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MARCH 2016 1 Mid-Town Bulletin

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Vol 48 • Issue 08 • March 2016

RI President | KR RAVINDRAN

Club President | RP ANAND

District Governor | SUBHASH KULKARNI

Satya Bhushan AnandThe Grand Old Rotarian

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It is with pleasure that I write to compliment a long-term friend Rtn Satya Bhushan Anand. We have been very close to each other and have shared many experiences together as a part of Rotary.

Bhushan was born on 17th February, 1923 in Bhera, then in undivided India (now in Pakistan). His family came to live in Mumbai when he was three years old. After obtaining a BCom degree from Sydenham College, Mumbai, he established a business in auto parts called K.L. Anand & Sons, which is based at Opera House. He married Pushpa in 1947 and they have four children.

Rtn Satya Bhushan is a loving father. His daughter Rashmi, says, “Daddy /Daddy j i /Nana j i as he is fondly called by all his family members has batted a long innings and is just 7 runs short of

his century! The Grand Patriarch of the Anand family, he is highly respected by members of all ages.

“As a young dynamic teenager, he was an actor in a theatre company in Mumbai (then Bombay). When India was in the midst of the freedom struggle, he participated in the long marches at Gowalia Tank Maidan for the Quit India Movement. He was presented with a badge from the Government for being a freedom fighter.

“I remember he joined the Rotary Club of Bombay Mid-Town in 1968. Being extremely friendly by nature, he was very popular at the club. Lots of Sunday lunches and dinners were hosted by him at his home. His motto being ‘service above self’, he was always ready to serve Rotary and the society. His kindness and his desire to help others are some of the many qualities that I have learnt from him.

“The discipline that my father observes where his health is concerned is admirable. His morning walk at Kamala Nehru Park and light vegetarian meals during the day is the secret to his fitness, which he practises even now! He is also a great fan of cricket and watched Test matches at the Brabourne Stadium.

“However, his main admirable traits are contentment, punctuality, honesty, dedication and integrity. These are the precious gifts that I have received from him and I am proud to be Satya Bhushan Anand's daughter.”

A Rotarian of 48 years standing– he started as a Charter Member of the Rotary Club of Bombay Mid-Town, and served as President in 1972-73. Bhushan has served the Rotary Club of Bombay Mid-Town in various capacities as Office Bearer and as Chairman of several committees. He is a truly dedicated Rotarian. He has counselled Rotary Exchange Students. He has also chaired the Scholarships & Awards Committee for many years. He has maintained 100% attendance for a length of time. He was also the President of the Bombay & Maharashtra Motor Parts Associations.

“Now, 48 years later, we are a more vibrant, active and fun-loving group, and are even more dedicated. Some of the faces have changed, but our goal remains the same — to serve those in need through hard work and community leadership,” says the grand old man.

– President R.P. Anand

The Grand Old Rotarian S.B. ANAND

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A Visit to Kamla Mehta School for the BlindPresident R.P. Anand, Rtn G.G. Kapadia, Rtn Ashwin Shah, Rtn Anil Ambo and Rtn Naren Mohatta visited the Kamla Mehta Dadar School for the Blind (KMDSB) on 17th February, 2016.

Suparna Ajgaonkar, the school’s Director, received the Rotary delegation in her office. After exchanging pleasantries, the delegation was informed about the current activities at the school and the budgetary expectations.

Following a tete-a-tete over tea and biscuits, Rtn Anand handed over a cheque of `50,000 as a donation from the Rotary Club of Bombay Mid-Town (RCBMT) to the school, which was gratefully received. Rtn Anand stated that RCBMT shall continue to support the school.

Ajgaonkar showed the delegation albums of the previous visits by members of the Rotary Club. This brought back memories of RCBMT's continuous support to the school over several decades. She led the entourage to inspect the various sections and activities of the school, including computer training, the science laboratory, the Braille class, the library, the hobby centre, the music and dance venue and the gymnasium.

At the end of the tour, the delegation was served snacks prepared by the visually challenged students.

KMDSB imparts academic education from pre-school to college, and has hostel facilities for visually challenged girls hailing from various socio-economic backgrounds without any consideration of caste, creed or religion.

– Rtn Naren Mohatta

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Rotary Club of Bombay Mid-Town and Rotary Club of Jalna inaugurate 10-day Free Plastic Surgery Camp

Rotary Club of Bombay Mid-Town and Rotary Club of Jalna co-organised a 10-day Free Plastic Surgery Camp at the Mission Hospital in Jalna. President R.P. Anand and Rtn Badrinarayan Barwale inaugurated the 13th edition of the annual camp. It was conducted by a team of 11 German plastic surgeons and paramedical staff.

It was a great success. It is a unique project where medical facilities are provided at the patient's doorstep. The camp was totally free for the patients — there were no charges for the surgeries, medication, dressing or food.

Inner Wheel Club Report March 2016On March 8, 21 members attended a meeting and picnic at Urmila Jain’s bungalow in Panvel. Besides breakfast, lunch and high tea, they played antakshari and visited the school, which has a strength of 650 pupils. The children put up a beautiful performance for the Inner Wheel Club members. There was a cooking demonstration by Smt. Sumati. A sum of `2lakh was given towards 10 toilets. Fatima donated `20,000 for another toilet. Madhu Gandhi gave `1lakh for five computers, and Sharad Agarwal donated `55,000 towards a borewell.

Madhu GandhiPresident,

Inner Wheel Club,Rotary Club of Bombay Mid-Town

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The doctors offering their services included Anaesthesiologist and Head of the Department at EVK Hattingen Dr. Gerhard K Schlosser, Maxillofacial Surgeons Dr. Jihan Mohasseb, Dr. Alexis Landers, Dr. Jana Stranger, Anaesthesiologist Dr. Detlef Cramer, Mike Rehn, Plastic and Hand Surgeons Dr. Perikles Kolokythas and Dr. Fons van der Hoofd, Surgeon Dr. Rene Stranzenbach, Male Nurses (Surgery) Rouven Falk and Jorg Mrugalla, Nurse (Anaesthesia) Rita Arns-Schmidt and staff of the Mission Hospital.

The members of the Rotary Club of Jalna devoted their time by being present throughout the day and looking after the logistics. Dr. Christopher Moses, the Medical Director of the hospital and a Rotarian, looked after the patients and arranged for the hospital equipment needed for the surgery.

Dr. Anil Tibrewala, President R.P. Anand and Rajesh Bajaj made it a point to be present at the venue to see that the team of doctors and their colleagues were looked after properly.

– Rtn Dr. Anil Tibrewala

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Seventeen Rotarians and Anns, under the leadership of Anil Kumar Kejriwal and Gaurav Kapadia of the Rotary Club of Bombay Mid-Town, took a trip to Vietnam and Cambodia for 9 days.

Our first destination was Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. It is a very beautiful city steeped in history. On our first evening in Hanoi, we visited a water puppet show, a fantastic theatrical art that originates from Northern Vietnam. Our next visit was Halong Bay. After travelling a distance of 250 km, we boarded a traditional wooden boat to view the scenic beauty of 1000 Islands and unique rock formations called Stone Dog, Incense Burner and Fighting Cock.

The next day, we visited the Hoan Kiem Lake and Ngoc Son temple with a tiny tortoise pagoda. Later, we wandered around the old

quarters and experienced the local culture, while our wives indulged in some shopping.

Our next stop was Saigon, now known as Ho Chi Minh City, a vibrant metropolis where traditional and modern life converges. We visited the gorgeous Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon, the Museum of Vietnamese History and the Thien Hau Pagoda. We also visited the Cho Lon Market also known as Chinatown. Rotarians and their spouses had a field day bargaining and buying presents for their near and dear ones.

We visited the Cu Chi Tunnels, an incredible underground network of tunnels used during the Vietnam War.

Our last stop was Cambodia. We landed in Siam Reap and left for the city of Angkor Thom in the evening. We entered through the South Gate. The causeway was lined with pictorial representations of the ancient Indian story of Samudra Manthan. The causeway depicts the episode where angels and demons were churning the sea to extract the elixir of immortality from it.

Later, we also visited the Terrace of Elephants, the Terrace of the Leper Kings, the Courtyard and other magnificent ruins of ancient temples.

We also visited Angkor Wat, the crown jewel of Khmer architecture and one of the largest, best preserved Vishnu temples. The Ramayana and the Mahabharata are pictorially depicted along its long corridors. It was a pleasure to listen to our ancient stories from the Cambodian guide.

All of us enjoyed the tour immensely and departed with promises to organise many more such tours. I thank Anil Kejriwal for organising this trip.

– Dr. Kirit Mody

To all Rotarians,

Our Chairman Anil Kejriwal had organised a trip to Vietnam and Cambodia from 21st February to 1st March, 2016. Five Rotarians Dr. Kirit Mody, Anil Kejriwal, Varsha Vadera, Gaurav Kapadia and I, along with our respective spouses had gone along with seven others. We reached Hanoi on 22nd February. It was very chilly. We visited many places of interest and even went for a boat ride. We then proceeded to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh city) for two days. Our wives did a lot of shopping. We were shown the tunnels in which the Viet Cong soldiers hid while fighting the war with the Americans. The last two days of our trip were spent in Cambodia. We had veteran tour guides during our trip, which added to the whole experience. We also stayed at excellent hotels during our fairly exhausting but enjoyable tour. We all bonded well and enjoyed each other's company. Our compliments and thanks are due to Anil and Bina Kejriwal and Gaurav and Poornima Kapadia for arranging our trip. They put in a lot of hard work.

– Dr. Arvind Kasbekar

A Few Rotarians visit Vietnam And Cambodia

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Village Dhaba Night at Wodehouse Gymkhana 3rd Feb

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RI President's Black Tie Dinner 14th Feb

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NASEOH Organised Distribution of Mobility Appliances in Ambernath

A hundred and nine mobility appliances were distributed to seventy-eight screened and identified people with locomotor disability in and around Ambernath (West) at an event organised by NASEOH at the Mahatma Gandhi Vidyalaya, Ambernath (West) on Sunday, 6 March 2016.

The appliances were sponsored by Rotary Club of Bombay Mid-Town and FUCHS Lubricants (I) Pvt Ltd.

President R.P. Anand, Rtn Gaurav Kapadia, Rtn Kersi Hilloo, Rtn Munna Mitha and Mrs Hilloo attended the camp and distributed the appliances.

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Birthdays in April 2016 ❧

01 AprilHector Mehta

09 AprilArun Jatia

21 AprilManoj Jalan

14 April Dr. Inge Krueger

08 Nazneen & Jamsheed Patel

13 Daisy & Hector Mehta

26 Shobha & Gopal Motwane

Anniversaries

Spouse’s Birthdays 2 Neeta Patel

6 Radha Goculdas

7 Dinesh Vadera

9 Sudha Mehta

13 Rupande Parekh

13 Shakuntala Shetty

15 Uttara Bhandare

16 Nainu Thacker

18 Anjana Mody

18 Rajul Shah

18 Saloni Sharma

24 AprilLalit Goculdas

07 AprilPrasanna Bhagat

06 PP Navin Shah09 Shashikant Bhartia10 Harshad Vora10 Ajay Dalal10 Dr Ghanashyam Kasbekar13 Sunil Gautam14 Aditi Choksey19 Rajeev Thakkar23 Munna Mitha

Birthdays in July 2015

MARCH 2016

LITERACY MONTH

WEDNESDAY, 02Speaker: Mr. Homi Ranina

Subject: The Union Budget 2016Venue: Taj Mahal Hotel at 1.15 pm

WEDNESDAY, 09Special General Meeting

Venue: Taj Mahal Hotel at 1.15 pm

WEDNESDAY, 16District Governor Subhash Kulkarni's

Official VisitVenue: Taj Mahal Hotel at 1.15 pm

WEDNESDAY, 23Speaker: Dr. Ashok Sanghvi

Subject: Me, My Jugad and My Future Venue: Taj Mahal Hotel at 1.15 pm

WEDNESDAY, 30Speaker & Subject: TBA

Venue: Taj Mahal Hotel at 1.15 pm

ROTARY CLUB OF BOMBAY MID-TOWN OFFICERS & DIRECTORS 2015-2016 President R.P. AnandImm.Past President Mohan LalvaniVice Pres. & Pres. Elect Sucharita HegdeHon. Secretary Deepak Mehta Addl. Hon.Secretary Jaidev MehtaJt. Hon. Secretary Dr. Deepak GargHon. Treasurer Anil V. KamathHon.Jt.Treasurer Rajeev ThakkarSergeant At Arms Munna MithaAddl.Sergeant Arindam Ghosh

Advisory Committee:PDG Dr.Shirish Sheth, PP Rahul Mehta, Arun K. Mehta, PP Tilak Mehta, PP Bimal ShroffDirector Club Service Kamlesh SonawalaProgrammes Dr. G.P. Kasbekar Co-Chairman Deepak MehtaEvents & Fellowship R.P. Anand & Navin ShahFinance PP Bipin JainAttendance Vicky PunjabiBye Laws PP Y.K. ShankardasFundraiser Chairman PP Bimal Shroff Co-Chairman Anil Kejriwal Classification Anil AmboMembership & Retention Membership Development Deepak Mehta Rotary Information PP Ashok SharmaBulletin & Magazine Prasanna Bhagat Co-Chairman Anil KejriwalPR & Social Media Sunil Gautam

Director Vocational Service Kirit JasaniCareer Guidance Scholarships & Voc. Awards Kiran J. Shah Club Website Rajeev Thakkar4 Way Test Shaunak ThakkarSr. Citizens Welfare Dr. G.P. KasbekarF.O.F Rajeev ThakkarLiteracy Mission (Thrust Area) PP Tilak Mehta

Director Community Service Naren MohattaChild Welfare: Midday Meal /SKMDS/ADAPT/Umeed Ashwin ShahNare-Vaje Development N. M. JainPolio & Care of Physically Challenge G.G. Kapadia Co-Chairman PP Kersi HillooMedical Camps Abuzar N. Zakir Plastic Surgery, Jalna Dr. Anil TibrewalaDistrict Relation & On to Conference PP Anil Kamath Co-Chairman PP Tilak Mehta

Director Youth Service Moorad FazalbhoyInteract Jamsheed PatelRotaract Vicky PunjabiSports Bharat ParekhInner Wheel Mohan Lalvani

Director International Projects PP Navin ShahGlobal/ Matching/ District Grants PP Anil Kamath Co-Chairman Yogesh PandyaInternational Family Exchange Anil KejriwalInternational Youth Exchange Manoj JalanThe Rotary Foundation [TRF] Mahesh Krishnamurti

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