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Mr. Antonio Bullon, Consul-General of Spain, was a popular guest at the last meeting. At left he interacts withDr. Rohini Chowgule and at right with Shiv Gorowara and Narinder NayyarA gentle, caringsoul...Dr. Fardoon P. Soonawalla, whopassed away on July 24, 2012,was born in 1927 and joined Rotaryin October, 1983.Coming from a family of distinguisheddoctors, the late Fardoon wasa renowned urologist and surgeon.Besides being attached to severalpremier hospitals in the city, he hadhelped to evolve new techniques andsurgical equipment, including theheart-lung machine and artificial kidney.He was the recipient of several distinguishedawards and had also servedon important committees of variousmedical bodies.He presented and published numerouspapers in India and abroad.In his passing, the Club and thecommunity have lost a gentle, caringsoul.To his wife, Katy, and his sonsPhiroze, Darius and Zahir, the Clubextends its heartfelt sympathies.– Nowroze VazifdarMore membersmake generousdonationsPresident Nowroze Vazifdar at thelast meeting thanked the memberswho had made generous donations toThe Rotary Foundation and towardsvarious other Club projects and causes.Kamal Bulchandani had made a corpusdonation of Rs. 15,000 towardsthe Hasanali Tobaccowala Eye Centreat Talwada.Similarly, members had made individualdonations to the “Every RotarianEvery Year” scheme of The Foundationwhich encourages Rotarians togive a token amount equivalent to $100every year.Under this programme, President-Nominee Ramesh Narayan and MarekDziki had donated Rs. 12,000 each.Contributions of Rs. 6,000 each hadbeen received from Prakash Jotwaniand Seema Makhija.Nowroze thanked all the membersfor their generosity.At the last meeting(Held on July 24, 2012)PRESIDENT Nowroze Vazifdarcalled the meeting to orderand welcomed the guest speaker, thevisiting Rotarians, Rotaryanns,guests and others, including Mr. AntonioBullon, the Consul-General ofSpain.BANNERS EXCHANGEDWith Visiting Rotarian GunterSeefeldt of the Rotary Club of MenloPark, California, USA.BANNER RECEIVEDFrom the Rotary Club of Lithuaniathrough Preeti Mehta.BIRTHDAYMembers celebrating their birthdayduring the week were felicitated.ATTENDANCEMembers 151Visiting Rotarians 4Rotaryanns 7Guests 4Total 166Svc. box collection Rs. 4,300PP RumiJehangir alsocontributes$1,000P Dr. Rumi Jehangir has made acontribution of $1,000 towardsthe “Annual Programme” fund ofThe Rotary Foundation.Announcing this at the last meeting,President Nowroze Vazifdarthanked Rumi for his generosity.Birthday donationsAbirthday donation of Rs. 11,000has been received from PradeepGupta.President Nowroze Vazifdar said atthe last meeting that birthday donationshad also been received fromFramroze Mehta (Rs. 5,001) and InduShahani (Rs. 5,000).He thanked all the members for theirgenerosity.One ProfitsMostWhoServes BestGreeting the guest speaker, Mr. Shankar Menon (right). From left in this And this is a banner from the Rotary Club of Lithuania. Preeti Mehta, whopicture are Nandan Maluste, President-Nominee Ramesh Narayan, recently visited Lithuania on a holiday, presents the banner she brought toMs Anaita Davar and her father President Nowroze VazifdarPresident NowrozeJuly 31 to August 6, 2012 THE GATEWAY, The Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Bombay Page 3

He knows what he’s talking about. Mr. V. Ranganathan, former Commissioner and ex-Chief Secretary of Maharashtra, is welcomed at the ‘Bhavishya-Yaan’programme at the Colaba Municipal School by PP Arun Sanghi. In the second picture, he presents a certificate of appreciation to a meritorious student.In the centre is Chairman Manish ReshamwalaThe programme was held on July 9 to felicitate those who had scored a highpercentage at the SSC examsMs Anjan Malkani, the main sponsor of the Colaba ‘Bhavishya-Yaan’ project,greeted the children and presented dictionaries to themHappy with success of ‘Bhavishya-YaShe played the female lead in thefilm called Singham but was greetedwith a roar when she made her entryat the Colaba Municipal School as theguest of honour at a programme to felicitatethose who had achieved highgrades at the recent SSC exams.And like a concerned elder memberof their family, Ms Kajal Agarwal toldthe students that “education is themost important thing”.Every person, boy or girl, had aright to follow their heart and theirpassion, but they would achieve verylittle if they did not build their dreamson the foundation of a good education,she added.The simple but well-attendedprogramme was held on July 9 whenunderprivileged students of theBhavishya-Yaan project being conductedat the school were felicitatedfor their performance at the SSC exams.Another guest of honour on the occasion,former Municipal Commissionerand ex-Chief Secretary of thegovernment of Maharashtra, Mr. V.Ranganathan, said he was very happywith the manner in which theBhavishya-Yaan project had shapedup and lauded the Rotary Club ofBombay for the commendable initia-tive which was now been replicatedin seven municipal schools in the city.Bolstering the former MunicipalCommissioner, President NowrozeVazifdar announced that theBhavishya-Yaan initiative would bespread to even more schools in thecourse of the year.Ms Agarwal and Mr. Ranganathantook turns along with Nowroze andothers in distributing awards to thetop scorers.As members are aware, theBhavishya-Yaan initiative is askills enhancement programmethat offers spoken English, computerhandling and soft life skillsfree of charge to under-privilegedstudents of municipal schools inBombay.It also organises camps at whichthe arts, dance forms and yoga aretaught to children through interactionwith diverse personalities in order toensure a holistic education to the children.They are guided and monitoredduring their school days to preventdrop-outs and to ensure that theycomplete their education.The children become more confidentto face the outside world, makethemselves comparatively more presentableand employable, too.All the students under the ‘Bhavishya-Yaan’ at the Colaba School, who appeared for the SSC exams, passed the same, thus giving 100% results.Here, Mr. Magar, the Principal, presents a certificate of appreciation to one of the students. At right, Committee Co-Chair Preeti Mehta proposes the vote ofthanks at the end of the programmeJuly 31 to August 6, 2012 THE GATEWAY, The Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Bombay Page 4

She’s the ‘Singham’ girl. Ms Kajal Agarwal, leading film actress, stresses on the need for grounding one’s future and all one’s dreams on the foundation of asolid education. And at right she joins President Nowroze Vazifdar in presenting a memento to one of the students of ‘Bhavishya-Yaan’ at the Colaba MunicipalSchool who did very well at the recent SSC examsan’: ex-Commissioner RanganathanInterestingly, all 44 students of theBhavishya-Yaan project had passedthe SSC exams, thus giving a perfectscore of 100%. Of these students, 14scored more than 75% marks and 5had over 80%. One of the studentsscored 82% in English, truly anachievement for the programme.Ms Anjan Malkani, the sponsor ofthe Colaba Bhavishya-Yaan project,was also present on the occasion togreet the children and presented dictionariesto all of them.Two of the students and the parentof one of them spoke briefly atthe programme about how theBhavishya-Yaan project had helpedthem. The parent stated that now she,too, wanted to learn English becauseher son insisted that he would onlyspeak that language.Several teachers of the Colaba MunicipalSchool were also felicitated atthe programme along with the volunteerswho had worked hard rightthrough the year to achieve 100%success at the SSC exams.As members are aware, the academicpartner in this programme isthe NGO Vidya, which is committedto education.After the programme, snack boxesand soft drinks were distributed tothe children. The visiting Rotariansand other dignitaries were taken tothe computer room and the Englishroom and shown how the Bhavishya-Yaan project was being executed.First Lady Niloufer Vazifdar alsograced the occasion and supported theBhavishya-Yaan team.The others present on the occasionto cheer the children as they receivedtheir certificates were PP Arun Sanghi,President-Nominee Ramesh Narayan,Hon. Secretary Sitaram Shah, Hon.Joint Secretary Hiren Kara, AshokChinai, Madhusudan Daga, DilipDalal, Shivkumar Israni, ManojPatodia, Alok Sekhsaria, FreyazShroff, Committee Chairman ManishReshamwala and Co-Chair PreetiMehta.Also making a mark both throughtheir involvement and commitment tothe project were Rotaryanns VandanaDaga, Soma Dasgupta, Bijal Kara,Devi Narayan, Nandita Patodia,Rakhee Reshamwala and DevinaShah. Mr. Rajesh Shah, the coordinatorof the Bhavishya-Yaan project atthe N.M. Joshi Marg MunicipalSchool, was also present.As they say, well begun is half done.The Bhavishya-Yaan team has alreadygot off the blocks.About 20 students of the Colaba School scored more than 75% marks at theSSC exams, one of them scoring 82% in EnglishAn attentive audience. Among those in the first row are Nowroze, MsAgarwal, Ms Pratibha Pai, Niloufer and Arin MasterI don’t know much about my future, but I’m sure that all the children here will have a very bright future. ‘Bhavishya-Yaan’ Chairman Manish Reshamwaladelights Ms Agarwal, Ms Pai and Freyaz Shroff. At right, the First Couple of the Club poses with the guests of honour, Ms Kajal Agarwal andMr. V. RanganathanJuly 31 to August 6, 2012 THE GATEWAY, The Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Bombay Page 5

THEY’REONLYFIFTYYEARSYOUNG!They’ve come a long way, indeed,and they’ve got a long way to go.Veteran actress Ms Tanuja delivered the keynote address at the 50-year celebration of the Inner Wheel Club ofThe Inner Wheel Club of BombayBombay. While President Nowroze is seated at left, Inner Wheel President Sweta Vakil is with Ms Tanuja at rightcelebrated its 50th (golden jubilee)year with the installation of newPresident Sweta Vakil and her teamof office-bearers for the year 2012-13 on Friday, July 6, at the GarwareClub.A well-organised and well-attendedevent, it saw a turnout of severalClub and District Dignitaries andsenior members of the Inner Wheelmovement.President Nowroze and First LadyNiloufer Vazifdar were the guestsof honour and the chief guest wasAssociation Vice-President PushpaChanging places. Outgoing President Susmita Mitra presents the Club Charter to her successor Sweta Vakil. In the Suryamurty.picture at right is the new team of office-bearers that will serve the community in 2012-13The keynote speaker was the wellknownactress Ms Tanuja.Outgoing President Susmita Mitramade an audio-visual presentationthat summed up the activities undertakenin the course of the year,including the projects completed;she thanked all those who hadmade huge donations to make it allpossible.In a touching gesture, the Inner WheelClub of Bombay invited all the PastDistrict Chairpersons of the last50 years to honour them for theirdedication to the mission of InnerSome of the most distinguished ladies of the Inner Wheel movement. Sweta invited all the Past District Chairpersons ofWheel. This initiative of Presidentthe last 50 years to honour them for their commitment. At extreme left in the second photo is Silla Ardeshir Sweta was appreciated by all thosepresent on the occasion.And then it was time for the new teamto be sworn in. This year, the InnerWheel Club of Bombay willhave the following office-bearers:President: Sweta Vakil; Past President:Susmita Mitra; Vice-President:Vandana Daga; Secretary: SoniIsrani; Treasurer: Roopal Thakkar;ISO: Rupali Sen; and CC: SadhanaJain.The programme ended with the cuttingof a cake by PDC Silla Ardeshirand PAP Raksha Mehta who, coincidently,also celebrated her 75thAs at every installation of the Inner Wheel, the cake-cutting was the closing act. At right are three men who are birthday.probably wondering what they’re doing there. But then all of them had key roles to play at the programme Good luck to Sweta and her team!July 31 to August 6, 2012 THE GATEWAY, The Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Bombay Page 6

H.R. Rotaractors make it seven times in a rowThe Rotaractors quickly got down to the business of service to the community.While they assembled in the concourse of Churchgate station and collected 220bottles of blood for thalassaemia patients (below), they also offered a ride on anopen double-decker bus to under-privileged children (above)Shankar Menon urges citizens to vowneither to give nor to take bribes(Continued from Page 2)The next man who stepped into hisshoes was now busy with the Adarshcorruption case. He had stopped thesystem. There was another systemwhereby one made a complaint andgot a number and an answer, too. But...Mr. Menon said that TCS had donea lot of work for the Corporation, butthere was huge resistance down theline. When he himself retired, he hadhelped a friend create a tender processand the Commissioner had acceptedit. But the engineers resisted it becausethey didn’t want transparency.“Now the time has come when youcan’t hold back the waters that laparound your feet and people demandthe citizens’ charter, that you get yourservices without paying.”Jagdish Malkani asked his opinionon the suggestion of opting for a CEOsystem for Bombay, a la New Yorkand London. After all, the politiciansknew nothing about the city and wereonly helping themselves in their shorttenures.Mr. Menon said India had a representativedemocratic system and thatwas the way to go. But if there had tobe a CEO, who would choose andhow? Who would be answerable andto whom? It was a very complicatedissue.Thanks to the far-sightedness of theBritish, the Commissioner had an incredibleamount of power not given toany commissioner anywhere in theworld, except in Calcutta and Madras.“This is as good a system as you canget, but we can make it work better.”A young Rotaractor said she hadheard that in some countries there wereCCTVs at traffic signals and those violatingrules even at night were automaticallyfined. Could something similarbe tried here?Mr. Menon said this was the advanceof technology and was bound tohappen here, too.Finally, Dr. Rohini Chowgule notedthat he was talking about eradicatingcorruption; how come he had chosengarbage as a tool?He took his inspiration fromGiuliani who had done simple thingsto clean the city of crime outside SeventhAvenue in New York, said Mr.Menon.“If we have a garbage-free Bombay,then it will be the first garbage-freecity in the country and there will behuge participation by everyone, partlythrough CSR and through friends andrelatives. And once you get a people’smovement going in a non-political way,then we can take off from there.“Garbage-free is something we allwant. If we do a city movement, fromAfghan Church to Dahisar, which isnon-political, involving anyone whohas a little bit of time, then I think therest of it will be a walk,” Mr. Menonadded.The vote of thanks was proposedby PP Pradeep Saxena.He’s made it seven times in a row. Outgoing President Junaid Khan of theRotaract Club of H.R. College with the award and Certificate received onbeing adjudged the Best Rotaract Club in the DistrictOn the first day of the Rotary year, incentive, an umbrella was also presentedto the donors.July 1, 2012, the Rotaract Clubof H.R. College achieved yet another The State Blood Transfusion Councilwas highly impressed by the stu-unique distinction – it won, for theseventh time in a row, the Rotaract dents’ dedication, enthusiasm andDistrict 3140 award for the Best achievement and heartily praised H.R.Rotaract Club in the District! College for inculcating such noble valuesin them.When the Rotaract District 3140Annual Assembly and AARA Night In another project on July 20, the(Academy for Awarding Rotaract H.R. Rotaractors arranged a road tripAchievements) was held at Lala atop an open-air double-decker bus forLajpatrai College, President Junaid children from the India Association.Khan and his team emerged victorious,thus winning the most coveted privileged children the opportunity toThis annual project offers under-award for their Club once again. take another look at their city (most ofWhoops of joy, screams of delight them live as vagrants on its streets)and high-decibel yells accompanied the and to know something about its heritageand history. A journey atop anannouncement as confetti droppeddown on the stage and the Best Club open-air bus is a dream that’s unlikelytrophy was once again bagged by the to come true for most of them; unless,Rotaract Club of H.R. College. of course, the Rotaractors step in.So what did the H.R. Rotaractors While going around the city theydo after that? They got down to work also played some games and enjoyedand completed at least two major the snacks and soft drinks that wereprojects long before the month had lovingly served to them. Also on thecome to an end.bus were five Exchange Students fromThe first of these was a collaborativeventure along with the Students’ The busy journey was flagged offFrance.Council of H.R. College and involved by Principal Indu Shahani who hoppeda blood donation drive to help along to enjoy the ride (and the view)thalassaemia patients. It was organised for some time and held an interactivein the concourse of Churchgate, one of session with the children.the busiest suburban stations, in affiliationwith the Rotary Club of Nariman perience for all the children, those fromAll in all, it was an exhilarating ex-Point.the India Association, the five ExchangeStudents from France and theStudent volunteers devised ingeniousways to attract morning commutersto spare five minutes to do-Rotaractors of H.R. College.nate a few precious millilitres of blood DGN FOR 2015-16Dthat would save the life of an innocent istrict Governor Dr. Bal Inamdarand unfortunate victim of has invited applications in the prescribedformat from those wishing tothalassaemia. Posters, banners, publicannouncements and the like were employedto get more people to donate 13 for District Governor Nomineecontest the election to be held in 2012-blood.2015-16.No less than 220 bottles of blood The Rotarian elected would servewere collected in one single day, a District 3140 as Governor in the Rotaryyear 2015-16.figure that was far beyond expectations.He has also pointed out that accordingto the new rules made applicableEach donor was given a “Donorcard” which would enable him or her by the R.I. Board, those desirous ofto acquire blood from a blood bank in contesting elections for DGN have tocase of an emergency, along with a certificatestating that he or she had do-before filling their respective nomina-resign from any District assignmentnated blood at the camp. As an added tion forms.July 31 to August 6, 2012 THE GATEWAY, The Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Bombay Page 7

ROTARY CLUB OF BOMBAYFOUNDED 19 MARCH, 1929Charter No. 3128, Dated 08 May, 192997-B, Mittal Tower, Nariman Point,Mumbai 400 021, INDIATel.: +91-22-2202 4089Fax.: +91-22-2202 4509rotaryclubbombay1@gmail.com(Date of Publication: First day of every week) Regd. No. MH/MR/South-109/2012-14; R.N.I. No. 14015/60Posted at Mumbai Patrika Channel Sorting Office, Mumbai 400 001, on Monday, July 30, 2012Happy BirthdayOFFICE-BEARERS 2012/13PRESIDENT NOWROZE VAZIFDARImmediatePast President Paul GeorgePresident-Elect Nirav ShahVice-President Ramesh NarayanHonorary Secretary Sitaram ShahJoint Hon. Secretary Hiren KaraHon. Treasurer Ishraq ContractorCLUB SERVICE: New MembersDirector in charge Nirav ShahMembership PP Sandip AgarwallaClassifications PP Dr. Adi DasturInformation PP Dr. Kekoo KavaranaMembershipDevelopment &District Conference Ramesh NarayanCLUB SERVICE: Programmes/MeetingsDirector in charge Framroze MehtaAttendance Arvind AgarwalProgramme PP Haresh JagtianiFellowship PP Ashish VaidBulletin, Website& Public Relations PP Arun SanghiSergeant-at-Arms Roda BillimoriaCOMMUNITY SERVICE: Medical – IDirector in charge Dr. Percy ChibberChairman Emeritus,Talwada PP Dr. Rahim MuljianiHTEC, Talwada PP Dr. Rumi JehangirADMC, Talwada Dr. Sorab JaveriOral Health Dr. Rajeev NarvekarCOMMUNITY SERVICE: Medical – IIDirector in charge Dr. Vandana BulchandaniControl of TB Dr. Rohini ChowguleCancer Aid Zinia LawyerHeart Care and Health Dr. Aashish ContractorPolioPlus &Differently Abled Shyyamniwas SomaniCOMMUNITY SERVICE: Non-MedicalDirector in charge Sunny PariyaramOld Age Homes/Senior Citizens Naresh Kumar JainRural Development Dilnavaz VariavaEnvironment Jagdish MalkaniVOCATIONAL SERVICEDirector in charge Shernaz VakilRotary & Public Awards Ram GandhiFour-Way Test andMoot Court Contest Suhail NathaniVocational Training &Night Study Centres Bimal MehtaINTERNATIONAL SERVICEDirector in charge Ashok MinawalaRotary Foundation &Matching Grants PP Arvind JollyR.I. Programmes &Slumber Kit PP Rajnikant ReshamwalaNEW GENERATIONS: EducationDirector in charge Madhusudan DagaBhavishya Yaan Manish ReshamwalaScholarships & Loans Manojj Kumar PatodiaManagement Studies Poonam KumarNEW GENERATIONS: YouthDirector in charge Arjun JollyInteractMeera AlrejaRotaractRavindra FotedarRoad Safety Deepak KapadiaFrom distant, sunny California. Visiting Rotarian Gunter Seefeldt of MenloPark, California, USA, exchanges banners with President NowrozeVazifdar at the last meetingHe is an engineer with a Ph.D.in EconomicsDr. Ajit Ranade, who will speakon “Europe – crisis or not?” atthe meeting of July 31, is the ChiefEconomist with the Aditya BirlaGroup, a $40 billion conglomeratewith businesses in metals, mining,cement, insurance and telecom.Before he joined the Birla Group,he was with ABN Amro Bank.Dr. Ranade is the Chair of the ResearchAdvisory Panel for the IndianInstitute of Banking and Finance. Hehas been on various committees ofthe Reserve Bank of India.His career has included academiaand corporate assignments. He is anengineer trained at IIT Bombay, andholds a Ph.D. in Economics.Arif LokhandwallaJuly 31Sabira MerchantAugust 4Hon. Rtn.Mr. Ajay PiramalAugust 3Bharat TapariaAugust 5SpousesHanwantbir SahneyAugust 1Avan VakhariaAugust 2Rotaractors asvolunteersRotaract Chairman Ravi Fotedarhas requested all CommitteeChairpersons and Co-Chairs to directtheir requests for Rotaractors as volunteersto him and not to the RotaractClubs directly.This applies to all those who requirethe services of Rotaractors asvolunteers at Club projects. TheRotaractors continue to be ever eagerto help, but it would be more appropriatefor all such requests to be routedthrough the Rotaract Committee.Accordingly, requests may be sentto Ravi at ravi@flamingoindia.com orto Mehul Sampat at msampat@hotmail.com.ServiceAboveSelfEditorial Consultant: Anmol Purohit,Sajjan Sons, 203/204 Triveni, MithChowki, Marve Road, Malad (West),Mumbai 400 064. Cell: 09322227026;Landline: 022-28802043E-Mail: anmolsp@gmail.comRegd. No. MH/MR/South-109/2012-14, R.N.I. No. 14015/60Posted on Monday, July 30, 2012Printed, Published by Rtn. PP Arjun Bulchandani on behalf of Rotary Club of Bombay and printed at Nikeda Art Printers Pvt. Ltd., Unit No.H & I,Kanjur Industrial Estate,Quarry Road, Off L.B.S. Marg, Bhandup (West), Mumbai 400 078 and Published at 97/B, Mittal Tower, Nariman Point, Mumbai 400 021. Editor Arjun BulchandaniJuly 31 to August 6, 2012 THE GATEWAY, The Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Bombay Page 8