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ear Fellow Rotarians,I am honoured to serve

as your President for the year 2013-14. I want to thank IPP Nowroze for his stellar leadership for making it a great Rotary Year 2012-13.

The Rotary Club of Bombay is the second oldest club in India, and one of the best Social Service clubs of Bombay. Rotary teaches us a lot of things and to gain this knowledge we need to ‘Engage Rotary, Change Lives’. This is our Rotary International theme for the year. This is possible only with the three Ts of Rotary — Treasure, Time and Talent. By giving our Treasure, Time and Talent to Rotary, each one of us can ‘Make the World a Better Place’. This is the theme for my year for the Rotary Club of Bombay.

I wish to set out a few important and measurable goals in the Rotary’s Six Areas of Focus: Peace and Conflict Prevention

and Resolution Disease Prevention and Treatment Water and Sanitation Maternal and Child Health Basic Education and Literacy Economic and Community

DevelopmentEvery quarter I wish to update the

Club with the progress we make in each area of focus and internal goals, which I have stated above for our Club. Along with my Board, my Chairmen and the Committee members, I wish to set out my vision for the year.

Attendance is critical for a vibrant club. We wish to see a significantincrease in our attendance, whether it is in our regular meetings or Fellowships, or by giving some time for helping in our community services. Our Club runs various projects and

eachoneofthemisaflagshipprojectof our Club. To name a few: our oldest ‘Kohinoor’ projects are The Hasanali Tobaccowala Eye Centre and the outstanding Ajit Deshpande Medical Centre, which offers dental care, a TB unit, path lab and pediatrics department. Both of these are in Talwada. At Bhavishya Yaan, which is one of our prestigious projects, we teach computers, English and Life Skills to 600 underprivileged children of municipal schools. Old-age homes, and many more such projects are praised and have earned laurels for our Club in the Rotary world. We have to

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jointly work towards the sustainable and measurable side of these projects.

We should increase women members and new members to make a vibrant club.

I am sure our large-hearted Rotary members will participate in a fundraiser, to help us raise money for sustaining our ongoing and new projects that have an impact and make a difference.

Another very important aspect of our Rotary is the Fellowship. It is a vital part of our Club, keeping the Rotary spirit alive. By getting involved and attending these Fellowships, one

will not only gain in making new friends, but many new ideas can also be created. I plan to have these Fellowships where each one of us enjoys and develops new friends.

Our regular Tuesday meetings have been another big strength of our Club. This year, we encourage members to bring ideas for interesting speakers to make each member get a take home value by attending the meetings. Diversity of speakers in all fieldsisthekeytothesuccessofourregular club meetings.

Measurable impact and keeping costs low are essentials for good governance of projects. The OfficeBearers will keep a check on all the projects quarterly or monthly so that justice is done to the old projects and we can take up new projects and reach out and help others.

Ours is an old, venerable Club. We respect tradition and also welcome change.

Again, I thank the 325 Rotarians for reposing their faith in me. I thank all theOfficeBearers and theBoardof Directors for your support in the coming year.

At the Installation we will showcase an ancient Indian story called Prince Rama’s squirrel. In the story, even a little squirrel with its enthusiasm and dedication helped build a mighty bridge, showing that every person can ‘Make the World a Better Place’.

My dear friends, we can achieve all this and more together. I look forward to the support of each one of you to reach out and ‘Make the world a Better Place’.

JAI HO!

Yours Sincerely, NIRAV SHAHPresident, Rotary Club of Bombay 2013-14

Forthcoming Meetings

July 9 Alisha Chinai Topic Entertainment

July 16 Suman Agarwal Topic Enjoy Living... Eat

Drink and Unjunk

July 23 Deval Sanghavi and Neera Nundy — Topic Strategic

Philanthropy

July 30 Arun Vakhul — Topic Motivational talk

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About our President

irav Shah joined the Rotary Club of Bombay in 1999. As a young Rotarian, he got involved in lot of projects.

He got involved in the Polio Plus Programme called ‘Namaste India, Farewell to Polio’, an important Rotary project at that time. He also took part in the Dhobi Ghat Slum RCC project at Tardeo.

Bhavishya Yaan is another project, very close to his heart, mainly because he was made the first coordinatorin the year 2009-10, at Ambedkar Municipal School at Worli.

He has served as Joint Secretary for two years, and also headed the Attendance Committee for four years. Nirav has been involved in Rotary projects from the beginning. He leads by example, by getting involved in Rotary projects.

Nirav graduated from St. Mary’s School, and did his BCom at Sydenham College. He has also done a Management Education Programme (M.E.P) at IIM Ahmedabad.

Nirav’s family is steeped in Rotary history. His father, Rotarian Niranjan Shah has been a Rotarian for 40 years. Even now, he is active in rural health and education programmes. He is also a Paul Harris Fellow like Nirav himself.

Nirav’s mother is a cordon bleu chef and her famous patisserie is enjoyed by all who visit their house.

His late father-in-law, Kishore Zaveri, was also a very active Rotarian and was part of the Mid-Town Rotary in New Delhi.

His sister, Dr. Swati Piramal, was a Director of our Club for three years

and her husband, Ajay Piramal, is an Honorary Rotarian of our Club.

Supriya, Nirav’s daughter, has just graduated from Parsons School of Design in New York.

Aditya, his son, is studying to be an Industrial Engineer at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, USA.

Rotaryann Devina gives un-stinted support to Nirav and is actively involved in Rotary. She was brought up in Delhi and her brothers even today are actively involved in Rotary.

Nirav is a family man who loves travelling with his family. On

holidays his day starts at 9am and finishes at 11pm.He is very fond ofphotography. He has great interest in cars. He enjoys listening to music and loves dancing; it gives him a different level of enjoyment. He is a big foodie and loves to entertain and share a vibrant spirit.

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July 2 to July 8, 2013

THE ROTARY CLUB OF BOMBAYOFFICE-BEARERS 2013-14

immediate paSt preSidentNowRozE VAzIFDAR

preSident electSHAILESH HARIbHAktI

preSident nomineeDR. INDU SHAHANI

honorarY SecretarYDEEPAk kAPADIA

honorarY joint SecretarYSUbHASH SAgAR

honorarY treaSurerMANISH RESHAMwALA

preSidentNIRAV SHAH

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THE ROTARY CLUB OF BOMBAYCommittee Chairpersons 2013-14


directorShailesh Haribhakti

Fellowship co-chairManoj Murarka

Fellowship chairAshok Minawala

membership developmentDr. Indu Shahani

Bulletin & Website chairAbhinav Aggarwal

Sports chairAnand Dalal

Sports co-chairSamir Mogul

Classifications & MembershipPP Dr. Adi Dastur

directorManojj Patodia

attendance chairArvind Agarwal

attendance co-chairAnar Shah

Bulletin & Website co-chairMehul Sampat

informationPP Harry Singh Arora

club trainerPP Paul george

programme chairSameer tapia

programme co-chairMudit Jain

Sergeant-at-arms chairtara Deshpande

Sergeant-at-arms co-chairDr. Prakriti Poddar

MeMbership

club adMinistration

Fund raising co-chairPriyasri Patodia

public relations chairPriyasri Patodia

Fund raising chairManoj Israni

public relations co-chairManoj Israni

fund raising, the rotary foundation, public relations

directorVikram Daiya

the rotary Foundation chairMeera Alreja

the rotary Foundation co-chair

Arjun Jolly

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cancer aid co-chairDr. Aashish Contractor

polio & differently abled chair

Shyamniwas Somani

polio & differently abled co-chairRatan tankha

cancer aid chairFarokh balsara

heart care & health chair

Dr. Aashish Contractor

heart care & health co-chair

Rekha tanna

Rotary’s Six Areas of Focus

directorVikram Daiya

World understanding & peace chair

Ramesh Narayan

World understanding & peace co-chair

Anar Shah

peace and conflict prevention/resolutioninternational service

htec chairPP Dr. Rumi Jehangir

htec co-chairArin Master

directorDr. Percy Chibber

disease prevention and treatMentcoMMunity service

admc chairDr. Sorab Javeri

admc co-chair oral health

Dr. Rajeev Narvekar

admc co-chaircontrol of t.B

Dr. Rohini Chowgule

talwada emeritusPP Dr. Rahim Muljiani

Water and Sanitation co-chair

Jaidev Merchant

directorSunny Pariyaram

Water and Sanitation chairJagdish Malkani

water and sanitationcoMMunity service

Service projects

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THE ROTARY CLUB OF BOMBAYCommittee Chairpersons 2013-14

rotary public awards co-chairRavi Sheth

Vocational training & night Study centre chair

bimal Mehta

Vocational training & night Study centre

co-chairAshwin Ramesh

directorShernaz Vakil

rotary public awards chairDr. Sonya Mehta

rotaract chairRavi Fotedar

rotaract co-chairMehul Sampat

econoMic and coMMunity developMentvocational service

interact co-chairVandan Shah

directorHiren kara

interact chairFreyaz Shroff

rYla, rYpen & road Safety chairJamshyd Vazifdar

rYla, rYpen & road Safety

co-chairFreyaz Shroff

Bhavishya Yaan co-chairShivkumar Israni

education Scholarships & loans chair

Roda billimora

education Scholarships & loans co-chair

Mahakhurshid byramjee

directorMadhusudan Daga

Bhavishya Yaan chairPreeti Mehta

basic education and literacyyouth service i

basic education and literacy youth service ii

maternal & child health co-chair

Sheila bulchandani

maternal & child health chair

PP kalpana Munshi

Maternal and child healthcoMMunity service



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World understanding & peace chair

PP gul kripalani

assistant Governor PP Pradeep Saxena

Slumber Kit chairPP Rajnikant Reshamwala

low cost Shelter, avenue chair

PP kalpana Munshi

MeMbers serving district 3140

Vocational-ii, avenue chairPP Paul george

road Safety chairDeepak kapadia

Bhavishya Yaan chairAlok Sekhsaria

promotion of arts & culture co-chair

Manoj Israni

low cost Shelter chair Jamshed banaji

low cost Shelter co-chair

Subash gogia

directorAlok Sekhsaria

promotion of arts & culture chair

Priyasri Patodia

mid-day meals chairJayesh Jhaveri

mid-day meals co-chairgaurav Nevatia

old age homes & Senior citizens co-chair

Subash gogia

rotary community corps chair

PP kalpana Munshi

rotary community corps co-chair

Sheila bulchandani


old age homes & Senior citizens chair

Naresh kumar Jain

coMMunity serviceeconoMic and coMMunity developMent

econoMic and coMMunity developMentdistrict thrust area

PP Dr. Rahim Muljiani PP Dr. Adi Dastur PP Arvind Jolly PP Arun Sanghi

trustees of rotary club boMbay charities trust no.3


Mr. Mukesh Ambani

Mr. Venugopal Dhoot

Mr. Lakshmi Mittal

Mr. Ravikant Ruia

Mr. Rahul bajaj

Mr. Adi godrej

Mr. Deepak Parekh

Mrs. Rajashree birla

Mr. keshub Mahindra

Mr. Ajay Piramal

Mr. Ratan tata

Honorary Members



Meet Ron D. burton — RI President (2013-14)

Meet Lata Subraidu — District governor

(2013-14)

on D. Burton retired as President of the University of Oklahoma Foundation, Inc. in 2007. A Rotarian since 1979, Mr. Burton is a member and Past President of the Rotary

Club of Norman, Oklahoma. He has served RI as a District Governor, Delegate to the 1992 and 1995 Councils on Legislation, International Assembly Group Discussion Leader, Zone Trainer, Rotary Information Counselor, member of several committees and task forces, and President’s Representative to numerous District Conferences. He served on the Board of Directors of Rotary International in 1998-2000 serving as Chair of the Executive Committee and the Administration Committee in 1999-2000. In 1998-1999 he served as Chair of the Audit Committee. In 2003 he served RI as Moderator of the International Assembly. He served as Aide to the 2006-2007 President of Rotary International. Additionally, he has served The Rotary Foundation as a consultant to the Development Committee, a National Advisor for the Permanent Fund Initiative, a Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator, a member of the Permanent Fund Leadership Team, the International PolioPlus Committee, the PolioPlus Speakers Bureau, Moderator of the

Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator Training Program in 2003, and Trustee from 2006-2010. He served as Vice-Chair of the Foundation in 2008-2009.

Mr. Burton was Chair of the 2011 Rotary International Convention. He has been a member of the Future Vision Committee of The Rotary Foundation since 2007 and currently serves as Vice-Chair. He will serve as President of Rotary International in 2013-2014.

An attorney, Mr. Burton is a member of the U.S. Supreme Court Bar, the Oklahoma Bar Association, and the Cleveland County Bar Association. He is also a member of the American Bar Association, the ABA Section of Taxation Committee on Exempt Organizations, and the ABA Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Committee on Charitable Organizations.

Mr. Burton has been the recipient of the RI Service Above Self Award, The Rotary Foundation Citation for Meritorious Service, The Rotary Foundation Distinguished Service Award, the International Service Award for a Polio-Free World, the Boy Scouts of America Silver Beaver Award, and the Norman United Way/Junior League Civic Volunteer of the Year Award. He and his wife, Jetta, are Paul Harris Fellows, Benefactors, Major Donors, and members of the Paul Harris Society, the Bequest Society, and the Arch Klumph Society.

orn in Delhi, Lata did her schooling in the prestigious J.B. Vachha High School in Mumbai and is an alumnus of Ruia College. She has done

diploma courses in French and German. Her love for the performing arts made her a talented artist, which got her acting assignments in TV serials, as well as in Hindi and Gujarati plays. This multi-talented lady is an Indian classical singer, and still continues her riyaz with her guruji. She is the proprietor of a property consutancy firm — Larrissa Properties.

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In 1993, she was invited to join the RC of Bombay Bandra, and was the firstlady of the Club in 1994. She has been an integral part of every governor’s team thereafter, and has a record of many firsts in the list of her assignments. She is a Multiple Paul Harris Fellow. She is the recipient of the RI Four Avenues of Service award, and District Service Award five times over.

She is married to Ram, who is a consultant for export of Dyes — Intermediates. Their son Sanjay owns a travel business She has a 14-year-old adorable granddaughter, Sakshi.


hey say that an ocean is made because of each drop of water. In the same way, you don’t need to be a big name to do some good in the world. Even the smallest of the lot can make a difference that can change the world. I know many of you are

wondering why my logo is designed using two squirrels. The squirrels are the perfect example of how even a small living being can play an essential role in the bigger things of life. I found the story very inspiring, and hope you do too.

Once Sita had been abducted, one could say that almost the entire forest came to Rama’s aid. On and on they marched, till they reached a great barrier that could almost thwart their mission—theocean.Angerfillinghismindatthisbarrier,Lord Rama threatened to dry up the ocean with the bow that Lord Brahma had given him. Afraid of what his wrath would do to her kingdom, the goddess of the ocean spoke to Rama, advising him that he ask Nala (son of Vishwakarma) to build a bridge across the ocean to reach Lanka.

Thus began the relentless work of the vanar sena (and other animals that came to his aid) in building the colossal bridge that would take Rama across the ocean to rescue Sita. In the midst of all the (organised) commotion, no one (human or monkey) seemed to notice something rather odd. A tiny squirrel was rolling in the sand and shaking it off her body so that the sand particles deposited themselves in the crevices between the rocks. However, when she was noticed and questioned, she responded, “I am doing what I can to

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behind the logohelpMasterRamafindhisSita.”Onhearingthisresponse,the vanar sena laughed, not quite understanding how that would help.

Hurt, she ran with tears in her eyes. Seeing this, Rama said, “Bless the little squirrel. She is doing all she can, to the best of her ability, making her quite as great as any of you. It is not right to despise someone who isn’t as strong as you. Strength doesn’t quite matter as much as love and devotion.” Hethen gently picked the squirrel up in his hands and stroked herback.Whenhisfingersleftherfur,theycouldseethreewhite stripes across the squirrel’s back. She then called to her friends in a voice that was higher than what the sena could hear, and hundreds of squirrels came to her aid.

Slowly, along with those she had thought big and mighty, the squirrel and her friends worked hard with the sena to create the bridge. When the army had started the long walk, the squirrels stood at the shore to watch them go. At the time of their parting, Rama saw Hanuman looking at the squirrels, with a look which clearly showed his question: “Who would havethoughtwecouldn’thavefinishedthisbridgewithouttheirhelp?”Understandingwhatwasgoingthroughhismind,Rama answered, “If the cause is noble, even the smallest can makeabigdifference.”

Just as the squirrels did their bit to aid Rama in his mission, I hope that all of us are able to do all that we can to support the mission that Rotary has taken on itself, to ‘Make the world a better place’.

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Painting the 4-way test

OF THE THINGS WE THINK, SAY OR DO

1. Is it the TRUTH?2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?3. Will it build GOODWILL and

BETTER FRIENDSHIP?4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to

all concerned?

• OriginatedbyHerbertJ.Taylorin1932andsavedClubAluminiumproductsCompany from bankruptcy.

• ApprovedbyRotaryInternationalinJanuary1943forencouragingleadershipforpersonalandbusinesslifetoachieve.

• Serviceaboveself.• ExcellenceisvocationalService.• Highethicalstandards. (Note:-Mr.HerbertTayloralsobecamePresidentofRotaryInternationalduringits50thAnniversaryyear1954–55)

EXPLANATION OF THE PAINTING

The 4–Way Test — A Yard-stick for Living

THE 4-WAY TEST

1. The Sun represents TRUTH as it lights up everything.

2. The Thumbs up symbolises FAIR and righteousness.

3. The Handshake represents GOODWILL as it marks the collaborations.

4. The Bridge symbolises BENEFICIAL to all as it helps everyone to cross over difficulties.


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Happy Birthday

Spouses

Warij KasliwalJuly 2

Vita Dani July 2

Manjiri Purandare July 3

Madhavi Nathani July 3

Hoshang Billimoria July 7

Suresh LullaJuly 7

Padma Lal July 4

Leela Chandalia July 6

Prakash Makhija July 8

Rotary’s six areas of focus

Doing good in the world

Peaceandconflictprevention/resolution

RotARy CLUb oF boMbAyFoUNDED 19 MARCH, 1929

Charter No. 3128, Dated 08 May, 192997-B Mittal Tower, Nariman Point

Mumbai 400 021, IndiaTel.: +91-22-22-2 4089Fax.: 91-22-22-2 4509

[email protected]

Disease prevention and treatment

Water and sanitation

Maternal and child health

Basic education and literacy

Economic and community development

Welcome to the club, dG lata Subraidu

DG Lata Subraidu will be the Chief Guest at the first Rotarymeeting of the new Rotary Year 2013-14. President Nirav Shah will chair the meeting, to be held in the Crystal Room at the Taj Mahal Hotel. A unique fellowship will begin at 11am using storytelling, art, music and interactive sculpture.

The meeting will be called to order at noon and will be followed by lunch. There will be no charge for members and spouses attending the meeting.

Bombay Times called her ‘A Singing Beauty’. Times of In-dia tagged her as the ‘Indian Madonna’ and according to Film-fare, she had a voice that could move mountains. A woman who gave the female fraternity the dream of the perfect man made in india, Alisha Chinai ignited the pop revolution for over a decade. The sensual voice can rock every song from ‘Kate nahi katte’ (mr india) to ‘Bebo main Bebo’ (Kambakht ishq). Recently starring as a judge in indian idol, the gorgeous diva continues to be the undisputed queen of Indian pop music.

Our website, www.rotaryclubofbombay.org has been an integral part of our Club. But now, while the whole world is more open to accepting change, it is time that we pitch in our bit, too. We proudly present our website, with a new wrapper! Not only has the look been changed completely, it also has many functional advantages.1) Mobile savvy — The website has

been created in such a way that it is not just computer-laptop friendly, but also mobile-friendly.

2) what’s important — It’s easy to navigate and focuses on (your) highly visited sections (example: forthcoming speakers and events) and project highlights. These are some of the main features of the new website.

3) Something new — In addition

to The Gateway, there will be an e-newsletter (which will lead to the website), which will be emailed to the members.

4) Meeting online — There is a new addition to the website — the Online Attendance checker. This will enable the members to log in and check their attendance statistics immediately, on a real-time basis. It also allows the members to download the ‘Make up attendance’ form in a PDF format.

5) Archives — The content and data of the past three or four years will be carried forward to the new website, with an improved ‘search functionality’.

WewishourmembersHappySurfing!

A new look!Alisha Chinai will speak on Entertainment on July 9, 2013.

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