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09/03/2010
When the Supreme Court ruled some years back that medical negligence came under the Consumer Protection Act, there was a plethora of cases against doctors and hospitals. All kinds of medical cases were filed in District Consumer Fora, in state commissions for consumer disputes and in the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission.
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02/03/2010
She displayed just a slight trace of remorse at being far from Bombay, the mega-city where she was born, brought up and educated....
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23/02/2010
The Indian Penal Code has seen
only three amendments with regard
to crimes against women in the
last 150 years.
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16/02/2010
Mr. Sundeep Waslekar, strategic affairs analyst, made several important points while addressing the Club last week. His message was very clear
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09/02/2010
The dangers of climate change are as insidious as ever, never mind the charges being hurled at the IPCC and Prof. R.K. Pachauri. Mr. Pradip Shah, the well-known economist, speaks at the last meeting
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02/02/2010
After taking the stage to the tune of California, Here I Come, Rotary International President-Elect Ray Klinginsmith announced the 2010-2011 R.I. Theme – Building Communities – Bridging Continents
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26/01/2010
He brought the house down when he told a supplier (a Visiting Rotarian) that he hoped the equipment he had ordered would be delivered on time and that it would work as per the specifications that he had paid for.
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12/01/2010
The decade that has gone by has been the best decade for India. It saw India achieving three years of GDP growth at 9%; India got recognition as an economic power; investing in India was discussed by every multi-national company; and in every boardroom all over the world, there was talk of entering India, investing in India and selling in India.
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05/01/2010
At a time when every industrialist, entrepreneur and citizen is worried about power cuts and the shortage of electricity, the country’s Minister for Power, Mr. Sushilkumar Shinde, has held out hope
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29/12/2009
Many years ago, a German scientist named Dr. Ernst Hartmann noted that different families that came to live in a given house in succession (after an earlier family moved on after living in it for three to four years), had almost similar health issues.
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22/12/2009
Paul George is elected President for 2011-2012; Nowroze Vazifdar will succeed him in 2012-2013
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15/12/2009
Ms Sukanya Chabbra, who spoke at the last meeting on “The science of futurology”, has made a fascinating journey “from finance to futurology” – a journey that was “written in her stars”.
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08/12/2009
The basic lesson to be grasped in advertising, as in any other form of communication, is to know who you are talking to (the concept of “target group”); for, you can say the most brilliant of things to the wrong audience – and it won’t work.
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01/12/2009
If you are a scientist, a medical doc tor, a gynaecologist or an anthropologist, you may accept some of the pronouncements made at the last meeting by Dr. Gopalakrishna Pillai, the guest speaker who spoke on “How woman can empower man”.
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24/11/2009
India can become a developed country by 2050 if it maintains a sustained growth rate of 8 to 10%. However, since neither the IT sector nor the services sector can help achieve such a transformation, India’s growth will have to be driven by the manufacturing sector.
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17/11/2009
She came to receive an honour, but she left after sowing seeds of doubt about one of India’s biggest demographic advantages, viz., its “young” population.
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12/11/2009
She came to receive an honour, but she left after sowing seeds of doubt about one of India’s biggest demographic advantages, viz., its "young" population.
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05/11/2009
Mr. Tarun Vijay, a former editor of Panchjanya, the official publication of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), which is an old Hindu nationalist organisation, made a telling distinction between India and some of its neighbours at the last meeting of the Club.
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03/11/2009
What can one do if a person decides to become a fidayeen, wraps himself in bombs, goes somewhere and detonates those bombs? Nothing. No amount of money or preparedness can prevent a terrorist attack.
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27/10/2009
Just as bad currency pushes out good currency from the market, bad people take charge of government and the good are rendered helpless, unable to do anything.
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20/10/2009
The latest edition of the District Governor’s GML (or Governor’s Monthly Letter) has conferred the title of “Project of the Month” on the Bhavishya-Yaan project of the Rotary Club of Bombay.
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13/10/2009
The quiet, unassuming Dr. Rohini Chowgule created a stir at the last meeting when she told the Chief Election Commissioner of India, Mr. Navin Chawla, that the electoral rolls used by her and others while conducting scientific and epidemiological studies were not perfect...
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06/10/2009
Stoic, sincere and serene. These are some of the adjectives used to describe Ms Rajashree Birla, an Honorary member of the Rotary Club of Bombay and the leading light of one of India’s biggest industrial houses.
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29/09/2009
There was a time not long ago – in the 1980s – when murderers gave themselves up and confessed before their lawyers that they had committed a crime.
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22/09/2009
Three horrific disasters and one ad ministrative fiat have been responsible for the sudden transformation of the Indian insurance industry from an indolent, government-owned monopoly into what is now a “sunrise” sector providing the maximum employment opportunities.
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15/09/2009
How does one answer the question “Why is so much importance given to cricket in India at the cost of all other games including hockey?”
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08/09/2009
The Arthashastra by Kautilya, also known as Chanakya, is not merely a book ? it?s a library, a complete university. Written in the 3rd century B.C., it was studied by kings as it helped them in running their countries.
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01/09/2009
Whoever said that the older the wine, the better it is, got it all wrong: Wine aficionado
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18/08/2009
DON'T PANIC
It's not the virus that kills, it's the secondary
complications that do, say medical experts
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11/08/2009
‘Politicians don’t want you to vote – for you live in a high rise and you’re not part of their vote bank’
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28/07/2009
Afreen Khan : A UK-based motivational guru of Indian origin performed a rare feat at the last meeting – he made dozens of Rotarians walk barefoot on glass.
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21/07/2009
India’s biggest metropolis, often touted as the next Shanghai, is facing
its severest water crisis in more than 40 years. More than a month after
the non-appearance of the monsoon
on its expected date
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14/07/2009
The Rotary Club of Bombay was the recipient of the ultimate encomium at the first meeting of the new Rotary year 2009-2010....says District Governor
T.N. Subramanian Raju
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07/07/2009
Our Past Presidents have left a rich legacy of hard work and committed service to the community which has given our Club the name, the distinction, the fame and the respect that it is enjoying today.
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30/06/2009
The Final Gateway of IPP Ashish Vaid
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