March 2015

UDAAN MENTORING NEW MEMBERS

BLOOD DONATION

ROTARY CRICKET LEAGUE

TAKE ROTARY HOME

ROTARY CARNIVAL

R OTARY T W EETS- Vindhya Sanjana

Special Mention"why do we need to kill an existing hen which is laying eggs in the hope of finding a goat who would give milk?" Mayyank Jaain

Dear All, interact with us, tell us what you think, Whatsapp or even call me on 9423103916 This column is aimed at allowing our and let others too hear your voice! / 9890715526. Do remember that the members a platform in which to air their Every year we see some innovation and tweets should not be more than 140 thoughts, grievances, and to basically changes with respect to introduction of CHARACTERS or LETTERS, & NOT have a voice. We will present a new topic new projects, tweaking of old ones as also

140 WORDS. That's far too long!! On the every month and publish your responses communication or other aspects of the other hand, if you have a little More to with your photo, subject to space Club's functioning.

availability. In this background, the question for the say, then please don't hold back, just say Prizes will be awarded to three most coming month is:- it! pertinent responses. However, please let it “As a member do you like the innovative Awaiting your views! Remember - the be understood that we value ALL the changes and new ventures that have

idea is to be FREE, FRANK AND tweets coming in. This is a democratic been taken up this year in Rotary?” FEARLESS!!organization and we value every single Please send in your tweets ASAP to

sentiment or opinion that is sent to us. So vindhyasanjana@yahoo.com or SMS / Happy Tweeting!

Vindhya, there is this 80-20 rule taught in business management schools, which applies to all aspects of life. In Rotary we can interpret it as - 20% of members will do 80% of the work and 80% of the members will only do 20% of work. This will always remain true at all points of time and

so we should be prepared for it. The solution is not to eliminate the 80% non-working members and enforcing attendance will also not make them productive. What can however be done is to encourage fellowship and maybe identify each and every member and spouse's area of interest in Rotary activities through a multiple choice questionnaire and then tapping them for relevant activities. Those with absolutely zero involvement the whole year should definitely be retired. Divya Sharma

stWinner 1 PrizeA BIG NO NO! Why should we retire any member? Are they criminals for not attending and participating in Rotary? Whenever, these so called, inactive members, who are stalwarts in their respective fields are contacted for any guidance or help or whatsoever, they are always ready and rarely refuse. This is my personal experience. If this rule is imposed in our club, most of the PPs and former board members will be out, in-spite of the yeomen service they put in.

Jehangir Doongaji

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Dear Vindhya, efforts fail the members should be discontinued. Laws should be changed to get new members only Yes a club works not on the number of members but on the active if they will actively take part in the activities or participation by members. A committee should be made to come for meetings and the responsibility should go approach all the inactive members and try our best to get them back to the member whos introducing.on roll, Since they have been serving the club from years, they

should be made to participate in the club activities. And if such Rtn. Sandeep Vaid

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Last month, we asked you the inactive members, simultaneously looking out for alternate options to fund the Club's activities?”

“Is it time we enforced attendance and participation towards Rotary Objectives else retire

"Har Dost Zaroori hai." admitting members to fund club's last three years!activities, its a blunder. They have But make way gracefully for those Unfortunately no sitting President to be admitted to expand our who can contribute positively has the guts to enforce this rule as service projects. An existing towards the Rotary objectives, in they all want to show that in their member who proposes a new case you can't. term they had the max number of member should ensure that he members on the rolls.Dr. Manmohan Dagadoes the handholding for at least 3 This is why we have a club of As much as one would like to months by participating together m a n y m e m b e r s b u t f e w "retire" the inactive members, in service projects or attending Rotarians!! BehramRotary advises to "retain" and meetings. "motivate" such members into I personally feel, those who are Shivkumar Raotaking on roles and responsi- inactive are the losers themselves.The emphasis on members bilities in any of the areas of Until & unless you are involved, attendance has been officially service. Rotary needs more you don't know, what Rotary diluted by Rotary just to ensure members, which would translate truely is!membership retention. in to qual i ty work in the So what's the point in forcing them

community. Vijay Naidu In my opinion it should be strictly to leave? enforced & any member who has YES.....if you go by the book and We are inducting new members less than 60% attendance should NO if you go by the spirit of it !! anyways so the funds are coming be terminated .Vilas Kale in as it is. More the merrier! We In our club we have scores of Not at all. Members should should try to involve them as member s who have ze ro participate in projects if they want much as we can, nahin aate to their attendance & some haven't to and not if they have to. If we are loss! Manju Shahaniattended a single meeting in the

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THURSDAY TH O U G HTS

JUST SAYI N G ...It was a sense of déjà vu when a Back to the present, my daughter contentious matter yet again raised it's (at Priyanka's words were ringing in my least for some) ugly head at a company ears……where certain wrongdoings by its top What if the truth

pours out one day,executive had led to a lossmaking and we no longersituation, of both, reputation and remain as we were,business. There was no implication of despite the promises fraud, though at the same time the issue of remaining so?was being persisted on since the

unaudited figures had been released, What then?because some members (shareholders) Well, the truth is pouring out, quite felt it important enough to do so. It was literally so. And, maybe things and their equally undeniable that everyone was relationships, inter se, will indeed, never Some of the stakeholders tried to fix seeking closure. be the same again. However, I dare say, something which they believed was

the storm clouds will have passed. Out of I recollected this decades old anecdote - inappropriate, some may say with motive. the ashes the phoenix will rise, and the Motive it was, but intended to uncover company will emerge stronger. excesses and inappropriate decisions And yet again, her words remind us that which were costing the entity dearly, both

in the short and long term. We have seen the good, and The truth is we cannot always say the we have seen

right thing, or do the right thing. We the bad. It'scannot always do everything correct, but time to find we can always try. In the words of a a place in the middle,famous columnist - The Naked Truth is where we can exist

in always better than the best dressed lie.peacefulness. - Nimish Sutaria

Editor

Once, in a history class, the teacher asked the children “Can someone tell me who demolished the Somnath temple?” The squirming students prompted him to point his finger at one of the students – “Raju, you tell me …. Who was responsible for this?”Raju, already in discomfort, was almost teary eyed and managed to blurt out “I don't know Sir. I promise I didn't do i t….and actually, I was absent yesterday!!”

through Rotary got an ample opportunity Bawankule and finally the Walkathon on stto live these thoughts. The last 30 days March 1 .

sthave been a state of turmoil for me and The morning of March 1 saw the heavens have probably experienced every kind of open up apparently confused that this is emotion, also saw extreme stress at close the monsoon season but putting on quarters. Somebody rightfully said that tenterhooks the entire Team Walkathon being a President of Rotary Club of comprising of more than 150 of Nagpur entitles you to get a MBA from Rotarians, Rotary annes, spouses, one of the better institutions. Rotaractors and others. When I reached The month of February just swished by as the venue it was still dark but when I saw one after another all our major activities the huge gathering of people – realised got sandwiched in the shortest month of

that ALL IS WELL. These energetic the year, and incidentally I had no role to enthusiastic people had been planning for play in the scheduling of the same, they this mega PR event of the club since such Give me the strength never to just happened.a long time and then to see the rains being disown the poor Starting with the business meeting, the

Or bend my knees before spoilsport was a real soul dampner - but mentoring program which was organised insolent might. some prayers were heard somewhere and on a professional scale, the numerous Give me the strength we got a window to see the event through press conferences for Udaan, Hemalkasa

thTo raise my head high above amidst a superb cool weather and fun. It & Walkathon. Udaan on the 14 , Rotary daily trifles. was a wonderful sight to see about 5000 Cricket League (Ladies) match on the

th th ndAnd give me the strength walkers on this wet cool windy morning. 15 , Hemalkasa from 19 to 22 , The rdTo surrender my strength to Thy Thank you Rotary & wonderful Rotarians Rotary Carnival on 23 , Inauguration of

will with love. for this awesome experience.the much awaited Rotary-OCHRI skin thWords of wisdom by Gurudev Bharat Goenkabank project on the 27 at the hands of

Ravindranath Tagore and this year Guardian minister Shri Chandrashekhar President

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A n o r a l h y g i e n e w o r k s h o p , maintaining oral health and hygiene, th including 'how to brush teeth'.Paedopathshala, was held on 30 January

Director – Non Medical, Gogi Bhasin at Mother's Pet Kindergarten, Sadar. 262 children were taught basics of attended the workshop, besides Dr. Pooja

Poddar, who conducted it. Tooth brushes were also distributed to the participating kids along with leaflets on oral hygiene. The kids were very participative.

Mother's Pet Kindergarten30th JanuaryPAED O PATHSHALA

BL O O D D O N ATI O NKITS, Ramtek, is one institute which amongst the young students. The contributes every year in hundreds of dynamic Principal of the college, Dr. blood units. The camp this year was Bhaskar Patil is the spirit behind this

th culture. The NCC incharge Mr. Randive conducted on 30 of Jan., and was a huge worked hard for the same also.success, as always. It started at 10.00 T h e r e w e r e t w o b l o o d b a n k s a.m. and concluded at around 2.00 p.m. participating, with 'Jeevan Jyoti Blood In the morning, the sight of long queues of Bank' being the front runner amongst students eager to register their names was them. By afternoon, the total collection of remarkable. A culture promoting social President Rtn Bharat Goenka, Hon. Secy blood was 260 units. responsibility was amply evident

Manjot kahai, Director Gogi bhasin, Chairpersons Raj Shah and Mohd. Master were present on the occasion and they encouraged all young students for blood donation and appreciated their zeal for doing such great social work. Kudos to KITS team of blood donors for their contribution. - Dr. Sheela Mundhada

Kavikulguru Institute of Technology & Science, Ramtek30th January

TAKE R OTARY H O ME 29th January

And the Winner is .... !! Deriving with the theme of 'Mr. & Mrs. Rotary 2015'!inspiration from the Miss Universe Fortunately for us, on 29th January, pageant, I and Mamta Kahai ( The Rotarians Manisha and Sanjay Agrawal , chairpersons) decided to have our TRH consented to play hosts for the mega event and opened up the gates of their heavenly terrace for us!Couple of preparations & we were set for Kamat as Mr. Rotary and Rt. Ann. the D day! After the ramp walk and Vandana palewar as Mrs. Rotary. The introduction rounds, came the Q & A lovely evening ended with a sumptuous Round. The quirky answers of the dinner and dessert with a heartfelt thanks contestants let out a riot of laughter which

to the hosts !could be heard for miles together!Dr. Shivani Bidaye ( Sule)Winners of the night were Rtn. Mahendra

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Rotary Information was read by Issues related to the Nomination Mahendra Kamath and project Committee Meeting, which were carried announcements made for Udaan by forward from previous Business Meetings, Pritesh Tank, Hemalkasa Surgical were discussed and resolution passed basis Camp by Dr Rajesh Singhania, the findings and responses from the NC Ladies League Match by Parag members. IPP Prashant Kale was The seventh business meeting was called th requested to proceed with the formation of Paranjpe, Mentoring Program and 12 Feb to order, and after customary formalities,

the Constitutional review committee to weekly meeting program by Rina Sinha President Bharat wished Nooruddin Malak determine amendments to the bye laws. and Skin Bank Project by Dr Sameer son of Rtn. Amiruddin Malak, leaving as Bharat clarified that minimum attendance Jahagirdar. Treasurer Kapil Bahri an exchange student to USA on Feb12th, criteria of 60% will be enforceable as presented key figures for finances as well the very best. The minutes of the previous resolved for participation in this as details of dues from members. Business Meeting held on 1st January was committee. The attendance report for The president informed of 7 new read out by secretary Manjot Singh Kahai. December was read out by Ashok Malani membership proposals accepted by the The Golden Orange for the month of and 100% attendance awards announced board after preliminary discussions. February was released at the hands of PP and distributed.Resignations of two members, Rtn.Sachin D.K.Sahani. Editor Nimish Sutaria The meeting was adjourned after the Bafna, relocated to Raipur and Rtn. Sheela announced the prizes for the Tweets, national anthem. -Team GOSinghee preoccupied with her personal sudoku and crosswords and also

commitments, were accepted by the board.announced the question for the month.

BUSI NESS MEETI N G

MEN TO RI N G C O MMITTEE B2B IT WAS … Back To Basics, The actively participated in this presentation. mentoring Program held in a jam packed These future leaders of our Club came Udyog Bhavan Hall (Back To The Old away empowered by the knowledge Meeting Hall of Rotary) turned out to be needed to run our club in the right fabulous refresher course for all manner!! participants… Everything they were President Bharat Goenka welcomed the curious about, related to Rotary and members with opening remarks. Co Chair particularly Rotary Club of Nagpur, was PP Sanjiv Chugh shared the anatomy, very well presented by our very own history, geography of Rotary in a very

and proud to be a part of this Club. Senior Rotarians! A brainchild of our interesting manner. He also presented Past Secretary Amitabh Sinha brought out Convenor PP Shiraz Gimi (who also PDG Vishwas Sahasrabhojanee's slides on the essence of Vocational Service and conducted it) and very ably complemented RSAO/RI and District 3030.explained the ethics and morals of by Co Chair PP Sanjiv Chugh. PP Atul Shah talked at length about following our Vocations with a special The Committee congratulated all Community Service and the many pictures emphasis on The Four Way Test.proactive members who attended and and anecdotes left everybody emotional

B2B- Back to Basics 8th February

A Blood Donation camp was organised Scheme (NSS), Dr. Anjali Andrew, Guidance of Rotaract teacher-in-charge by the Rotaract Club of Hislop College in Convenor and Dr. Anjali Gaidhane, Co- Jigisha Naidu. All the Rotaractors worked collaboration with National Service convenor Women's Development Cell hard to make the students aware of the S c h e m e ( N S S ) a n d Wo m e n ' s (WDC). benefits of blood donationDevelopment Cell (WDC).The Camp This event was successful under the able -Ajay Gajbhiyestarted at 10 a.m in the morning and continued till 2:30 p.m. 34 people donated blood and made an attempt to help the needy. The organizers have acknowledged the help of Dr. Ravi Wankhede from Jeevan Jyoti Blood Bank in organizing the camp and also conveyed thanks to Mr. Prashant Shelke, Convenor National Service

Hislop Rotaract - Blood Donation Camp4th February R OTARACT

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W EEKLY MEETI N G Yeh Rishtey Kya Kehlaten Hain12th February

PP Sati Khanna gave an elaborate Club's activities ensuring the members' persuasion for this mentoring program, PP presentation of the International Service active participation. Chugh for his support, Rtn. Sohrab Kanga and TRF! President Elect Khushnoor Chugh took for designs and creatives, Rtn Vikas Jain PP Tauby Bhagwagar explained the everyone “Back To School” with her

for arranging the venue, Director Sanjay nuances of the Youth service, Interact and Quizzing, testing their Cricketing skills by Ro ta rac t Se rv ice ; a me thod o f tossing chocolates for correct answers. All Sethi for the support by his Greetings channelizing the energies of the Youth and present participated in full strength, and Committee Members and Prashant laying the foundation of good Rotarians of these sessions interspersed between each

Rajurkar for communication as also the future! presentation, got everyone excited!Dinesh Vaidya our office support.PP Shabbir Shakir in his inimitable style Certificates of Participation were

then took the session to a newer height of presented to all. Jt Secy. Rina Sinha This first step has laid the foundation for interaction, an eye opener on “Engaging proposed a Vote of Thanks, firstly and most mentoring of our youngsters which will go with Rotary Club of Nagpur”, freely using importantly, to all the enthusiastic

a long way in shaping our Club's future!! couplets to explain his points, sharing participants. She thanked all the speakers, practical insights into every aspect of our PP Shiraz (Convenor), for his passionate -Team GO

The project announcements laid special chores with. Besides this, they both emphasis on "Udaan 2015". agreed that were now more of friends, Marriages might be made in heaven but sharing the same vision of a content and relationships have to be nurtured and joint family. cared for. This panel discussion with a Shabbir (initially Sabiha's brother) is now twist started with introductions by a co-brother. Both have tremendous Jumana. The panelists were in pairs : respect for each other and on a lighter note "Devrani - jethani" Jodi of Ritika and Sabiha got a chance to show us the teasing Sonal Singhvi, the "sala - bhabhi Jodi" yet casual style of Shabbir. The cherry on the cake was the felicitation with Shabbir and Sabiha, "devar - bhabhi" Moving on to bhabhi and devar, we were of Abnash uncle and his still beautiful with Naushad and Monica Bhagwagar shown a relationship of mutual respect bride as the Valentine couple. His wisdom and the famous "Veeru - Jai Jodi" of and family bonding. They got a chance to - for a happy marriage, start accepting Nilufer and Vinita. say five nice things and five not so nice each other with strengths and flaws, only This cross section of different things about each other although I think then will the inner you surface up. In a relationships gave us an insight on the former was more from the heart. lovely expression on their relationship, he dealing with people on a day to day basis.

said they have merged into one entity Rotary and their love for cricket bought The moderators were Nidhi Gandhi and after so many years together. The prize for these two together. Nilufer and Vinita, Manju Shahani.matching Valentine couple went to none friends for many years have played The Singhvi girls are very happy with other than Manju and Chandru. together for RCN. This was an their living arrangements. Division of kirti Jain proposed a vote of thanks for a opportunity to talk about each other, their l a b o u r a t h o m e i s o n m u t u a l fun evening.mutual comfort and interests especially understanding basis and both are happy

-Anita Chitaleyon Rotary projects. they had a sister in law to shares the

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This Camp was conducted by Sainath finally reached 89 units collected. The participation of the Rotaractors of B l o o d B a n k . T h e R o t a r a c t o r s Rotaractors have thanked Rtn. Manish S.B.Jain College and they look forward enthusiastically participated in this event Agrawal and all the College faculty

for more such events.with the college faculty members. The members for their support. Altogether the Camp started 10:30 am onwards and event was successful due to active -Team Rotaract SB Jain

R OTARACTS.B. JAIN INSTITUTE – BLOOD DONATION13th February

College, IGMC, Tuli College of Hotel A g r a n d c u l t u r a l p r e s e n t a t i o n Management, Tirpude College, Tulsiram highlighting social issues was performed Gaikwad College of Architecture and by these specially abled children during G.H Raisoni College. the concluding function between 3-5pm.Apart from sports, the children were also A unique exercise of adopting these entertained by Tatoo Artists and Cartoon special children for education was also When the world celebrated the day of Characters, while they snacked on Pop conducted. A sum of Rs. 500/- per child Love with Red Roses, Gifts and Cards, Corn, Candy Floss as also Dinshaws Ice was accepted as donation to take care of Rotary Club of Nagpur along with the Cream. All the special children were uniform, shoes, notebooks and other Department of Social Welfare - Zilla given Gift Hampers comprising of a necessary items for 1 year. This also Parishad, celebrated this day with a personalized Mug with UDAAN Logo received a good response. thdifference, by organizing the 5 and their own photograph printed on the Team UDAAN has expressed their consecutive 'UDAAN' -A Day Long other side, sponsored by Prashant gratitude to President Bharat Goenka, Sports & Cultural Carnival for Ugemuge of Highland Park. Secretary Manjot Singh Kahai, Advisor Specially Abled Children. The highlight of the day was the special Dinesh Naidu; Chairpersons Sarang

710 Differently Abled children from 44 Sit Down Lunch for all the 710 Children Upganlawar, Mahendra Kamath, Umesh schools competed in 60 different sports sponsored by a leading Rotarian Jasbir Agrawal, along with PP Vijay Naidu, Rita events from 9.00 am at SCZCC, Civil Singh Arora of Hotel Centre Point. The Bhargava, Sanjay Sethi, Ashish Mehadia, Lines, Nagpur. 'UDAAN 2015' was Rotarian and Rotaract volunteers served Cyrus Watchmaker, Namita Sharma , Raj sponsored by Lata Mangeshkar the children and made them feel special. Shah, Ashok Mrig , Parag Paranjpe, Sonal Hospital, and also supported by Hotel Singhvi, Priya Upganlawar, Rakhi The technical assistance for the event was Centre Point, High Land Park & Bhatia,Vandana and Manish Agarwal and provided by Mr. Siddharth Gaikwad, SCZCC . Sohrab Kanga along with all other Dist. Social Welfare Officer, Zilla More than 1200 people participated in the members of our club, walk-in visitors and Parishad along with sports instructors event, which included 150 Teachers, 30 the huge army of Rotaractors who worked Umesh Warjurkar, Dhananjay Upasani Technical Support Staff and more than very hard for the success of this event; and and their team. SCZCC provided 200 Rotary volunteers, but the biggest not the least to all the sponsors, known financial assistance under its SCZCC-support was from the more than 300 and anonymous donors who contributed NGO Partnership Programme, as a college students from our Rotaract Clubs result of Director Shri Piyush Kumar's to make 'UDAAN 2015' a huge success.of Sadabai Raisoni College, Hislop intervention and support. -Pritesh Tank

UDAA NA Valentine's Day with a Difference14th February

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Jyoti Goenka, Aarti Kalode and Mainthe Pixies. 6. Best fielder – Geetika Bhatia of Rotary After the auction, this trendy set Ishanyaof Nagpur city alongwith the 7. Best Catch – Anagha Joshi of Rotary enthusiastic players mingled Westfreely over wine and dinner. 8. Best Allrounder – Krishna Sanwal of What a weekend it was!! The Aura RCL

The day of the match February 15, was a Rotary Ishanya(Ladies) 2015 aimed to promote pure bright and sunny one at the Ambedkar 9. Most Enthusistic Players – Sudha fellowship amongst all the Rotary Clubs Ground. President Bharat Goenka Jeswani of Rotary North and Supriya of Nagpur city...It succeeded and how!!! inaugurated the event. The weather didn't Joshi of Tiger CapitalThe OC ably headed by the captain of the deter these ladies. 3 league matches were 10. First Lady of Rotary Cricket – Deepa Ladies cricket team of RCN Vinita Bahri held in which the 18 pairs, divided into 3 Jamwal of Nagpur Mainworked really hard for the event and the teams of 6 pairs, played. The top 2 All in all – A fantastically eventful effort showed. Entries were invited from winners of each League match qualified weekend. Special thanks to the event all the lady members and Annes of the 20 for the final. The final match had a nail sponsor AURA for their support, OC of Rotary Clubs across the city, with lady biting finish and the eventual winners the event for the superb energy and members and Annes from 7 clubs were : synergy while planning the event and last participating. Practices were held at the 1. Winners – Jerestin Watchmaker of but not the least thanks to Amitabha Parsi Cemetery ground. The 36 ladies Nagpur Ma in and Padmash ree Sharma, Parag Paranjape, Monal Malji participating were then divided into pairs Deshpande of Rotary Downtown named ,Kapil Bahri, Jatin Sampat, Aryanka by lots. Like the IPL, an auction was held Taubys Awesome Twosome Rathod and Itisha Bahri for all their help of the 18 pairs formed. Each member of

st2. 1 Runners Up – Nisreen Maimoon of and support. - Team RCLthe pair was from a different Club. An th Nagpur Main and Krishna Sanwal of auction dinner was held on 14 February

Rotary Ishanya named Legaato where each pair was bid for by 18 pre-Daredevils.invited bidders.

nd3. 2 Runner Up – Vinita Bahri of Nagpur The Bidders were Nidhi Gandhi, Meenu Main and Puja Khatri of Rotary North Verma, Shipra Sharma, Vaishali Jaiswal, named Shipra SmashersAnaghaJaiswal, Hina Agrawal, Sejal 4. Best Batsman – Padmashree Shah, Ratna Joshi, Rakhi Bhutani, Mrs

Thutheja, Bapunas, Tauby Bhagwagar, Deshpande of Rotary DowntownLegaato, Adarsh Daga, Kusum Pande, 5. Best Bowler – Divya Bhati of Nagpur

FELL O W SHIPAura Rotary Cricket League15th February

TAKE R OTARY H O ME 17th February

‘Love was in the air ' at Rtn. Harpreet and Ruchi winners were young Rtn. Sandeep & Priti Vaid Uppals home, the lovely hosts of for this TRH! and veteran Rtn. Rajan & Niru Bhatia.All looked lovely, dressed in shades of red & The senior Uppals (Lions since 40 years) were the black, which happened to be the theme for the most sporting & lovable couple! The coveted night. prize of best dressed rotary anne and rotarian were The evening became more romantic with the won by Pinky Singh and Mehernosh Rana. games which were designed with this sole purpose A sumptuous dinner after a fun filled evening, by the chairpersons Shivani & Mamta Kahai. The h e a r t f e l t

thanks to the hosts and we were already l o o k i n g forward to the next TRH !! - Dr. Shivani Bidaye ( Sule)

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We have done it again! In our endeavor to laparoscopy also called as minimal Mehadia, Gogi Basin, Cyrus Watchmaker serve the needy, poor, down trodden & invasive surgery. Now the tribals at along with several other Rotarians. tribals of the society, we undertook our Hemalkasa wil l also enjoy the Mahindra & Mahindra was the major annual pilgrimage to Hemalkasa – this advancement & benefit of the most sponsor for this project. The volunteers time after a gap of one year. Our club once advanced technique in surgery, due to from M & M also helped in managing the again proved its seriousness by which the patients have minimal pain and logistics. President Bharat and Secretary performing 209 surgeries in two days. no scars, and they can be discharged Manjot have thanked the team and Dr The team of expert surgeons / doctors within a day. This has been made possible Prakash Amte for giving the opportunity from the club included Dr Rajesh due to the construction of the modern OT, to our club to fulfill the commitment Singhania, Dr Rajesh Singhvi, Dr Raju inaugurated in December '14. This will be made to serve the poorest of society. Wilkinson and senior surgeon Dr Surajit more relevant to tribals and poor who -Team GOHazra. The various surgeries which were cannot miss work and their done included thyroid, breast cancer, livelihood. Apart from the abdominal lumps, hernia & hydrocele. surgical camp many non-About 100 cases of cataract surgeries medical activities like cricket were also done. The team of ophthalmic match between school children surgeons included Dr Prashant Choudary, and Rotarians, distribution of Dr Shaunak Mokadam, Dr Rafat Khan, sweets, ice-cream, sports Dr Abhijeet Deshpande, Dr Yeshpal equipment and air show were Lamba and Dr Talavia. also arranged. During the

camp, a langar was organized in This camp was unique, as for the first time which about 450 relatives were laparoscopic surgery was done by Dr served healthy food. The non-Rajesh Singhania. Till now patients in medical team included Ashish urban areas had access to the comfort of

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medicine supplies and also the food packets arranged by our club and departed to their allocated booths. By 8.00 AM the entire stock of medicines had moved out of the zonal office. Logistic support was provided by our members to help NMC in speedy distribution.A Total of 18,627 children below five years of age and 164 children above five years of age were immunized this day in this zone. Members present on the The second Polio immunization years.occasion were Secretary Manjot, IPP programme was held on Sunday as a The activity started at 7.00 and the Prashant, PPs Gulab Mahant, Chandru follow up to the earlier camp held in number of immunization booths allotted Shahani and Akhtar Parvez apart from January. Although India is declared a to RCN was 93. The NMC team of Zone Rotarians Shabbar Shakir, Jehangir polio free nation, the challenge of no.7 under Dr. Ramteke, the Medical Doongaji, Yatin Malji, Madan Pande, ensuring that it remains so is phenomenal. Officer in-charge, was geared up for the

Hence, the NID polio programme needs task and charged for the day. NMC staff Prashant Rajurkar and Rakhi Bhatia. the same seriousness as the previous members picked up their respective - Team Pulse Polio

N ID PULSE P O LI O IMMU N IZATI O N22nd February

of the founding of ROTARY. by the big four clubs of Nagpur including 2014-15 is the silver jubilee year of our Rotary Club of Nagpur under the district and DG Dada Deshmukh leadership of Chairman President encouraged the Rotarians of this district Enclave Rtn Jagdish Khatri.to bond with each other well, so that the About 1100 Rotarians and family ideals of ROTARY could be carried members attended and enjoyed the games forward on a common platform. In tune and cuisine from the 20 odd stalls serving with his vision, all 21 Rotary Clubs of Indian and International cuisine. DG

February 23rd is celebrated worldwide as Nagpur agreed to celebrate ROTARY Dada Deshmukh especially came to Rotary Day by everyone connected with DAY by organising a first of its kind Nagpur to inaugurate the event and was the Rotary movement. It is Paul Harris's Rotary Carnival where members and happy to see members of all the 21 Rotary birthday, the visionary who founded families of all the clubs got together to clubs enjoying themselves. The carnival Rotary in 1905, and the 110th anniversary have a good time. The lead was taken up was a fellowship activity for our club.

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Nikunj DoshiPrerna BhattadHabeeb Khan

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Moiz Bande Ali Sonia Khurana Dr. Vivek HarkareAsha Gupta

Rajbir Kaur Singh Swati AtalShamsha Raiyani

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Vishwajeet Kshirsagar Mamta Jaiswal Abdul Ghafoor Parekh Kiran Rathod

Zulekha Abdul ParekhShyam DewaniJehangir DoongajiShabbar Shakir

Rajesh YadavKishore Sheth

Gaurav Ladha Sachin PalewarAmita BehalPriti Chhabra

Sharad BhattadDr. Gira Soni

Rita DhodapkarGurinder KahaiDurriya AhmedSwetha Singh

Abnash Chander KhuranaUsha KaleSylvester IsaacsAshish NebDr. Anil MasandNeelu GargShantala Bhole

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Sarvesh & Ritu AgrawalVaibhav & Shripriya Jaipuria Anil & Varsha Parakh Atul & Shilpa Pandey

Sandeep & Alka GoenkaMohinderpal & Manpreet Alag

Sapna & Sacheen Vastani Navneet & Neerja Shukul Hemant & Harsha Doshi

Dr. Vivek & Smita Harkare

Zamin & Rasheeda Amin

Eminent Lawyer and Senior Counsel Adv Ujwal Nikam

@ Hislop College Auditorium ..open to all

Shri Vishwas Laparkar on the Success story of Vivekananda

Rock Memorial

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“ Unveiling The Muffler Man " Shalini Arora and Kavita Singhal

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RCN's Power Women ...Their stories LADIES COMMITTEE TiE Nagpur Chapter

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SOLUTIONSFEBRUARY PUZZLES

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February Winner

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JERRY WATCHMAKERPS: Winners names were drawn by lot

out of the correct entries received. Editor

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Across1. It might be ticking 5. Fuel for a fireplace 8. Invites12. Above 13. Go into debt 14. Finished 15. Can be counted on17. "The __" (daytime show hosted by women) 18. Goes into19. Opposite of frowns21. Parents23. Fedora, e.g.26. Pollen spreader27. Does an usher's job31. Matures33. Uncooked35. Let go of36. One for the __38. More specific than 'a'40. Plaything41. Containers44. Totally up to date47. Get away51. Flatten52. Let go of54. There's three in the yard55. "___ you nuts?"56. __tone (cell user's download)57. Piece of cake!58. Where rests the mouse59. Fill to excess

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Dear Vindhya If you are attending the meetings any one. ?Maybe inspire,maybe or projects your participation motivate. Surely commitment to Inactive members are sometimes towards Rotary objectives is attendance in meetings n projects dormant members, and despite the bound to increase, this will not are pre requisites as a member. best of intentions may not be able only do good to the club but will Funds are never in short if the to find the time to participate.also accomplish your aim of cause n commitment are right.If our admission standards have joining Rotary. All the members Naushad Bhagwagarbeen stringent and exacting, there who have zero percent attendance

is no reason for us to remove them The membership is on the rise. for last 6 months must be given a from our membership. Then it is Attendance in meetings and show cause and ultimately asked our responsibility to encourage projects is on the decline! to resign so that better members them to participate and help them Surprise, surprise. It is a are inducted in their place, this enjoy and thrive while they serve leadership issue ma'm. Address will also balance the funds issue.the community through Rotary. this and rest will fall in place.Dinesh NaiduVinita Bahri Nobody can enforce any thing on Amitabh Sinha

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continued on page no.20Project announcements for the following T h e week were made after the customary preseformalities. ntat i

o n Thereafter Dr. Rajesh Singhania briefed Hetal Sampat presented a short pictorial gave a picture of what they discovered, the audience on the successful conclusion depiction of the Ladies Cricket League. A felt and learned. The students expressed of the Hemalkasa Medical Camp and surplus sum of Rs. 40,000/- raised by the gratitude towards all their counselors. President Bharat gave an overview of the team of Vinita, Hetal, Sona, Ritika, Jerry, Jyoti Goenka bid adieu to them and non-medical side of the camp and thanked Nilufer, Shivani, Fatema, Archana and presented them with g i f ts and all those who attended. Namrata was handed over to the Club.mementoes. She also shared her own The Long Term IYE students of the club Pritesh Tank gave a heartwarming experience of the programme as a past Antoine (France), Jessica and Mary Hall presentation of Udaan 2015 and beneficiary of IYE. (USA) and Paula (Brazil) presented acknowledged the contributions of all Chairperson Geeta Rao thanked co-chair glimpses of their fabulous experience in who had worked hard for its success. Mamta Jaiswal, Advisor PP Vijay Naidu India. The photos reflected the warmth of The meeting was adjourned after the and committee members and counsellors their host families, the Indian festivals national anthem.who were pillars of support through the which they enjoyed, their schools, -Geeta Rao / Team GOyear. projects, food and the places they visited.

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Now imagine this.. On a warm breezy main kitchen, with a few 'khaats' strewn night (full moon if I may add..!) you and around. Totally a place for families as well your buddies driving down Kalmeshwar as stags! As soon as you enter, you get this road having some heart to heart very warm and welcoming feeling where conversation.,. With Rafi crooning 'Khoya you can spend those precious moments Khoya Chaand'.. When suddenly you hear with your loved ones and have an excellent a grumbling rumbling bumbling of your meal. The ambience and atmosphere is stomach... Now where to...? very soothing and relaxing. Would you ruin such a perfect enchanted The staff is quick on their toes and the evening by checking into a fancy service is excellent. like it hot? No problemo.. Everyone can schmancy restro-lounge? Naah! That's As soon as you take your seats they offer get their taste buds tingling!where Sharma Ji's Dhaba comes into the you a wide variety of choices to pick from It is already a rage amongst college kids picture!! 16 kms from the zero mile, drive for your meal. Recommended are – Masala who prefer an informal relaxed and quiet along the Kalmeshwar Road, it's Papad, Dal Fry, Bhuna Gosht, Saoji evening. It also goes easy on the pocket, a immediately after the Radha Soami Chicken, Kachha Baingan ka Bharta,

place where you can be your own radio Satsang and besides the petrol pump. Ginger Veg, Masala Boiled Egg, Butter jockey ;-)A nice, cosy little place, don't expect fancy Tandoori Roti and Garlic Zeera Rice. They All in all: Long drive + Open air + seating and interiors. It is a totally open have an option where they prepare the food Excellent food! Value for money! place with a few solid gazebos besides the according to your tastes. Like it hot? Don't

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I am told that while other kids were busy playing with their toys Today at 21, I am in the final year of college and continue with at age 3, I insisted with my parents to buy me a tabla set. This my passion to be a professional tabla artiste. I have regularly infatuation with the tabla has grown into a lifelong romance. represented RST Nagpur University in inter-university cultural Initially I learnt the different “taals” from Shri fests and done well. I also teach music in my college Sandeep Chauhan. Moving on to professional and head its cultural wing. It was an honour to training, I had the privilege to give my first compose the background score for an award winning performance at age 6. short film “Chotu Insaniyat”.I got a break with AIR, at age 7, as a child artiste. I aim to move to Mumbai after graduation and Around the same time, a treasured moment of my life explore the opportunities that the city of dreams was when at a concert of Ust. Taufiq Qureshi, has to offer, and also imbibe from the great complimented me as “Chhote Tabalchi”! masters there. I feel privileged that God

has blessed me with a talent, and I was lucky that at 9, I met Shri Prafulla Athalye who my family has encouraged me. I put me on the path which led to Pt. Arvind continue to drawMulgaonkarji, the senior most disciple of Late Ust.

Amir Hussian Khan Saab. I have been traveling thrice inspiration from the Masters - a month to Mumbai since 11 years to train under him. After the Ust. Zakir Hussain, Pt. Swapan AIR break, I have regularly performed at Nagpur, Khairagah, Chaudhary, Pt. Anindo Chatterjee and Nanded, Hyderabad, Mumbai and many other places. Ust. Taufiq Qureshi.

F O O D-Dr. Iqbal Khan

TATTO O FASHI O N -Dr. Jitendar Bharadwaj

Love for this art form led me to be Nagpur's first tattoo artist, though I am an Engineer by background. I started my store in 2003 and luckily I now have clients across the country. I work freelance and specialize in designer tattoos. The trend of tattooing is increasing in leaps and bounds and today my clients include men and ladies, whether students or working professionals, or even entrepreneurs. At some point of time I developed an i n t e r e s t i n spiritual tattoos eventually becoming the first tattoo artist in India to get a PhD on the subject. This trend is growing and many people are getting spiritual tattoos inked. I believe the power of belief with this symbolism, especially the positive ones, really works for most people.

MUSIC - Tarun Lala On His Love Affair With The Tabla

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My Pakistani Identifying the “Two-Nation Theory” (the basis of Pakistan's friends have creation) as a Genetic Defect, he has analysed the numerous stayed with me problems faced by Pakistan (as a democratic country) because in Nagpur, in its foundation is based on religion. It is a well-researched, turn I have stayed authentic and objective analysis of how Islam was misused by with them in their vested interests to fan extremism and fanaticism, which has now D u b a i h o m e . boomeranged. He writes with great authority about the Quaid-e-When we meet we Azam, Muhammad Ali Jinnah's double speak, and the Army's t a l k t h e s a m e role using Islam as a force to suppress the sub-nationalities language, share the aspiring for autonomy, its financial power and misplaced same food, sing all adventures against India, as also its takeover of democracy by old and new Hindi multiple coups. He has very effectively brought out the film songs. If citizens disastrous role played by General Zia in trying to take the can be so friendly country back a 1000 years by encouraging the Mullahs in why are our countries Islamization of Pakistani laws which were in conflict with the at War? This question

20th century value systems.has bugged me since The Chapters analysing regional and provincial conflicts, the 1971, when as a student why and how of the creation of Bangla Desh are a treat for I went hitch-hiking to students of politics and social sciences, and so are the ones on Middle East & Europe, Pakistan's foreign policy (if there is one!), relations with India, and made some Pakistani China, Afghanistan, USA and Saudi Arabia.friends en route.In 34 chapters Babar Ayaz has given the modern Pakistanis a Rahul, my son, gave me ready reckoner on what ails their country and a way out of the this book which answered almost all my questions. It's quite present mess. Do read it, after all its good to know why our daring and very uncommon for a Paki to be so honest and frank

in analysing the country that's now called “Most Unsafe”. neighbour is what it is!!

B O O KSWhat's wrong with PAKISTAN?This is a scholarly book written by Babar Ayaz, a Senior Pakistani Journalist.

- Vilas Kale

DIET LA NE - Sneha FafatSmall Changes = Big Difference

Sleep Guys!! TASK 6 – Sleep- Detox the brain.What – Skimping on sleep dulls activity in the brain, the locus of decision-making and impulse control. A sleepy

brain appears to crave junk food while also lacking the impulse control to say no.Why - Sleep is like nutrition for the brain. Insufficient sleep impacts your hunger and fullness hormones.

How – Most people need between 7 and 9 hours each night. Get less than that, and your body will react in ways that lead even the most determined health freaks

straight to pastry shops. Add to the list or ask your question on www.facebook.com/dietlane Sneha is a registered

dietician and consulting Nutritionist practicing in Nagpur. Look out for task 7 - Health Vs Weight.

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continued from page no.17Dear Vindhya, friendships ?' and 'Will it be N o m i n a t i o n s . . M a k e T h e

beneficial to all concerned?' mentoring an On going Process .. A time was ,when our club had quality members only.Slowly the Rather than that more efforts Finally.. Allow Them To Make quantity increased. Now it is a big should be put in by others to Mistakes and Appreciate Them quantity, and we have to decide involve them. Every individual For whatever Little or More They

has some potential and interest in whether we need qualitative have done .. some field of activity or the other. quantity or quantitative quality.I Enforcing ban or removing from All that is needed is to encourage think we need the best blend of membership is the easiest way out them showcase their talent and both but properly balanced. I have

evolve as Good Rotarians. These ... There are many waiting in observed that every month our members could also be tapped 100 percent absentees are more queue ..But Lets Do A thorough vigorously for contributions to than that of the 100 percent Job at our end . Rina SinhaTRF and Service projects.present. That is what forces us to Well, the choice is yours ; either introspect and decide about As regards looking out for outside dilute your effectiveness by making attendance compulsory & opt ions for funding c lub

having varied and ever growing retire inactive members. activities, no problem, but the activities thereby perpetuating the funds raised from the public must Our club is always at the forefront need for ever increas ing be scrupulously spent only on to implement sys tems &

service projects. Rotary India membership to fund them.... discipline hence we can be the wants us to go ahead in a big way trendsetters in respect of attend- OR.... limit your activities to a in tapping medium and big ance. also. If we do that people number where meaningful work Corporates for CSR funding of will think ten times before can be done, reducing your fund our Literacy and 'Swachh Bharat' becoming members. I think there requirement , which will allow for campaign by implementing ' will be very few quitters & if they retiring of inactive members.WASH & WINS' i.e. Water, exceed our expectations we are

In other words, aim for quality in Sanitation and Hygiene in capable of finding alternative Schools projects. activities and membership.options to fund the club activities

since i believe in the old Maxim " Vishwas Sahasrabhojanee Jimmy SanjanaNecessity is the Mother of Centennial District Governor PHFInvention" Girish Deodhar Lets give the members the benefit My personal belief is that P rospec t ive members a re of doubt ! Lets not think all the everyone contributes when they appraised of their responsibilities, time that they have joined Our

join a voluntary organization like when invited to be members (what Premium(!) Club only for Rotary, albeit differently. And a euphemism!), and before they recognition in society or only for

commit. Though their financial multiple ways of contributing personal gains or participating contributions may help projects, o n l y i n f e l l o w s h i p s . . T h e have to be assessed in multiple one doesn't have to be a member Financiers In them also is ways. Having said that, its up to to contribute to TRF or the Club Voluntary No one has forced it on the club to set up a point based directly. Improving voting them to pay the hefty membership pecking order if they so desire , strength and numbers, raising fee.... Can we look within ?? and decide the cut off mark, like funds et al are means and not the Rotary Builds Leadership.. And they do in educational institutions ends in themselves. Years of the challenge of good leaders is to

, which decides whether the discussions and plans to increase I n s p i r e a n d E n c o u r a g e involvement and attendance have member gets a 'pass' or a 'fail'.Participation..Always Being a in a all come to naught. Why carry Comfort zone of working only Vindhya Sanjanadead weight? Nimish Sutaria with the same set of members is Ret i re every year 5~10% How are we going to 'retire' such undesirable ..Filter them on their members based on lowest members? By throwing them out Classifications / Areas Of Interest

attendance (lottery) and new presuming that they will never and allocate responsibilities intake same % of members.ever perform and participate? accordingly.. Make the Sponsor

'Will it build goodwill and better members responsible for their Regards CA Hemant C. Lodha

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Central India and an area where there has been no Government intervention as well.We talk of number of Diagnosis, Surgeries, patients treated as a matter of fact. It is probably just another in our Club activities. When I sat down to work out the figures of our Club's contribution in the area of Healthcare at minimal market rates, it turned out to be worth Rs 10 million annually. Kudos to the medical fraternity of our Club, who have been selflessly serving over 3 Generations.It is worth looking at the Health care pie of our Club and its contribution in Rupee terms in different areas of Healthcare.

Healthcare services, is another area where our Club is leading from the front. From a Diagnostic Camp to Surgical Camps, Ophthalmic as well as General surgeries are organized by our Club year on year. What is noteworthy is that these camps focus mainly on Tribal and Rural areas, where people at large either have no access or availability of Surgeons and Doctors of repute are not available. During these camps even the disposables and consumables are arranged by the Club. Thus it is complete solution / service in Healthcare.Apart from this Blood donation and Collection, which according to me is also a part of Healthcare Services, is an all round the year effort by our Club. We have now created State-of-the-art Neo Intensive Care Unit at Matru Seva Sangh, yet again showing our commitment towards providing quality and affordable Healthcare for the underprivileged, which is first of its kind by an NGO in Nagpur.Very shortly another first by our Club – The Skin Bank will be commencing its operations. This will be first of its kind in

IMPACTI N G LIVES-PP Atul ShahHEALTHCARE

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LET US F O R TO G OThe word Kutch means an island, Bhuj is for tourists between 1st of

December to the 5th of March. The its capital. Looking at the map, one can site is welcoming, pretty and barely find any roads marked, and there are festive. Camels and sounds of not many. So this almost unexplored place musicians playing make the was our target since three years, much ambience special. The tents are before Amitabh Bachchan sold it to spacious, clean and have attached viewers.washrooms, which was the best Finally in January 2015, the Rann of Kutch part! We had air-conditioners too it was! The Rann (meaning desert) is a salt followed by the moon light on it! Surreal and we did need them in the afternoon, marsh. One needs to plan a trip during the and a must see! 18000 sq feet of the though the mornings were cool. Food at the

full moon when the nature presents itself in glistening marsh…camp was good though we would have all its glory. The first destination from the The Lal Dongar, another site we went to, appreciated more local fare… but I guess airport / railway is Dhordo where the camp was a disappointment. One should revisit they need to cater to all tastes!

the salt marsh instead. The Roads are very is situated. It is a tent city specially created A visit to the salt marsh was nice, and are maintained by the Border planned on the first evening. Security Force.We were taken partly by bus Bhuj offers an added attraction of and partly by camel cart and shopping for handicrafts and Bandhej, and one gets to spend about 3 hours we contributed heartily to the local there for which we were economy!unprepared, as the only place to Wild life lovers can go looking for the wild sit is the salt bed which plays asses, though we did not see any. Wehavoc with your clothes. You did catch the Siberian crane in great are welcome to keep standing numbers, which was totally enchanting. of course! But we forget all our Kudos to the diversity that is India.discomfort when we catch the

sunset reflecting on the salt -Deepali Kale

2. Call the hotel: Before you traveling with family or planning a longer book a room, call the hotel stay, look into renting an apartment or itself during business hours to house. You can find listings at HomeAway, "How does one go about finding the best

see if the hotel will match or beat rates hotels and deals during peak travel AirBnB and VRBO, among other services. you've found online. There are several periods? The Rotary Conference is in These are usually with a minimum stay of 3 independent hotels that don't upload their Mumbai in December and we would like to or 7 nights minimum, but make a lot of entire room inventory online, so it might go to Goa before that, but the hotels are all sense during rush periods at places like make sense to call them in person. full or have jacked up their prices

Goa. We rented two bungalows at a 3. Smaller Properties: Many small hotels significantly. Please suggest”property called Aguada Anchorage last don't want to pay search site commissions, - Madhavi Naiduyear and for a large group like ours it was and therefore are not listed on mainstream Dear Madhavi,

websites. TripAdvisor is a good site to use wonderful and worked out much cheaper to identify these small hotels, but you than a regular hotel.1. Online: Obviously the best resource should go directly to the hotel to make nowadays. Check thoroughly, compare 5. Travel agent: You can finally just reservations. Especially during peak travel several websites and then decide your appoint your local travel agent to search periods, it makes sense to find out about hotel after checking the reviews on for you through their professional these (from the B&B or Specialty Lodging Tripadvisor or a similar website. You can network. Or you can call an agent in Goa listings on Tripadvisor or hotel listings on compare several hotels and their rates on

directly and ask them to look around. the Tourism Promotion Board website for Kayak and Tripadvisor. Or if you have a Happy Travels! instance)coupon from Makemytrip or Expedia, this

4. Think outside the box: If you're is the best time to make use of it. Rahul Kale, Travel Doctor

Here are some options you can consider:

TRAVEL D O CTO R

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TULIP FESTIVAL–12 -15 APRILTULIP FESTIVAL–12 -15 APRIL- Team GO

Spring brings in blossoming tulips to the valley, as the landscape softens and flourishes after the harsh and cold

winter. The Tulip festival is held annually in the month of April when the tulips are in full bloom. The garden looks like a silken carpet of bright colored tulips. The bare brown earth

between rows of Tulips makes for intricate designs (like carpets), leaving an indelible print in the mind.

The Tulips (native to Persia) are grown in the over 5 acre garden spread at the foothills of Zabarwan overlooking the world famous Dal Lake. Nearly 60 varieties of beautiful and vibrant tulips grow in this garden, attracting nearly a lakh or more visitors every year. For many who have visited the Cheshmashahi Gardens, a visit during the festival will likely renew their love of the valley.Cultural programs, Kashmiri folk music and handicrafts, traditional

Kashmiri cuisine forms an integral part of the experience during the festival. For more information, http://www.festivalsofindia.in/tulipfestival/#sthash.X8gPj1sM.dpuf

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SMILI N G FACES -Hetal Sampat

His growing up years were greatly Within two years of the launch, MH-influenced by his training under NCC ( 31.com started getting more than National Cadet Corps). He was good at thousand visitors per day. A lot of studies and stood in order of merit in SSC Nagpurians across the globe started as well as HSC examinations. He regularly following the website. MH-continued to do well and completed his 31's facebook page has more than 30,000 graduation in Computer Science with thousand likes and continues to grow. As distinction.

the company got bigger, more and more After graduation, he did a corporate job people got associated with MH-31. for four years. He was working initially

Through MH-31, he has come in contact with Tata Consultancy Services & then with many Nagpurians who are settled with Goldman Sachs. He always wanted across the globe. Those connections have to do something of his own, and in 2009 really helped him in furthering his he finally managed to get started. THEY MADE IT !! software business. Today they develop Whilst away from Nagpur, he realised A n i m e s h J a i p u r k a r – F o u n d e r

that there was no online medium through software through the company Qice MH31.comwhich people who have moved away Technologies Pvt. Limited.Animesh was born in Nagpur and was a from the city could keep in touch with the He acknowledges the role of his parents in student of Somalwar School Khamla till city. With the intention of putting the shaping his life and who have helped him XII standard. He completed his news & events from Nagpur on the web, overcome the difficult times that one B.E.(Computer Science) from GH he started the portal Mh-31.com in 2009. usually faces when running a business. Raisoni college of engineering. His He designed and developed the website.

mother has retired from Coal India It is amazing how a small thought gets He was responsible for the entire content Limited and his father retired as converted to a HUGE venture. We and enjoyed his role as an entrepreneur. It Executive Engineer from MSEB. His appreciate Animesh's attempt to create was a great learning experience trying to elder brother has done MBA from IIM value for Nagpurians settled overseas and understand the online medium, reaching Ahmedabad and now runs a Hydro Power helping them stay connected. Wishing out to people and making the website Project consultancy. popular. him all the Best !!

Trymbak Raut – Recipient of his mentors. The principles of Moolya scholarship funded by Scholarship and Sadhu are what he has imbibed from Committee – Rotary Club of Nagpur the experience there. He considers

himself lucky to pass the stringent entry He is a resident of Mohota village, Tehsil regulations of the Math.Kalmeshwar. His father was an employee

of Zilla Parishad supporting a family of 6. After his graduation, he did his B.Ed in He completed his Std 12 in the village Nagpur in Geography and Marathi and is itself and moved to Nagpur to do his currently teaching the subjects to Stds 8-graduation. He did his B.Ed from 10 at Keshavrao Pawar Vidyalaya, Katol.Dhanvate College, Congress Nagar. Deeply influenced by the teaching and

serene and contented life. Calm, For 2 years of his graduation he lived at way of life preached by Swami composed and a deep philosopher, are my the Ramkrishna Math and absorbed the Vivekanand, he aims to spread the impressions of this young man. Wish him unique experience of living there. He philosophy learnt and remain associated

considers the Maharajjis of the Math as with all the programs of the Math to lead a all the success !!

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Subhash Chandra Agrawal, Ordinary Man with Extraordinary Determination

S u b h a s h you are my personal friend, and I will not C h a n d r a use official machinery in nations in Kathmandu (Nepal) to Agrawal is an communicating with you!” deliberate on transparency Act in India.ordinary man Agrawal's numerous suggestions were Law schools' text-books have promine-w i t h i mplemented by various public- ntly included his RTI petitions especially extraordinary authorities even before Right-To- relating to the Supreme Court. His RTI determination. Information Act 2005 came into petitions have resulted in landmark Having filed operation; for example, change in design reforms including like introduction of about 6000 of Railway Coaches; change in size and 'Judicial Accountability Bill ' in RTI petitions, metal of coins; publication of Readers' Parliament.Mr. Agrawal is Digest in Hindi, improvement by Johnson He has always utilized the RTI Act with a known for his & Johnson in Band-Aid, entry of women positive attitude for reforms which is

'Letters to Editors' taking up causes of in admired by all Central Information national and public interest by writing to Rotary International etc. Commissioners (past and present). The newspapers and concerned authorities. May it be the constitution review, finance, media trusts him for his independent and A cloth merchant from Chandni Chowk, banking; communications, posts, professional views on the Transparency Mr Agrawal, at one time, had the railways, transport, consumerism, radio, Act as well as aspects of corruption and distinction of having the hat trick in television, civic problems or any other irregularities in different forms of Guinness World Records: (1) maximum field, his suggestions have been governance.letters till date published in newspapers, appreciated and recognized at highest PERSONAL LIFE(2) maximum letters published in a levels as well as by the public. Not much is known in the public about particular newspaper in a particular RTI Act added more shine to his passion this 'unsung hero.' What does he do to calendar year in 2003 and (3) maximum for letter writing for public causes, and he earn a living? Mr. Agrawal runs his letters till date published in a particular started using it from October 2005 itself family's old wholesale business of textiles newspaper. Interestingly his wife Madhu when the Transparency Act came into and furnishing. His wife, Mrs. Madhu Agrawal also holds Guinness World force. He utilized the RTI Act to reveal Agrawal helps him in attending to a large Record for maximum letters to crucial information from all wings of number of visitors who seek his help in newspapers in a particular calendar year. governance including judicial system, RTI matters.With a brilliant academic record, Subhash having filed about 6000 RTI petitions, all Soon after their marriage in 1975, they Chandra Agrawal's observative mind in the public interest, with about 600 of took a bold decision of not to have a child. inspired him to fire his first 'letter-missile' these having reached to the Central The cheating in family business by his in a national capital-based Hindi Information Commission (CIC). It is a uncle made him rise above the 'Hindustan' in 1967 while facing matter of fact that almost all the CIC materialistic world, and he started liking pocketing of ticket-money by a Delhi verdicts have gone in his favour - a the philosophy of the Parsi way of life – Transport Corporation (DTC) bus- remarkable achievement indeed! work for the society, and not for yourself. conductor without giving him a proper Response to his RTI petitions is being His wife supported him in adopting 'no-ticket. Quick response by DTC regularly and prominently highlighted in child' policy. It gives them sufficient time authorities made him realize the impact of media. He also interacts with the Public to devote themselves for taking up public-print-media, which resulted in his Information Officers at various interest causes through letters to the achieving “Guinness World Record” as platforms, learning further by their media and the RTI queries. he began writing almost daily to the experience and dealings with various

An incurable hardening of right-hand “Letters to the Editor' column in different kinds of problems in the RTI petitions. He thumb during adolescence could not newspapers and magazines, highlighting has also been awarded an award of rupees snatch his passion for writing which he the areas concerning the woes of the twenty five lakhs (one crore prize-money continued by single-finger typing common man. shared amongst four) by Sitaram Jindal because he never learnt formal typing! Over the years, the authorities in Foundation for his crusade against “Perhaps,” he wonders, laughing, “I may legislature and bureaucracy began corruption.have a world record in single finger type-admiring his suggestions through his He has been invited by several prestigious writing as well!”letters which carried no personal agenda. organizations to educate their officers Subhash says: “No subject is too trivia – Once, the then Vice President of India, handling the RTI petitions.He was small-small corrections in the society Mr. M. Hidayatulla, gave him a unique amongst the six nominees for 'Indian of c a n m a k e a b i g d i f f e r e n c e . ” honour by sending him a hand-written the year Award 2013' by CNN IBN. E - m a i l : letter saying that “…because you think so Transparency International invited him to subhashagrawal1950@gmail.com seriously and sincerely in public interest, participate in a conference of SAARC

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FRESHMEN -Manju ShahaniNew Members

grandfather told her of a proposal. They met... she agreed… got married and later she found out that the guy who pursued her silently was the man she had married! The romance in their life still continues and today they are a part of our Rotary family.Now they have 8 year old son, Hussein, also in their lives. Zaheer, a Nagpurian since 3 generations, did his schooling at SFS, Engineering in Electronics and Power from YCCE and took over the family business of trading in Switch Gears and Industrial Supplies along with his younger brother.Fatema, along with her sister in law, is a franchise for Customized Wall Paper and other home decor. They were both very keen on joining our club for a long time but business commitments kept them away. Finally it was friend, Jatin He pursued her for more than a year and she rebuffed! Zaheer Sampat, who brought them in. Zaheer loves management Akolawala saw Fatema at a wedding in Wardha and a programs and would like to be associated with Vocational thunderbolt struck. He managed to get her email ID from a Service. Fatema is very creative herself and would cousin and kept writing to her while she was studying in Pune. love to be a part of creative training programs. She didn't know him and would trash all his mail. Welcome Zaheer and Fatema!When she finished college and came back to Nagpur, her

Zaheer and Fatema Akolawala

Chetna and Pranav Singhal, Priyanka Rakesh Awachat, Preeti Sandeep Vaid were all friends with Shweta and Mayyank Jaain so when the others joined our club, the Jains did as well. They always wanted to 'give back' to society and what could be a better platform than Rotary?Small kids, 5 year old Sanidhya and 5 month old Kimyra have kept Shweta away, but Mayyank has been very regularly attending all meetings. He is enjoying Rotary thoroughly and would like to get more involved in the projects. Born and partially raised in Mumbai, business brought his dad to Nagpur. He finished the rest of his schooling at SFS and then took up Commerce and then MBA. Shweta, was born in Kanpur, schooling in Nainital, graduation from Delhi and MBA from Bangalore. She worked for a while in Delhi and has settled in Nagpur after marriage. Once her girls grow up and get into full time schools, she would like to pursue some vocation. She might even join the family business, ie trading in Metals...Copper, Steel etc. Mayyank would like any kind of involvement in Rotary, while Shweta definitely wants Community Service and would like to work for kids, maybe in an Orphanage or so. The Rotary family happily welcomes the Jaain couple!

and and

Mayyank & Shweta Jaain

Chetan and Neha KhemkaWhen friend Zaheer Akolawala was joining the club, Chetan was also tempted. He spoke to Rtn. Jatin Sampat about it and then joined. Born and raised in Nagpur, Chetan is a product of SFS, Centre Point and Hislop College, eventually ending up at the coveted Purdue University in US. He went for a degree in Electrical Engineering but was told that Engineers don't come back to India. So not taking a chance, he switched to Hospitality Management. With a degree in Hospitality, he was all set to take charge of the family owned Radhika Hotel but his fate was different. The hotel was sold off and today Chetan, along with his father is looking after trading of Industrial Products. In 2003, he got married to Neha from Jaipur. Neha has a Masters in Mass Communications, and for the moment is devoted to the Children's Movement for Civic Awareness. They have a 9 year old son, Arnav, currently at Centre Point.Chetan and Neha would love to make lots of friends. Welcome to the Rotary Family.

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