7 TH NOVEMBER 2020 Calcutta VOLUME: XXX Mahanagar ISSUE NO.: 12 RI District 3291 Club No.27735

ROTARY CALCUTTA MAHANAGAR

RI President: Rtn. Holger Knaack President: Rtn. Pranay Agarwal Secretary: Rtn. Manish Biyani District Governor: Rtn. Sudip Mukherjee Editor: Renu Bhatter DIWALI DHAMAKA PAUL HARISS FELLOW DO GAAJ KI DOORI, MASK HAIN ZAROORI Aapke liye naache bhi, gaaye bhi, Aapke Rotary Cakcutta Mahanagar proud to Rotary Calcutta Mahanagar is happy liye goodies platter bhi bhejwaya, Dialogue announce New Multiple Paul Harris Fellow to announce a new Initiative “Do Gaaj aur puja thali competition bhi karwaya. members ki Doori-Mask Hain Zaroori” under the Tambola aur baki ki surprises ke liye, 1.MPHF Rtn Pawan Goenka aanaa hain jaroori in Diwali Dilwalon Ki. Leadership of Rtn Ashok Singhvi and 2. MPHF Rtn. Anil Bothra So all Dilwale, be there on time. Rtn Raj Somani. We also welcome the Rtn.Shyam Modi in the Paul Harris Fellow Club.

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PAUL HARISS FELLOW

MPHF RTN. PAWAN GOENKA MPHF RTN. ANIL BOTHRA PHF RTN. SHYAM MODI

UPCOMING DISTRICT & CLUB EVENTS

Upcoming Club Event 1. Next RWM on 17TH NOV @ 7PM on Zoom - Topic of Discussion - Rotary Foundation

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GRAPHIC DESIGNING SKILL SET LIVING WITH NATURE On 23rd Oct, 2020, the Rotary Mahanagar weekly meeting was called to order by President Pranay Agarwal. Though this meeting is mostly attended for the members and their spouses, this time the children and Rotractors also The 1285th RWM which was held on attended. After discussing club 30th Oct,2020, started with general business, a brief introduction of the interaction with attendees and guest speaker, Aditi Jhunjhunwala, knowing their wellbeing during this was given by first lady Neena ongoing pandemic. Then the work of Agarwal and the members were all Rotary Calcutta Mahanagar done in set to learn designing using Canva. the past week was presented to the attendees. We then did an Aditi has studied from London activity in which everyone was divided into groups of 4. They had and is recipient of YFLO award to discuss what all they did in the lockdown and then tell everyone. for Outstanding Business This was judged and group 4 won it. Our session of the evening Entrepreneur. She is known for her was on the topic Living with Nature, and our speaker Namita Jain, outstanding Graphic Design Skills. a Naturopath, Dietitian and Therapeutic yoga practitioner, started Aditi guided all the members step it with some good examples and her own experience on the art of by step with all the nitty gritty of the staying happy, where to find happiness in our surrounding and how Canva software. Rotary Calcutta Mahanagar Members who were to acknowledge the gift which we humans have, called mother of mixed age group thoroughly enjoyed learning the skill required nature. Members got good knowledge in the session on ‘how to easily design using the software with Aditi’s help. It was a well eating well and fasting will help our overall wellbeing’ and ‘why curated sessions where 20 participants got the access to learn healthy nutrition is so important‘. We also got aware about the designing over Zoom. Aditi connected well with effects of yoga and meditation on our body and mind all the members and personally looked over their and how it will help everyone during this pandemic in designs and gave them her personal touch. I too, creating and maintaining good mental health. Lastly, along with my sister Navya, attended the session. the meeting ended with the well wishes of President PALL AGARWAL Pranay Agarwal. RTR. UJWAL KUMAR DUBEY DAUGHTER OF RTN. PRANAY AGARWAL RC - HITK

MINUTES OF 1284th RWM OF ROTARY MINUTES OF 1285th RWM OF ROTARY CALCUTTA MAHANAGAR HELD ON CALCUTTA MAHANAGAR HELD ON ZOOM ON 23RD OCTOBER 2020 ZOOM ON 30th OCTOBER 2020

v President Pranay Agarwal called the 1284th meeting to order. v President Pranay Agarwal called the 1285th meeting to order. v President Pranay Agarwal welcomed the Guest Speaker Ms v President Pranay Agarwal welcomed the Guest Speaker Aditi Jhunjhunwala, all the members, spouses, children, Ms Namita Jain, all the members, spouses, Inner Wheel Rotaractors and other guests. members, Rotaractors and other guests v President spoke about the club activities and service projects v President spoke about the club activities and service projects in the past week. in the past week v President spoke about club business - upcoming club events v Club Secretary Manish Biyani spoke about club business and birthday wishes for the coming week. upcoming club events and birthday wishes for the coming v Guest speaker Ms. Aditi Jhunjhunwala was introduced by week Neena Agarwal and invited to address the audience. v Announcement on the Diwali Fellowship to be held on 7 th v Ms. Aditi Jhunjhunwala explained in detail how to use Canva November on Zoom was made. for designing greeting cards, visiting cards, newsletters etc v Guest speaker Ms.Namita Jain was introduced by Pranay v Ms. Aditi Jhunjhunwala also taught us to include video clips in Agarwal and invited to address the audience. Canva designs and catered to every doubt of the participants. v Ms.Namita Jain spoke about the benefits of fasting and better v There being no other business, the President terminated the nutrition and physical wellness. Her session was followed up meeting. with a question and answer session. v There being no other business, the President terminated the meeting. PAGE 3 CLUB PROJECTS FOOD BANK Hunger is the biggest enemy of mankind and Covid 19 made the situation worse, especially for daily wage RTN. RAJ SOMANI earners or those employed in small factories which closed due to pandemic. Food Banking in association with Sodexo, provided our club 1000 ration kits. India Food Banking in association with Sodexo, provided our club 1000 ration kits. Each kit had 5kg Rice, 5kg Wheat flour, 2kg Dal, 1ltr cooking oil, 1kg Salt, 200gm turmeric powder. The value of these kits were Rs. 7,50,000/- approx. These kits were distributed to 1000 families in the remote villages of and also in the city of Kolkata. KUCH MITHA HO JAYE…….. In Indian Tradition any celebration is incomplete without sweets and this time when people of West Bengal were celebrating Durga Puja with lots of restrictions due to pandemic and fear of COVID 19. India Food Banking Network coordinated with Cadbury and provided Rotary Calcutta Mahanagar a total of 1296 kgs of Bournvita and 450000 pcs of various Chocolates like Five Star, Fuse, Perk, Halls, Dairy Milk Bar, worth Rs.19.50 lakh. The Club, under leadership of PP Vikram Doogar and President Elect Ashok Agarwal, took initiative to reach thousands of people and covered the remote villages of Bengal which included Nasibpur, Nada, , Mirzapur, , Bhagwatipur, Ramnathpur, Chanditolla, Kalachora, Nalikul, Apurbapur, Milky, Roypara in Area, Deepi in area, Purbo Vardhman , Naihati, Sheoraphulli, Badiyabatti, along with many parts of Kolkata .The club also coordinated with twenty four Puja Committees and during the four days of celebration, all the children visiting the area were given chocolates which really made them very happy . Thanks to Cadbury, Mrs.Vandana Singh of India Food Banking and Sodexo for providing us these products. Another 1000 ration kits were distributed to the students of Arya Vidya Mandir, where for the last ten years, we have been providing breakfast to the students. Each kit having one kgs Poha, 500 gm dalia, 500 gms Sooji, 500 gms Sattu , 500 gms Roasted Channa , 500 gms Moori, One kgs. Khichadi Mix, one Kgs. sugar, one Kgs. Salt and 200 gms Soya chunk ) The Value of these kits was Rs. 450000/-.and the kits were sponsored by KFC .The project was well coordinated by Past President Vikam Doogar and Chairman Ashok Agarwal . Our thanks to Mrs. Vandana singh of India Food Banking , Sodexo and KFC for this gesture

END POLIO NOW E- LEARNING On the occasion of World Polio day Chairman Rtn. Raj E-learning Kits were handed over to three Schools RTN. RAJ SOMANI Somani promoted the WORLD POLIO DAY by affixing PP RAAKESH JAIN under Global Grant CHAIRPERSON CHAIRPERSON Banners at various locations in Suburban Kolkata. Great initiative by A) Barakhagri Anchal Janakalyan Vidyayatan the team. B) Salgeria Schduled Academy C) Baramara Junior High School A big thank you to all contributors of Rotary Foundation because of which so many children have become beneficiaries with access to enhanced mode of education.

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DO GAAJ KI DOORI, MASK HAIN ZAROORI HA Under this initiative, masks and soaps shall be distributed to the PPY BI RTN. ASHOK SINGHVI RTHDAY CHAIRPERSON needy in the areas of Kolkata. The masks initially has been sponsored by Rtn. Ashok Singhvi and Mahanagar invites all of you to come forward and participate in the need of the hour to distribute the safety tools to prevent the pandemic. Sponsors are invited for Belated Birthday this noble cause. Cost of each mask ₹10/- only. Rtn. ANSHUMAN KAJARIA 31ST OCT We shall initially distribute the masks and soaps with Annadaan Mahadaan VEERA JAIN 31ST OCT Project and also look forward to your suggestions for areas to be distributed. UJWAL KAKKAD 1ST NOV MANJARI DOLAWAT 2ND NOV Rtn. PAWAN GOENKA 2ND NOV SUNITA KANORIA 2ND NOV KUSUM GOENKA 3RD NOV RICKY SHROFF 6TH NOV Upcoming Birthday

RITA CHOUDHURY 7TH NOV SUNITA JHAJHARIA 7TH NOV Rtn. SURESH KR. PASSARY 7TH NOV Rtn. LAVESH PODDAR 9TH NOV ANNADAAN MAHADAAN Rtn. SURENDRA AGARWAL 11TH NOV TH In the loving memory of Late Smt. Vimla Devi Poddar (mother Rtn. BIJAY KR. DOKANIA 14 NOV TH NEENA AGARWAL Rtn. NIRAJ KAKKAD 16 NOV CHAIRPERSON of Raashi Mehta, spouse of RIPE Shekhar Mehta and Rtn Rtn. ADITI RAY 20TH NOV Lavesh Poddar), under Project Annadaan-Mahadaan,freshly cooked food was distributed in the nearby slum of Golf club area to nearly 400 people. STAR ROTARIAN Chairperson Neena Agarwal attended this project. Sarla Totla, spouse of PP She also distributed masks under the new initiative of ‘Do Gaaj ki Doori’- Nisheeth Kumar Totla, was ‘Mask hain Zaroori’ at the same place. invited on 23rd October, 2020, to give a talk to the Indian Air Force about stress management. With this she has completed counseling for the Holy Trinity - Indian Army, Air Force and Navy! She started studying again at the age of 54 and RACK YOUR BRAINS WINNER built this career singlehandedly in the last 5 years. Congratulations to Mrs. Neelam Jalan, spouse of Rtn Naresh Jalan, for winning It is indeed, a proud moment for all of us. the first prize for the ‘Rack Your Brains’ crossword in the 23rd October Bulletin.

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