Issue: 12Volume: 34 Date: 24.09.2014 Pages: 4

f a picture speaks a thousand words, then a collage will Isurely speak a million words and I can safely stop writing here. However, even if I write few pages, it would still fall

short of conveying our gratitude to our hosts. We started for Tanjore on 19th September with the board meeting being held in the train enroute to Bangalore followed by evening snacks arranged by Rtn Alagappan and Rt. Vishwanath. The rest of the night journey was very uneventful with our gang maintaining absolute silence!! We were received by our host PDG. Rt. Alagu Alagappan and visited the Big Temple after freshening up. Armed with special permission from ASI, we were treated to the engineering marvel of the Big temple's dome. We had a first experience of the making of the world famous bronze statues. We paid a visit to Blossom school, owned by our gracious host Mr Alagu Alagappan who presented us with a memento each; apart from hosting the lunch. The joint rotary meeting started with introduction from both the sides. Rtn Venkatesh, Rtn Alagappan, Rtn Ramkrishna were the speakers on behalf of Mysore Midtown, while Rtn Alagu Alagappan, President of Tanjore midtown Rtn. R. Suriyakumar, Secretary Rtn.N. S. Arunabhaskar spoke on behalf of Tanjore Midtown. Rtn. Alagu Alagappan spoke of his association with Mysore Midtown club,

recalling the words of our Late Ex- chief minister Mr Ramkrishna Hedge who had attended a rotary meeting at Shimoga and had remarked that “The world would be better place had all of us been Rotarians”. Both sides agreed that the purpose of the meeting was to foster greater friendship between different clubs, especially at times when clubs were getting smaller in size and a visit to a different club at least once a year would help in learning from each others' experience in the running of the clubs. An invitation was extended to Tanjore Rotary Midtown members to visit mysore. After the felicitation of the host club dignitaries in our own unique Mysore style with sandalwood garlands and Mysore peta, followed the fellowship and dinner where we got a chance to mingle with them. The following morning after a visit to a few temples along with shops selling bronze statues (and a church at Velankanni by our Rtn Milton) we lunched at Sterling restaurant where we had a chance to “peep” into the 1920s. We were seen off by our host Mr Alagu Alagappan in the evening and reached mysore the next day morning, going our own ways with fond memories of our visit.

(See Photos next page) - Rtn. Pramod Gubbi

Mangalyaan, India's maiden Mars mission, successfully entered the planet's orbit today, in a historic momen t f o r I nd i a ' s space programme. "History has been created," said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who watched the spacecraft successfully enter the Mars orbit this morning. Here is a qu ick look 10 fac ts abou t Mangalyaan1. India is the first country in the world to successfully enter the Mars orbit, after the Soviet Union, United States and Europe. 2. "The odds were stacked against us. Of the 51 missions, attempted across the world so far, a mere 21 had succeeded. But we have prevailed," said PM Modi.3. Only NASA, the European Space Agency and the former USSR have been successful in their Mars missions. The first successful mission was by NASA's

Mangalyaan Makes History

Joint Meeting with Tanjavur Midtown

MYSORE -TANJAVUR EXPRESS

Mariner 9 in 1971. The most recent failure was that of the Chinese Yinghuo-1 in 2011.4. PM Modi lauded the Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO for joining an elite group of only three other agencies worldwide to have successfully reached Red Planet.5. NASA tweeted, "We congratulate @ISRO for its Mars arrival! @MarsOrbiter joins the missions studying the Red Planet." 6. Mangalyaan, which is the size of a Tata Nano car, was launched on 11 May, 2013, aboard India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C25 rocket. The mission is meant to test India's ability to place a craft in Martian orbit and technologies required for a future interplanetary mission.7. The MOM or Mars Orbiter Mission was conceived, planned and implemented by ISRO on a shoestring budget of Rs. 450 crores or $ 67 mn.8. "Even Hollywood movies cost more," said Mr Modi, who had earlier referenced the mega-budget space film "Gravity" to demonstrate his point.9. Mangalyaan will explore the surface of Mars, its morphology, mineralogy and its atmosphere. Five solar-powered instruments aboard Mangalyaan will gather data to help determine how Martian weather systems work and what happened to the water that is believed to have once existed on the planet in large quantities.10. At its closest point, the orbiter will be 365 km from the planet's surface, and at its furthest - 80,000 km.

Hearty congratulation to Scientists from ISRO - Mera Bharath Mahan

Innerwheel Exclusive

IW DISTRICT RALLY @ KADUR

unday 21st Sep 2014 was the day of Inner

SWheel District Rally @ Kadur. Four from our club – President Mrs.Premilla Jain,

Mrs.Geetha Krishna, Mrs.Anupama & myself left Mysore to Kadur early in the morning. District Treasurer Mrs.Anuradha had left the previous day itself. The programme started just as we reached the venue @ 9.45am. District Chairman Mrs.Vinitha Satish, Rotary PDG P.Narayan and other IW district officers occupied the stage. After the initial formalities and lighting of the lamp, there was an informative talk on 'Polio' by PDG Dr.Narayan. Though he had prepared for a PPT presentation, it could not be presented due to technical problems. A good orator that he is, he kept the audience glued to their seats with his statistics and valuable info on Polio. This was followed by a quiz on Polio by Dist. Vice chairman & Polio Plus Committee Chairman Mrs.Sudha Prasad. Dr.Narayan then answered the questions posed by the IW members to the best of his abilities. Our own member Anupama put forth the question – As to why in spite of members willingness to participate in the program we are not able to contribute to the 'Polio' immunization ? To this Dr. Narayan said that WE should take up this matter with local administration as it is a problem peculiar to MYSORE. This is a serious thought to ponder about.

Then a yoga presentation by 2 youngsters was an interesting watch. Tea break followed by an entertainment programme and games conducted by the host club members was a treat. Prizes were won by Mrs. Anuradha and Mrs. Premilla. Our club won the 2nd place in Early Bird award category for paying of the district dues. I too got an opportunity to exchange club flags with 4 other clubs of the district. The pink saree clad kadur members' efforts in making the event a success was well appreciated by all. Still in their 9th year, the initiative and the enthusiasm of all its members is a motivation for us. Though our return journey was with little hiccups, it was definitely a breakaway from the routine to chat and have fun with our dear friends.

- Prabha Prahlad

Rotary Mysore M i d t o w n i n association with A I M S ( R ) , i s c o n d u c t i n g "Aquathlon" - a swim & run event on Sunday 28th September 2014.

In this regard a press meet was h e l d o n 2 4 t h September 2014 @

On 9th Sept, used bedsheets, new buckets and dustbins On 9th Sept, used bedsheets, new buckets and dustbins were given at Shaktidhama, Ooty road.were given at Shaktidhama, Ooty road.

On 9th Sept, used bedsheets, new buckets and dustbins were given at Shaktidhama, Ooty road.

On 10th Sept, 2nd general body meeting was held @ On 10th Sept, 2nd general body meeting was held @ Hotel Jalpaan, theme being- World peace D a y a n d Hotel Jalpaan, theme being- World peace D a y a n d Onam .Hosts were Amitha, Sheela Urs, Sheela Sanjay Onam .Hosts were Amitha, Sheela Urs, Sheela Sanjay and Prabha. All the members were dressed in white. A and Prabha. All the members were dressed in white. A 'POOKALAM' competition was held for the members 'POOKALAM' competition was held for the members and prizes were distributed. PP Amitha & Harish's and prizes were distributed. PP Amitha & Harish's wedding anniversary was celebrated with the cutting wedding anniversary was celebrated with the cutting of the cake. 31 members attended the meeting .of the cake. 31 members attended the meeting .

On 10th Sept, 2nd general body meeting was held @ Hotel Jalpaan, theme being- World peace D a y a n d Onam .Hosts were Amitha, Sheela Urs, Sheela Sanjay and Prabha. All the members were dressed in white. A 'POOKALAM' competition was held for the members and prizes were distributed. PP Amitha & Harish's wedding anniversary was celebrated with the cutting of the cake. 31 members attended the meeting .

Press club.Sundaresh & Jayakumar of AIMS briefed about

the same along with President Venkatesh R, Hon. Secretary Ta. Na. Mohan & New Generation Director Elizar Milton.

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Aboutus In-house Magazine Published byRtn. Mohan Kumar T.N, Hon. Secretary

Rotary Mysore Midtown, JLB Road, Mysore - 570024

Editorial Board: Rtn. Dr. K.A Prahlad,Rtn. Bheemesh, Rtn. Ramakrishna, Rtn BhanuchandranRtn. Pramod Gubbi, Rtn. Sundar, Rtn. R.S. Vishwanath

Rotarians said itRotarians said it

·� Midtowners returning from

Tanjore are finding difficult to adjust to normal life after being pampered wi th unequa l led

hospital ity. Few of them are thinking of reaching out inner wheel

member Nandhini's vocational place.-Rtn. Rakesh Babu- commented on Whats

app upon arrival of Midtowners from Tanjore.

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- Rtn. Azeez expressed his surprise on realizing that the Midtowners

were going to Tanjore and not to Karaikudi- (Alagappan sir's place)

Rotary informationRotary India Literacy Mission

T-E-A-C-H ProgrammeTEACHER SUPPORT

This project aims to assist the central and state governments' on-going efforts, in accordance with the Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009, to improve the professional abilities and performance of teachers in selected primary schools through better training and use of modern teaching aids so as to enhance the learning outcomes of students.

The schemes included in this project are : I. Imparting supplemental teaching to

students in selected primary/elementary schools using the services of registered volunteers after getting the latter trained by Teacher Educators.

ii. Training/re-training of existing teachers in selected primary schools.

iii. Assisting the civil society, particularly the students' parents, in implementation of the provisions of the RTE Act regarding teachers' role in terms of

Ÿ academic standards,Ÿ attendance & hours of teaching,Ÿ quality of students' learning, etc.,iv. Strengthening of District Institutes of

Education & Training (DIET) in States.v. Implementing scheme of recognition and

awards, Nation Builders Award, to outstanding primary/elementary school teachers at the level of revenue Districts and below.

Speaker Meet

Date : 01.10.2014 Time : 6.30pm

Venue : RCL Hall, J.L.B. Road

44Way TestWay TestWay Testof the things we say or do

Ÿ Is it the TRUTH?

Ÿ Is if FAIR to all concerned ?

Ÿ Will build GOODWILL & BETTER FRIENDSHIPS ?

Ÿ Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned ?

Fernandez SEM29th Sep.

WISHES

Wishes

Rtn. Venkatesh R. Rs. 25,000/-Rtn. Alagappan A.R. Rs. 25,000/-Rtn. Raghavendra S. Rs. 10,000/-Rtn. Vishwanath Rs. 10,000/-Rtn. Azeezulla Rs. 10,000/-Rtn. Srinivasan D. Rs. 5,000/-Rtn. Srivatsa Rs. 5,000/-Rtn. Kumaraswamy Rs. 5,000/-Rtn. Mohankumar T.N. Rs. 5,000/-Rtn. Pramood Gubbi Rs. 5,000/-Rtn. Gopal Rs. 5,000/-Rtn. Ramakrishna Rs. 5,000/-Rtn. Harish Rs. 3,000/-Rtn. Bhaskar Sainik Rs. 2,000/-Rtn. Pavithran Rs. 1,000/-

BANDHAVYA 2014-15 CONTRIBUTION