this... Couldn't have said it any better. In this day shoes,whether the fit is right, what accessories and age where everything is available at the click of the button etc....and also gives you a chance and time to and when we are constantly bombarded with images of latest change your mind in case you are not happy fashion, trends, what's in and what's out and of gorgeous men with it. and women in fantastic clothes .... It's very easy to get confused Ultimately remember It's always best to wear what you think as to what we want, what will look good on us and what to wear looks good on you, dress appropriately for the occasion and not when. I have compiled a few style tips that should make this a bit just follow fashion blindly... You can never go wrong and will always look your stunning best. easy.

1. Remember size isn't anything but a number- Pay less attention PS: Don't forget to look at the bright side of things... As Audrey to the size of the outfit and more to the fit. You maybe a medium Hepburn said, "happy girls are the prettiest". but in certain styles maybe a large would look better on you...

Don't give too much importance to whats printed on the label.

2. Always bet on black- I have read it like a hundred times... But I do think black flatters most people... You can always enhance it with a scarf or jewellery. But this shouldn't deter you from being colourful and bright... Stick to black only when in doubt.

3. A scarf can make all the difference - check out the internet ...you can wear it in like a hundred different ways. It's the perfect accessory for our nagpur winters and can brighten up any outfit.

4. For longer looking legs - shoes as the same colour as your trousers, or your outfit will instantly make your legs look longer... We all like to look an inch or two taller than we are and cannot always sport 5 inch heels.

5. Smile - Anyone would look dazzling with a bright smile, and the focus will be more on your lovely face and less on the outfit in case you don't want to show you aren't very confident about it.

The best way to brighten up your smile is with some bright lipsticks. They instantly lift up your mood and brighten up anything that you are wearing.

6. Accessorise - never underestimate the power of accessories...

It's not so difficult with us Indians where jewellery is concerned with the Indian wear. But do not neglect this aspect when you decide to try something western. Many a plain outfit can instantly be glamourised by a belt, scarf, neck piece. Try to stick to one focal point of accessory and not look like a Christmas tree.

7. Pick out your outfit- if it's a big party, occasion or something special... Do think about what you would wear and try it on at

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Grey Zone When Hari met his Saali A title like that and you are already halfway to predicting the possible twist in the story.

It also rouses a sneaking suspicion whether the book has been inspired by the famous Hollywood flick 'When Harry met Sally' which I can safely say, it is not.

The first part of the story is set in Los Angeles and the writer has effectively brought out the flavor of the lives of modern young Indians living the American dream.

The characterization of the two central characters, Hari and Tia is of essence here.

Tia has been portrayed as an ambitious achiever and Hari is the chilled out but practical dude.

The story begins with Hari and Tia's relationship amidst preparations for their engagement. The irony though is that you see little love between them, what comes across is two completely different individuals who love the idea of 'being with' each other rather than actually loving each other.

Tia, the go getter that she is, is hell bent upon changing Hari and making him into the kind of life partner that she idealizes, and Hari, who wants to do everything for the love of his life and yet can't help but be himself.

This forms the primary niggling issue in

Sapna Vastani their relationship.

Meanwhile, we also get a glimpse of the life that once Tia lived , left behind in Nagpur, being lived now by her younger sister Simi and their mostly grieving mom.

Simi's character brings a lot of freshness to the story. She is smart, funny, a dreamer, but the kind who is too cautious about actually living her dreams cause they come at a price. It seems like she's been holding herself back for so long which makes hers a mixed and confused, but unpredictable personality.

The two sisters with bad history between them and one clueless man form one wacky triangle.The 'obvious' twist comes through, but not the way you would expect it.

This story is not just a love triangle, but also in some ways a realization about how we agree to live in denial at times, subconsciously hoping for the impossible to become true.

The book has a colorful, eye-catching cover that well captures the essence of the plot while showcasing the wit that forms the soul of the book. The story has been primarily limited to the three main protagonists with a few supporting characters, keeping the plot simple. The language is lucid and narration is impeccable, helps the reader

visualize it beautifully.

The book attempts to logically look at every shade of the character's personality, and has succeeded in this endeavour to a great deal.

The book is an interesting page turner,albeit a bit slow and predictable in the latter half.

The author Harsh Warrdhan is our very own Nagpur lad and also the son of a late Rotarian. He is an engineer and graduate from Columbia College. He took up screenwriting as a strategic career when he headed to Los Angeles from Nagpur to study film-making.

Harsh has written and directed an American film and has written screenplays for films and TV. 'When Hari Met His Saali' is his first novel.

This fiction is published by Harlequin India and is priced at 299 INR.

• ½ tsp ghee Sweet filling Heat ghee in a kadhai or pan add nutmeg powder. Add grated fresh coconut and grated jaggery. Mix well and cook this coconut and jaggery mixture on a low flame. Cook till all the moisture in jaggery has evaporated (but should not be hard on cooling). Add cardamom powder The outer cover Take a pan add the water, bring it to boil add the oil and salt. Reduce the flame and add the rice flour gradually with left hand and stirring continuously with the right hand so that no lumps are formed. Switch off the flame cover the pan and let it stand for 5-8 minutes. Now take all the dough in a bowl and knead it with some oil on the hands (take care that you do not burn your hands) .make sure the dough is soft and smooth.

The Modak Make small balls from the dough and smooth them on your palms. Oil your fingers and use the three fold mould (picture 1) to press the dough using your thumb to press against the mould (picture 2). Place the inner filling in the center. Make a small circle of the dough to cover the base (it sticks easily ). Make all the modaks this way. keep water for steaming in a pan . grease the insides of the steamer lightly with oil keep them in a steamer pan. Place the modaks in the steamer well apart from each other .Cover the pan with a lid and steam for 10 to 12 minutes on a low flame.Do not despair if some of the modaks crack it happens sometimes. Serve the Ukadiche modak hot from the steamer with melting ghee on top .

Tasty Terrain Ukadiche Modak Ingredients

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Rotary Jr Tales Sonal Singhvi Hello friends, A.P.J Abdul Kalam Azad said “You have to dream, before your dreams come true”. Dreams, Hopes & Imaginations I believe would spur higher growth and enterprise in children. So let their creativity and inventiveness bloom without boundaries.

Keep emailing your kids experiences and talents to – sonalsinghvi3@gmail.com

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Aalya Uppal 7 years Come Soon Ganpati Bappa..

The rains are here , The grass is green, Now you will come , I saw you in my dream.

We will do lots of 'Masti' You are a big 'hasti' Come soon my Ganpati Bappa....

I am waiting for you with Mummy and Papa.

Yatharth Javery VIII - Modern School.

As a son of a Cricket Crazy mom I have received cricket in my genes. I love cricket: it is something that runs through me in my veins and my blood. Like all youngsters I Dream of playing for my country one day. Currently a student of Class VIII I represent my school in under 14 tournaments. My father coached me in our compound. Later I joined structured coaching at Ruby Sporting Club at WCL ground. I am a fast bowler and my friends fondly call me Brett Lee. I also represent the club in all the tournaments that it participates.

My Mom loves cricket and plays in Rotary's Rotary Cricket League every year. Balancing studies and cricket together gets very tiring at times but my passion for the game makes me put that extra bit of effort. I thank my family and coaches and my friends for always motivating and supporting me. Every Match and Tournament I Play gives me new Experience!

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Voyaging Viking’s Musing

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"Travel is the only thing you buy, that makes you richer."

It's always an overwhelming, indelible experience, whenever I am travelling. The world is a beautiful place which showcases life-changing journeys that offer an unparalleled diversity - so much to explore, different people to adore, classic and gastronomy galore!!

Your existence, resources and energies beg to keep up with the flow.

The breeze smells different at every other place, streams never play the same symphony. Cows, dogs, horses even the cow dung, everything is distinct and changes with the distance.

Its so amazing. Cultures and Monuments have so many things to offer. World is an open school with innumerable subjects and faculties, with no tution fees.

Fellow passengers, cab and bus drivers, cruise captains, reception girls, B&B hosts,

tour guides, bar tenders, store managers, cafe owners make your travel a carnival. They become inseparable part of your story, the fragrance and warmth of which remains with you for a lifetime.

Live this adventure called travel whenever and wherever you can. @ Elterwater, Cumbria, Lake District. UK

IN HIGH SPIRITS....!

The music was in the air... guitars strumming, catchy hooks, unstoppable beats...and I could hear the saxophone and accordion artistically complimenting to create a soulful symphony in some nook on the street. Despite a sprained ankle, I couldn't resist and spurted, to find myself surrounded by "Buskers" - the singers and musicians performing on the streets. The music was omnipresent - couples dancing to glory, the elderly cherishing and the children tip toeing...

It was a pleasant sunshine of July 2015, on Grafton Street, also coined as "The heart of DUBLIN " - the music capital of the world, and I was the lucky one, soaking in the hospitality and infectious Irish charisma, which this happy city had to offer.

The Grafton Street is an extension of the pathway leading from the famous Trinity College situated in the city centre of Dublin. We had a unique experience of sharing accommodation in the campus rooms, owing to the students summer break..

The prestigious Trinity College was established in 1952 and is one of the seven ancient Universities of Britain and Ireland, which allowed women's education in the year 1904.It also has the honor of being the Alma mater of Ireland's famous writer Oscar Wilde. The sprawling campus comprises of twenty five schools, offering diploma and degree courses both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

My wife, Aarti enjoyed the vibrant atmosphere and nostalgia which transported her to the University yesteryears.

In the evening, we meandered our way for

supper to "O'Neill's", one of the oldest pubs on Suffolk Street. Most of the pubs do not serve food after 9 pm, but are open till late after midnight, offering a myriad of lagers, ales, ciders and whiskeys on their menu. To feel the pulse of Irish life, one needs to frequent the centers of celebrations called, "The Irish Pub or Public Houses. “ The socio economic importance of this unique heritage Institution lies in its atmosphere, customers and its contribution to the Irish culture through music and literature. With around seven to eight thousand dotted in the whole of Ireland, this international marvel is at the hub of Irish life. The classic attitude of an Irish drinker is encapsulated in an Irish song..

"Lets drink and be merry, all griefs to refrain, For we may and might never all meet here again".

Apart from the architecture and decor, the Irish pub experience is incomplete without attending a traditional live Irish music pub session coupled with "Guiness", a popular dark barley beer, rich in taste and an "Irish Coffee" which retains its unique place in the heart of an Irish drinker. As they say, Guiness definitely tastes better when you have it in Dublin.

The evening was wrapped up by a live electrifying show, 'River Dance' an Irish dance troupe."I missed this show in New York" said an elderly lady sitting beside me in Abbey Theatre. Me and my wife were seated separately, courtesy, the last minute bookings, but the chatter of this lady kept me some company until the curtain was raised.

No adjective can do justice to the spectacular array of talent, the energy and

sensuality of the performers. The theatrical show of traditional Irish music and dance (Tap dance) is in its twentieth year and has performed over hundred and fifty venues worldwide. Watching it on its home turf was more than a delight for us. I strongly recommend not to miss this show if you ever come across.

Dublin is a very vibrant and a friendly city with the youngest population in all of Europe. Visits to the national museums are free and taxis can be hired by a shout. The art too seems to be triple distilled and matured like their famous IRISH WHISKEY, which they differentiate by spelling the letter "E" in WHISKY. The thousands of pubs literally measure the length and breadth of the city making every nook and corner vibrant and electrifying. Experiencing the harmony of Ales (hand crafted beer of the land), Whiskey and music, witnessing the divine merger of art with the artist freezes you with the desire of HIGH SPIRITS and immortality so much so that you deny to belong anywhere but in Dublin!!

The Beer never stops flowing and music never stops playing..

Music is the life and Pub - The lifestyle..

Street performances are encouraged, Eating after nine is discouraged..

Every other guy is musically talented, And fun filled evenings are always wanted..

A bunch of happy lot, innocent storytellers, heaviest drinkers.

With musical ears , Baileys and Beers..

Its DUBLINERS!!

From Dublin, Ireland.

INtelligent INvestment Vinita Bahri PERSONAL FINANCE WIDGETS -CA Vinita Bahri “Booming Stock markets…but a stagnating economy, Cheaper mobiles… but expensive onions”…………… Life is full of contradictions, and the only way we can make some sense out of it, is by LIVING IT! When squirrels are faced with the prospect of plenty of acorns in the autumn, they typically store them by what is called in squirrel language,”Scatter Hoarding” i.e, dispersing and burying across the field at various locations.

In general terms, we call it spreading our investments so as “not to put all eggs in one basket.”And Financial Advisors trying to “jhaado some fundaas”, will call it Diversification.

Diversification of Investments across various asset classes is something we all do, just like the squirrels. And did you know, they bury the red acorns and eat the white ones!

Some investments are short term in nature and some…long term. Just have know which is which. Otherwise we would be left holding a decayed white acorn that could have been eaten immediately instead of being saved for the winters, and the red ones taste so much better once they have aged under the grassy fields!!

Something like selling land as soon as you buy it, and holding on to Fixed Deposits till their value gets completely eroded by taxes and inflation.

Poster boy of the Indian Stock markets, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala's story of making 1.9 billion US Dollars out of Rs 5000/- is definitely an eye popper. But not everyone can do that math and hence the multiplication. Probably why everyone isn't a billionaire…. And besides the math, there was a method in his madness.

He started his investment journey as a punter who punted stocks, to accumulate capital to subsequently become an investor; Besides the oodles of money that he now has, he also possesses humongous amounts of patience. The investment he made in Titan Industries(known also for their famous brand Tanishq) in 2002-03,is still there and now, one of his most valuable ones, Patience is something most of us lack…and not only as investors.

The key takeaways come down to: Diversification across asset classes Patience and perseverance to see the investments come to fruition.

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So, in the squirrel world, Rakesh would probably be a flying squirrel!!! All squirrels can't fly, but all of them do save their acorns for those crisp winter mornings when they can perch themselves on tree tops and watch the rest of the world scurrying by,,

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If I have to describe Rina Sinha in one word, the word has to be “Perfectionist”. I wonder if perfectionism is an inborn trait, 'God's gift' kind of a thing or is it something we nurture and develop. I tried to find an answer to this when I spoke to Rina recently.

Rina is one of those few people who you meet and immediately get a sense that they know what is right from wrong, what are the solutions , how problems should be tackled, how to resolve a matter – very sorted out basically.

Born and brought up in Nagpur, Rina is a typical Nagpurian. Losing her father at the tender age of 10 made her a very responsible child. She became a very diligent kid. Proving her worth and shining in studies and extra-curricular activities was her way of comforting her mother, who was a single parent now.

Always a meritorious student is school and college, Rina had no trouble in getting admitted to LIT, the esteemed Chemical Engineering College and she excelled in this course too. But this stream, not having much career scope for women in those days, prompted her to pursue Computer Software Education.

She got her Higher Diploma from NIIT and went on to study at DEC, Boston. A small detail which needs to be added here is that half of these studies happened after she was married and a mother. So I need to mention with emphasis or how we can say in our bollywood style, “ ab hero ki entry hoti hai”.

Rina got engaged to Amitabh (not Bachchan ) when she was sweet sixteen and he, a lanky 19 year old boy studying at IIT. Our very own popular Rotarian Amitabh Sinha is the man we are talking about. It was an arranged marriage of sorts where the mom-in -law saw Rina and said she has to be the girl for my boy. They got married when she turned 21 and both being professionals moved to Bangalore for work. Little Neha came soon after and the working couple showed excellent compatibility, sharing chores and parent responsibilities in managing work and the home front. Rina says, the man behind her success is one and only –Amitabh Sinha. She is what she is because of him. It was his support, confidence in her, his assurance and his backing that could let her

travel abroad for studies leaving behind their toddler with Amitabh. He was and is there for her at every step in her career and life and she dedicates all her achievements to his rock-solid support.

Amitabh himself is a very well established industrialist with factories in India and collaborations with companies in Germany and U.S.A. He is a self-made man and shows true signs of a successful man who knows how to balance work and family life with excellence. Also a Rotarian, Amitabh has held office in Rotary as a Secretary for year 2008-2009.

He loves music and plays the mouth organ with precision.

Blessed with three children, Neha, Nidhi and Nishchay, Rina describes her home as a mad house when all the kids are home spending time with parents. The atmosphere in the house is very free with all having an opinion and all voicing it, sometimes all at once. Education has always found a very important place in Sinha Residence. Both parents, having reached the well deserved ranks in their respective careers purely on the basis of merit, have very well brought up the kids in similar atmosphere. And all three kids are all-rounders. Neha, a Graphic Designer with MBA from UK was also the captain of her college Hockey Team.

Nidhi an IT kid, is also a State Level Basketball player. Nischay the junior most is pursuing B-tech at NIIT University, Neemrana and is the captain of

his University Tennis Team.

Rotary has been a part of Rina and Amitabh's life for more than two decades now. Rina has held various posts and carried out several Projects for Rotary with complete dedication and success.

Being associated with NIIT for more than 30 years and heading the Nagpur NIIT as a Business Partner for 25 years has also helped Rina adopt this corporate approach in any task she undertakes, even in Rotary. She totally believes in the Rotary Four-Way Test. With excellent organizational and oratory skills and a practical approach she is one of the best team leaders Rotary has today. As a Treasurer for this Rotary year, she has a very busy year ahead. But being a perfectionist, which you can see in every small thing she does right from her gardening to her cooking, even designing her house, she is surely going to stand out and outshine as a Treasurer too.

The dreams she sees for Rotary will definitely help take Rotary to a higher plane and one day we will surely see her lead the club with her power bank dedication, professionalism, honesty and her perfectionism; Perfectionism, which she has strived for and excelled at with her commitment.

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Dr.Satish and Dr. Deepali Kadam

Proud Parents to 'Super Kid ' Meghan, who at 20 now, is doing 3 r d y e a r Economics Honors at Symbiosis Pune. When just 2 and a half, he was awarded the youngest computer wizard in the city. The media went crazy over this little genius and everyone, including the p a r e n t s wondered when and how had he picked up this knowledge!

Drs Satish & Deepali Kadam, just a month old members now, are both busy doctors of the city.

Satish is a freelancing anesthesiologist while Deepali is a Radiologist with the Lata Mangeshkar College. Satish, who spent his childhood in Amravati, did his MBBS from GMC Nagpur. Since then Nagpur became his hometown. Deepali, a girl from MP, travelled all over with her father. So much so that

they even spent 2 yrs in Illinois USA, while her father did his Phd. An arranged marriage in 1990 & Deepali became a Nagpurian as well.

While in college in Indore, her Physiology Professor was a Rotarian & he encouraged all his students to become Rotaractors. Deepali enjoyed attending medical camps etc with the Rotarians and knew one day Rotary would be a part of her life.

Satish on the other hand went as a GSE team member in 1996 to Ohio USA. This memorable experience made him decide to join Rotary one day when he had some time to spare.

Today when their only child is all grown & away from home, the Kadams would like to indulge in Rotary activities. As doctors, they do a lot of community service, so would like to be involved in other activities in the club.

Satish loves any kind of Adventure Sport!

Bungee jumping, Para & Hand Gliding, Sky Diving, name it & he has done it.

Since in India we have restricted opportunities for these, he was very excited to experience these sports while in the US during his GSE visit.

His disappointment knew no bounds when he was not given permission for the same!

But his obsession found a way around & he extended his stay & indulged himself after the exchange period was over.

He was adjudged one of the first 10 civilians for hand gliding.

Here I must mention that the Dr. Satish donated his father's cadaver to the GMC. The R C of Nagpur accords a warm welcome to this interesting family!

Thank You PDG Vishwas for introducing them to us.

With an executive MBA from S P Jain, a Diploma in Business Administration from IIM Bangalore, an LLB from Nagpur, with a 2 yr practice with a leading Advocate from the city, this young man chose to join the family business of Construction. He soon diversified to Film Distribution as well & is a proud distributor of more than a 100 films today.

Manohar Wadhwani, was raised in Nagpur. Schooling at Bharti Vidya Mandir - Civil Lines, Junior College in Science at SFS was followed byCommerce in Hislop College.

It was here that he met the love of his life, Bhuvi, who was a year junior.

Parental approval came without any problem & they tied the nuptial knot in 2008.

After her graduation in Commerce, Bhuvi did a 2 yr course in Fashion Designing & also enjoyed working for Reliance & Aviva Life Insurance companies for a couple of years.

Anshika at 5 is the apple of their eye. In Pre school at Mother's Pet, she is the family pet, being the first born grand child to Appu & Laxmi, who are also the members of our club.

Like father like son ! Both are great philanthropists & would love to be a part of Community Service. Bhuvi also shares her husband's passion for Social work.

Looking forward to seeing more of them.

Welcome to the R C of Nagpur, Bhuvi & Manohar

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“Nayi dishaye, naye raste Mil jate hai aksar Par hum nahi khoyenge Aap se bat karne ka avsar” Hello fellow Rotarians, Our fellow Rotarians have come out trumps in many fields and are achieving new heights. This goes on to show that, with determination, perseverance and courage, “IMPOSSIBLE becomes I'M POSSIBLE”.

Here is some positive and motivational GUP-SHUP about our Rotary family. Keep reading, Keep achieving!

1. Congratulations to Rtn Vinita and Anil Bhatia, for their daughter Shivani has successfully completed her final year of “Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS). All the best Shivani, the newest “Tooth Fairy” on the block!!!

2. Rtn Arti and DG Nikhil Kibe's daughter Aradhna has cleared her Dental course from Govt. Dental College. She topped in all her four years of dental exams. Hearty Congratulations Aradhna, for the wonderful performance!!

3. The new team of Nagpur Academy of Ophthalmology was installed, for the year 2015-16. A few of our Rotarians form the core team: Rtn Dr. Anant Gade as President, Rtn Dr. Prashant Chaudhari as Vice- President, Rtn Dr. Shivani Bidye as Joint Secretary and Rtn Dr. Shaunak Mokadam as Executive member.

Congratulations and Good luck to all of them, expecting them to dispatch of their duties with conscientiousness.

4. Rtn Vijay and Madhavi Naidu's daughter Apoorva has been elected General Secretary at her Symbiosis college, Pune. Way to go Apoorva!!!

5. The book “POWER OF ROTARY” was released by Rtn Satinder Nath Khanna, with as many as 100 copies sold out so far, successfully. Cheers to that, and Grab yours, and quickly while you are at that!

6. Rtn Dr. Satish Sule's wife Dr. Sunanda Sule has undergone knee replacement. Get Well Soon!!!

7. Finally, our editor Rtann Durriya and Aeyjaz Akolawala's daughter Sakina and her team won the Inter-school Under-10 Gymnastics Championship. Congratulations to the proud parents and Best wishes to Sakina to achieve new heights!!!

See you again with lots of new and entertaining GUP-SHUP in the next issue in the meanwhile, Aspire to Grow, Within and Beyond!!

Connect with Korea Dear Rotarians, – Touch the World The Rotary International Convention travels to Seoul, 28 May-1 June 2016. Explore this world-class city and discover the rich culture that connects the latest trends with time-honored traditions. Taste eclectic cuisine and shop for the newest fashions and electronics. Meet new friends, share ideas, and interact with new technology at this dynamic, unforgettable convention. Connect with the thousands of Rotarians who will come together in friendship and peace.

Here's why you should attend: · Experience the hospitality of Seoul, a world-class city with so much to offer — history, culture, cuisine, and shopping · Network with Rotarians, meet new people, and make lasting friendships · Travel with club members and other Rotarians and connect with Korean culture · Advance your personal and professional development through workshops and breakout sessions · Participate in a meaningful, hands-on project in the community Register Now and Save!

With your participation, we can make this the most successful convention ever.

Take advantage of your opportunity to save. Be sure to register before 15 December for early registration savings.

Regards, Rtn Pratim Banerjee

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