Rotary Club of Bombay Mulund East

Car rally screams safety

2009-01-11T15:49:00.000+05:30

Posted in Mulund Powai Plus On Saturday, January 10, 2009 at 12:49:18 PM

Bhanu Kumar Mulund

Onlookers paused to read the catchy slogans stuck on the cars' sides as they navigated through the stipulated route on the morning of January 4.

'Short cuts cut life short', 'Know safety, no accidents', 'Be alert, be aware, be alive', 'Chance takers are accident makers' were some of the slogans. Hosted by the Rotary Club of Bombay Mulund East - Dhoom 2009 car rally was aimed at mainly promoting safety.

One of the many cars that was a part of the rally

Sudhir Hanumante, President of the Club informs, "38 cars were flagged off from 9.30 am onwards at intervals of one and half minutes and the participants came from Mulund, Thane, Ghatkopar, Dombivili, Vashi and Nasik too."

"This is the third such event we have organised since 2004. This time it is called State Bank of India Rotary Car Rally- Dhoom 2009 and it is in association with Mumbai Traffic Police, Mulund Gymkhana and The Times of Mulund Powai," informs Deepak Jiandani, project Chairman.

"We had pasted about 500 safety slogans behind auto rickshaws since January 1, both in Hindi and Marathi. We have also felicitated three rickshaw drivers selected with the help of their union based on accident free driving record and honesty. We timed the event to coincide with road safety week that falls in the first week of January every year. This was not a speed rally but safety rally," adds Jiandani.

The route was from Mulund, Bhandup, Kanjurmarg to Powai and back. There were marshals at nine points of contact areas. Dr Jayant Kulkarni, District Governor of Rotary Club and resident of Mulund East congratulated the club on their consistent efforts. Charanjit Singh Sapra, MLC was the guest of honour and expressed pride in being a Rotarian himself.

Sameer Patil and his wife were chosen the best husband and wife team. The second runner up team of Suraj Deshmukh and Sameer Malavade were from Vashi and the first runners up were Neil Desai and Suvarna Desai who had driven car number 20.

The winners were Dr.Sudhir Joshi and Sannika his daughter. "We feel very proud and honoured," said Joshi, posing for photographs from his car.

"The arrangements were superb and we enjoyed the entire rally. Winning or losing was the last thing in our mind," said N Pathare who had come from Nasik.

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Dhoom! Again.. 2009

2008-12-23T17:40:00.006+05:30

First week of January 2009 is Road Safety Week, and the Rotary Club of Bombay Mulund East is celebrating it by organizing, Dhoom 2009 - A Car Navigation Rally . For more information on Dhoom, and how to participate or how to Sponsor for Dhoom, see this..

Dhoom 2009

A Fun Filled Family Car Navigation Rally

Sunday, 4th January 2009

A Car Safety week celebration by Rotary Club of Bombay Mulund East

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Six Thinking Hats

2008-09-04T12:13:00.003+05:30

The guest speaker today was Rtn. Kumar Deshpande. He spoke on Six Thinking Hats, a concept developed by Ed Bono which received great appreciation in management literature.

The excerpts from his speech:

Bono advocated that our thinking should be based on what it is called as parallel thinking...looking at a problem from various angles,as if wearing different colour hat. Each hat has a significance.

White hat - plain facts, objectivity
Black hat - problems
Red hat - emotional
Yellow hat - seeing positive in any situation
Green hat - creative
Blue hat -big boss, directing the thinking of the group

If judgement is not arrived at an alternative route is considered. If you know your destination there is no single route but many roads available.

Bono encourages to use all these hats while solving a problem instead of getting stuck at one place to make our life more enjoyable .

Spiritual Quoetient

2008-08-15T13:02:00.003+05:30

We had unique opportunity of being an audience for a discourse by Mr. Sudeep Basu last Thursday at our weekly rotary meeting. Many of us knew Sudeep and a lot of interest was generated during the day. We were really looking forward to listen to him.

We had very learned attendance form Rotarians , very serious and committed. Primarily, those Rotarians who are choosy and always looking for Value for Time.

Sudeep had a wonderful power point presentation and we were too happy internally as our latest acquisition of the LCD projector was being put to the best use.

Sudeep started with relevance of Spiritualism in the life of leaders in the corporate world. The definition and differentiation of various types of intelligence was truly educating. Everyone in the room started realizing where he stood and that being intelligent was not enough. Slowly it began to dawn as to what was missing. Sudeep kept on raising the quality of the contents by introducing a new concept, a new thought ,a new insight and a new experience almost every minute. One really felt as if we must not put a time limit for such sharing. We kept climbing the steps of intelligence or shall we say wisdom and new learning firmly holding Sudeep’s hand and he would not let us stay behind. He carried everyone in the room to higher level of knowledge and realization. What was truly inspiring was the energy in his speech and every word thereof, particularly when one is talking about such an involved and abstract subject. No one could ever have allowed any other thought to enter the mind so long he was talking. Having understood the fourth Quotient as SQ , everyone perhaps knew, we still have some work to do in life .Most of us have been trying hard to understand the third quotient and here was Sudeep telling us one more. But mind you, there was no frustration as everyone could see a new goal for self, albeit a stretched one and a beautiful one.

Sudeep did an amazing service to our club by covering so much in so little time, with full command on the language and the subject. We truly felt gifted and blessed.

What is a discourse if it does not leave you with questions and quest to know more. Sudeep was kind enough to answer them all and agreeing to be of help off line in spite of his tight schedule.

This day will truly make a difference in many of our lives!!!

RCBME would like to thank Rtn. Anil Bhot for submitting this report.

Oh God ! Why not me?

2008-08-07T23:01:00.001+05:30

Our guest speaker, Dr. Ashok Sanghvi, is a distinguished management guru and Founder & Managing Director,Axiom Management Consultants Pvt.Ltd.,Mumbai.

We present below a summary of his speech delivered at Rotary Club of Bombay Mulund East, on 7th August, 2008.

Everybody wants to be a successful person. Mulesh Ambani and Narayan Murthy are the business leader who are emulated the most today. People are,in the process, trying to achieve their goals and are successful to varying extent.

The difference between a grand sucess and an ordinary success is networking.
Networking,as we know, is meaningful engagement with other persons, in an activity to achieve some goal.

Networking is of three kinds :

1. Operational - networking with people at your job; it's more or less given and not much can be done in choosing the partners here....however, trusting other partners at work plays important role in getting work done.
2. Personal - networking in a professional, social organisations like Rotary clubs, Toastmasters, and similar professional bodies. You need to devote a lot of time.
3. Strategic - very important, deliberate networking for use in the future...right now you may don't have a need but cultivating contacts that can be used in futue. Many big companies seen doing this like sending gifts to senior officers who are likely to be MDs or CEOs in next4 to 5 years; companies pay donations to political parties even if that party is not in power today.

He gave a six point program towards working on developing network for your future need :

# 1. Just do it - jot down all your contacts; how big is the list of your contacts? Bigger the better. Categorise all your contacts in to persons you talk or meet once in a week, once in a month, and once in a quarter. If you are not doing (calling up or meeting) you better start doing it now.

# 2. Change your mindset - do not have a preconceived mind;everybody has got strong points, highlight them and avoid critising.

# 3. Work from outside in - find out what others want,what are their needs. what they like.

# 4. Re-allocate your time - delegate much of your work that can be done by others.

# 5. Ask and you shall get - go and ask whatever you don't know, afterall you are not suppose to know everything from the universe ! People are ready to help you.

# 6. Stick to it - make a plan for 5 to 6 years; see what are your needs, whom would you require to work for you, take a proactive step to connect to him/her even if he/she is not needed now; that's a strategic planning.

Club picnic at River Touch Resort

2008-07-31T21:47:00.004+05:30

On Saturday & Sunday,the 26 th and 27th July,2008 members had gone to River Touch Resort near Karjat on a overnight picnic.

For more pictures visit : http://www.flickr.com/photos/36582408@N00/sets/72157606644574973/

Lifestyle Management

2008-07-28T08:22:00.002+05:30

Rtn. Dr. Shivaramakrishana. RC Chembur was the guest speaker at our weekly Rotary meeting dated 25^th July,2008. Dr. Shiva, as he is called afectionately, gave an excellent speech on LIFESTYLE MANAGEMENT.

We present few salient points from his speech.

Today relatively younger persons are succumbing to certain diseases that were hereto were earlier known to have affected aged people only.

Blood pressure, diabetes and obesity are commonly know diseases or disorders that are related to one's lifestyle ….much attributed to present lifestyle where physical activity is reduced due to modern day comforts on one hand and a changing eating habit on the other hand. Rich, processed food has also brought in increasing level of stress. It should be remembered that stress is our response, physical or mental to
a physical, mental, or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension. Again, in today's world stress is more due to more and more emphasis on performance.

Body is continuously aging and no one can stop that, but we can regress progression of aging by lifestyle management.

Dr. Shiva gave the following formula, which he called D A R E S :

D	Diet	Proper Diet-Indian Thali is considered to be the best balanced diet offering all the minerals & vitamins that are required by our body, whereas fast food or junk food that is more popular among younger generation may rob your body of the requisite constituents for your body.
A	Activity	Implies physical activity which is very much neglected in today's fast paced, facilities laden life. He stressed on brisk walk, jogging or any other cardiovascular exercise on regular basis.
R	Relaxation	Stress today is mainly mental stress which remains constantly. Stress is an ability to perceive implied threat. Therefore it is needed to keep proper balance between Work & Life. Relaxation in any form that soothes your senses, relieves or reduces your tension or stress is very much important. Light music, hobbies that divert your mind is recommended. Involvement in volunteering like in Rotary work also gives much needed fillip to your mind.
E	Empathy	Empathy as different from sympathy is caring for others by putting yourself in others shoes. Compassion or Empathy takes you to think beyond "I" or "me". It is the ability to experience the world from another perspective, often the perspective of another person. Lack of empathy leads to poor communication and a failing to understand others which may anger you.That's bad for your health. While we cannot control other's thoughts, feelings or behaviors, we most certainly can increase our empathy skills : listening, self-awareness and acceptance.
S	Spirituality	Being spiritual mean remaining positive, optimistic, supporting worthy causes, remaining cheerful. In fact Various practices associated with the path of spirituality—meditation, breathing exercises, physical exercises (yogakriyas/yoga practices), and practice of positive thinking make one physically and mentally better equipped to manage stress.

Nutrition and diet

2008-07-28T08:17:00.008+05:30

Miss Maria, is a Polish national, working on her Ph.D. in Nutrition at Warsaw University. She was the guest speaker at RC Bombay Mulund East.

Rtn. Rao is seen introducing Miss Maria.

Seated from left to right: Maria,President Rtn. Sudhir Hanmante and Rtn. Jaydeep Mody.

The engrossed audience.

Maria giving a PPT presentation.

Maria's focus of study is preventing and reversing illnesses through the understanding of human anatomy, physiology and nature's laws.

She believes that nature's wisdom surpasses that of any doctor. Learn how to understand what your body is telling you and how to respond accordingly. Discover what is the ideal healthy diet for a human being and learn how to prepare healthy, tasty meals that heal. Become aware of how to live holistically and in harmony with the environment.

She is at present involved with SHARAN,an NGO, where she works as a volunteer. SHARAN conucts workshop for healthy living through use of organically grown food.

The workshop covers:

1. Health, disease and the scope of medicines.

2. What is the healthiest diet for our species? Understanding our anatomy, physiology and real nutritional needs.

3. Why the foods we are eating today cause disease.

4. Results of diet change.

5. The relation between diet and stress.

6. The relation between diet and our environment.

7. How to manage making the transition without missing the foods we are used to.

8. How to handle social situations.

Maria spoke on her research and few of the above points related to diet & disease.

The meeting was well attended by rotarians and guests.

A to Z of Rotary :

2008-07-17T19:30:00.006+05:30

A to Z of Rotary
At RC Bhiwandi Balaji Hall, Bhiwandi

The Inter City Forum was inaugurated by DG Rtn. Bansi Dhurandar.

PDG Rtn. Dr. J.T.Vyas ( above ) was the forum leader.

A well planned seminar organized in a brand new Hall in a cluster type seating arrangement….

Rotarians, Sanjay Rawat,Pradyumna Mokashi,Subir Ghosh, S.V.Rao and Prashant (above)attended the meet.

Rtn. S.V. Rao is going to file a report for the meet and hence I am going to present few of my observations (and Rotary Gyan ) made / gathered at the meet.

Did you know that?....

RC Bombay is coming out with a Rotary Tower that will be a Rotary monument in Mumbai…are you thinking anything like this for Rotary in your area?
RI Dist 3140 was the highest contributor among all the Rotary districts in the world?
A RC from Andheri will be hosting a Kanheri Festival under the Asmita ( our district thrust area) ?
DG appealed to RC Ulhasnagar to build a museum of History?
In Europe Rotary goes on vacation…although not officially?
Siera Leon, a country in worn torn Africa, where tribes fight war for superiority and that the war is stopped officially for Polio vaccination?
A Mayor of a city in Europe issued a circular…..” Rotary is an organization doing important service to human kind. Please observe … from (this) day to …(this) day as a Rotary Week.?

HKKN...Hum Kisise Kum Nahin... !

Dr. J.T.Vyas said that in 1998 few had heard of the internet, but in 2008 at a District Assembly, a live video talk witgh New Zealanad Rotarians was held. Well, this reminded me of a similar video talk that Ajay and I , had with an Australian Rotarian/Ham Radio operator in 1999 !
PP Rtn. Gopal Mandania talked about starting an E-club for District 3140. The idea of similat club, where members can meet electronically was discussed in our club much before even the first E-club was started in Rotary world !
Giving need is at a higher level than a need for receiving ( Maslow's Theory of Hierarchy of Needs). Rtn. Prafful Sharma, in his skit featuring a scene from the year 2030, portrayed few Indian clubs discussing giving grants to foreign clubs. Well, Rtn. DJ (Deepak Jiandani) put forward this point of giving a grant of US$ 2500-3000 to a club in need in Turkey, in the present era at BOD meeting held a day before this ICF meet!

Mr. Ujjwal Shah, owner of Balaji Hall, was inducted as an honorary Rotarian by RC Bhiwandi.

Importance of languages

2008-07-10T22:26:00.000+05:30

How languages are connected to cultures, was the topic chosen by our guest speaker Rtn. Praful Sharma. His speech titled, "Importance of languages" aptly showed how languages were used, in the past, for breaking culture, to inculcate a feeling of superiority and inferiority amongst a class of Indians by Britishers… (more is coming up including the video clip of the entire speech).

Cataract Operation Camp

2008-07-05T19:21:00.000+05:30

A Cataract Operation camp was organised at Aastha Hospital, Mulund (West) on 2nd July, 2008.

The project was inaugurated by DG. Bansi.

Rtn. Ramesh Motwani and DG rtn. Bansi performed a pooja for success of the project.

Approx. 15 patients had presented themselves at the hospital where they were going to be operated later in the day.

The Ward Officer, “T” ward, Mumbai, and the local corporator Shi Vishwanath Mhaske, were felicitated for the timely assistance given by them in securing various permissions.

Our club was represented by President Sudhir, Secretary Rtn. Prakash Manay, Dr. Milind Sawant and Rtn. Prashant.

This is ongoing project of Rotary Clubs in Mulund,Bhandup and Powai.

Installation of Rtn. Sudhir Hanmante as President

2008-07-01T19:08:00.002+05:30

Rtn. Sudhir Hanmante was installed as President of Rotary Club of Bombay Mulund East

at a glittering function on at Ceremonial Hall on 29th June 2008.

Outgoing president Rtn. Mahesh and DG Rtn. Bansi seen congratulating Rtn Sudhir on the occasion.

DG Rtn. Bansi Dhurandar and his team from the district was present to bestow blessings on Rtn. Sudhir and his team of officers.

Earlier, Rtn. Mahesh, the outgoing President read out his report for the activities carried out of the club during the Rotary Year 2007-08.

He then installed Rtn. Sudhir Hanmnate as a President.

Rtn. Mahesh was immediately pinned as IPP by Rtn Sudhir.

7 new members were added in to the Rotary fraternity; interestingly six of them were lady members.

DG Bansi Dhurandar stressed a need for growth in membership and welcomed 7 rotarians that were inducted on the date. DG is passionate about Thurst Area, particularly the district thurst area- ASMITA and NAV-PRERANA and appealed to all the members to work in that direction.

For more photographs of the installation ceremony click here.

नववर्ष की शुभकामनाएं

2007-11-07T23:04:00.000+05:30

नववर्ष की शुभ कामनायें

सभी मुलुंड ईस्ट रोटारियन और उनके परिवार को यह नया साल मुबारक हो।

Occupational Therapy

2007-10-27T08:17:00.000+05:30

Occupational Therapy

weekly meeting dt. 25th October 2007

Mulund Gymkhana

Guest speaker: Dr. Hemant Nandgaonkar

Dr. Hemant

Dr. Hemant Nandgaonkar,M.Sc. (O.T.) explained the members what Occupational Therapy (O. T.) is all about.

Many people have heard about occupational therapy, "O.T." as it is called, but they often don't have exact idea of O.T.

What Is Occupational Therapy?... Technically, it is defined by the American Occupational Therapy Association executive board (1976) as: "The therapeutic use of work, self-care, and play activities to increase development and prevent disability. It may include adaptation of task or environment to achieve maximum independence and to enhance the quality of life."

It focuses on the word "occupation", and the dictionary definition of occupation is, "that which chiefly engages one's time, trade, profession, or business."

One's occupation can therefore be defined as the way in which we occupy our time. Thus, our time is divided into three categories of activities in which we take part daily:
· SELF-CARE: sleeping, eating, grooming, dressing, and toileting
· WORK: effort that is exerted to do or make something, or perform a task
· LEISURE: free, unoccupied time in which one chooses to do something they enjoy (i.e., hobby, tv, socializing, sports, "chill out", read, write, listen to music, travel, etc.) If you read these very carefully, you will see that ANY task or use of our time during the day fits into one of these three categories.

Thus the meaning of the term "occupation". It IS how we spend our time; whether paid or unpaid, restful or fun, obligation or choice and that which fulfills us, gives us purpose, and allows us to interact with, be productive, and function in the world around us to the best of our ability.
Here is where the "therapy" comes in. If, at any point in our lives (whether present at birth or onset at a later time), illness, injury or disability prevents us from effectively or independently functioning in one or more "occupational" areas, then it is the job of Occupational Therapy to provide intervention which will help you regain function, maintain level of functioning, or make accommodations for any deficits you may be experiencing.

It is the job of an Occupational Therapist to figure out which areas are suffering and how he can assist that person in performing these activities in a more functional, successful and independent way.

He also explained how it is different than the Physical Therapy (P.T.).

Generally, Physical Therapists do exercises purely for exercise's sake to increase strength, range of motion, and particular body and muscle movements for the eventual outcome of increased function and mobility.

Occupational Therapy has the same goal in mind (increasing function and independence) in regards to physical disabilities and limitations, and they may use repetitive exercises, but most often they use them in the context of a "functional activity". This refers to performing meaningful activities while simultaneously working on increasing function and mobility.

Thereafter, he explained in detail SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER which is his speciality.

Here is an image from one of the pamplets distributed by Dr. Hemant Nandgaonkar that explains it.

We believe that members enjoyed the session and were now better equipped to know what is O.T.

OCV 2007-08

2007-10-18T23:51:00.000+05:30

OCV (Official Club Visit) by Dr. Ulhas

on 18th October 2007

at Ceremonial Hall,Spananagari,Mulund (West)

The Official Club Visit (OCV) of the District Governor (DG) Rtn. Dr. Ulhas Kolhatkar to Rotary Club of Bombay Mulund East began with a closed door meeting with President Rtn. Mahesh Payannawar, Secretary Rtn. Dr.Vinay Kulkarni and President-Elect Rtn. Sudhir Hanmante held between 05.30 pm ad 06.30 pm.

The DG held a Club Assembly with the members of the club from 06.45 to 07.30pm. He wanted to listen to completed projects and further plans from the directors and members. The DG congratulated the club with the way accounts were kept. What he wished that for a stuture of a club like ours there is a need to increase the membership. When a Dombivli club, started in the same year as ours, can make it 100+ why not ours....a point to ponder on! DG also made it clear that we badly need to do something in the International service.

After the CA he had a brief discussion with partners-in -service, the Rotaractor Club of V.P.M. college and Senoir Citizens Club of Mulund East.

He was particularly amazed to know that our Senior Citizen Club is 2400+ strong. He however, wished that our family (of partner-in-service) be completed by adding RCC and our own InnerWheel Club. Any takers?

The regular meeting was called to order by President Rtn. Mahesh at 08.00 p.m. sharp.

Breaking away from the protocol, Rtn. Mahesh decided to induct a new member Nilesh Chowdhary at the beginning of the meeting as he (Nilesh) wanted to leave early.

(Nilesh with his wife)

(Nilesh being inducted by the DG)

Rtn. Mahesh summed up the discussuions with the DG and thanked the DG for his guidance and valuable suggestions.

AG Rtn. Pramod Pandit, who had earlier visited our club for a club assembly, praised the projects like Dhoom and Mulund-Shree which gives a lot of publicity to our club.

Area Co-ordinator Rtn. Viren introduced DG Dr. Ulhas.

DG in his address congratulated the club and said that life suggests growth and our club badly needed growth. He offerred many suggestions including one of having a luncheon meeting with respected members of the community where they can be told about Rotary. He praised the club President Mahesh about his leadership qualities and also for making a SWOT analysis of the club.

As usual DG Dr. Ulhas's speech is a something that draws people to meetings and here also he showed his prowess by mingling his sppech with many anecdotes, modern and ancient;sanskrit subhashitas and what not! We wish to give some glimpses from his address which , we hope, you will love it.

Rtn. Depak announced 20th January 2008 as the date of DHOOM 2008.

The DG officially inaugurated our star project by traditional breaking of a coconut.

Pesident Mahesh lighted the lamp and agarbatties and the project was thrown open for sponsorship.

PE Rtn. Sudhir proposed a vote of thanks.

Secretary Rtn. Vinay seen making secretatial announcements ( below):

The meeting was followed by happy hours and dinner.......

(Dr. Hemant Nandgaonkar (on left, in maroon colour shirt), a prospective member seen with newly inducted member,Rtn. Nilesh)

However, that was not the end of the meeting.......

(R/Anns seen slightly tensed....probably they had to miss dandiy & Garba)

....R/Anns spontaneously arranged ras-garba and members enjoyed playing it.

You can see a video clip of ras-garba here:

I am sure R/Anns might have salvaged some regret for not been able to go out to play dandia!

President Mahesh must be a relieved man today after having a satisfying OCV.

The Club Assembly for OCV-II

2007-10-14T00:03:00.000+05:30

Club Assembly

dt. 12th Oct 2007

Our Asstt. Governor Shankar is away in the UK. The Asstt. Governor Rtn. Pramod Pandit from Deonar club was also out of India. Our DG was keen on conducting CA by an AG but could not do so. However, when Rtn. Pramod Pandit was back in Mumbai, our DG insisted that he should conduct the CA for our club.

Thus we had a CA for the second time. Again Rtn. Shanti did the honours of representing the club. Rtn. Shanti and the directors elaborated on the projects undertaken by the club, completed as well as those which the club intends to do.

AG Rtn. Dr. Pramod Pandit was happy with the preparedness of the club and offered his valuable suggestions. He particularly suggested to coincide few of our events with the ensuing Rotary Clubs Challenge Week (10th to 16th Dec). Area co-ordinator Rtn. Viren also attended the CA.

PP Rtn. Ajay proposed the vote of thanks.

Debate- Is Politics inevitable in Rotary?

2007-10-09T00:40:00.000+05:30

Rotary Club of Mulund Hills had organised a nice debate on the topic : Is Politics inevitable in Rotary?...at Kalidas on 7th October 2007..

For the sake of an argument there were two teams: Pro and anti statement. The arguers were nothing less than the PDGs from the Rotary Dist. 3140.

The two teams werw as follows:

Pro view: Ramesh Khanna (Team Leader), J.T.Vyas and Rahul Timbadia
Anti view: Jagdish Khanna (Team Leader), Suresh Rathod and Madhu Devdhar

DG Dr. Ulhas, in his implacable manner as usual, provided the perfect opening by giving a key note address.

The PDGs declared in the beginning only that they had taken a particular stand only for the sake of argument.

Argument and counter-argument, a game well played by the argumentative Indians, was worth witnessing it.

You can see a small clip of PDG Ramesh Khanna below:

Here's PDG Rtn. Suresh Rathod:

And, a fire-brand Madhu Devdhar:

PDG Rtn. Jagdish Khanna

At the end, however, everybody agreed that there should not be any politics in Rotary.

Well said PDGs!

Club Assembly- Preparation for OCV

2007-10-05T23:44:00.000+05:30

Club Assembly

Dt. 4th Oct. 2007

OCV of our club is scheduled on 18th Oct 2007. Two weeks prior to the OCV there is a closed door meeting, Club Assembly, where the club prepares for the D-day. The club goes through various check lists to see that it is prepared to face the District Governor and this CA is conducted by the Assistant Governor assigned to the club.

As our Asstt. Governor was away in the United Kingdom, PP Rtn. Satish Khadke was requested by the District to conduct the CA of our club.

As the president Rtn. Mahesh was away PP Rtn. Shanti Malde did the honours of the President. Rtn. Shanti and the directors elaborated on the projects undertaken by the club, completed as well as those in the pipe line.

Rtn. Satish Khadke was happy with the preparedness of the club and offered his valuable suggestions.

Teacher's Felicitation

2007-09-16T23:24:00.000+05:30

Felicitation of Teachers

weekly meeting dt. 13.09.2007

Kelkar College Auditorium

Felicitation of teachers on account of Teacher's Day has always been a special event for Rotary Club of Bombay Mulund East. The event is a major project for our club and since last few years the event is conducted as a joint programme of Rotary Clubs of Mulund with our club as a lead club.

This year also more than 85 teachers from the schools and jr. colleges from Mulund were felicited for the excellent services rendered by them in shaping the future of children/students of Mulund.

Dr.Mrs.Dange, Retired Head of Sanskrit dept , Mumbai University and Presidential Award winner 2005, was the Chief Guest at the function.

The entire album of the photos of the function can be found at :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36582408@N00/sets/72157602301766014

WOMENS RIGTHS PROTECTION IN INDIAN LEGAL SYTEM

2007-09-07T22:54:00.000+05:30

WOMENS RIGTHS PROTECTION IN INDIAN LEGAL SYTEM

weekly meeting dt. 6th September 2007

As you know that "Women Empowerment" is a district thrust area and our club decided to make a suitable beginning by inviting a Rotarian couple to talk on the related subject.

Rtn. Adv. Pradhyumna Mokashi and R/Ann Shyamala chose to speak on Protection of rights of women in India.

R/Ann Adv. Shyamala Mokashi and Rtn. Adv. Pradhyumna Mokashi spoke on various rights & recources available under Indian legal system to women.

R/Ann Shyamala spoke on the various provisions made to protect interest of women under the Hindu Law, the Hindu Succession Act, Indian Penal Code, 1860 etc.

Rtn. Pradyumna Mokashi explained the constituitional provisions as provided by articles enshrined to give equal ( and special in some cases) status to women in the Indian Constituition.

This was the first meeting in the hall / space designated especially for our club by Mulund Gymkhana.

A visit to Budapest

2007-08-30T20:38:00.001+05:30

Rtn. Sudhir Hanmante recently went to Budapest,Hungary on a business trip and today i.e. on 30th August 2007 he delighted all of us with audio-visual presentation of his visit.

He started his exposition right from his visit to Hungarian consulate in Delhi for getting a visa. He gave us detailed tips of what should be done while visiting a country where there are very few people who understand English. He said that you have to depend more on body language; however, when it came to understanding electronics, for which he had gone, it was really difficult to depend only on body language.

Rtn. Sudhir gave a detailed historical , geographical and cultural exposition of city of Budapest. He took us on a virtual trip to Budapest by showing photographs of interesting things (places and people) of Budapest.

PP Rtn. Shanti gave Rotary Information on membership.

PP Rtn. Balwant Ranade presided over the meeting as President Mahesh was tied up at his office.

Podcast of this meeting can be found at:http://rotarymulundeast.mypodcast.com/index.html .

Good Health Thru Naturopathy

2007-08-24T21:26:00.000+05:30

Dr. Chaphekar, M.D. (Mum) in Naturopathy spoke on GOOD HEALTH in this weekly meeting.

Dr. Chaphekar

According to Dr. Chaphekar, persons who do not enjoy sound health is due to :

Wrong diet

No excercise

No rest

No meditaion

Therefore, for a good health one need to pay attention to the above four factors.

Regarding diet, he advised to have sprouted beans, lemon juice for breakfast. For lunch he advised to have chapattis ,salad/boiled veg whereas for dinner he said it was best to avoid anything white (e.g. rice,milk,curd,etc.).

He gave advised on the remaining factors also. I wish more Rotarians were present to listen to Dr. Chaphekar.

Dr. Chaphekar being introduced by PP Rtn. Navin (not seen in the photo)

Independence Day

2007-08-16T22:45:00.000+05:30

Rotarians gathered at Mulund Gykhana, getting ready to go to adopted village Kolivali, near Bhiwandi.

A banner displayed at Zilla Parishad Primary School, welcoming Rotarians.

Smt. Rekha Pashte, President of Thane Zilla Parishad was warmly welcomed by villagers.

Gram (village) panchayat members discussing possible projects with President Rtn. Mahesh.

Those who could not come to Kolivali can now watch flag hoisting by President Rtn. Mahesh at the adopted Zilla Parishad Primary School ,Kolivali. You can watch it or download it from the folowing url:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6511239275109648388&hl=en

Have a nice time till we meet again on 23rd August 2007.

Membership & Extension

2007-08-12T22:20:00.000+05:30

Weekly meeting dated 9th August 2007.

Our very own Rtn.Ajay Shah spoke on Membership & Extension in this weekly meeting.

As you are aware that August is a designated "Membership Development" month, this was an apt topic for the meeting.

President Mahesh presiding over the meeting.

International Travel, meeting dt. 2nd August 2007

2007-08-04T00:03:00.000+05:30

This thursday, our speaker was Ms. Sanjyot Brahme and she spoke on International Travel. She represents "Passion Travel", where she is a partner and operates from Thane.

What started as a passion (and hence the name "Passion Travel") one and a half year ago,after seeing her parent's passports tuck away in a safe, she has office in Thane and Bangalore. She specialises in tours to the far-east viz. Singapore,Thailand & Malaysia.

She gave many tips for traveller, as to what should be looked in to while selecting the various packages from different travel agencies. She claimed that her company charges bare minimum (profit) and hence her travel packages are atleast cheaper by INR10K.

(Here, Rtn. Shanti seen imparting Rotary info)

This was the third consecutive good metting where our Rotarians enjoyed the informative speech by Ms. Sanjyot.

Weekly Meeting Update dated 26th July 2007

2007-07-27T06:40:00.000+05:30

"Stress Management" by Kailash Mantry

Kailash Mantry is a Chartered Accountant by profession but has many interests that's transcend many fields of life.Whatever walk of life you are into, the modern way or to say the "Third Wave" of technological innovation has put man in to a bind :Stress.

Stress,can be seen as anxiety,fear....

..anticipation of danger,fear that is bothering your belief system.

Kailash gave a crisp presentation on Stress and it's management

He said that stress is felt when you are not able to cope a situation/s and unable to handle the situations well.

He stressed that it is you who alone can destressed yourself.

The presentation was lively and interactive.

Rotarians and Rotary Anns enjoyed
the presentation.

The presentation was followed by a dinner.

For more resources on Stress Management powerpoint presentation you can visit :
http://www.csupomona.edu/~jvgrizzell/kin370/PPT-TOC.html .

See video clips of the presentation below:

Weekly meeting update-19th July,2007

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The Weekly Meeting
19th July, 2007
Closed Door Meeting

Presentation and approval of the Club budget

In the accompanied photo from Left to Right

PP Rtn. Shanti Malde,President Mahesh and PP Ajay

You may be wondering what Shanti and Ajay are doing there with Mahesh!

Shanti presented budget (as treasurer) and Ajay officiating as (Joint) Secretary in absence of regular Secretary Vinay.

All said and done see how president has to do many things by himself !

Probably making sets of the club budget! By this time he knows that he will have to do many things by himself. See, smile on his face....he has accepted this truth and hence doing it all alone.

The budget file will be posted on our club Yahoo group soon.

Weekly Meeting dated 12th July 2007

2007-07-13T11:33:00.000+05:30

"Car Care"

Rakesh Fotedar and his team from M/s. Fortpoint Automobiles gave a power-point presentation of “Car Care”.
Personally, I had some pre-notion as to what they were going to speak on “General Maintenance" tips….but as the presentation went ahead we learned /learnt a lot more about car care.

Like habit of some people in switching off engine of a car….which may be dangerous in case of MPF cars….

…like breaks not being applied in case of ABS breaks if power is switched off…..

Mr. Rakesh has agreed to give a CD of the presentation to our memebrs….

But my friends, there are many tips which we can’t put it in this media….that you could have got only by attending the meeting.

We are making every efforts to let you know about our forthcoming meetings by multi-media sources….here I mean by various sources like printed monthly bulletin, emails,SMSes, and personal phone calls….

We will be posting snippets of the meetings on our site also. But believe me, fun lies in attending weekly meetings…

…and if you want more fun you can join us for Extended meetings also…

So, see you at the next meeting…

Installation of Rtn. Mahesh as President

2007-07-09T11:43:00.000+05:30

Rtn. Mahesh was installed as President of Rotary Club of Bombay Mulund East at a glittering function held at Ceremonial Hall,Yogi Hills, Mulund (West) on 8th July 2007.

Rtn. T.V.Holay, the out-going President seen handing over the club charter to Rtn. Mahesh.

New Board of Directors

Newly inducted members

Mahesh and the club started it's account of awards right at the installation!
Rtn. Mahesh seen here accepting one such award at the hands of PDG (CDG and Dipak's "MDG") Rtn. Rahul Timbadia.

More Pictures...

R.I. President's message

2007-07-02T21:56:00.000+05:30

President Wilfrid J. Wilkinson's MESSAGES

July 2007 The Rotarian

Dear fellow Rotarians,

It is the privilege of every incoming president of Rotary International to choose a theme for his year in office. For each president, the challenge is to find a theme that will encapsulate how he feels about Rotary, convey his message, and motivate Rotarians around the world for the year of service ahead.

Immediate past president Bill Boyd chose Lead the Way, and this was a wonderfully appropriate theme. His timely call to serve as the “heroes, not celebrities” that our communities need has inspired us all, and his leadership has given us a stronger Rotary.

For me, Rotary Shares was the natural choice as the 2007-08 theme. I have always felt that the essence of Rotary is about sharing. Every day, in every club, Rotarians share with others in too many ways to count. We share our time, we share our talents, and we share our resources. We share our kindness, and we share our love.

In Rotary, sharing doesn’t mean giving away the things you don’t need for yourself. In Rotary, sharing means giving of yourself, freely, for the good of others. It means taking the time to see what our communities need and to decide which of those needs we can meet most effectively. It means sharing what we have with those around us, as well as with those we will never have the chance to meet.

All of us came to Rotary to share what we have with others and to share our friendship and fellowship with other Rotarians. We share Rotary with others through bringing in qualified new members, and we share Rotary with the next generation by focusing on youth.
Rotarians have so much to share, and there is so much that the world needs from us. Our vocational classification system ensures that every club contains a full range of business and professional skills. Within every Rotary club, there is a world of talents, skills, and abilities. Each club has the resources to tackle nearly any obstacle – if there is the will and the commitment to do it.

This year, I will ask all of you to say yes to the challenges that being a Rotarian will bring you. Through this year’s emphases of health, literacy, water, and family of Rotary, we have an enormous range of opportunities for service. Those projects, those possibilities, those open doors all await us in the months ahead. All we need to do is say yes.

Yes, I will turn that idea into a project, and I will lead the project to completion.

Yes, I will share my skills, time, and resources with my club and with those who need my help.

Yes, I will share Rotary with others, by bringing a qualified new member into my club.
I look forward to a year in which we demonstrate that Rotary Shares, by sharing the best of ourselves with our clubs, our communities, and the world.

Wilfrid J. (Wilf) WilkinsonPresident, Rotary International Read more messages from President Wilfrid J. Wilkinson -->

New Meeting Place

2007-06-26T23:10:00.000+05:30

I have come back to this blog after more than a year. However, this time I am going to stay put....at least for a year. Hopefully, many interesting things are happening at Mulund East Rotary.

We have decided to shift meeting place from "G.V.Scheme Municipal School" to more visible "Mulund Gymkhana".

In fact we had few meetings at the proposed place which will be an air-conditioned one. Authorities at Mulund Gymkhana were kind enough to allow us to use their A.C. hall, on the first floor,till the time we re-do a room allotted to us, which is located on the second floor of the gymkhana.

Speaker: Rtn. Prashant Koli

2006-02-02T22:31:00.000+05:30

Speaker, Dt. 2nd Feb' 06 : Rtn. Prashant Koli

Rtn. Prashant Koli spoke on Marketing of Rotary through the Internet.He explained what is the importance of having a good, content-rich website. He said," There are lot of people,may be from your area, who may not be knowing service organisation like Rotary or even if they know they do not know whom to contact.It is important to reach the world by showcasing good projects of your club.It is the projects,that are beneficial to community,society, will draw attention of general people."

Make Up in our area

2006-01-31T22:03:00.000+05:30

If you are in Mulund or nearby area and wish to make up for the meeting you missed in your local club, these are the days/timings :

Locate our meeting place

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We meet every Thursday , 7:30 PM atMunicipal School Hall, G.V. Scheme Road No.4,Mulund (East), Mumbai - 400 081

Where is Mulund?

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Rail and Road map of Mumbai

and

location of Mulund

Paul Harris-The Founder of Rotary

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Paul Harris
1868-1947

Paul P. Harris, a lawyer, was the founder of Rotary, the world's first and most international service club.

Born in Racine Wisconsin, USA on 19 April 1968, Paul was the second of six children to George N. Harris and Cornelia Bryan Harris. At age 3 he moved to Wallingford, Vermont where he grew up in the care of his paternal grandparents. Married to Jean Thompson Harris (1881 - 1963), they had no children. He received an L.L.B. from the University of Iowa and received an honorary L.L.D. from the University of Vermont.

Paul Harris worked as a newspaper reporter, a business teacher, stock company actor, cowboy, and traveled extensively in the U.S.A. and Europe selling marble and granite. In 1896, he went to Chicago to practice law. One evening Paul visited the suburban home of a professional friend. After dinner, as they strolled through the neighborhood, Paul's friend introduced him to various tradesmen in their stores. It was here Paul conceived the idea of a club that could recapture some of the friendly spirit among businessmen in small communities.

On 23 February, 1905, Paul Harris formed the first club with three other businessmen: Silvester Schiele, a coal merchant; Gustavus Loehr, a mining engineer; and Hiram Shorey, a merchant tailor. Paul Harris named the new club "Rotary" because members met in rotation at their various places of business. Club membership grew rapidly. Soon Paul became convinced that the Rotary club could be developed into an important service movement and strove to extend Rotary to other cities.

Paul was also prominent in other civic and professional work. He served as the first chairman of the board of the national Easter Seal Society of Crippled Children and Adults in the U.S.A. and of the International Society for Crippled Children. He was a member of the board of managers of the Chicago Bar Association and its representative at the International Congress of Law at the Hague, and a committee member of the American Bar Association. He received the Silver Buffalo Award from the Boy Scouts of America for distinguished service to youth, and was decorated by the governments of Brazil, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France and Peru.

Paul maintained his law office for most of his life. He spent much time traveling and was invited to speak to Rotarians at annual conventions, district and regional meetings, and other functions. When President emeritus Paul Harris passed away on 27 January, 1947, his dream had grown from an informal meeting of four men to some 6,000 clubs. In the past five decades, the organization has grown to more than 27,500 clubs with 1.2 million members brought together through Paul Harris' vision of service and fellowship.

Club History of our club

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Club History

Rotary Club of Bombay Mulund East came into being in 1986 and was given charter by Rotary International on 26th February, 1986.

Rotary Club of Bombay Mulund East is the brainchild of Rotary Club of Mulund. The members of the club initiated the idea of forming and sponsoring a new club in the East side of Mulund during 1984-85, when PP Vijay B. Divekar was the Governor's Special Representative (GSR) of the club. The survey work was carried out in 1984-85, but the spadework was still under way when the Rotary year 1984-85 came to an end.

Dr. L. R. Chandan, who was the President of the Mulund club during 1985-86 and his colleagues on the Board of Directors decided that they should not let the initiative and efforts go waste. They vigourously pursued the matter, for which purpose PP Vijay Divekar continued as GSR during 1985-86 also.

The survey work and quite a few informal meetings with prospective members for the proposed club were continued with renewed vigour and enthusiasm.

After spotting, selecting and discussing with sufficient number of prospective Rotarians, the Board of Directors under the president ship of Dr. Chandan forwarded the papers for sponsorship of a new club in Mulund East to the office of Rotary International at New Delhi in October 1985.

The club was formed after several fire-side meetings under the personal initiative and guidance of Dr. Chandan and was issued its charter by the Rotary International when Edward F. Cadman was its President. Since the club was chartered on the 26th February, 1986 which fell in the week during which the number of Rotary all over the world crossed the magic numbers of 1 million, Rotary Club of Bombay Mulund East was designated as "One Millionth Club" and each one of the club was presented with a specially prepared colourful badge by the Rotary International showing his name as member of the One Millionth membership club.

Our club has now completed 19 years of eventful services and projects.

Rotary Theme 2005-06

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(2005-06 Theme)

Carl-Wilhelm Stenhammar
2005-06 Rotary International President
Theme Address:
"During this Rotary year, we are celebrating Rotary’s 100th anniversary. And we shall continue to do so through June, when the final chapter of the history book of Rotary’s first 100 years draws to a close. Then, you and I together shall start writing the first chapter of the new history book of Rotary’s second 100 years. ..."(click on the link below for the rest of the address:)
http://www.rotary.org/president/stenhammar/messages/speech_ia05.html

What Rotary Means to the members?

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As a Rotarian you will:

broaden your circle of friends and acquaintances, and;
be "in touch" with the mainstream of community life and the people who make it tick, and;
obtain an increased knowledge business and professions other than your own, and a sympathetic understanding of the problems of others, and;
acquire the opportunity to seek counsel from others, and;
develop your talents and capacities in roles of leadership and support, and;
gain recognition for yourself and your occupation, and;
be enabled in a practical way to express your desire to provide a contribution to the society in which you live, and;
find individuals with whom you can share your hobby and social interests, and;
develop contacts in every business and profession represented by the diverse membership of your club, and;
increase your knowledge of world affairs and gains a keen appreciation of the customs and ethics of other peoples, and;
acquire a friendly contact and warm welcome in Rotary's 28,000 clubs around the world.
If you are interested in becoming a member of the Rotary Club of Bombay Mulund East we would like to hear from you. Please send a Membership Inquiry and a Rotarian will contact you about membership.

The Four Way Test

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Four basic approaches have been developed for the expression of the Object of Rotary. Known as "Avenues of Service," they are: Club Service, meaning service to and within one's club; Vocational Service or service in and through one's business or profession; Community Service, or service to one's local community; International Service, which is service in the development and maintenance of friendly and harmonious international relations in a strife-torn world. These Avenues are exemplified in the activities of all Rotary clubs and involved Rotarians. To put it another way, Rotarians are encouraged to put into practice in their business and professional lives the high ideals of Rotary. Many Rotarians believe that one way of accomplishing this in their day-to-day working lives is to apply the 4-Way Test developed by Herbert J. Taylor, R.I. president in 1954-44. This is a simple, four-question test of the things we think, say or do. It can be applied to all Four Avenues of Service - and to virtually all area of life - but perhaps it fits into Vocational Service better than anywhere else.

The Four Way Test

1. Is it the Truth?

2. Is it Fair to all Concerned?

3. Will it Build Goodwill and Better Friendships?

4. Will it be Beneficial to all Concerned?

The Program of Rotary

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The Program of Rotary

The foundation stone upon which the whole Rotary edifice rests is known as the Object of Rotary. The Object reflects Rotary's "golden rule," which is to encourage and foster the ideal of Service as a basis of worthy enterprise." In particular, a Rotarian is asked to encourage and foster the Object's four parts:

The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all occupations, and the dignifying by each Rotarian of his or her occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
The application of the ideal of Service by every Rotarian in personal, business and community life;
The advancement of international understanding, goodwill and peace through a world network of business and professional people united in the Ideal of Service.

The Rotary movement, then, really has but one general goal - one Object - the acceptance by all its members of the Ideal of Service, which can be defined as being thoughtful of and helpful to others in almost every worthwhile human activity.

What is Rotary?

2006-01-31T07:09:00.000+05:30

What is Rotary ?

Rotary, the world's first service club organization, can be described in many ways. Functionally, Rotary is an association of local clubs gathered into a larger organization called "Rotary International." The individual Rotarian - the heart and soul of Rotary - is a member of the local club; all clubs are members of Rotary International at Evanston, Illinois, USA.

Officially, Rotary is defined as "an organization of business and professional men and women united world-wide, who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world." Specifically, a Rotary club is composed of business and professional people in a community who have accepted the Ideal of Service as a basis for attaining fulfilment in their personal, vocational, and community life. In fact, the Ideal of Service, exemplified in the motto "Service Above Self," is the thread that runs around the Rotary world and unites like-minded people in thought and action, no matter what part of the world they live in. Nowadays, more than 1,200,000 service-minded men and women belong to over 28,000 Rotary clubs in 186 lands. Clubs meet weekly, usually for lunch or dinner, so that all members may enjoy each other's friendship before they get down to the business of running the club and discussing its service goals. Membership is by invitation only, and is based on choosing one representative of each business, profession, and institution in the community. The purpose of this "classification" system is to ensure that the members of each club comprise a true cross section of their community's business and professional life or endeavour.

Welcome to Rotary Mulund East

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Welcome to Rotary!

You can make a difference in your career, your community and your world through membership in Rotary. It is truly international, apolitical and without any specific religious or denominational affiliations. And, Rotary has changed the world for the better.

The Rotary Club of Bombay Mulund East has earned the reputation as the service club to join if you want to do more than just get together for lunch once a week. Members of a Rotary club are part of a diverse group of professional leaders working to address various community and international service needs and to promote peace and understanding throughout the world.

Our members are loyal, dedicated and hard working men and women. It is not an organization for everyone, just for those who are the best in their field. Some join for "prestige" and "business connections" but soon discover the real rewards of membership are friendship, and the joy of doing good for others. Membership in The Rotary Club of Bombay Mulund East invigorates your soul and creates a bond of fun and fellowship as we serve the community and the world.

We welcome you to join us and make some of the best friends you will ever have.

If you would like to be considered for membership by a local Rotary club, complete a Prospective Member Contact Form. RI will forward your information to clubs in your area.

Please visit our website: www.rotarymulundeast.org

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