Club of Bombay DISTRICT 3141 THEBulletin of the Rotary Club of BombayGA | For privateTEW circulation only | www.rotaryclubofbombay.orgAY Volume No. 61 Issue No. 38, May 12, 2020 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Fellow ice-creams, kulfis, Ice Golas, etc. Rotarians, For each of these, everyone has Very warm that one special place which he or greetings! she will swear by and vouch for. Street Every Mumbaiker’s quick bite is food: ‘Vada Pav’ served with coriander probably, and red thecha chutneys and few sometimes also fried green chillies. countries It is common to see Vada Pav can match the extent, variety, stalls surrounded by crowds of flavour and taste of Indian street everyone from school students to food. businessmen. One Ashok Vaidya of Dadar (near Kirti College) is This is ready-to-eat food sold in credited with innovating the streets or public places by vendors combination of Vada with Pav. usually from portable outlets. But, in India, it covers both vegetarian The mouth-watering ‘Pav Bhaji’, and non-vegetarian dishes across which has its origins attributed roadside carts, holes in the wall, to demand for a night odd-hour small stalls, ‘Khau Gallis’, small to meal from hungry textile workers medium eateries, single outlets, of Mumbai, tastes best with butter multiple outlets and even food oozing pavs served with lemon chains. Mumbai’s Khau Gallis are and onions. This dish, though located all over the city, the more it originated in Maharashtra, is famous ones at Zaveri Bazar, now popular throughout India. Girgaum Chowpatty, Ghatkopar, From roadside vendors to five-star Malad, Chembur, Dadar and hotels, you can find it everywhere. Mahim. Variants are ‘khada’ pav bhaji where the vegetables are not The diversity of India’s manifold mashed and ‘green’ pav bhaji with multicultural, multiregional green spices replacing the red cuisines is also expressed in its chillies. street food. Aloo Tikkis, popular almost throughout India, Puchkas, ‘Bhelpuri’, ‘Sev Puri’, ‘Dahi Batata Jhal Muri and Ghugni Chaat from Puri’, theories of their origins Bengal, Momos, Aloo Chaat and abound, from ‘created by Vithal Bhalla Papdi, Ram Ladoo, Nagori restaurant near Victoria Terminus’ Halwa and Bedmi Poori, stuffed to ‘created by the city’s Gujaratis’, Kulchas and Parathas from Delhi, who made it by adding complex Akki Rotti from Karnataka, Mirchi flavours to the simple North Bajji from Hyderabad, Chhole Indian chaat. There are yet other Bhature from Punjab, Kathi Rolls staple street foods with thousands from Calcutta, Poha, Jalebi from of Bhelpuriwalas in streets and on Madhya Pradesh, Bikaneri Kachori beaches. Being low in calories, they and Kanji Vada from Rajasthan, are considered a healthy option Dosas, Idli Sambhar from Chennai amongst street foods and can Mario Miranda prints used for representational purposes only and many more. be made more healthy by adding cucumber and tomatoes. a snack food of Kutch, said to Mumbai, one imagines a roll with Coming to aamchi Mumbai, its be created by a Keshavji Gabha a variety of fillings, a unique taste famous street foods: Vada Pav, Another delicious snack is Mumbai’s ‘Misal Pav’, whether it be Puneri, Chudasama alias Kesha Malam and and masalas. Pav Bhaji, Dabelis, Kanda Bhajjis, Mohan Bavaji of Kutch Mandvi in Moong dal Bhajjias,, Misal Pav, Kolhapuri, Nagpur or Nashik styles. Our metropolis is very much a food the 1960s, and prepared as a city and, in my view, one of the Sabudana Vada, Kothambir Vadi, Mumbai also caters to street mixture of special dabeli masala Zunka Bhakar, Bhutta, Bhelpuri, Sev foods from other parts of the best in the world when it comes and boiled potatoes put into a ‘ladi to the variety of dynamic flavours, Puri, Dahi Batata Puri, Pani Puri, country, two of which have always pav’ with different chutneys like Ragda Pattice, Samosas, Bombay interested me are ‘Pani Puri’ (or especially street food. Hope garlic, tamarind, date, chilli, etc. Mumbai’s street food is not lost. sandwich, Dosas, Medu Wadas, gol gappa or pucchka), said to have and garnished with roasted peanuts Idlis, Rolls, Frankies, Kheema originated in Uttar Pradesh. When and pomegranate. Pav, Kheema Ghotala Pav, Anda the liquid-filled puri explodes in Pav, Kebabs, Shawarmas, Momos, one’s mouth releasing the minty Once upon a time, and probably Chinese Bhel, Chinjabi Chinese, and savoury contents, one craves even now, when one thinks Faloodas, fruit juices, hand churned for more. Another one is ‘Dabeli’, of ‘Frankie’, with its origins in President Preeti Mehta 02 THE BULLETIN OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF BOMBAY FUTURE-PROOFING BUSINESSES RICHARD REKHY talks about business continuity and how to reinvent the future Planet Earth is point of view and with the the world, going forward. also, companies which are feeling developing against So, the strategy for business more technologically savvy closed. The global China, we be ready to take continuity must be well are dealing with the situation economic impact has been on companies which want documented by companies better. tremendous. There are four to move out. And we should who are putting their teams to five impacts of Covid-19. be agile quick to get them to in place. What is our response First, is Covid itself. Second invest here. going to be? The first thing is the oil crisis that hit us Everything must be is impact assessment; immediately on the back of documented so that when it However, business how is Covid-19 Covid-19. Third is the health comes back, you do not need impact due to the lockdown continuity is to recreate it. This happened impacting your both mental and physical. not about crisis suddenly – people did not get business? This is like a Then there is the economic management. time to react and everyone 360° view of the situation. impact: more people should did what they could in the The second is business not die out of economic Some of you might have a crisis management team circumstances. Going forward, continuity. Normally, we have issues rather than Covid-19 you may not need to know a rigid way of reacting to itself. That is a big dilemma coordinating matters daily but crisis management deals what kind of crisis is going situations. We need to throw that governments are facing. to hit you, but you can deal rigidity out and look at new Lastly is the social impact. with the issue now. Business continuity is a strategy and it with the outcomes and for ways to react. Communication There are enough people – that you need to be prepared. will be important; innovation migrants in India – who have is not a quick fix that we can put together. The very fundamentals of is going to be prime and been moving around. your business are challenged: you will need to reinvent A lot of experts are saying what are you going to do? yourself to grow. How will A study carried out by Oxford People are unavailable, you you take advantage of it? says that in the Asia-Pacific that the coronavirus will come back in winter. It will are unable to manufacture in There is going to be loss: at region, India’s GDP has been your current factories, your least one quarter is gone, it hit harder than China. On the be anytime from between 18 months to two years till we product or service suddenly may be more. The entire sales positive side, while we have becomes outdated, there is business is choked. a dual impact of Covid-19, find a vaccine. Once we find the vaccine, it will become a liquidity crunch, there are India is probably among the no vendors available, you are Re-imagine cost. It is just not few countries which is still like any other virus. But issues of this kind will impact not right up there as far as about kicking your budget in the green zone. From that technology is concerned. And, but to reimagine cost with MAY 12, 2020 THE BULLETIN OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF BOMBAY 03 the white paper; do I really are going to be changes in need this? Smart groups business models. It is not just and companies have looked about online, it is about the at every single cost line, entire delivery system. renegotiated every single contract however minor. Your brand. Your Never have personal brand, alliances been your company’s brand, trust, have as important as never been challenged before. today. New alliances So there is a trust upon your are going to come in with company, on the products you partners you never thought sell – can you leverage on to about. Leadership is being other products? Can you take challenged like never before. this trust where people trust It is a test of character and you and they trust your brand empathy is going to play a big and do brand extension? part. Clarity of thinking and working collaboratively with The next is how will you teams because there could be leverage the strengths of latent talent which could be employees. Your network upgraded and upskilled to do and resilience are going to be something different. the most important. Never has change management Health and safety been more important than you must cut everything but anything can happen, and today because you will of employees. We see what is needed. Relook at you need to be ready. These have to change the way we will have to ensure that we all the contracts, there could are uncertain times and work. Many of the people create because there is a lot be short-term suspensions, there are too many variables.