ISSUE NO. 4 Manthan CHURNING OF THOUGHTS Economic & Community Development October’ 20 October’ Twitter : @MiramarRotary Facebook : @rcmiramar Instagram : @rotary_club_of_miramar ‘‘Alone we can do so little; together we can do much.’’ - Hellen Keller ROTARY CLUB OF MIRAMAR CLUB BOARD 2020 - 2021 CONTENTS President Rtn. CA Kamlesh Amlani Secretary Rtn. Dr. Noel Britto 01 President’s Message Vice President Rtn. Shantendu Mohite 02 From the Editor’s Desk Jt. Secretary Rtn. Sagar Kulkarni 03 Secretary’s Report Treasurer Rtn. Dr. Riddhi Sampat President Elect/ 11 Economic & Community Director Club Service I Rtn. Snehlata Pednekar Development Month Director Club Service II Rtn. Priti Sheth 12 कवितेचा उत्सव “संधीप्रकाशात” Immediate Past President Rtn. Bhavana Raikar Community Service Director 13 A typical week in the life of a Rtn. Siddharth Deshpande Vocational Service Director NAB boarder Rtn. Sonali Nagvenkar International Service Director 15 Feature Story : Jyoti Dattatray Rtn. Manisha Sardessai Youth Service Director Rtn. Vijay Jain Deshpande Sergeant At Arms Rtn. Megha Harmalkar 18 The Festival of Navratri Club Advisor Rtn. Pratima Dhond 17 The Strory of The Great Editor Rtn. Chintan Ved Mahatma Sub Editor : Ann Ami Ved Compiled by : Annet Vaidehi Amlani Designed by : Annet Dhriti Amlani 20 Birthdays, Anniversaries & Disclaimer : All efforts have been made to provide com- prehensive and accurate information to the readers. The editor does not warrant the accuracy, adequacy or com- 100% Attendance pleteness of this information and materials and express- ly disclaims liability for any errors or omissions or delays in updating this information and materials. In no event will the Editor, Club, Rotary International be liable for 21 Special Appreciation any damages arising in connection with this magazine or use thereof. The editor reserves right to edit materi- al for clarity or length copies are meant for fellow Rotar- ians and other without being commercial in nature and 22 Book Recommendations all insertions are done in Good Faith for reading plea- sure only. Not for Sale, for internal communication only. President’s Message My Dear Club Members, Anns and Annets, the request of our AG Rtn. Dr. Krishnakumar and at our request postponed his departure to accom- It has been a really hectic month full of activities modate the distribution of our GMC beds Project. and events for the Rotary Club Of Miramar. They Thank you DG Sir for this wonderful gesture. have been detailed out by the Secretary in the magazine. We take the pleasure of inducting two important worthy stalwarts from the society into our Rotary The events kick-started by our PDG Dr Jorson’s fold at the hands of our DG namely Dr Murugan talk and ended with WGM (Worlds Greatest Meal) Appupillai and Dr Ajeya Mundhekar. and contribution to End Polio campaign which was spearheaded by our International Director & This coming month in Rotary is for Economic and Past President Rtn. Manisha Sardessai. We start- Community Development. This is a month where ed with a modest target of Rs. 500/- per member we promote economic and community develop- contribution and I am happy to say that till date ment and reduce poverty in underserved com- we have managed to collect close to Rs. 18,500. munities through training, well-paying jobs, and My sincere request to all the other members who access to financial management institutions. Proj- have not yet contributed, to please come forward ects range from providing people with equipment and give your share of mere Rs. 500/- for this to vocational training. I hope we as members work event. to strengthen local entrepreneurs and communi- ty leaders, particularly women, in impoverished With blessings and good wishes from all of you communities. and our sponsors namely the Mahalaxmi Trust and Radhaben Kakoobhai and Damodar Jhuthalal I would like to wish all our members a very Happy Rajani Charitable Trust (RKDJR) who rose on this Navratri. Have a safe celebration. occasion and contributed their might for a very worthy and satisfying project undertaken by our Please do take good care of yourself and stay safe, club. Not to forget the suppliers of the equipment stay healthy and stay at home. and the team from the Dean’s office of the Goa Medical College who helped in making this proj- Yours in Rotary ect possible. Rtn. Kamlesh Amlani Club President The most surprising part was that we could do it in 2020-21 the presence of our DG Rtn. Sangram Patil, who at 1 | Manthan October 2020 From the Editor’s Desk Dear Fellow Club Members, Anns and Annets You have in hand the 4th issue of our monthly magazine ‘Manthan’. This is our newsletter where our journey to providing service to the community is captured. The theme for this month is ‘Economic and Community Development’ which means our goal is growing the local economy and reducing poverty. I hope we strive as Rotarians to fulfil this duty. As far as activities are concerned, I’m very glad to see our club doing big projects. This month we donated beds to The Goa Medical College with the kind donations made by our members and Ma- halaxmi Trust and Radahaben Kakoobhai and Damodar Jhuthalal Rajani Charitable Trust (RKDJR). Thank you! Every month, we try to make our magazine interesting with articles, stories etc. submitted by our members. Unfortunately every month I have to struggle to get articles, so I request all members to take a little interest in OUR monthly magazine and submit articles, recipes, drawings etc. Our favourite festival, Navratri is here, but the cases in Goa are increasing, so I hope everyone has a safe celebration. Happy Navratri to all! Stay home, Stay safe. Yours in Rotary, Chintan Ved Club Editor 2020-2021 Rotary Club of Miramar | 2 Secretary’s Report Secretary’s Message Dear Fellow Club Members, Anns and Annets It is indeed a pleasure to release our monthly newslet- ter ‘Manthan’. I am happy to see that our club is contributing to our healthcare. Our club had many activities this month, we donated fowler beds to the Goa Medical College in the presence our our AG Sangram Patil. I sincerely thank all members and sponsors for their kind donations be- cause of which this was possible. We even felicitated 13 Covid warrior nurses. To help with the online edu- cation of the students, we donated tablets to children. Rotary is actively trying to prevent polio, keeping that in mind we had our ‘End Polio’ campaign this month. I wish a very Happy Navratri to all those celebrating it. I hope everyone stays safe. Yours in Rotary, Dr. Noel Britto Club Secretary 2020-2021 Date : 2nd October 2020 Flag Excahnge: Rotary Club of Miramar did a flag ex- change with Rotary Club of Kalyan Tigers. This event is for visiting Rotarians cour- tesy extended of meeting each other. Secretary’s Report 2020 - October Secretary’s 3 | Manthan October 2020 Secretary’s Report 2020 - October Secretary’s Date : 5th October 2020 New Education Policy Webinar: Our club organized a free webinar to dis- cuss the New Education Policy 2020. We had interesting speakers for the event namely, Professor Dr. Ashish K Rege, Prin- cipal of Goa College of Architecture ; Mr. Uday Ballikar, Retd. Principal of Shree Damo- dar Higher Secondary School of Science and Mrs. Priti Tyagi, Founder & Director of WoW Kids Preschool Chain. This event was Mod- erated by Rtn PDG Dr. Jorson Fernandes. This event had more than 90 people present. Date : 15th October 2020 Donation of Computers & IPad to Shiksha Sadan High School sponsored by Madhav Madhvi & Mahendra Dhond Trust: Rotary Club of Miramar handed over Tabs to Shiksha Sadan students which was donat- ed by our sports chairman Rtn Kapil Karekar. Present (from L to R)Principal Smt Shobha Priyolkar, President of Shiksha Sadan Mr Vi- jay Kamat, Community Director Rtn Siddharth Deshpande, chairman Rtn Kapil Karekar pre- senting the Tab to 2 needy students, Rtn Kam- lesh Amlani & Director International Rtn Man- isha Sardesai. These were donated by Madhav Madhavi and Mahendra Dhond Medical Trust. Rotary Club of Miramar | 4 Date : 19th October 2020 Felicitation of 13 Fronline Covid Warrior Nurses: Rotary Club of Club of Miramar felicitat- ed 13 Frontline Covid Warrior Nurses along with their two matrons in the hands of our DG Rtn. Sangram Patil and First Lady Rtn. Utkarsha Patil. This was done in the Pres- ence of our DGE Rtn. Gaurish Dhond and our members. This event had 90 people present. Date : 19th October 2020 Donation of Fowler Beds, Railing, Stretch- er Trolley & Mattresses: Rotary Club of Miramar on Monday, 19th Oc- tober 2020at the hands of our DG Rtn Sangram Patil, 1st Lady Rtn Utkarsha Patil, DGE Rtn Gaur- ish Dhond and our members did the following programs : RCM in association with Mahalaxmi Trust & Trust- ees of Radhaben Kakoobhai and Damodar Juthalal Rajani Charitable Trust, donated the following to the Dean of Goa Medical College Dr S. Bandekar • 10 each of Fowler bed MS powder coated , • 10 SS railings , • 10 Double fold rexine mattress , • 10 Stretcher trolley MS powder coated. • 10 IV Bar SS and • 4 Finger pulse oxymeters of worthRs 4L Secretary’s Report 2020 - October Secretary’s 5 | Manthan October 2020 Secretary’s Report 2020 - October Secretary’s Date : 19th October 2020 Start of the End Polio Campaign: We kickstarted the End Polio Campaign by pinning Dr. Bandekar with the badge of End Polio at hands of our DG Rtn. Sangram Patil. Date : 19th October 2020 Inaugration of District Signature Project- Ek Chamach Kam Char Kadam Aage: Ek Chamach Kam Char kadam aage/ reduce 1 spoon of sugar, salt, oil in your daily eating habits as a start of preventing future health problems.