RCB meets every Monday at 7pm. Issue 6 August 11th, 2014 Protecting and Nurturing Future of No benches, No bulbs, No fans, Adolescence : Yet hungry for knowledge The most diffi cult phase

The visit to the Kempapura Corporation School was rewarding Adolescence is a diffi cult period in the lives of a girl child. It is a in more ways than one. We were at the Vidya Niketan School, time when they are experiencing all kinds of new changes in their Kempapura, to start with, where Ms. Harsha Sodha in charge of bodies and in their feelings. They often feel misunderstood as they the ‘Jyoti’ and ‘Kiran’ program which caters to the children of the are struggling to leave behind their childhood and become adults. Corporation Schoosl explained how the group of volunteers that in- Why does my stomach hurt? Why do I get headache? I have clude students, parents and teachers were contributing to changing been losing hair...why is that? The questions started slowly, shyly the lives of these underprivileged children who come into crowded and then one by one, each one wanted to get a concern answered. classrooms without basic facilities but are eager to learn with en- Girls from ages 13 yrs to 16 yrs took advantage of Dr Uma Satish thusiasm and innocence that can change our world for the better. and Dr Sangamitra’s presence at the Kamalabai Trust School They had made a request for notebooks as these children were in premises. As Dr Sanghmitra took the girls through the adolescence dire need of them and also for rain coats as they walk long distanc- journey of physiological, psychological and social change that hap- es to get to school. We were very happy to meet these needs with pens, the girls listened to her talk with rapt attention and a few the notebooks donated to us by a well wisher and also to supply giggles. The topics that were covered helped the girls understand raincoats to a section of the children with the funds donated by our what was happening to them such as the morphological changes generous Rotarians. The joy on the faces of the children and the that occur like height, weight, contour of body, the onset of men- eagerness to learn was so inspiring that we promised to help the struation along with the why and how of it. rest of the children with raincoats too. Each raincoat costs us Rs The doctor stressed on the need for hygiene during menstruation 100/-, and we request Rotarians who are interested to please and the need to eat nutritious food and to avoid junk food for healthy support the raincoat project of the youth Services committee. overall growth. The cause for many new emotions like anger, continued on Page 2 >> Pride of Workmanship Adolescence continued from page 1 Meet our Awardee Crafts frustration, volatile behaviour etc along with Presentations on Friday 15th August the social responsibility that comes with adulthood was explained by the doctor. Adolescence is also a phase of decision making and responsibility with regards to their academics and future choice of voca- tion. Taking guidance from the right people is important at this stage in life. The girls were made aware of what constitutes sex- ual abuse, rape, unwanted touch and the basics of diseases like HIV and STD. The good doctor urged the girls to include religion in their lives as it gives peace and encouraged them to confide in their moth- ers or teachers with their doubts or con- cerns as this could be a confusing and vul- Toys Ancient Greece, China and West Africa. nerable phase as well. Channapatna is called Toy Town of Kar- Long since then its uses include, vessels, After the presentation, Dr Uma Satish nataka, and has been making lacware toys bricks, surface embellishments, sculpture and Dr Sanghmitra answered many queries ever since brought in artisans and even jewellery. ranging from cancer to backache, late men- from Persia in the 18th century. arche etc. The teachers also participated in Ganjifa Art Toys are made with natural dyes, ren- this session and asked several questions. It dering them 100% safe for children, and Ganjifa is a card game that originated in was heartening to see that the class teach- has earned global protection through a Persia and became popular in India under ers knew the individual problems of their Geographical Indication (GI) tag under the the Mughal emperors in the 16th century. students and were trying to understand World Trade Organisation (WTO). Ganjifa is now known more for the art how she could be treated. work on the cards than the game itself. Embroidery Cards made for royalty were inlaid with pre- The history of Kasuti dates back to the cious stones and were also made of ivory. Chalukya period. In Mysore, this was known as Chedd. Women courtiers in the Mysore King- This handicraft is GI tagged under WTO. dom in the 17th century were expected to be adept in 64 arts, with Kasuti being one Mysore Wood Inlay of them. Sarees embroidered with Kasuti Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur was were expected to be part of the bridal trous- the 25th and the last Maharaja of the seau and the Chandrakali saree was of princely state of Mysore. prime importance. During his reign, many crafts flourished, Later, 250 girls were screened for anemia This handicraft is GI tagged under WTO. including ivory inlay in rosewood. Later ivo- by the doctors. Getting over the initial fear and hesitation, the girls took this as a good ry was substituted by woods of different co- lours. Even now, an estimated 4000 people opportunity to get their individual doubts Painting in has an illustrious in Mysore are involved in this craft, that is answered. Iron capsules were disbursed to history, tracing its origins to Ajanta times. GI tagged under WTO. many girls who were found to be anemic Mysore painting evolved during the reign and a few girls were advised blood tests of the Vijayanagar Kings (1336-1565 AD) Paper with Cloth Bags and samples were collected there itself. and are known for their elegance, muted Under the auspices of Seva-in-Action, a At the end of a fruitful afternoon, the colours and attention to detail, with most skill development unit was set up to rehabil- girl students and their teachers were very themes based on Hindu mythology. itate differently abled people. thankful to the Rotary Club of Bangalore. This handicraft is GI tagged under WTO. Crafts persued by these people included As they say, it is important to have a healthy Terracotta Jewellery mats, stationery items, candles and greet- foundation to have a strong building. And Terracotta female figurines were uncov- ing cards. They also make paper bags that getting the right guidance in the formative ered by archaeologists in excavations of are aesthetically outer covered with cloth, years will help shape many lives. Mohenjodaro (3000-1500 BC). Since then to make a eco friendly alternative. Ann.Tasneem Jiruwala with inputs from usage was found in Ancient Mesopotamia, Rtn.Dinyar Langrana Rtn.Dr.Sangamitra Gopal Hungry for Knowledge continued from page 1 tary Bangalore Vidyalaya. The Jyoti and Kiran program have teach- The Director of the Vidya Niketan School, ing modules where children are taught life Ms Hansa Vithani has agreed to conduct a skills, art, English, Maths and basic Scienc- half day training workshop for the teachers es. These modules were very simple and of our Rotary Bangalore Vidyalaya soon. can be easily replicated. After being with the children and the The children who have been adopted teachers of the Corporation School I sin- under the Jyoti and Kiran project are per- cerely believe that the children and teach- forming extremely well and and the parents ers of our Rotary School are truly blessed want all the children of the Corporation in terms of facilities and infrastructure and Schools adopted under this scheme. with further training from Vidyaniketan will We were joined today by Rtns have a positive impact on the performance Shivaprasad Krishnan, Ute Laser, Dr of the students and teachers of our Rotary Paramesh as well as Ms Sudha (Headmis- Bangalore Vidyalaya. tress ) and Ms Premila (Teacher) of our Ro- Rtn.Elizabeth Cherian The Beginning is the Most Important Part On 11 th August, 2014, at RCB, it was contemporary and of interest to Rotary are 15/8/14, which will see the recognition of completely of, for and by Rotarians – all being worked upon, he said. artisans who keep our culture alive. That for Rotary! An august meeting indeed, from Community Services apart, the standard award events will be start to end, spelling out the plans for the persisted with, recognizing people who year in progress, paving new paths, re- have contributed and made a difference to tracing and refirming old ones, involving society. A new award is being planned for all avenues of service, through impressive sports as a category. presentations made by members invested Rtn. Prabhu Subramaniam, will guide ca- with the responsibility of taking the club and reers and training, with the hope of improv- Rotary to greater heights. Like Plato said – Rtn. Sukhen Padmanabha, Director, Com- ing employability. Promoting the 4-way test “The beginning is the most important part munity services committee, made a sincere is on the agenda. In honour of the 80th year of the work.” appeal to members to actively participate in of RCB, it is planned to honour personal- Rotary’s prime arena of service to mankind, Club services ities who made Bangalore better through through which it makes a meaningful im- their chosen vocations. Classification talks pact in the world. every Monday is on the cards. Rtn. Manjunath Aneikar, Chairman, Com- International Services munity services, said that the concentration will be on Malur and RBV schools, Shan- kara Library, Adult literacy and provision of Rtn. Shailesh Rudra, Director, Club Ser- clean environs in schools, which includes vices and President elect, invited members tree planting. Under medical services, Rtn. heading committees to present their plans : Drs. Sangamitra, Gertrude will spearhead Rtn. Girish Ramanathan, Chairman, Fel- cancer screening, detection of osteoporo- Rtn. Zarir Batha, Director, International ser- lowship committee briefed members on the sis and blood donation. vices and Rtn.Suresh Narayanan, along plans to improve interaction among mem- Rtns. Sridhar Chari and Subramanian. B. with co-chairs Rtns. Omana.M. and bers. Independence day will be celebrated were mentioned for their yeomen service Vineetha C, laid out the plans for the year, with a difference. Plans are afoot for Dasara rendered towards the OSAAT project, which going through Friendship exchange visits to and Deepavali fests with International fla- has seen the start of several schools in ru- overseas clubs, student programmes, host- vor. The motto was – May the hinges of Ro- ral areas, beginning a new era in education, ing of the GSE team and the new event of tary never rust! sanitation and so much else that was defi- ‘Consuls Nite’. The intention is to make Rtn. Musten Jiruwalla, Chairman, Com- cient. A truly noble venture, that has seen RCB a 100% PHF club. Contributions to the munications committee with Rtn. Sandhya many helping hands, both from within the Foundation will see several fund raisers be- Mendonca, Co-chair, to give his vision for club, as well as overseas. The most notable ing planned. The pride of RCB- Kala for the year to spread the good word of Rotary name here is Rtn. Arjun Menda. Vidya will continue to make its artistic con- through digital media like email and inter- Rtns. T.V Raghunath and Mohan Gurjar tribution this year too, he said. net and social media networks. There is a were mentioned for their involvement with Youth services plan to make a dossier of enumerating all the ‘TEACH’ programme and infrastructure projects with an EQ factor for presentation improvement initiatives at RBV, respective- outside the Rotary world. ly. Schools appear to be the starting point Rtn. Ranga Rao, Chairman, Public Im- of everything and no stone is being left un- age committee, promises to give RCB a turned in this effort to see that education, brand new look and more useful publicity, sanitation, clean drinking water and protec- through media presence at all projects and tion of the environment through tree plant- Director Youth services committee, Rtn. major events of the club. Liberal usage of ing and adoption, get top priority. Plans are Elizabeth Cherian made an impassioned mementoes, memorabilia, carrying the es- in place for the Dialysis Centre, Rotary At- plea along with Rtn. Manoj Nair, Chairper- sence of the 4-way test will be put in place. tavar Hospital, to be able to deliver more to son, to harness youth power to help the ide- Rtn. Dr. Pradeep. M. Rao, Chairman, the community. als of Rotary. They enumerated very well Membership development committee, PDG Rtn. Prabhashankar.K.N, spoke how they intend to rope in young people to presented his plans to see that member- about how the Rotary BMST intends to link contribute to the community, through great- ship increases from the stagnant number blood banks across the country, in an effort er influence over Rotaract and Interact it has been at, since 25 years, ever since to create a bone marrow transplant registry, clubs, under RCB. They have a plan to in- he joined, at 1.2 million. RCB’s member- so as to make availability of donors, match- volve them in blood donation, cleanliness ship has hovered around 210, plus/minus es easy. Also, there is a plan to increase drives as well as the most pressing need of a score, and that needs to increase. The blood donor numbers to a million, he said. the hour – management of E-waste. There is an initiative to engage them in education unique ‘Buddies Nite’, planned for 25th Au- Vocational Services gust, intends to introduce friends to RCB. as well. RYLA will be planned in newer Plans for membership retention are also ways to improve participation and outcome. underway, which is a vital area of concern. With that, the impressive line-up of plans Rtn. Sundeep Gupta, Sergeant-at-arms, came to a close.It is rightly said – to be gave an overview of the unique RPL (Ro- prepared, is half the victory ! For every- tary Premier League) concept started this body it meant that – “Success is never an year, slotting members into teams and get- Under Director Rtn. Dinyar Langrana, and accident. It is always the result of a com- ting leaders to encourage more, and better Chair Rtn. Gowri Oza, vocational training mitment to excellence, intelligent planning participation in club activities. will emphasise on self reliance and liveli- and focused effort.” (Paul.J.Myers). There Rtn. Raghunathan, Chairman, Pro- hood earning, imparted through skills train- was abundant proof of teamwork, individual grammes committee, said that every effort ing, through newer and innovative means. efforts, organisational objectives, common is being made to improve Monday meeting They intend to cover areas hitherto uncov- goals and means of making common peo- content, by choosing good speakers and he ered in this sphere, exploring new voca- ple accomplish uncommon goals! An auspi- requested members to actively participate, tions through the year. The ‘Pride of Work- cious beginning, to say the least. by suggesting speakers. The topics that are manship Award’ will be their first venture on Ann. Dr. Chandrika Rao Proceedings of the meeting Birthdays Proceedings of the 6th meeting of the in Budget and Chairman of Banking, Fi- 16th Aug Rtn. Dilip M Shah 80th Rotary year of the Rotary Club of nance and Corporate Market Committee 20th Aug Rtn. Rajeswara Rao Cherla Bangalore held on Monday, the 11th Au- of FKCCI. 20th Aug Rtn. Purnima Rangnath gust 2014 at Rotary House of Friendship, • Rtn. Secy. Vivek Prabhu, announced the Lavelle Road, Bangalore. Birthday and Wedding Anniversary for the 22nd Aug Rtn. Shyam Ramadhyani • Rtn. Sundeep Gupta, Sgt-at-arms con- week and scheduled of committee and 23rd Aug Rtn. Nalini Nanjundayya ducted the lucky draw for the Rotarians weekly meetings. who signed in before 7.20pm and this was program for thE day Spouses’ Birthdays won by Rtn. Sitalakshmi Chinnappa. • President requested all the Board of Di- 15th Aug Ann. Priti Malpani • The meeting was called to order by the rectors to come onto the dais. Ann.Parvathy Subramaniam President Rtn Ramkumar Seshu. • President requested each Director to 19th Aug A.S. • President Ramkumar Seshu, welcomed present their plans for the year 2014-15. Rotarians, Anns, Innerwheel Club mem- • Rtn. Shailesh Rudra, on Club Service, 22nd Aug Ann. Swapna Mankani bers, Rotaractors and invitees for the Rtn Sukhen Padmanabha on Community 23rd Aug Ann. Revathy Ananthnarayan meeting. Service, Rtn. Dinyar F.Langrna on Voca- announCEmEnts tional Service, Rtn Zarir K.Batha, on In- Wedding Anniversary • Rtn. A.N.Manjunath, launched the Tree ternational Service and Rtn Dr.Elizabeth Rtn. Prabhashankar and Ann. Plantation drive for the 80th year celebra- Cherian Paramaesh on Youth Service. 17th Aug tion and the poster was released by Rtn • All the directors gave the power point pre- Mukta PP.K.Shankar. Rtn. Manjunath said that sentation and introduced their chair and Rtn.Sunil Kumar and Ann. Dr. 17th Aug 239 trees will be planted in Rotary Ban- co-chair respectively. Sudha galore Vidlaya and Malur Schools in the • President thanked all the Board mem- 18th Aug Rtn.Dutt RC. and Ann. Sudha name of Rotarians and requested each bers, Chair and Co-Chair for their won- Rtn.Rosa Pamamel and Mr. member to a contribute sum of Rs. 600/- derful presentations and then adjourned 20th Aug for each tree. He said that Rtn PP. K.Vi- the meeting for fellowship and lite dinner. Solomon jaya Kumar has donated 239 plants. REMINDER 20th Aug Rtn.Manoj Nair and Ann Usha • Rtn. Dr.Gergrude D’Souza, announced Members who have not yet paid their Rtn. Sreenivasa Setty and about the Adolescent awareness camp 21st Aug subscription are requested to pay it Ann. Kusuma held at Kamalabai Girl High School and immediately. Eye screening program to be held at Ro- Rtn. G.A.Shreedhar and Ann. 22nd Aug tary Bangalore Vidyalaya. Next Two Weeks’ Programme Annapurna • Rtn. Ute Peter, announced about the pro- 15th August 2014 (Friday) Rtn. Nagendra K L & Ann. gram held at Kempapura Govt. School 22nd Aug Independence Day Celebration, Flag Geetha and distributed Rain coats to school chil- hoisting at 10.30 a.m. at Rotary House of dren. Rtn. Radhakrishna G.V. and Friendship and presentation of Pride of 23rd Aug • Asst. Gov. Rtn. N.S.Srinivasa Murthy, Ann. Raji workmanship award followed by Lunch. announced about the TEACH program 18th August, 2014 24th Rtn.K.Hari and Ann. Raji launched this year and requested all the NO MEETING members to participate in this program. Attendance 11th August 2014 • Rtn. Dinyar Langrana briefed the mem- Communication Committee Total Membership 239 bers about the program on Friday 15th Aug. 2014 about the Independence Day Jt.Secretary Rtn.Rohidas Bhat Members Present 78 Celebration and Pride of Workmanship Chair Rtn.Musten Jiruwala Members Exempted 58 Award. Co-Chairs Rtn.Kalpana Udaykumar • Rtn. Sharmila Mukherjee, gave the Vo- Contribution to Community Chest cational Talk. Rtn.Jagadish DV • Secretary Rtn. Vivek Prabhu, congratulat- Rtn.Sandhya Mendonca Brought Forward Rs.14000 ed Rtn. N.Nityananda on being appointed Editor Ann. Takako Koboki Rs.500 to the Indian Accounting Standards and Ann Dr.Chandrika Rao August 2014 Total Rs.14500 IFRS committee, New Delhi as mentioned