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Club of Bombay DISTRICT 3141 GATEWAY BULLETIN OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF BOMBAY Celebrating 90 Years of Service Volume No. 60 | Issue No. 17 | October 30, 2018 Dear Friends, Friday, October 26th, saw our first fund raising event this year. It was a night filled with a spectacular performance by singer Javed Ali. I would like to thank all Rotarians for attending in large numbers. For the motion: Rtn. Suhail Nathani, Rtn. Satyan Israni, Rtn. Zeenia Master, Moderator Rtn. Nandan Maluste, My sincere gratitude goes out Against: Rtn. Natasha Treasurywalla, Rtn. (Dr.) Prakriti Poddar and Rtn. Haresh Jagtiani to each and every member who has helped us throughout the planning, preparation and But, seriously execution for the fund-raiser; Last Tuesday’s debate on Rtn. Zeenia Master, Rtn. Satyan Israni, without you it would not have decriminalising homosexuality mirrored Rtn. Suhail Nathani debated for been possible to hold such a various factions of society decriminalization of 377 while Rtn grand spectacle so seamlessly. Haresh Jagtiani, Rtn. (Dr.) Prakriti Poddar SELF-DEPRECATORY HUMOUR IS A SIGN and Rtn. Natasha Treasurywalla were A special thanks to all donors of intelligence but, equally, laughing against the verdict. for generously contributing and at yourself is a sign of discomfort and making this a success. an attempt at deflection from the real Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code issue. And, so, October 23rd’s debate is a section of the Indian Penal Code I hope to see all of you on decriminalising homosexuality introduced in 1864 during the British Rotarians at our Diwali was a mirror of society at large. There rule of India. It is used to criminalize fellowship. were Rotarians comfortable with sexual activities “against the order of homosexuality being decriminalised, nature”. On September 6th, 2018, the We have two mega events lined others who said they were comfortable Supreme Court of India announced up back to back in the coming but were not there yet and yet others that the application of Section 377 to month – The Corporate Cricket who were simply against it. consensual homosexual sex between Challenger on November 17th adults was unconstitutional, “irrational, and 18th and The Race for The room was filled with wit and sarcasm indefensible and manifestly arbitrary”. Humanity on November 25th. as the house was divided into two. Continued on page 2 Thank you for your continuous TODAY: GAURAV BHATIA, MD, SOTHEBY’S INDIA, ON ‘CULTURAL CAPITAL’ support in this journey so far. Let us look forward to yet another fabulous event. In this issue Next Week: DR SHAUL SAPIR JAVED ALI DELIVERS DIL SE >> P3 ON “DAVID SASSOON: THE Thank You G K MARG GETS ALL STEAMED UP >> P4 GREAT PHILANTHROPIST” PROJECT RED COMES TO RCB >> P5 Rtn. Vijay Jatia NEW WAVES IN CLEAN WATER FOR ALL >> P6 President ASSIMILATION NIGHT ALL SNAPPED UP >> P6 onlyFor | www.rotaryclubofbombay.org private circulation Continued from page 1 After knowing the facts and technicality The debate at the weekly Rotary of the section from Satyan, Rtn. (Dr.) meeting was carried forward along Prakriti Poddar brought into the house a the same lines. Rtn. Zeenia Master psychological aspect in her stand against opened the debate by questioning decriminalisation. Prakriti asked Satyan our role in someone else’s love affair. if he would want his son to bring home By literally defining criminalization, a husband. She then addressed the same Zeenia wondered why the Government question to all in the house. She said she wanted to know who was in bed with believed in going with the order of the whom rather than focusing on other day and listening to the system. While important state affairs. She called it a Rtn. Vrinda Rajgarhia, Hon Sec. Rtn. Rekha Tanna, Rtn. Sabira Merchant and Rtn. Ptn. Malti Jain the LGBT community has been fighting game of distraction played well by the to bust the myth that homosexuality government in a country where people is a choice, Prakriti insisted it was so had zero tolerance for happiness and and added that it brought, with it, a lot love. She said she believed that as long of psychological concerns like anxiety, as you are not a public nuisance, you depression, etc. which were unnecessary. are free to live your life as you wish. She concluded by saying that if she Accepting the LGBT community would didn’t want her children to bring home help breaking the rigid stereotypes of same-sex life partners then it was better our society. Zeenia concluded by asking for them to not be exposed to it at all. why anyone would stand between any two people who loved each other. Noting the last point Prakriti made, Rtn Rtn. (Dr.) Mehernosh Dotivala, Rtn. Hiren Kara, Rtn. Suhail Nathani, in his final remarks for Pradeep Gujarathi, Rtn. Arif Lokhandwala and Rtn. Called to speak against the verdict of Kasimali Merchant decriminalization, blended the entire the SC was Rtn. Natasha Treasurywalla, moral, religious, psychological and who used wit to make it clear which population debate. He reminded the side she was on. She sarcastically house that we were all very well exposed brought into light the urgent need to the community around the world of government to look into pressing and seemed unaffected by it. Being matters like building the Shivaji statue, with someone was a personal choice which she said should be the priority and should not take into consideration of national officials, rather than 377. class, caste, or sex. Eight per cent of the Remembering which side she was in, she Indian population was believed to be returned to speaking against the verdict, homosexual out of which so many were saying that decriminalization would be Rotarians listen to the debate with rapt attention forced to get married to the opposite sex disgusting with increased public display due to societal pressure. Suhail brought of affection and she called it unnatural. to light that about 25 per cent of such The sarcasm continued thereafter, people wanted to end their marriages making the house wonder if she was and free themselves. Hence, it was against decriminalisation or for it. The important to accept them within us. house enjoyed light-hearted moments of hilarity at the points sarcastically Rtn. Haresh Jagtiani made the summing mentioned by Natasha. remarks against decriminalization by calling the opposition anti-democratic, Rtn. Satyan Israni followed and brought anti-police, anti-national and anti- the house back to order by pointing lawyers. He said it was against the out how grave and serious the issue PP. Rtn. Rajnikanth Reshamwalla, PP. Rtn. Ashish ethos of a majority of this democratic was. He gave references to religious Vaid and Rtn. Sitaram Shah population. The sentiments of the texts and also statistics and cases of majority were not being taken into physical abuse under section 377. He consideration he said. added that homosexuality had been part of Indian society since ancient Though the debate was not a legalized times. He also brought to notice the one, Rotary, with its respectful members flaws and contradictions of the 377. of esteemed standing in society, set a Satyan touched upon the history and the good example by showing that the way evolution of the LGBT movement against forward was always to communicate. section 377 and concluded by pleading The motion was put forth by the house with members to take decriminalization formally and a majority in the house seriously and respect the SC verdict. were in favour of decriminalization of President Vijay Jatia thanks Rtn. Nandan Maluste for conducting the debate homosexuality. 02 THE BULLETIN OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF BOMBAY Rotary shows its heart Singer Javed Ali transfers the thundering claps and smiles power of music from the stage on the faces of each and into the soul in RCB’s major everyone only helped Javed fund-raiser event Dil Se to continue in his melodious voice. Their enthusiasm THE EVENING OF OCTOBER took him from strength to 26th was a memorable one. strength. A mixed bouquet of ghazals resounded through NCPA The audience applauded the reaching out to hearts in the loudest for Arziyaan (Maula theatre. Mere Maula) which was on a public demand and, needless Playback singer Javed Ali and to say, it was one of the best his team made magic with moments of the evening with their instruments. The range Javed Ali himself enjoying and versatility in Javed Ali’s audience response. As the voice pulled all the right melodious evening neared its strings in the audience. end, the audience were just willing to say ‘Aaj jaane ki If the best singer is one who zidd na karo’ to Javed Ali. knows his audience, Javed Ali was on point. There was so much ease and comfort in his performance. The evening was not only for the connoisseurs of ghazals but also for Mumbai’s Bollywood audience. Dil Se was a repertoire of his work. He sang from heart-touching ghazals like Mehdi Hassan’s Ranjish hi sahi to Bollywood ghazals like Jagjit Singh’s Hosh walon ko khabar kya to some other famous old ghazals of Talat Mehmood, Ghulam Ali and so on. Although ghazals seemed to be at times melancholic, the aura in NCPA spoke President Vijay Jatia addresses the Javed Ali being felicitated by J B Shukla of 1 India Mart, a co-sponsor of the event something else. The audience and welcomes Javed Ali OCTOBER 30, 2018 THE BULLETIN OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF BOMBAY 03 STEAM SPIRIT ISME finished its module Under science, students learnt further into the path of Prof Arwa Baldiwala. It was at G K Marg with a drawing to measure lung capacity, enlightening the lives of under the guidance of Prof competition while under technology and underprivileged students, Baldiwala that the students engineering, they combined flagged by Rotary Club of of ISME could enthusiastically ON A MUGGY SATURDAY the two to construct Bombay’s Bhavishya Yaan bring this project to its afternoon, 70 excited children skyscrapers out of paper.

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