CLUB CHRONICLEProceedings

5th General Meeting was held on

30 / 07 / 2014 at MIPRYC from 8.00 PM

onwards. The meeting was called to order

and Rotary prayer, Four way test, Greetings

for the coming week, info outlet was and the

minutes of the last meeting were read out. The president

Rtn. Satyen gave information on activities during the last

week and also laid out programme for the coming week.

Meeting was Adjourned after Vote of thanks followed by

National Anthem. The meeting was preceded by supper.

BroachureA Bulletin of Rotary Club of BharuchR.I. Dist. 3060 Club No. 15158Charter No. 5796-19/6/44

President : Rtn. Satyen ShahHon. Secretary : Rtn. Prashant Ruia

Editor : Rtn. Dr. Ashok Kapadia

Co-Editor : Ann. Sujata Rao

RI President : Rtn. Gary C. K. HuangDist. Governor : Rtn. Ashish Ajmera

JULY - 2014 Issue - 6/2014-15 Environment & Literacy Month

Shanitvan CrematoriumShanitvan Crematorium

M.I. Patel Rotary Youth CentreM.I. Patel Rotary Youth Centre

Pay & Use ToiletPay & Use Toilet

P. D. R.C. Bharuch Diagnostic CenterP. D. R.C. Bharuch Diagnostic Center

Critical Care AmbulanceCritical Care Ambulance

PERMANENTROTARY PROJECTS

Ph.: (02642) 243612/251611We Meet Every Wednesday At 8:00 P.m. - M.I. Patel Rotary Youth Center, Station Road, Bharuch.

Email : rotarybharuch@gmail.com Website : www.rotarybharuch.org

First Board Meeting was held at Atithi Resort, NH 8, Vadadla, Bharuch from 7pm onwards Hrs.

Host for the evening Rtn. PP Dhimant Shah. Points that were discussed were to digitise all the club

record for the past 5 years, to provide for a status report on various permanent projects RO water

plants installation & School Benches, Dist. Polio Seminar has been awarded to RC Bharuch by the R I

Dist. 3060 Organisation. The seminar will be organised on 21 September at Bharuch Audited

Accounts for the previous rotary year i.e. 2013-14 were presented by the Past Treasurer and duly

adopted by the board present. There was a proposal to induct 3 new members to Rotary club of

Bharuch, Mr. Kishore Shahdadpuri, Mr. Umesh Moriya and Dr. Sunil Shah which was passed by the

board unanimously.

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Projects Pursued

Projects Pursued

CLUB CHRONICLE Projects Pursued

Self Defence Training A 21 day training

camp for women for self defence wasorganised at the GKP village Nikora. More than

230 girl students of the Secondary School & 40 women fromvillage Nikora have enrolled themselves for this camp. RCCNikora and its members shall be supporting the trainers Thecamp was inaugurated on 1st August, 2014 at 3:00 PM byDist. Superintendent of Police, Shri Bipin Ahire, IPS who wasthe chief guest. RCC Nikora and its members shall besupporting the trainers The project will be jointly organisedalong with Suraksha Setu Society and Bharuch Police.

IYE Program - Outbound IYE student to RI Dist.

1680, France, Rtr. Ruchir Mehta was introduced andwas given a farewell, Inbound IYE student from RI

Dist. 1510 France, Ms. Caroline was introduced andwelcomed to the house. The host for the IYE student is Rtn.Harish D Mehta.

Self Development Seminar - On 4 August at Rotary hall

MIPRYC a Development seminar was conducted by Ms

Sangeeta Dhabhi of Bardoli where she gave a motivational

speech and had an interactive session for women's self

development

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Health care for women On 5 August at

Satyam Bed college, Zadeshwar a talk was give

by Dr Bhavnaben Sheth on the care women

must take to maintain their health, she

emphasised on the care of all three aspects

mind, body & soul for overall health. She gave tips on

health checkup, meditation,

exercises, diet and prayer

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Forthcoming AssignmentsBROACHER SNIPPETSCelebrations & Jubilation

Blood donation camp will be held on

22 August, 2014 at J P Arts and Science

college.

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Rapid Chess Tournament will be held on

24 August at MIPRYC for different

categories under 12 & 18 years and open

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Patriotic song competitions will be

held on 14 August for school children

at MIPRYC

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Rakshabandan Celebrations will be held

on 10 August at Juvenile home.th

8th AugAnn Payal Thakore

12th AugDr. Piyush Parikh

The festival of Raksha-Bandhan was fixed

on the day of Shrawani Poonam only

because the Indian culture has a plan for

making right use of will power. One who

gets sacrifice or worship performed for

oneself by a Brahmin priest is tied a kalawa,

an amulet for protection, by the priest. This is tied so that one is

protected from any dosha or disease affecting one's body which

may hamper one's power of determination. In the month of

Shrawan, the earth gets less sunlight. Therefore, different kinds of

germs multiply rapidly which cause diarrhea, vomiting,

indigestion, fever and body-ache. Hence on the day of Raksha-

Bandhan, Raksha-sutra is tied and resolve is made for the

protection of the health on physical, mental and intellectual

planes. What a deep psychology and mystery supports the

tradition of Raksha-Sutra!

Other Important Days and Dates

Aug 06 Hiroshima Day Aug 08 World Senior Citizen Day

Aug 09 Quit India Movement Day Aug 12 World Youth Day

BROACHER SNIPPETSCongratulations & Appreciation

Citizens of Bharuch District are grateful

to MLA Bharuch, Rtn. Dushyantbhai

Patel for the credible work of getting

sanction from the state budget for the

following for which RC Bharuch

felicitated him at the Board Meeting

4 lane bridge near present golden bridge

Causeway cum weir/check dam at village

Bhadbhut to stop salinity ingress

An airstrip at village Mandwa that will put

Ankleshwar and Bharuch on the national aviation

map.

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ROTARY RECREATION

FUN QUIZ

1. Why did the foolish gardener plant a light bulb?

2. What is the smartest renewable energy that is

mostly used everyday at school, colleges and

workplace

3. How do you cut the ocean into half?

4. How do you know that wind power is popular ?

5. If you live in an igloo, what's the worst thing about

global warming?

6. How did Benjamin Franklin feel when he

discovered electricity ?

We invite readers to participate in the quiz, they

can send their answers thru emai l to

broachure@gmail.com. It is a fun quiz with one

line answers, one has to think creatively

nd give their answers.

The clue to the answers lie in the images

provided.

The names of the winners will be publicised in thenext month bulletin with a picture if provided)

(Answers to the Quiz will be published in the next

Bulletin)

'out of

the box' a 'funny'

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DISTRICT DIARY DISTRICT DIARY

Membership Cluster Meet with Strategic Plan :

Dist 3060 Zone 1 & 2

On 3 Aug. R C Rajkot Greater hosted membership

and strategic planning seminar for Dist 3060 Zone

1&2 in which 160 members from 20 clubs

participated. The seminar was inaugurated by PDG

Chetan Patel, DG Ashsih Ajmera explained Purpose

of The day Membership Chair CDG Dr. Ashok

Kapadia made a presentation on current

Membership Scenario & Future action. PDG

Deepak Agrawal Conducted Panel Discussion on (1)

Strategy for Mem. Retention presented By Himal

Pandya , (2) Proposing a New Rotay Club , presented

By PP Amit Raja, (3) E Clubs , presented By PP Ketan

Joshi Proposing a New member & Induction

Procedure was presented by Piyush Panchasara &

Involving Youth for Membership Growth was

presented By Rajvir Sarvaiya. Debate was

Moderated by PDG Suresh Gandhi, very eloquently

with his famous shayaris & stories on topic 1.

Whether Inducting Lady Members are An Asset,

debated by Rtn. Maya Kothari & Nilesh Sheth, 2.

Quantity Vs Quality, debated By Durgesh Dhanda &

Bharat Rajani, 3. Membership Growth a Reality or

Illusion, debated by Bhuvnesh Mehta & Jiten Shah

PP Hien Anandpura : Chair Strategic Planning

presented the topic with Power point presentation.

Congratulations to Chairman PP Dr. Ketan Bavishi,

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Club President Rtn. Dipen Patel, Dist. Secretaries

PP Nilesh Sheth & Durgesh Dhanda .

Congratulations PDG Sureshbhai !!

During the Membershipcluster Meet at Rajkot, PDGSuresh Gandhi presented thecheque of Rs. 2,25,000 to DGAshish Ajmera, received fromsale of Coffee Book, a concept conceived, edited &implemented by PDG Suresh Gandhi, for the GramKalyan Project.

Dist 3060 Zone 3, 4, 5 & 6 -

Membership Cluster Meetwith Strategic Plan will be held

on 24 August Hosted by RCBharuch Event Chairman willbe Rtn PP Brijesh Parikh.Rotary Co coordinator PDGVijay Jalan & Asst. Cordinator,PDG Dr. Balchandra Inamdarwill grace & address thefunction.

thRotary Coordinator

PDG Vijay Jalan

Asst.Rotay Coordinator

PDG Dr Bal Inamdar

PUBLIC PANORAMARaksha Bandhan “Myths and Historic Legends”

The Raksha Bandhan festival has many myths and historic legends

linked to it which can be traced back to the mythological Pauranic times.

The legend refers to a war between king of Gods Lord

Indra and demon King Brutra where the Gods were on verge of defeat.

Lord Indra approached Guru Brihaspati to find a solution who gave him

a sacred thread which was tied on his wrist, powered by the sacred

mantras on the Shravan Purnima by Queen Sachi also called Indrani.

The power of the sacred thread called raksha helped the gods to victory.

Demon King Bali a great devotee of

Lord Vishnu asked him to guard his kingdom leaving his own abode in

Vaikunth. Goddess Lakshmi who wished to see her Lord back went to

Bali disguised as a Brahmin woman on Shravan Purnima and tied the

sacred thread to the King and requested him to send Lord Vishnu back.

King Bali granted her wish by sacrificing his own needs . Thus the festival

is also called Baleva iwhich means Bali Raja's devotion to the Lord.

Lord Krishna cut his little finger while cutting

sugarcane. Rukmini and Sathyabama his queensi sent for a bandage

cloth but Draupadi his sister simply tore off a part of her sari and

bandaged his finger. In return for this deed, Krishna blessed her with a

boon of 'Akshyam' ''May it be unending' and promised to protect her in

time of distress and that was how Draupadi's sari became endless and

saved her embarrassment on the day she was disrobed in king

Dhritarashtra's court.

On Raksha Bandhan, Ganesh's sister visited and tied a

Rakhi on Ganesh's wrist. His two sons, Shubh and Labh become

frustrated that they had no sister to celebrate Raksha Bandhan with.

Bhavishya Puran :

King Bali and Goddess Lakshmi :

Santoshi Maa :

Lord Krishna & Draupadi :

Upon Saint Narada persuasion Ganesh created a daughter named

Santoshi Ma by divine flames that emerged from Ganesh's wives, Riddhi

and Siddhi. Thereafter, Shubh and Labh had a sister named Santoshi Ma

(literally "Goddess of Satisfaction"), who was well protected by them.

Yama, the God of Death who had not visited his

sister Yamuna for many years, visited her upon Ganga's insistence.

Yamuna was overjoyed to see her brother, and prepared a bounty of

food for him and in return Yamuna asked Lord Yama to gift her his

presence often . Yama was moved b his sister's love and agreed to see

her again. This made river Yamuna immortal.

When Alexander the Great

invaded India in 326 BC, Roxana his wife sent a sacred thread to Porus,

asking him not to harm her husband in battle. In the battlefield, Porus

restrained himself from attacking Alexander personally.

When Sultan of Gujarat,

Bahadur Shah invaded Chittor, Rani Karnavati, the widowed queen

realising her weak position sent a rakhi to Emperor Humayun and

requested him for help, the Emperor Humayun immediately set off with

his troops to defend Chittor although Bahadur Shah had conquered

the Rani's fortress, he fought against Bahadur Shah's troops and

restored the kingdom to Karnavati's son, Vikramjit Singh because the

queen along with other women, carried out jauhar to avoid dishonour.

Rabindranath Tagore, the Indian Nobel Laureate

for literature, invoked Raksha Bandhan In 1905, as a concept to inspire

love, respect, brotherhood and a vow of mutual protection between

Hindus and Muslims during India's colonial era.

Yama and the Yamuna

Alexander the Great and King Porus :

Rani Karnavati and Emperor Humayun :

Rabindranath Tagore :

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- Ann Sujata Rao

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL

INFORMATION

Polio Update

Wild Polio virus Weekly Update World Wide as on August 6, 2014 as

Reported by WHO:

Wild Polio Virus case reported in the past week World Wide for 2014:

4

2 New Case of WPV1 was reported from Pakistan,

2 New Case of WPV was reported from Cameroon in Central Africa

Total Wild Polio cases reported in 2014 : 135 (compared with 177 in

2013)

OFFICIALLY REPORTED WILD VIRUS CASES ON August 6, 2014 for 2014

in Endemic Countries: 117 (Compared with 67 in 2013)

Afghanistan: 8 cases in 2014 (compared with 3 for the same period in

2013)

Nigeria: 5 cases in 2014 (compared with 42 for the same period in

2013)

Pakistan: 104 cases in 2014 (compared with 22 for the same period in

2013)

Curtsey : PDG Manjit S. Sawhney2011-15 Chairman South East Asia Regional PolioPlus Committee

School BenchesSchool Benches "Adhar""Adhar" Reverse Osmosis PlantReverse Osmosis Plant Kalyan Rahat CampKalyan Rahat Camp 8 ASIDE Corporate Cricket Tournament8 ASIDE Corporate Cricket Tournament

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READER'S REACT

Dear Ashok,

Thank you for sharing your beautiful thoughts. I

follow the weather in Jaipur and have seen the

moderate temperatures and rainfall, so glad this

blessing has arrived.

- Bob Callahan,

Jr. PDG District 6880

Alabama