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sure, will have him implant his love for life and humanity in all.

Aye, aye, we are talking about none other than our own Prez, the one and only Iron Man. An eye surgeon with a yen for farming and aero modelling, he is at his avocations with the same zeal and passion as he is at his vocation, seeing hundreds of patients at his hospital. This active Rotarian has traded 'I' for an 'aye' as he does a lot of charity work. Yet, give him a fast car or a Harley, and he would be off at the speed of light. The secret to his success is of course, his wife

Uma, his very own Pepper Pots, who has taken on all the onerous duties of administration at Uma Eye Clinic, leaving him to focus his laser vision

on the three Ps - patients, plants and planes! A daughter happily married and settled in the US, a medico son, complete the happy picture.

A black belt in Karate, this plane speaker does not hesitate to call a spade a spade. He is passionate about scientific agriculture and the environment, and is a mean foodie too.

Be prepared then, for a year of all things that the eye can see v- the Rotary map will surely focus on lenses with special vision that will reflect Arul's own mission to save the world. And like the Marvel hero, our Iron Man with

the steel grey mane too, loves the good things in life. Don that armour, Rotarians! Iron Man is

powering up for the year ahead - we welcome our own doc superhero in the hot seat!

- Rtn. Sandhya Sridhar

~ PRESIDENT ~ Rtn. Dr. N.V. Arulmozhi Varman ~ ~ HONORARY SECRETARY ~ Rtn. Dr. R. Chandra Sekhar ~ ~ IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT ~ ~ Rtn. A.S. Venkhat Ramani ~ ~ PRESIDENT ELECT ~ Rtn. P N Mohan ~ ~ PRESIDENT NOMINEE ~ ~ Rtn. Ranjit Pratap ~ Asst. SECRETARY I BULLETIN ~ ~ EDITOR ~ Rtn. Mohan Raman ~ ~ DIRECTOR CLUB ~ ~ ADMINISTRATION ~ Rtn. R. Rajenderan ~ ~ DIRECTOR YOUTH SERVICE ~ Rtn. M Sesha Sai ~ ~ DIRECTOR PUBLIC IMAGE ~ ~ AND FUND RAISING ~ Rtn. Harish K. Murthi ~ ~ DIRECTOR ROTARY ~ FOUNDATION & ~ ~ INTERNATIONAL SERVICES ~ Rtn. M. Balasubramaniam ~ ~ DIRECTOR SERVICE PROJECT 1 ~ Rtn. R. Ravishankar ~ ~ DIRECTOR SERVICE PROJECT 2 ~ ~ Rtn. K.M. Vinod Kumar ~ DIRECTOR VOCATIONAL SERVICE ~ ~ Rtn. S. Ravi ~ ~ TREASURER (CLUB FUNDS) ~ Rtn. Hemant Chordia ~ ~ TREASURER ~ (CHARITABLE TRUST) ~ ~ Rtn. Nimish C. Talia ~ ~ TREASURER ~ (SPECIAL PROJECTS) ~ ~ Rtn. Kishor Dandeker ~

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S gt-at-arms Rtn M Srinivasan collared President Rtn Dr Arulmozhi Varman, who called

the 2nd meeting of the RCM to order,followed by a silent invocation. The minutes of 2nd July'16 meeting

was duly confirmed. President welcomed all and the guest

speaker Mr. Alexander, JPS, who will talk to us on 'Police & its critics'. President welcomed visiting Rtn Bala

from RCM Coromandel and media who have come to cover the meeting. President extended birthday &

Rtn R Ravishankar, Director, Community Service conveyed members about the excellent performance of our Boys Town students at Yoga competition.

11 boys from our Boys town participated in the "South India Yogasana Championship- 2016" which was held on 10th July 2016 at Arignar Anna Arangam, Kanchipuram. Around 2000 students From Tamil Nadu, Andra Pradesh & Telangana, Kera/a and Karnataka participated in this Program. Our Boys participated under "Common" Category and we are proud to say our boys won the Top three prizes. The prize winners names are as follows: 1st Prize - E. Balamurugan 2nd Prize - T.F. Es/in Kiran

R. Dhaneeshwaran 3rd Prize - II. Prasanth,

II. Kalaiselvan, R. Rajesh He was glad to say that our yoga

initiatives yielded good results.

wedding anniversary wishes to the respective Rotarians/spouses who celebrate that week and thanked for their sunshine. Rtn Mohan Raman, editor thanked

members for their encouragement for the first bulletin and requested members on behalf of the Editorial team to support in the form of Articles, Snaps and Advertisements. A cartoon featuring Rtn !PP AS Venkhat Ramani made by Rtn Biswajit Babu was presented to !PP Venkhat Ramani by President. Rtn Mohan Raman said that time and again

this will take place and suggested for an amount of Rs 5000 towards the corpus, which was generously given by !PP Venkhat. This will be an opportunity for the lighthouse committee to raise corpus of the club in a small way, he said President informed members that Rtn Markand Desai has agreed to give Rs

5000 monthly to a invalid child, which was applauded by all President was pleased to announce that Rtn Hemant Chordia has become a grandfather and to mark this happy occasion presented a special gift to Rtn Hemant. Secy Rtn Dr R Chandrasekhar

announced that the next meeting on the 19th July'16 will have the installation of the 88th President of RCM & office bearers and also the Charter nite at Hyatt Ball Room. Requested members to be present in full strength with spouses.

Rtn R Ravishankar introduced the guest speaker Mr. Alexander, JPS, a Police Officer with remarkable accomplishments and a formidable reputation. Served the State in various capacities before he rose to become the Director General of Police of the State. Highly regarded for his abilities in the intelligence wing of the Police Dept. An avid collector of Writing Pens, Mr. Alexander considers 'The Pens as

an extension of himself' and proudly mentions that "His Pens have helped record history for 36 years when in service". Guest speaker Mr Alexander JPS

addressed the club on 'Police & its critics', followed by an interactive session. President presented a memento to Mr

Alexander and our 80 year history book which tells about our Clubs Legacy on behalf of RCM. Rtn Hemant Chordia, Treasurer, Club

Funds thanked members for sending

their subscriptions and the receipts will be sent in due course. The proforma invoice has been sent to all. He pointed out that the deadline for submission of subscription is 31st July'16. Requested members who have not sent, to send in time. Rtn Hemant Chordia thanked Mr

Alexander for sharing his talk on various aspects and highlighting the good excellent work done by the Police. The meeting was then adjourned.

INSTALLATION AND CHARTER NITE PROGRAMME - 19th JULY 2016 6.30 p.m. to 7.00 p.m: Fellowship 7.00 p.m. to 9.15 p.m: Installation and Charter night 9.15 p.m : Cocktails and Dinner

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POLICE AND ITS CRITICS

Mr. Alexander, JPS was introduced as a Police Officer with

remarkable accomplishments and a formidable reputation. He served as a Lecturer in St.

Josephs and Loyola College before joining the Indian Police Service in 1970 by scoring 1st place in

All India ranking. He served the State in various capacities before

becoming Director General.

An avid collector of Writing Pens, Mr. Alexander considers pens to be an extension of himself and proudly mentions that "His Pens have helped record history for 36 years when in service". This was clearly a speech made on

the defensive in light of the recent tragic murder of the young IT professional Swathi. Mr.Alexander sought to highlight, that Policemen these days are living between two sets of critics ... the people on the one hand, and the Government on the other. Neither seem satisfied.

You need only lookatthe developments in the murder case mentioned to realize that what he says is not far from the truth: Prior to the arrest police ineffectivess, lack of a presence in the station, and the threat of suo moto supervision by the High Court hung over the heads of the Police. After the arrest was made all went quiet, and then just yesterday, the accused Ramkumar's lawyer Mr. Ramaraj said there was suspicion that the police had cut his neck, and that Ramkumar was not able to speak properly owing to the wound, Mr. Ramaraj claimed that the suspect was not provided medical and psychological treatment. Hence if police custody is granted, it would endanger Rarnkumar's life, he said. This was reported in the Hindu. For those of us who are guilty of

having a rather jaded view of our Police, one is forced to look at things from

the other point of view. They do have superior officers breathing down their necks, a government critically watching their performance, not to mention the opposition who like proverbial Mother­ in- law is ever present and ready to find fault.The Police are meant to prevent crimes and detect crimes even though we outnumber them 700 to 1, they are also supposed to maintain law and order, maintain traffic, and so on whilst all the while answering critics, rebutting the press, replying to memos of various commissions, replying to RT! queries, and providing materials to the government to tackle criticism. If one was to step back a bit, one might

argue that Mr.Alexander swung too much in favour of the Police. For instance, it is arguably necessary to have inquiries whenever there is a death in custody or alleged torture in a police station. Mr.Alexander ended by reminding

everyone present that the maintenance of law and order is not the function of the police alone. All of us ordinary Citizens who merrily break queues and park wherever we like, must realise that adherence to the law is the duty of the Opposition, the press, the judiciary and the public. ---it is your duty and mine. And so the next time we see a policeman, he requests us that instead of assuming the worst, we should empathize with his plight, and support him - to the hilt.

- Rtn. Shaan Katari Libby

DISTRICT NEWS

RI director elect Rtn. Bhasker Chokalingam watching DG Rtn. C.R. Raju installing the new Governor Rtn. Nagoji Rao at a grand function held on 30th June at the Hilton Hotel, Chennai.

Witfi 'Best Comyfiments

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INSTALLATION OF INTERACT CLUB - Sri Sankara Vidyashram Secondary School. Thiruvanmiyur

Date 11th July 2016.

Venue - School premises, Thiruvanmyur. Rotarians Present- Chief Guest- Rtn. !PP Venkhat Ramani, Chairperson Rtn. Jayshree Sridhar, Rtn PP George and Rtn. Sesha Sai. The Outgoing president Interactor. Varun

gave a speech which touched every one's hearts. He spoke of how Interact had made him a stronger person and also mentioned that he will always have great memories. Rtn. Jayshree Sridhar spoke of the Go

green concept and emphasised on how in olden days Go green was already practiced. There were 200 plus students and a very

grand Event. The students from 1st standard to 12th

displayed their bit of what is Go green by way of charts and dances and also by singing a song composed by the interactors themselves.

ROTARY NAGAR P resident Rtn. Dr. Arulmozhi Varman and

Secretary Rtn. Dr. Chandrasekhar inaugurated the TAILORING and EMBROIDERY classes on Tuesday, 5th July 2016 at Rotary Nagar. In addition to this event, our senior and

much respected Rtn. Namasivayam distributed Education Scholarship to 27 meritorius students in the 10th and 12th standard as well as other classes. The Rotary Nagar Committee Members,

Chairperson Rtn. Anuradha Ganesan and Co­ chairman Rtn. Sundaresan Ravi were present.

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Rtn. PP. N.K. Gopinath

Sir Frederick James

Sir Frederick E. James, originally from London, (he was knighted in 1941) was no stranger to Rotary. He had been president of the Rotary Club of Calcutta in 1924-25 and 1925-26. It was his job as Vice President of the United Planters Association of South India, that brought him to Madras - a fortunate move from Rotarv's point of view.

It must have been a great encouragement to Davidson to find another so devoted to the extension of Rotary in India. Sir F. E. James is described as having been 'a man of high character and pleasing personality, a good speaker and, most important of all, he possessed a comprehensive knowledge of Rotary.' .There is no doubt that Davidson could have single-handedly established Rotary in Madras but in this city of 530,000 people, Davidson found one valuable ally: Rtn. Frederick James. Like Davidson, James lived out the then Rotary motto 'He profits most who serves best'. He was a member of the State and Central Legislatures in India for over 20 years. He served as General Secretary of the YMCA, Calcutta, from 1920 to 1928. His tenure in India was Rotarv's gain. The first meeting of the Rotary Club of Madras was held on May 10,1929, at the

Connemara Hotel. The 30 charter members included James and represented the leaders of society and industry. All but three were present at that first meeting. The first President of the Club was Rtn. C.G. Armstrong, Chairman of the Madras Port Trust; the first Secretary was Morton Chance of the Hotel Chain. The Club was chartered on July 19,1929 when all the members were non-Indian but soon after thisRaja Sir. M.A. Muthaiah Chettiar was inducted into the club.

Subsequently, Davidson recommended that Rotary International appoint Frederick James, Honorary Commissioner for Rotary International for the Middle Asia Region. In 1932, James organised the first Convention of Rotary Clubs in India, Burma and Ceylon. The convention was held at Calcutta for what was called 'Provisional District 'I\. It is a matter of pride that the first Director of Rotary International from India, was none other than Frederick James of the Rotary Club of Madras. He served in this post from 1933-34. James added another first to his credit when he became the first Governor of District 89 in 1936-37 and served a second term in 1938-39. The first district conference was also held during his tenure as Governor in 1937. James was also the RI President's representative at various conferences in India.

Birthday 14th July - Rtn P Shonkor Menon 14th July - Rtn Dr TS Chondrosekor 12th July - Ann.Mridulo

(Rtn VS Narasimhan) 15th July - Ann Kamala

(Rtn PDG R Romokrishnon) 16th July - Ann Jonoki

(Rtn PN Mohan) 21st July - Rtn Ronjit Bakshi 23rd July - Rtn Kopil Chitole 21st July - Ann Dr Joyoshree Potty

(Rtn M Bolokrishno Rao) 22nd July - Ann Rozeeno

(Rtn N Mahmud Jamal) 22nd July - Ann Soreeno

(PP Rtn Thomas Mathew) 22nd July - Ann Sugonthi

(Rtn PP Vijoy Krishna)

Wedding 12th July - Rtn Shokthi Girish

Spouse: Girish Ramdas 12th July - Rtn PP Thomas Mathew

Ann. Soreeno 13th July - Rtn K Krishnan

Ann. Meenokshi

Sunshine Rtn. Dr. T.S. Chandrasekhar - <2000 Rtn IPP. A.S. Venkhot Romani - <5000

(Specific Towards Corpus)

EDITORIAL COMMITIEE Advisors: Rtn. PP N.K. Gopinoth,

Rtn. Sunito Suresh Chairman: Rtn. Mohan Romon

Rtn. Shoon Kotori Libby, Rtn. Bhoswor Mukherjee, Rtn. Shokthi Girish,

Rtn. Biswojit Babu, Rtn. Sondhyo Sridhor, Rtn. R. Rovishonkor, Rtn. Hiren B. Shah,

P.S. Sridhoron

EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY: Rtn. Asst. Secretary, Rotary Club of Madras, 'Rayala Towers', 2nd Mezzanine Floor, 158, Anna Salai, Chennai - 2, Ph: 28591020. Contact the editor at: lighthouse201516@gmail.com. Design: www.studiodescience.com

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