Volume 20 | Issue 3 | SEPTEMBER 2017
Rtn. Ian H. S. Riseley RI President
Rtn. Aanand Kulkarni DG 3170
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Dear Rotarian Friends, The month of September saw a range of Club activities which had something for each of our Stakeholders. For the Rotary family we had a combination of a special meeting for our Annets, family dinner meeting with Annes and a topical subject for our Rotarians and their friends. We celebrated New Generations Month of September with a Annets Meeting 'You are my Hero'. Annets had to speak on their hero; the person they look upto someone who inspires them. The enthusiastic participation and effort put in by the Annets who spoke was indeed commendable. And to encourage them and cheer them we had not just other Annets but Rotarians and Annes who made the evening special.The meeting was topped off with words of encouragement from Rtn Manu Anand. Rtn Prakash Kapadia coordinated this meeting.
RTN. ASHISH PRABHU VERLEKAR Club President
For our Family dinner meeting we had an Investment expert talk to Annes and Rotarians about “Creating Wealth” as against making money through the Stock Markets. Our Annes had a host of interesting questions for the Speaker. The evening was made possible thanks to Rtn Vijay Hede. Our topical subject meeting for the month was on Real estate Regulatory Act (RERA). RERA has been in the news for the manner in which it will effect builders, investors and home owners alike. Goa Govt. has recently issued draft rules to initiate RERA in the State. We were given an excellent overview of the various aspects involved by Adv Shivan Desai in the presence of our Rotarians and their invitees. Rtn Govind Tiwari coordinated this meeting. For the Community we undertook or initiated four projects in September with various partners. We launched the Global grants project on “Mission Rabies” towards prevention and eradication of rabies in Goa. CEO of Mission Rabies Mr Luke Gamble and Primary Coordinator for the project Rtn Milind Shankwalkar briefed about the project at its Launch. This Global Grant project through the Rotary foundation was made possible through the efforts of IPDG Rtn Dr
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Vinaykumar Pai Raikar. We are leading a team of 4 other partner Rotary Clubs on this Pan Goa project. We partnered with Late Smt Smita Keshav Kamat Charitable Trust towards Womens empowernment through education and encouraging entrepreneurship. 11 ladies benefited from this project. Many thanks to Rtn Keshav Kamat for initiating this project. We partnered with Rotary Club of Mapusa to provide 3 wheelchairs to physically challenged needy patients. This project was made possible due to the proactiveness of President of RC Mapusa Rtn Ajit and Secretary Rtn Sachin. And lastly, we associated with Disha Charitable trust for All Goa drawing competition organized for Special Children. Around 500 children from across Goa participated. The image of this innocent smile of the Special child participant who was dipping his fingers into the colours and running his fingers on the canvass is an image which will stay with me and makes what we do in our small way as Rotary worth the effort.
Rtn. Ashish V. Prabhu Verlekar
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THE MONTH GONE BY ACTIVITY REPORT 5th September, First meeting of the month
RTN. MAHESH PATIL Secretary
Guest speaker Advocate Shivan Dessai, spoke on RERA (Real Estate regulatory Act). This subject was an continuation of one current topic and relevant to the members. Last two months Club organized speaker on Monsoon escapades in July while Policies on Investment promotion Board in August. Advocate Shivan gave detail insight into the newly enacted act and its implications on construction industry. He shared Advocate Shivan Dessai speaking on RERA his personal experiences of many frauds and cheating with home buyers. This act will help and assure home buyers of fair deal and eliminate malpractices builders. He sighted many provisions that will help the consumers especially an independent Authority to address the consumer's complaint in time bound manner. The meeting was also attended by many guest from construction Industry.
12 th September, Tenth weekly meeting. This meeting was an special event for Annets. Rotarian Prakash Kapadia and Rotarian Manu Anand motivated annets to speak on “My Hero�. T e n a n n e t s participated and spoke on their role model. It was fascinating program to watch a confidence, thought process and eloquence of the annets. More than 50 members and family participated in the program.
Annet Samah Sardessai speaking on Swachh Bharat
Annet Roma Kapadia spoke on her hero Mr. Prakash Kapadia her father
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Annet Krish Prabhu Verlekar spoke on his hero, footballer Lionel Messi.
Annet Joy Kapadia spoke on his Hero Mr Howard Shultz Ex CEO of Star Buck. He narrated his story of perseverance and patience to succeed in business
Annet Ved Sardessai, speaking on his Hero, Captain Cool, M. S. Dhoni
Annet Vedant Dhume spoke on his Hero Mr Arnab Goswwami and wanted to all know why he was is Hero
Annet Khusi Palan describing the event of Taj terrorist attack and her Hero.. role in saving many lives in spite of family in distress
Members engrossed in the Annett's performance
Rtn. Manu Anand in his concluding remarks appreciated the young Annett's for speaking on different subjects and their heroes. Participants were awarded with Certificate of appreciation and gift.
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19th October, Eleventh Weekly Meeting Public Function on Women Empowerment project in association with Late Smita Kamat Trust. The meeting was also addressed by the CEO of Mission Rabies, our Rotary Global Grant project. Two wheel chairs were also handed over to the needy patients in partnership with Rotary club of Mapusa. The Club Magazine DREAM was also released by editor Rtn. Vijay Hede. Rtn Milind Shankwalkar- Director community service explaining the community services projects and our beneficiaries of Smita Kamat Trust
The days program began with the handing over of wheel chair to Mr.Sadanand Shirgaokar. The wheel chair was given in association with Rotary club of Mapusa. President Rtn. Ajit Mahabl and Secretary Rtn. Sachin Mense of Mapusa Club were also present during the function
Sister of Our Lady of Rosary Receiving the wheel chair from the Rtn Ajit Mahabal President Rotary club of Mapusa
Mission Rabies RCPMT is part of mission Rabies program to achieve the objective of Rabies free Goa, Rotary has associated with Mission Rabies, through Global Grant from The Rotary International. Mr Luke Gamble thanked the Rotary Family in general and Rotary Club of Panaji Midtown in Particular for associating in the Project. He outlined the purpose and aim of Mission Rabies. It was is a Charity which was founded in 2013 with one aim, eliminate Rabies. Over 99% of human rabies cases are caused by an infected dog bite. Once symptoms of the disease develop, it is always fatal. Every year, millions of healthy dogs are inhumanely killed for fear of this deadly disease. However, this doesn't halt the spread of rabies, which causes the deaths of around 59,000 people a year – the majority of which are children under 15. Rtn. Milind Shankhwalker is a, Primary Host Contact, Global Grant Project and Director Community service, RCPMT coordinated the event.
Mr Luke Gamble, CEO mission Rabbies addressing the members.
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Smita Keshav Kamat Charitable Trust Rtn. Keshav Kamat, in his address outlined the purpose of the Trust and activities carried out during last five years.
19th September 2017, Women Empowerment Project. In partnership with Smita Keshav Kamat Charitable Trust, Mid-Town Annsorganised a women empowerment project. The Anns identified 12 enterprising women who had capabilities of starting their own business or pursue higher studies but could not do so due to financial constraints. Smita Keshav Kamat Charitable Trust stepped in & offered the equipments like Sewing machines & Beauty Care kits, scholarship so that the entrepreneurs can start their business. The beneficiaries of the project are: 1. Mrs. Nisha Mandrekar: Request for Sewing machine. Husband expired in 2004, she started Tailoring with her mother's old sewing machine to support her family has a daughter who is now pursuing MBA at Goa University and Son studying ITI. She provides Driving Classes to ladies in the evening with help of Daughter and Son and runs a photocopy and typing & wants to enhance her income by taking up tailoring with a new Sewing machine. 2. Sulochana Suresh Naik: Request for sewing machine. Has learnt tailoring. Wants to start tailoring but has not been able to buy a sewing machine due to financial constraints, Husband has a private Job and children are going to school 3. Shanta Vijay Choudhari: Request for a sewing Machine She is a Housewife and knows Tailoring has one child and Husband is a daily wage worker. 4. Vandana Phaterpekar: Request for a sewing Machine She is a Housewife and knows Tailoring to enhance her income through Tailoring from home and support her family of 2 children and Husband who is privately
employed. 5. Yeshoda Dina Kankonkar: Request for Sewing Machine, She supports her family as her Husband expired, has 2 sons, one in Xth std, and other in 1st MBBS knows Tailoring and requires a new Sewing Machine to improve earnings. 6. Sameera Naik: Request for Sewing Machine. Learnt tailoring and can do small jobs to support family, husband has a carrier rickshaw and a school going Daughter. 7. Pragati Arvind Hadkar: Request for Sewing Machine. Has learnt tailoring and requires a sewing machine to take up tailoring work in order to support family, Father works as a Binder with private press. 8. Ankita Gaonkar: Request for Beautician Kit, She has done Beautician course and plans to start beautician services in the rural area of Dhabal, Dharbandora. Her Father is famrmer while sister is studying M.Sc. at Goa University. 9. Three orphan students from Vidyaprabhodini school, Porvorim (Miss Krutika Krishna Pednekar, Miss Rasika Krishna Pednekar and Mast. Rameshwar Raghunath Malwankar) Request for education grant to take care of Uniform, Notebooks and other basic schooling requirements. The club have been supporting this kids from the year 2014. 10.Two students from Kasturba Matoshri High School Shruti Naik and her brother looked after by Uncle Vishram Morudkar who works as delivery boy with a courier company and takes care of the children request for education grant to take care of Uniform, Notebooks and other basic schooling requirements. 11.Saiesha Tilve: Request for tuition fees Rs. 16000.00 for the first year BSC Horticulture
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from College of Horticulture, Mulde. She is from Rural area of Dharbandora and parents are marginal Farmers. The function was attended by the Trustees, Rtn Keshav Kamat, Rtn Manoj Caculo, Rtn Adv Mahesh Rao, AG Rtn Adv Sitaram Singbal, Sanjay Bharne and Vinayak Kamat. President of Trust Rtn Keshav Kamat gave away the equipments to beneficiaries & spoke on the work done by Trust. It was heartening to know that in last 5 years the Trust has supported 41 enterprising women to start their own business. One of the past beneficiaries of the project spoke on the occasion & shared her experience on how life has improved for her & family after she received a sewing machine from the trust. She thanked the Trust & RCPMT for running the project. The event was coordinated by Ann Lata Parekh, Ann Supriya Shankawalkar, Ann Sneha Kamat, Ann Priya Prabhu Verlekar, Ann Swati Shirodkar and Ann Smita Patil.
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Release of Club Magazine The 2nd Issue of Club Magazine, DREAM was released at the hands of Rtn. Keshav Kamat in the presence of Rtn. Manoj Caculo trustee of Smita Kamat Trust, Editor Rtn. Vijay Hede and Rtn. Milind Shankawalkar, director Community Services.
26th October, 12th Weekly Meeting Family Function was attended by more then sixty Rotarians and Annes; Mr. Abhay Nagar from Money Yogi made a presentation on 'Wealth Creation'. This event was coordinated by Rtn. Vijay Hede. In his opening remarks Rtn. Hede cited several anecdotes of people having created enormous wealth by long term and systematic investing of small amounts. Mr. Abhay Nagar recommended that people must invest across all asset classes consisting of gold, real estate, fixed deposits. However, he said that to create wealth one should invest in equity. The key attributes for creating wealth through equity is that the long term investments are free from tax, they beat the
inflation and underlying these investments is the ownership or businesses which keep on generating returns and thus augment the value of your investment. He further suggested that instead of investing on tips one can leave the management of the assets to professional fund managers; hence the case for mutual fund investing. Selection of the right funds and patience are the attributes which help in creation of wealth. The function ended with cocktails and networking dinner hosted by Reliance AMC. The general impression was that the presentation was interactive and involved substantial interactions with audience.
Rtn Vijay Hede coordinated the event.
A book written by Ann Smita Shirsat “Lagnachi Diary“ was released for the members on the same day. This diary is a compilation of all the aspects of The traditional Hindu Marriage, with details of ceremonies, activities, etc. It's a very Good ready reckoner for a marriage.
Ann Smita Shirsat with her Family Rotarian Kiran, Annet Prasad and Nikita. Guest speaker Abhay Nagar and Rtn. Vijay Hede
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SERVICE PROJECT
Rotary Joins in to Eliminate 'RABIES' "Mission Rabies" Mission Rabies is a Charity which was founded in 2013 with one aim, eliminate Rabies. Over 99% of human rabies cases are caused by an infected dog bite. Once symptoms of the disease develop, it is always fatal. Every year, millions of healthy dogs are inhumanely killed for fear of this deadly disease. However, this doesn't halt the spread of rabies, which causes the deaths of around 59,000 people a year – the majority of which are children under 15. Mission Rabies is going to change that. Science shows that the most effective long-term Rabies control strategy is through vaccination of dogs in endemic areas. Rabies is 100% preventable. Mission Rabies is working to prevent needless deaths from this devastating disease.
RTN. MILIND SHANKHWALKER Director community service
4 years on and they are working in 5 different countries, with volunteers from across the world, getting to the heart of rabies-stricken districts and combating this disease with the combination of vaccination, education, technology, research and lots of hard work. Mission Rabies launch in India The world's hotspot for rabies, where a third of all human cases occur. That's the death of a child every hour. International volunteers from 14 countries joined forces with local dog catchers and vets to make this campaign a huge success, not only protecting so many dogs from Rabies, but increasing awareness and making Rabies a country-wide issue. They ran a 14-city canine vaccination campaign Reaching their target of 50000 dogs in just 25 days, and finishing with a grand total of over 61000 dogs vaccinated against Rabies. Mission Rabies proved that they can and will make a huge difference in a short space of time. And that was just the beginning! Mission Rabies and Goa MR set themselves a challenge - make Goa a Rabies free state! Bordered by sea to the East and jungle to the North, South and West, the movement of dogs into and out of the state is limited, making it the perfect location for a state-wide vaccination campaign. In 2014 MR sterilised 20400 dogs across Goa in a 6 month long campaign. By creating a more stable and healthier dog population, They lay the ground work for incredible future rabies-combating results. Developing a strategy to cover all 12 talukas of Goa in a year, They meticulously mapped out every
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catching area, trained even more dog catching teams, recruited a project coordinator and set to work. In September, with 20 international volunteers back for another month-long mass drive, allowed them to complete one of the most densely populated of Goas' talukas in just 4 weeks!
veterinary hospital capable of running outreach programmes, training courses and mobile clinics. It can provide veterinary resources in the most remote of locations where they are most needed. Designed and built in the UK, it spent 33 days travelling over 11000 km to reach Mumbai and begin its epic mission – Eliminate Rabies from India!
The end of 2016 brought about the start of a Mission Rabies and Worldwide Veterinary Service ("WVS") partnership in Goa. The Goa HICKs International Training Centre was constructed in the North Goa to build upon the work started by Mission Rabies in 2014. MR is now covering entire Goa with their catching teams working alongside the WVS sterilisation teams.
The truck hosts monthly veterinary courses for Indian vets and vet technicians, joining forces with local governments, universities and private vet practices. This provides the local vets with the essential skills to humanely manage street dog populations within their own communities.
MR also has their very own rabies laboratory in Panjim enabling their rapid response team to get a fast diagnosis from every dog they pick up. Having already reached 92000 vaccinations, 2017 is set to become another record breaking year in India!
Never one to be upstaged, the truck is their flagship for the Indian campaign. Generating local and international interest and support and spreading the educational messages about rabies prevention.
The Truck - The Unique Vehicle
Starting its year 2017 running rural outreach programmes in Goa, the truck aided in the training of local vets sterilising 535 animals.
This awesome piece of machinery is the world's only all-terrain, entirely self-sufficient, mobile
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Mission Rabies and Rotary To achieve the objective of Rabies free Goa, Rotary has associated with Mission Rabies through Global Grant from The Rotary International, Rotary will provide Mission rabies better mobality, The Project proposes providing Three Bolero vehicles, 2 of which will be used by the vaccination teams to enable them to travel around the state and a third vehicle to act as an animal surveillance vehicle to transport dogs with suspected rabies to a central facility for observation and evaluation. The Grant will also provide two Activa scooters for the pre & post vaccination surveyors. Mobility is the main thrust of this request made by Mission Rabies to Rotary. The orders for these vehicles are already placed and will be in service by October end. MR Team will work year round to catch and vaccinate dogs with focused drives each year after the monsoon season. The goal is to vaccinate at least 75,000 dogs each year. currently MR vaccination teams and response teams hire vehicles which is expensive and an impedement to react and rapidly respond to any potential outbreaks. it would be more quicker with their own vehicles. A 24x7 Hotline will be in operation for public to report Rabied dog cases to MR. The total Project cost through The Rotary International Global Grant is US $ 47700 (Rs. 31
lacs) Rotary Clubs from Gainesville, Florida USA have contributed US $ 17,000 to the project. Five Goan clubs - RC Panaji Mid-Town, RC Panaji, RC Riveira, RC Miramar and RC Mapusa together have contributed US $10,500 to the project. The Rotary Grant Project will purchase these Vehicles for MR and provide for operational costs during project duration such as Driver salaries, Maintainance and fuel for 18 months. Mission Rabies will own these vehicles at the end of the project. It has been assured that the project will continue to be run with the help of coperating organisations post Rotary Grant duration. All Rotary Clubs of Goa will also be approched to support Mission Rabies in educational outreach to the schoolchildren, especially those in primary schools. Rotary Clubs will also increase rabies awareness with about 1000 children join their biannual march. The aim is to teach them about the signs of rabies, how to behave around dogs, how to avoid bites & what to do if bitten. The Project aims is to eliminate rabies from Goa by 2020. Rtn. Milind Shankhwalker Primay Host Contact, Global Grant Project. Elimination of Canine and Human Rabies in Goa.
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ANNETS MEETING
'You are my
HERO' It wasn't a normal weekly Tuesday meeting, there were definitely more Anns and Annets than usual and obviously, this was because of us. We were told to talk about our heroes, the people we looked up to. It was a very common question but definitely got us thinking- who inspired us? The meeting was coordinated by Prakash uncle and all us contestants were sitting extremely nervous, trying to figure out when our turn would come. After patriotically singing the national anthem, little Sama Sardesai went up first. She spoke about our PM, Mr. Narendra Modi with tremendous confidence. She enacted his schemes so beautifully, with no signs of nervousness.
ANNET KHUSHI PALAN
Next went Roma Kapadia who said that her father was her hero. With Prakash uncle sitting right there, the moment was really special. Krish Verlenkar went up next, talking about the football sensation Lionel Messi. His presentation with his picture in the stadium and playing a little clipping of Messi talking to a little boy was extremely creative. Ved Sardesai gave us an insane amount of detail of Mahendra Singh Dhoni and yet he wasn't repetitive of the facts from the movie. Watching those videos was very interesting. I was called next. I spoke about Mr. Karambir Kang, the manager of the Taj hotel in Mumbai when the 26/11 terrorist attacks took place. I spoke about how an ordinary human like us could be a hero in a certain situation. Joy Kapadia has chosen a really interesting hero from a business fraternity. He spoke about the CEO of Starbucks Mr. Howard Schlutz and how he managed to create such a craze for coffee with the strong message of “never giving up”. Last up but not the least was Yashodhan Dhume. “The nation wants to know!” He started off and we all knew who he was talking about- Arnab Goswami. His imitation of Arnab was really entertaining and the little video of Arnab stubbing Mr. Om Puri and making him apologise was hilarious. Once we were done, Manu Anand uncle gave us his insightful comments with things to say about each of us, making us really proud. The meeting was concluded by giving each of us certificates. So many different perspectives of heroes and so much to learn from literally all age groups of Annets, it was definitely a night to remember.
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KNOW YOUR CITY
Walking in your city A city is best explored on foot. To take in its character, its history and its architecture, one would walk through its streets, stop by a public space or just wander into the local market! The local language and cuisine would further help in soaking in the sounds and the smells of a city. Every city has a past. And the past makes its present. Built over a few hundred years, the political, social and cultural patterns it has witnessed, shape its character. The architecture which primarily is in response to the local material and climate interestingly manifests as a marriage of the local aesthetic and the external influences. And the city continues to evolve.
ARCH. PRITA SARDESSAI
Panaji too is a city with a past. A thriving port existed on the banks of the river Mandovi, much before the birth of the present day city, which boasted of commercial ties across the seas with Africa, Arabia and Europe. This made ancient Goa a coveted spot for the large kingdoms of peninsular India. But it was just a marshland without much habitation. The birth of Panaji dates back to about 300 years when the Portuguese administrators looked out for fresh lands an alternative to the congested city of Velha Goa. From the earliest settlement of Fontainhas, it grew into a well laid out city and proudly became the capital of the Estado da India, being christened 'Nova Goa' on March 22, 1843. The city is in its 175th year; fairly young as compared to many Indian cities... So the earliest neighbourhood as the name suggests, developed around the 'Fonte Phoenix', identified as the primary source of water. Fontainhas provided housing for the people who came in to build the city. Without proper city planning, this developed into an organic array of spaces at the foothills and along the slopes of Altinho. In the next phase of development Fontainhas expanded towards the riverfront in a more organized manner, laid out along straight roads; where the first commercial quarter came up near the port and the trading houses. This till today remains Panaji's most quaint commercial area called Sao Tome. As the city further grew in size and status, the formal city, designed on the principles of the grid–iron pattern, like many other European cities of its time, was laid out with uniform blocks along streets running parallel to the river. Panjim as it was called then, boasted of large institutional buildings, gardens and open squares, a reputed medical school, an iconic church, neatly laid out houses and an organized market place. The Altinho hill became the elite location with grand homes, the Bishop's palace and 'Lyceu', the centre for higher learning. Culturally too, it remained a harmonious mix of all the communities and classes of people. Yes, it was a city one could be proud of!
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Today, Panaji still has some very rich old quarters reminiscent of its past, which have fortunately survived the vicissitudes of time and indiscriminate 'development'. We lost many a gem in the years before conservation rules came into practice, but we still are left with a number that can help us retain the city's old world charm. These heritage areas makes pleasurable walking wherein one can enjoy the architecture and the cultural flavour of an era gone by.
cultural heritage. Maintaining built heritage is not easy. With spiraling land costs and change in building technology, it is easier to demolish and rebuild. But that's not a choice. So how do we make heritage sustainable; that is the question which is being asked all over the world. Various policies are being formulated to help the owners sustain the rich legacy that they have inherited. In India, Ahmedabad has shown the way and many cities are following suit.
My first brush with heritage walks was a few years ago when I led a group of young children through these areas of Panaji. The idea was to acquaint the y o u n g e r generation with our own city because we live in an age where our children are more familiar with the streets of New York than their own neighbourhood! Having identified eight quarters within the city, the walks were offered to the general public under the banner of 'Cholta Cholta'. The response was very encouraging and many locals and visitors to Goa attended these walks. Presently with no organized body conducting such walks on a regular basis, there is a dearth of this service within the tourism structure.
One of the important tools in preserving the heritage is the heritage walk. It gives the visitor the true essence of the place and it gives the city a platform to tell its history. It is also a promising vocation for young people who as tour guides, can learn and share stories of their city. A very successful business model presently existing internationally is the 'Free walking tours “ in many European cities. It's a tip based model which is being run a by young, enthusiastic and qualified tour guides who are so proud to share their history. In many Indian cities, the walks are either run privately or by the M u n i c i p a l Corporation and t h e To u r i s m Department.
Heritage can be appreciated in two ways, the tangible and the intangible. The former largely being the built heritage while the latter being the
Goa needs to take the cue, there is a large opportunity waiting. To provide a much needed service and churn out a batch of young people who are knowledgeable and proud of their history‌ and who can make a living out of it!
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REMINISCENCES OF THE YEARS GONE BY When Rtn. Vijay Hede, The current Bulletion Editor sent me a mail to pen down the menories of Rotary Year 2000-2001 when I was the President of the Club, it took me a while to ponder over my tenure which almost 17 years from this day. But as I sat back I could slowly recollect most of the important events that took place during 2000-2001. Well to beging....I was installed as the President of the Club on 14th July 2000 by the then DGE Rtn. Pratap Puranik. "Creat Awareness...Take action" was the Rotary theme for the year. Our RI President was Rtn. Frank Devlyn and DG was Rtn. Mahendra Mutha. The installation Function was attended by 75 visiting Rotarians, a new record for the Club. I knew that there was lot of expectations from our Board and I take this opportunity to profusely THANK our Late Rtn. Ravindra Dalvi for his continuos support and guidance. I was also fortunate to have Rtn. Manoj as the Club Secretary who was rock solid behind me along with all the Board members.
RTN. KESHAV KAMAT President 2000-2001
I still remember my first meeting where Education Grants were given to needy students of Union High School, Chimbel at the hands of Late Rtn. Dr. Damodar Bhounsale. Those days, the "Thought for the day" was recited by President only and the thought I said was "We must hear twice as much as we talk, because we have two ears and one mouth". After this, We had various Projects done like Fifteen part time jobs were provided to students under "Earn & Learn Scheme", A Ryly/Vipasana course for jail inmates of Sada jail, The "Health Camp" at Directorate of Fire Services was conducted by our Rotarian Dr. Deep and Dr. Vinaykumar along with visiting Doctors. We also installed the new President and Office Bearers at our Interact Club at Rosary High school, Dona Paulo and many more Projects. Here, I would like go back to the first BOD held at my place somewhere in the last week of July. After, discussing numbers of points on th Agenda, Rtn. Vijay had to say about Education Grants. If I write in detail about the discussion, it would take couple of pages. But in a nutshell, he volunteered to contribute Rs.18,000/- for six students.. Immediately, all the Board Members readily agreed and ....This was the birth of Education Grants Project of magnitide which was to become one of the major project of the Club. The other very important Project was the Polio Corrective Surgery and I am happy that I was associate with this Project for the next 10 years. I must make mention of Rtn. Dr. Deep Bhandare who worked tiredlessly along with with other visiting Doctors and He was honoured by RI President Carlo Raviza with Paul Haris Fellow. The other important Project during my term was the " Laprascopic Surgery" conducted by Rtn. Dr. Vinaykumar and Late Dr. Madhavi at their Hospital. “Safe Drinking Water" was one of the thrust areas of RI. We under Matching Grant from Roary Club of Delsdorf, Switzerland and in association with Kadamba Transport Corporation was set up. We also organised factory visits at Verna for the students of Union High School and Rosary Higher secondary school. In between, We had wonderful fellowship along with Annes and Annettes. We also did various other Projects like distributing books to schools, clothing to under previledged people etc...etc.. To sum up my fond memories, What I learned from being the President of this vibrant club is that it gives You far more satisfaction to "GIVE" to the society in whatever way can.
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BOOK REVIEW
- By Rtn. Vijay Hede
‘HIT REFRESH’ by Satya Nadella 'HIT REFRESH’ by Satya Nadella the CEO of Microsoft is a story of personal journey of Nadella from his childhood in India ,emigrating to USA to pursue his graduate studies in computer science joining Microsoft in 1992 to rise to the position of 3rd CEO of the company. A few takeaways. Satya Flunked at IIT JEE again corroborating my belief that the life skills are far more important than the scholastic achievement although the exposure to institutions of global repute does help in developing a broader perspective. Satya was passionate about cricket and he enumerates a few anecdotes on how the team motivation lessons he learnt on the cricketing field in Hyderabad could be taken all the way to Microsoft in Seattle. He explains lucidly how the disruptive wave of technology in form of artificial intelligence cloud and quantum computing requires us and the organisations to hit the refresh button to adapt to new ideas and remain relevant. For Nadella, the future belongs to AI-based computing and Microsoft is building the world's most powerful AI supercomputer and making the infrastructure available to everyone. Today, Microsoft is at the leading edge of Cloudbased technologies as it infuses capital into Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) for an inclusive, democratic "Intelligent Cloud" architecture.
All in all a very informative book to understand the direction of the technology and the disruptions it is going to bring about. A copy of this book is being made available at the Central Library
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MEMBER’S COLUMN
LAGNACHI DIARY BY ANN SMITA KIRAN SHIRSAT I was always longing to write something in my life and share the knowledge to the people in the community. I felt whatever good experiences that I have gained in my life, I have tried to pen down the same in these books “LAGNACHI DIARY� in Marathi language for Bride and Groom saperately. In earlier times during the era of joint families all the celebrations and the religious festivals were celebrated with the involvement of the members of the family happily. These joint celebrations would increase the bonding and love within the family members. Now due to family compulsions the new generation prefers to live separately and they are not aware of festivals and rituals to be performed. Due to lack of manpower in the family it is not possible to celebrate any festivals as was done in the past in joint families. Hence I thought of tabulating the marriage formalities in these books and make it easy for the current generation. The books contain detail procedures to make planning and budgeting for the marriage from civil m a r r i a g e , engagement and actual marriage. I have tried to explain how to do the budgeting during the purchases required for the wedding. The books have been designed in such a way that the reader has to only fill up the charts provided in the
books by he gets the correct count and the expenses to be incurred during the wedding ceremony. I have also elaborated the different types of works to be carried out before the marriage from one month in advance till the date of marriage. Further I have explained the formalities to be done within the first year after the marriage. For the convenience of the people of Goa, I have also given the information and contact numbers of Hindu Priests, Beauticians, Caterers, decorators, Photographers, event management firms, etc. It is my sincere effort to present my views in a simple and understandable in Marathi language for the future generations after adjusting to their present lifestyles. I am sure these books will gain your confidence and release your stress in making the marriage ceremony in your house successful.
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RECIPE
AMBADYACHI KARAM INGREDIENTS: • Ambade 25 • Red Chillies 25 • Jaggarey 1/2 kg • Coconut 1 • Pepper 1 tea spoon • Asephodata (Hing) 1 tea spoon • Green Chillies 10 • Mustard Seeds 1 tea spoon • Oil 2 teaspoons
President 1999-2000 Recipe by
ANN SHIVANI SHEKHAR SARDESSAI
• Salt as per taste.
METHOD: Scrape the Ambade and crush them with a pestal. Coarse grind the red chillies coconut pepper. Heat the oil in a kadai add mustard seeds, hing, green chillies and the crushed ambade, jaggarey and salt. Cook for 1/2 an hr on simmer turn the gas, karam is ready to eat.
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CLUB DIARY BIRTHDAY
Four Way Test
01st Oct
Arlene
d/o Rtn. Charles Bonifacio
03rd Oct
Verner
Rtn. Verner Velho
O5th Oct
Anushka
d/o Rtn. Mahesh & Jyoti
• Is it the truth?
07th Oct
Deep
Rtn. Deep Bhandare
• Is it fair to all concerned?
07th Oct
Vidisha
d/o Rtn. Mahesh & Smita
09th Oct
Kunal
s/o Rtn. Yogesh & Gauri
• Will it build Goodwill and better Friendship?
10th Oct
Akshay
s/o Rtn. Gaurish & Shalma
12th Oct
Celsa
w/o Rtn. Annand Madgavkar
13th Oct
Rugved
s/o Rtn. Sunil Mone & Amita
14th Oct
Akshat
s/o Rtn. Sumit & Shweta
15th Oct
Nazleen
d/o Rtn. Nazareth & Oslinda
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Riane
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18th Oct
Deepak
h/o Rtn. Namita Tripathi
19th Oct
Anshula
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20th Oct
Dattaraj
s/o Rtn. Tushar & Durga
20th Oct
Manu
Rtn. Manu Anand
22nd Oct
Milind
Rtn. Dattatray W. Kamat
22nd Oct
Vinita
d/o Rtn. Vijay & Amita
Rotary Club of Panaji Mid-Town Club No: 51217 R.I District: 3170 Founded on: 14-04-1998 Chartered on: 20-05-1998 Charter presented on: 02-08-1998 Meets every Tuesday Time: 19.00 hrs Venue: Clube Tennis De Gasper Dias
24th Oct
Soumya
d/o Rtn. Sriram & Sangeeta
25th Oct
Bhupesh
Rtn. Bhupesh Shah
26th Oct
Urvi
d/o Rtn. Milind & Supriya
26th Oct
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Rtn. Ganesh Ishwar
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27th Oct
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s/o Rtn. Milind & Minal
Sanjiv Dessai
28th Oct
Parind
Rtn. Parind Nachinolcar
Ebrhim Haroon
29th Oct
Smita
w/o Rtn. Mahesh Patil
30th Oct
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Rtn. Ashok Menon
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• Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
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16th Oct
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21st Oct
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SEPTEMBER 2017 | PG 22
EDITOR’S MESSAGE
Welcome to the third edition of THE DREAM. We are happy to present a 22 pager publication covering the key Rotary events of the September month. The service project on RABBIES elimination is a key project with significant positive fallout for the community. Please look for more on implementation of this awesome project in the following issues. WALKING IN YOUR CITY is very informative article contributed by Arch. PritaSardesai. Thanks to Prita for the effort. I strongly recommend the reading of this article to gain an insight into the city.
RTN. VIJAY HEDE Bulletin Editor
Read on the activities of SMITA KESHAV CHARITABLE TRUST EMPOWERING THE WOMEN.
KAMAT
There is also a coverage of the YOU ARE MY HERO a presentation by the Annets. Surely a worthy exercise in nurturing leadership skills. Happy Reading.
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