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From the President’s Desk t was great to see Matters of the Heart! a large number of s a fellow prevalence of heart IRotarians turn up Rotarian, Dr. diseases, and is for the annual Table Aashish Con- the #1 killer not Tennis Tournament A held at the YMCA, tractor needs no just for men, but last Sunday. It introduction. We are also for women. In was an exciting all aware (rather we fact, heart diseases morning with lots ought to know!) that kill women more of fellowship. Kudos to Jamshyd, Moy, he heads the Rehab then all cancers Sanjiv and the Sports Committee for a and Sports Medi- put together. It’s well-organized event! cine Dept. at Sir H N something we It was a pleasure to receive Dr. Philip J. Reliance Foundation need to be worried Silvers from Arizona, USA as our special Hospital, and that he about. Statistically guest. Timing it well with the World Heart is the Vice-Chairman speaking, one out Day, Dr. Aashish Contractor gave us a of the International of three people, very helpful talk on how to prevent heart Council of Cardio- will die of a heart ailments. With it, I’m sure that we will vascular Prevention disease, and that’s have more healthy Rotarians in our Club. and Rehabilitation, across the country!” Rtn Dr. Aashish Contractor, HOD, Thank you Satyan for hosting a well- as well as the Cer- tification Director Rehab and Sport Medicine, Sir H. N Reliance “Also with the received mini fellowship. Foundation Hospital of the American so-called modern The In Camera fellowship on hair at Dr. College of Sports Medicine in India. diseases that affect us today, India Akshay Batra’s residence was a great However, what we didn’t know was his is facing, what is known as a double success. I would like to extend thanks to pragmatic approach towards reducing whammy. While on one hand, we still Farah and Akshay for their hospitality, and incidence of heart ailments, and the lu- have people dying of infectious diseas- congratulations to Rekha for yet another cid manner in which he dealt with the es such as Tuberculosis, Cholera and successful event. I am sure, many more Rotarians will have their hair on their head. subject, which made last Tuesday’s talk Diarrhea that are easily preventable; a compelling and informative one. on the other, we are also getting affect- Our Club is now gearing up for the ed by chronic diseases like cardiovas- Diabetes Checkup Camps on the 9th “Heart disease is the leading cause of cular diseases, cancer, diabetes, etc.” October. We would appreciate if more death worldwide, and even in India. Rotarians could volunteer as help is As per WHO, India has the highest “So what do we do about it? I would required on ground. Today’s Meeting Mr. Shailesh Gandhi, Activist - Future of RTI

In this Issue Forthcoming Events • Oct 11, 2016 Dussera - No Weekly Meeting Matters Of The Heart! 2 • Oct 18, 2016 Mr. Sudheendra Kulkarni, Politician, Columnist & Head of 2016 Table Tennis Tournament 4 Observer Research Foundation - ‘Good Governance Reforms In Camera Fellowship with - Need of the hour’ Dr. Akshay Batra 5 - Joint meeting with RC of Mumbai Central • Oct 25, 2016 Diwali Nite - Celebrations at M. V. M. Banquet: 7:00 p.m. onwards Assimilation Mini Fellowship 7 - No afternoon meeting Next Week’s Speaker 8 • Nov 01, 2016 Diwali - No weekly meeting

The Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Bombay October 4, 2016 1 Next: President Dr. Mukesh Batra with Dr. Indumati Gopinathan.

Left: President Dr. Mukesh Batra exchanging the RCB flag with PRID Dr. Philip J Silvers of Arizona, USA. Dr. Silvers who is the Chairperson of Cadre of Technical Advisors 2014-17, is here for the Rotary 3141’s 100 Free Diabetes Checkup Camps across. like to explain four important aspects BENEFITS OF EXERCISING of heart health, i.e., how the heart • Reduces the risk of heart disease by 40%. works, what is a heart attack, what are • Lowers the risk of stroke by 27%. the risk factors that can cause it, and • Reduces the incidence of diabetes by almost 50%. what are some of the changes that can • Reduces the incidence of high blood pressure, by almost 50%. be made to prevent it from happen- • Can reduce mortality and the risk of recurrent breast cancer by almost 50%. • Can lower the risk of colon cancer by over 50%. ing. When we talk about prevention, • Can reduce the risk of developing of Alzheimer’s disease by one-third. it works in two ways: 1) Preventing the disease from happening, which is The Traditional ‘Exercise Prescription’ known as primary prevention, and 2) Consistently engage in the following: • Moderate Exercise – 150 minutes per week (i.e. 30mins x 5 days), OR If by chance, you’ve already suffered, • Vigorous Exercise – 75 minutes per week (i.e. 15mins x 5 days), OR then to prevent it from happening the • An equivalent combination of the two second time. That is known as second- • Muscle strengthening activities involving all major muscle groups to be performed 2 or ary prevention. And what you need to more days a week do for both, is actually is similar.” The New Approach: Sneak in Movement Don’t Sit When You Can Stand “Did you know, a heart beats 2.5-3 • Break up long periods of sitting – move every 20-30 minutes billion times through out an average • Try a sit-stand routine at work life span, and for that it requires its own Don’t Stand When You Can Walk blood supply. So while the heart sup- • Walk at leisurely pace when you are on the phone plies blood to the entire body (in fact it • 10,000 steps per day on pedometer could be called your muscular pump), Don’t Take The Lift When You Can Climb it requires blood supply for its own • Benefits with as little as climbing two flights at a time • Set a goal (15-20 flights/day), keep track, increase over time functioning, which comes from arteries known as Coronary Arteries. These break in (sort of like an erupting volca- arm. Now that’s a very classic textbook Coronary Arteries, three of which are no) and that leads to a heart attack.” definition. Unfortunately, that happens most important, are the right coronary in only 20% of the cases. Therefore, a artery, left circumflex, and the left anteri- “So often we hear people saying that simple way of describing it is that, any or descending. These supply blood to they had an Angiography and found discomfort from your navel to your the heart muscles and they run on the blockages in two or three arteries, one nose that includes your jaws, shoulders surface of your heart. And when you a 60% and other a 70%. So there are or back, especially if it’s related to ex- have a blockage, it doesn’t happen in chances that a 70% blockage can break ertion, which means if you walk or run the heart, but inside the arteries, which and cause a heart attack, while a 90% it increases, and if you sit or lie down supply blood to your heart.” may not! Therefore, the key is to pre- it becomes less. If that’s the nature of vent that plague from rupturing, and if pain, then it can very well be related “So when does a heart attack take you manage to do that then you have to the heart unless proven otherwise. place? We are all born with pristine essentially reversed the heart disease.” There will be times, when you may mis- clear arteries. Over time blockages take it as gas, however, it is better to get build up and get to a point where they “How do you know? What are the warn- yourself checked. If it’s gas you might start obstructing the blood supply. And ing signs? You may have heard of the have wasted couple of hours and some when that happens, at some point, the word Angina, or pain in the left side of money, but if it is heart related, then growth of the plaque or the blockages, the chest and going down to your left you would have saved your life.” 2 OCTOBER 4, 2016 The Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Bombay “Speaking of risk factors, they can then 200, your Triglycerides (which Take a look at the Benefits of Regular be any factor, which when present is the fat in your blood) should be Exercising Chart on Pg2. So this is one increases the chances of a disease less then 150, LDL (is the bad choles- drug which can do all this and it’s not taking place. So, what are the risk terol) should be less than 100, and very expensive, all you need is a pair factors causing the heart diseases? HDL (which is the good Cholesterol) of shoes. In fact, nowadays the trend is What causes a heart attack? Let’s run should ideally be more then 40. towards bare foot running, so all you through them one by one: 6) Diabetes – Ideally, your sugar level need is a pair of legs. So my question 1) Age – As you age, your chances should be less than 100 in a fasting is what’s your excuse!” of all the chronic diseases goes up. state and up to 120 post a meal. Any- Typically if you want to define the cut thing above 126 is diabetes. Check it “Also previously, we used to think that off, it is 45 for men and 55 for women at least on two occasions, once-in-a- our brain cells are fixed in our early (As per the Inter Heart Study, Indians while if your sugar is high, its OK, so years of our life. However, recent tend to have heart diseases a decade don’t panic. studies have shown that we can still younger than in western countries). 7) Obesity – For measuring obesity we develop new neurons even past 40, 2) Family history – If anyone from your look at Body Mass Index or BMI, i.e., 50, or even 60, in an area of the brain family suffers from heart diseases, your weight in kilograms, divided by called the Hypothalamus. And with your risk goes up. It certainly does not your height in meters square. Ideally, regular exercise, we can actually pre- mean that you will suffer or have to it should be less then 25. A simple vent diseases like Alzheimer’s.” suffer, it just means your risk goes up. way is to measure your waistline. For 3) Cigarettes smoking and tobacco – men, it should be less then 35 and for “Finally, what should we eat? There are In all aspects of lifestyle modification, women should be less then 31. This is all sorts of diets being advocated, and we talk about moderation. However, because, the fat around the stomach honestly, they all work as long as you this is one area where moderation is much more dangerous than the fat follow them. The thing with most is that doesn’t work, you just have to stop! It’s around the thighs and the hips. we like to pick and choose from differ- like asking me should I jump from 10th 8) Sedentary lifestyle – Not exercising ent diets and eventually end up having floor of the building or the 5th? Either regularly can also increase your risk everything. So the simple rule of thumb way you are going to suffer. to heart diseases. See Chart for the is to follow the traditional Indian diet, 4) Hypertension or High Blood Pres- ‘Traditional Exercise Prescription’. which is very healthy. Keep junk and pro- sure – We all have blood pressure, 9) Stress – The problem with stress cessed foods to a minimum. Complex without it we cannot live. So ideally, is that there is no measure to under- carbohydrates are good, but excessive your blood pressure should be less stand how stressed you are. Stress sugar or fat can be under control. And then 120/80. If it’s more than 140/90 is a part of everyone’s life. But when lastly keep your stress to a minimum.” we call it High Blood Pressure. And it becomes excessive and turns into the in-between zone, i.e., 120-140 is distress, that’s when it’s a problem. “Here’s a quote by Hippocrates which your borderline zone. sums up my recommendation, ’Eating 5) High Cholesterol – When you do “So how do we prevent it? The an- alone will not keep a man well, he a Lipid profile, remember, your total swer is very simple. To prevent it we must also exercise, for food and exer- cholesterol should ideally be less need to take care of causative factors. cise work together to produce health’.”

The Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Bombay October 4, 2016 3 2016 RCB Table Tennis Tournament ollowing the success from last year when RCB orga- After the gripping quarter finals and keenly-contested nized its first-ever Table Tennis Tournament, this year semi-finals, the ‘Bronze-medal match’ between Anand Ftoo, we were certainly not disappointed. and Yajjat, and Mahesh and Sanjeev, saw the former pair emerging as winners. Held on 25th September 2016, the format of the tour- nament remained the same as last year, where the four Then, it was time for the finals, where the father-son Divecha captains – Anand Dalal, Jamshyd Vazifdar, Mehernosh duo defeated Peshwan and Ravi in a gallantly-fought match. Dotivala and Satyan Israni - picked names at random to form their teams. President Dr. Mukesh Batra was present, but unfortunately could not take part this year, and joined Niloufer Vazifdar In Group 1 were Anand’s team comprising Moy Biswas, to cheer the participants. Bomi Framroze, Rohan Dalal, Yajjat Sekhsaria (Alok’s son), Avyayaraj Arenja (Anuj’s nephew) and Hriman Batra (Dr. Sports Committee chair Jamshyd Vazifdar gratefully Akshay Batra’s son) paired up against Satyan’s team which acknowledged the support of PP Paul George for making consisted of Mudit Jatia, Sohrab Khushrushahi, Vivek available the premises of the YMCA, and Jijo from the Himatsingka, Rajesh Shah, Peshwan Jehangir, Ravi Fotedar YMCA once again. He also mentioned that, as in the past and Rishad Poonawala (Khurshed’s son). year, the equipment had been loaned to us by Rotarian Vita Dani, and thanked his Committee members, espe- In group 2 were Mehernosh’s team of Khurshed Poonawala, cially Moy Biswas for meticulously keeping the score and Karl and Dinshaw Divecha, Kirit Kamdar, Mahesh Khubchan- Sanjiv for sourcing the trophies this year. dani and Sanjiv Saran Mehra paired up against Jamshyd’s team of Anuj Arenja, Nowroze Vazifdar, Vineet Suchanti, PP This was followed by the prize distribution and a typical Dr. Sonya Mehta, Yasmin Divecha and Dilip Dalal. fun-filled Rotary fellowship over snacks and beverages.

4 OCTOBER 4, 2016 The Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Bombay In Camera Fellowship With Rtn Akshay Batra

he In Camera Committee organized yet another health problem, and finally, the innovations in hair treatment. remarkable fellowship, and this time around on a Ttopic that may have given sleepless nights to most, Then using a Video Microscope, he demonstrated that while especially men! Hosted by Farah and Dr. Akshay Batra, patterns of hair loss looked similar in most cases, it is essen- the fellowship was an interactive talk by Dr. Akshay on ‘My tial to differentiate genetic hair loss from autoimmune hair Love For Hair, And How You Can Keep Yours’. loss or stress related hair loss. Then based on the diagnosis, the treatment option ranges from treating the underlying Attended by 30 Rotarians, the evening began with Cock- cause while supplementing with non-surgical instant solu- tails and friendly banter. As the recipient of the prestigious tions to permanent surgical solution such as hair transplant. Robert Olding Award by The Trichological Society, London, as well as the author of ‘Hair - Every Thing You Ever Wanted With delicious, aromatic food being served, the evening to Know’, Dr. Akshay spoke of the unknown aspects of hair, came to an end. Every one thanked Dr. Akshay for an infor- of various practices, of hair being a mirror to an impending mative, eye-opening session, and Farah for her hospitality. The Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Bombay October 4, 2016 5 Real Impact 3rd Assimilation Mini Fellowship I was driving back from the Cancer he 3rd Assimilation Committee Mini dani, Murad Currawalla with wife Awareness camp organized at a Fellowship was a High Tea gra- Niloufer and infant Tushad, Mehul “BY School in Byculla on the 29th Tciously hosted by Rtn. Satyan Israni Sampat, Pulin Shroff, Mudit and Pri- September, and suddenly my son and R/Ann Naveena Israni at Chancellor, yanka Jatia, Shivkumar Israni and the Ishan, who was in the front seat, shouted National Sports Club of India, Worli. It was host couple, Satyan and Naveena. that the garbage dumper ahead of our a cozy gathering, which saw a healthy car had run over a stray dog. Our car attendance of the newer members. There Members were unanimous in their passed it in a flash but Alok Sehsaria and was a lavish and generous spread to sat- view that such small gatherings au- I, who were deep in conversation heard isfy the palate of the members who took gured well for strong bonding among an anguished wail of pain. For a mo- time out of their busy schedules to attend fellow Rotarians/Annes. ment I didn't know what to do, but Ishan the early evening event. turned around in his seat and said, ‘Dad, The Assimilation Committee conveys call someone. We can't just drive on like Amongst those who attended were their heartfelt thanks to the generous this?’. I called Abodh Aras of Welfare of Ulhas and Beena Yargop, Zeenia Mas- hosts Satyan and Naveena for their kind Stray Dogs (WSD) and told him what ter, Mudit Jain, Mehernosh Dotivala, hospitality. Any Rotarian interested in had happened. He said he would look Sorab Javeri, Moy Biswas, Samir and hosting a mini-fellowship may please into it. Exactly 20 minutes later he called Shailaja Mogul, Mahesh Khubchan- contact the Assimilation Committee. back and said it must have sustained a fracture and needed hospitalization. He added that it was being taken to the Hospital in an Animal Ambulance.

I recalled the big symbolic key that President Dr. Mukesh Batra had presented Abodh at his installation on July 1st this year. It had been for an Animal Ambulance. And here was immediate action being taken to save the hapless animal. The Animal Welfare Committee and President Dr. Batra need to be congratulated on the work they are doing and for their good choice of a wonderful partner in WSD.

Here's a case of true impact assessment! - President Elect Rtn Ramesh Narayan

6 OCTOBER 4, 2016 The Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Bombay Creating Awareness At The Right Age he Cancer Aid Committee part- tips on cessation were given in an nered with the Bhavishya Yaan to interactive way. Torganize a much-needed one- day workshop on ‘Creating Awareness President Elect Ramesh Narayan, About Tobacco Related Issues’ at the President Nominee Jagdish Malkani, Byculla Municipal School, for students Chairman of Cancer Aid Committee from the 6th to the 9th standard. Madhusudan Daga, Rtn Alok Sekh- saria attended the function along Conducted by the Salaam Bombay with Rotaryannes Ekta Shah and Foundation and attended by about Priyanka Jatia and the BY coordinator 350 children, the workshop aimed at for Byculla, Rashmi Bapna. spreading awareness on the ill effects of tobacco at the right age, so that the The Rotaractors of HR children do not give in to temptations, College, i.e., Nirali, and would prove as deterrents for Divanshi and Ayonah those consuming tobacco or smoking also volunteered and around them. helped throughout the event. That’s not A short movie demonstrating on all! Star Performer how tobacco companies misuse Ishan Narayan (son their marketing and advertising to of President Elect Ra- trap young people was shown. This mesh Narayan), who was followed by a talk on tobacco sang along with the products available near the school, Rotaractors, enthused poisonous chemicals found in them the children with their and their ill effects. Children were beautiful voices and also taught about refusal skills, and brought in cheer. Learning From The Film ‘Daughters Of India’ activists and even street perform- ers that are fighting against gender violence on a daily basis, while simul- taneously showing the critical role that each one of these must play in bring- ing about real change in India.

The children saw how for weeks, mass taken through a screening of ‘Daugh- protests filled the streets of India and ters of Mother India’, which won the the country witnessed gender con- National Film Award for best film by sciousness and extraordinary solidar- the President of India. ity by ordinary citizens like never be- fore. The 9th and 10th grade students In this documentary, Indian journalist had a lot to debate and discuss about and filmmaker Vibha Bakshi questions each other’s views on how they felt how Indian society is changing after when watching the movie. the horrific rape and murder of Nir- bhaya, a 23-year-old medical student Rotaryannes Ekta Shah and Priyanka from Delhi in December 2012. Al- Jatia were present during the screening though an Anti-Rape Law was passed so as to respond to the queries sensi- n 23rd September, a day after and radical changes were made within tively. Also present were life-skill coordi- the International Peace Day, the police force and the judiciary, nator Ms. Prajakta from Vidya foundation O55 Bhavishya Yaan students of gender violence still persists. It probes along with other teachers and Byculla the GK Marg Municipal School were local judges, police officers, teachers, school coordinator, Rashmi Bapna. The Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Bombay October 4, 2016 7 ROTARY CLUB OFFICERS Next Week’s Speaker Trustees 2016-17 Rtn. Dr. Rahim Muljiani Rtn. Arvind Jolly Rtn. Arun Sanghi Mr. Sudheendra Kulkarni, Socio- Rtn. Dr. Adi Dastur Rtn. Dr. Mukesh Batra Rtn. Dr. Sonya Mehta Political Activist and Columnist Rtn. Ramesh Narayan orn in that Sudheendra give a new, pro-Hindu Rtn. Jagdish Malkani Athani, a orientation to the Blitz, and went on to Rtn. Meera Alreja OFFICE-BEARERS 2016-17 Btown in become the executive editor. President Dr. Mukesh Batra Belgaum District Immediate Past President Dr. Sonya Mehta of Karnataka, Sud- In 1996, he joined BJP. As a member, President-Elect Ramesh Narayan President Nominee Jagdish Malkani heendra Kulkarni, he was associated with the ‘India Shin- Honorary Secretary Manish Reshamwala graduated from ing’ campaign and rode the inaugural Joint Hon. Secretary Framroze Mehta the Indian Insti- Delhi-Lahore Bus. He also helped Hon. Treasurer Meera Alreja DIRECTOR: Ramesh Narayan tute of Technolo- the former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Membership & Info PP Nowroze Vazifdar gy (Bombay). Vajpayee to write his speeches, and Membership Development Pradeep Chinai eventually acted as the strategist to L. Club Trainer Deepak Kapadia He soon joined the Blitz (a Mum- K. Advani, who had influenced his rise CSR Shivkumar Israni DIRECTOR: Mudit Jain bai-based weekly tabloid, known for within the party. Fellowship Ritu Prakash Desai its socially-committed journalism), Assimilation Mahesh Khubchandani and took over from P. Sainath as the He resigned from the BJP in 2009. How- Sergeant-at-arms Roda Billimoria In-camera Rekha Tanna Deputy Editor. Owned and edited by ever, in 2012, Sudheendra was once Attendance Bipin Kapadia Russi Karanjia - who in is last phase of more working for the BJP, as an advisor DIRECTOR: Anuj Arenja journalistic career had become disil- to its president, Nitin Gadkari. He had Fund raising PP Sandip Agarwalla Program Poornima Advani lusioned with Communism but was a been working for the Observer Research PR Vineet Suchanti strong sympathizer of the BJP - insisted Foundation, a think tank, prior to this. Bulletin Hoshang Billimoria Social Media & Website Murad Currawala Sports Jamshyd Vazifdar Birthdays & Anniversary Greetings DIRECTOR: Ashok Jatia Bhavishya Yaan Satyan Israni Legal Aid Natasha Treasurywala Vocational Training Sunny Pariyaram Scholarships Zinia Lawyer Rotary Public Awards Shernaz Vakil DIRECTOR: Dr. Ashish Contractor Chairman Emeritus Talwada PP Dr. Rahim Muljiani ADMC Talwada Dr. Sorab Javeri HTEC Talwada PP Dr. Rumi Jehangir Ritu Prakash Desai Yoga Sitaram Shah PP Arvind Jolly Meera Alreja Dr. Hemraj Chandelia Vikram Daiya 2nd October 6th October 7th October 7th October 8th October Cancer Aid Madhusudan Daga RCB Clinic - Cotton Green Manoj Patodia DIRECTOR: Samir Chinai Animal Welfare Priyasri Patodia Environment Manoj Patodia Asiatic Society Aditya Somani Nutrition PP Dr. Zerxis Umrigar DIRECTOR: Ravindra Fotedar Water Resources Rohan Dalal Senior Citizen PP Ashish Vaid Women’s Empowerment Dr Rajeev Narvekar Vijay Jatia Poonam Lalvani Keshub Mahindra Sohel Shikari DIRECTOR: Shiv Dev Gorowara 8th October 8th October 9th October 10th October The Rotary Foundation PDG Gulam Vahanvaty Youth Exchange Programs Vijay Jatia Rotaryanne Anniversary Atlanta convention 16-17 PP Nandan Damani 5th Oct - Divya Mafatlal 9th Oct - Arwa Tapia 9th Oct - Kulsum & Farhat Jamal DIRECTOR : Jaidev Merchant 6th Oct - Sweta Vakil 10th Oct - Faryal Katgara Interact Bipin Vazirani 7th Oct - Swapana Murarka 10th Oct - Kusum Lodha Rotaract Mehul Sampat 7th Oct - Niloufer Vakil 10th Oct - Priti Nath DIRECTOR : Jagdish Malkani District Thrust Area Alok Sekhsaria 9th Oct - Meher Poonawala District Coordinator PP Pradeep Saxena Printed, Published by President Rtn. 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