Tarang: November- 2022

Hello, RCBians!

Hope you all are rocking as always. We are thrilled to release the November edition of Tarang! This month, we saw many impactful projects which have been the talk of the town, including Potluck, Karnataka Rajyotsava, and Children's Day celebration. Let us keep our Rotaract spirits high and continue working on meaningful projects. In short- join hands to make a difference.

We know it sounds repetitive, but we once again encourage our members to make the most of Tarang’s special column, RCB’s Got Talent, where we celebrate anything you have achieved in your personal or professional life or anything you have created or done. It can be anything at all and we love seeing our members exceling in their creative side!

To accommodate your joy in Tarang, we have added an additional feature as 'Milestones' from this edition. In this, you can share your personal achievements with us and we'll shout out. This will go hand in hand with RCB's Got Talent.

Winter is coming, so is Christmas! Tarang's Editorial Team wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year ahead! We hope you enjoy reading the November edition of Tarang as much as we enjoyed creating and designing it for you!

Rtr. Ria Jain Editor

Rtr. Ashutosh Kumar Publications Head

Rotary Theme of the Month

November is Rotary Foundation Month

Each year, Rotary International highlights November as Rotary Foundation Month to emphasize the importance of and need for Rotarian's support of the Rotary Foundation.

Contributions from Rotarians around the world go to the Foundation's Annual Programs Fund, which provides grants and awards through Foundation programs; and the Permanent Fund, an endowment from which only the earnings are spent in support of Foundation programs,ensuring the long term viability of the Foundation.

Rotary Fun Facts

1.There are more than 1.2 Million Rotarians all over the world in more than 35,000 Rotary Clubs in more than 200 countries in all geographic areas.

2. The first women joined Rotary in 1987. Today, more than 196,000 women are members of Rotary International.

3. The Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarships are the world's largest, privately-funded scholarships.

4. The first Rotaract Club was formed in Charlotte, North Carolina.

5. Rotarians in the United States make up 28 percent of all Rotarians worldwide.

6. The country of Nauru has the least number of Rotarians of any country in the world, 11.

7. The Rotary emblem was printed on a commemorative stamp for the first time in 1931, at the time of the Vienna Convention.

8. Rotary became bilingual in 1916, when it organized a nonEnglish-speaking Club in Cuba.

9. In 1929, The Rotary Foundation made its first gift, $500, to the International Society for Crippled Children.

10. Rotary first adopted the name "Rotary International" in 1922, when the name was changed from the International Association of Rotary Clubs.

EVENTS OF NOVEMBER

POTLUCK

Rotaract Club Bangalore for the very first time hosted an inhouse potluck, on 13th November, with its members to up build the culture, bond with each member of the club and to know each other and keep up the momentum for the year. The gathering involved about 13 members with members bringing home cooked food and some of them ordering food.

Mic Drop: Episodes 5 and 6

In continuation of our online interview series 'Mic Drop', where some of the well-known Rotaractors are interviewed informally about their Rotaract journey, careers, and other aspects of their lives, we hosted episodes 5 and 6 in the month of November. These interviews were live-streamed on our Instagram handle and we were able to engage a quality audience.

Episode 5 (Nov. 18): Rtr. Kavitha in conversation with Rtr. Gagana K., IPP, ZRR Episode 6 (Nov. 30): Rtr. Akila in conversation with Rtr. Sahan Mohan, IPP Presidency College, ZRR

Pune RIDE Hosting

Rotaract Club of Bangalore along with the Rotaract Club of JP Nagar hosted the four Rotaractors from RI District 3131 on Nov. 19 as a part of the Rotaract Inter District Exchange between RI district 3190 and 3131. The four Rotaractors were picked up from the metro station and taken to Patio in Jayanagar, where they enjoyed a delicious lunch spread along with the members of the host clubs and had great conversations. This was followed by a quick photo session and presentation of club pins to the incoming RIDE team. It was a unique experience for all of us.

Karnataka Rajyotsava

This project aimed to experience the culture of Karnataka with our guest of honor Ms. Nakshatra who looked up to the transgender community and created an impact by normalizing and removing the social stigma around the transgender community. Karnataka Rajyotsava is celebrated with great joy and vigor all over the state of Karnataka. The entire state wears a festive look on this day as the red and yellow flags are hoisted at different strategic locations across the state and the Kannada anthem ("Jaya Bharatha Jananiya Tanujate") is sung with pride. Rotaract Club of Bangalore took this initiative to embrace the culture of Karnataka on Nov. 26, 2022. We in collaboration with the partner clubs– Rotaract Club of Phoenix Nagarbhavi, Rotaract club of JNC, Rotaract club of Bangalore Vijayanagar, Rotaract club of Seshadripuram degree college, Rotaract club of Bangalore united, performed certain cultures which visualize the tradition of the region. The guest of honor Ms. Nakshatra who is transgender herself has one public image by providing extensive help to society. It was our privilege to have Rtn.Hemanth Mane youth service director as our chief guest.

RCB Speaker Series: Evolu of Digital Payments in Indi

This event was conducted as part of RCB’s Professional Development Avenue on the 27th of November.

Mr. Abhijit Korti, Assistant Vice-President of Digital Bank Jana Small Finance Bank delivered the session.

The session was about how the payment system has evol 1980s, from cash and cheques in the pre-internet era to UPI payments in a second.

The session started by touching points on the modes of payments, RBI regulations, and its formation. He also gave us an idea of how the picture of transactions changed after the introduction of NEFT and RTGS.

Mr. Abhijit helped the audience understand how lakhs together transaction happens and terminologies lik l b k merchant rate, payment service provider platform and doesn’t involve transaction

RCB's Got Talent

Gardening

By Rtr. Chaula Dixit

Chaula says

"I started gardening 2 years back. I find it very peaceful and calming, just like meditation. I've nearly 20-25 plants in my balcony garden. Half of them are old and thriving, they dont need much care while other half are quite young and growing fast."

Rtr. Sahana

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MILESTONES

Rtr. Andrew Simon got "Recognition for Life Saver" by Rotaract District Council- 3190 for helping people on time by donating blood.

tr. Rakshith R Gupta has success ompleted online course on P ensitization.