RI PRESIDENT DISTRICT GOVERNOR PRESIDENT HON. SECRETARY BULLETIN EDITOR RON D BURTON DINESHSINH THAKOR MITESH BHATT MRIDULA VARSHNEYA MANISHA M BHATT Contact Address: 19, Tirupatinagar , Near Utkarsh Vidyalaya , Gadapura , Vadodara-390015 , Gujarat, India M:9824097599 , O : 0265 2352802 , web : www.rotarybarodametro.org

Meeting Day: Thursday, from 8PM at Hotel Hampton Hilton, Alkapuri, Vadodara

Rotary Year: 2013-2014 Bulletin for the Month of November Vol. No: 11 Dear Rotarians, welcome to this month of celebrations!!! 15th/December/2013

BARODA CLUBS Family Meet with RIDN Dr.Manojbhai

After receiving the news of Manojbhai’s nomination as the RI director for the year 15-17, the rotary clubs of Baroda planned to share an evening with RIDN Dr. Manoj Desai, for his accomplishment. The feast with family was planned to be held on the 1st of December, on the banks of river Mahi, at Dreamz Resort, near Padra. Many senior Rotarians shared their experiences, thoughts for Manojbhai. The program was chalked out by PDG Jatin Bhatt with all six president of baroda’s club. The Rotary clan was indeed all praise for Manojbhai’s skills on being an excellent orator, organization skills and above all time management. His hard work and dedication for rotary is note worthy. A memento designed by Rtn. Alok Desai was presented to IRDN Dr.Manojbhai. It Contained signatures of all present, as a sign of reverence, appreciation of Manojbhai’s work and our remembrance. We wish Manojbhai the very best for the assignment and we wait to celebrate many more laurels yet to follow.

PERMANENT PROJECT ATMANIRBHAR 1st of December being the first Sunday of the month, RBM held its Atmanirbhar camp at Dashrath. It was attended by few Rotarians and by few of our children from the “Starlet” the Early Act group. Total beneficiaries who could avail various needs were 170, of which 60 benefactors were given limbs and 2 benefactors were given wheel chair each so as make themselves mobile and help them lead a better life.

B.O.D This month’s BOD was held at PP Rtn. Iqbal Hakim’s home on the 2nd of December. 15 members attended the meeting. We thank Shamabhabhi and Iqbalbhai for their excellent hospitality and menu.

INTERCLUB CRICKET TOURNMENT Rotarians took time out to enjoy sports. On the 8th December, teams of 6 rotary clubs met at the Polo Ground for a cricket match. The challenge was taken in true spirits. The matches played were:

1) team RBM and RC Main Vs RC Sayajinagari : RC Sayajinagari won 2) RC Cosmo Vs RC Jawaharnagar: RC Cosmo won.

The Finals was played between RC Sayajinagri Vs RC Cosmo: RC Sayajinagari was declared as winners. RBM would like to thank Rtn. Chetan Somani, Rtn. Bharat Mehta, Rtn. Pankaj Upadhayay and Rtn. Pankaj Advani to represent the club in this sports event, and Congratulations to RC Sayajinagari for winning the interclub cricket tournament.

AGTS “PRATIBHA” 2014-15 : 7th & 8th December 2013 Two day AGTS training was hosted by RBM at hotel Tansha Comfort Residency. The two day event was well attended. The event started with prayers sung by Rtn. Manisha R Bhatt. To understand team building better the 8 teams comprising of 3AG’s and moderated by a DS was set up. Each team was given a task and then the leader would explain the team work. The spouses were estranged to give an ear to two great ladies. Bijal Rishiraj Mistri is a known corporate trainer in Baroda. She is an excellent speaker. Her topic was “teamwork with the marriage”. Bijalbhabhi got all the ladies to realize that it’s important not to be a super woman as we are not. To give time to oneself called the “me” time and learn to say “no” when single handedly many things are not manageable. The ladies present enjoyed the various handshakes which were role played, so as to express with etiquettes, how to avoid, express displeasure or no comfort zone. Thank you Bijalji it was truly an enjoyable talk. You helped in building a necessary attitude in a woman’s life!! Rtn. Rupal Trivedi: she is a master trainer in Rieki. She talked on brain power. She demonstrated various activation points to get rid of various unwanted thought, pain or even anger! The time was short to fill in the queries of the spouses. But yes it a great time, kudos to two great speakers!!! The AGTS-“PRTIBHA” was then inaugurated by lighting the lamp by the DG, RIDN, PDG’s, PDGE, PDGN, PDGND and the key note speaker PDG. Mohen Palesha. RIDN Dr. Manojbhai was felicitated by a traditional “pag” and a shawl for his laurels in Rotary!! A great evening, with great speakers, like PDG. Mohen Palesha and RIDN PDG Dr. Manoj Desai was greatly accredited and treasured. To add a silver lining to the day, Nilesh sir’s dance troupe entertained the Rotarians before dinner. The mood was set in and the Rotarians displayed their hands on shayaris the crowd enjoyed the nonstop flow and the shayar’s sprouted spontaneously. Well, that’s some fellowship!!!! On the next day while the AG’s and the DS’s learned from many more eminent speakers, panel discussions like: 1) OUR EXPERIENCES AS PAST AG : MODERATOR: PDG DEVANG THAKORE Panelist: 1. RTN ANISH SHAH, 2. RTN DURGESH DHANDA, 3. RTN RUCHIR JANI 2) VISION TO EXECUTION: ROLE OF A LEADER by PROFESSIONAL TRAINER MR. RAKES JAIN 3) PANEL DISCUSSION ON INGREDIENTS OF AG VISIT: MODERATOR : PDG ASHOK PANJWANI PARTICIPANTS- 1. RTN SHRIKANT INDANI, 2. RTN BIMAL MEHTA, 3. RTN UTKARSH HATHI 4) WORK LIKE A TEAM: MODERATOR : PDG ASHIS ROY TRAINING TEAM MEMBERS: 1. RTN DINESH RATHOD, 2. RTN RAJVIRSINH SARVAIYA, 3. RTN NILESH SONI 5) PRESENTATION ON TRF: PDG MOHAN PALESHA 6) "HOW TO HANDLE WEAK CLUBS?": MODERATOR : PDG MAYUR VYAS PARTICIPANTS: 1. RTN SAMIR VANI, 2. RTN MEETA SHAH, 3. RTN MUKUND RAO 7) KALYAN GRAM PROJECT: DGE ASHISH AJMERA The spouses enjoyed the shopping, the museum and the train ride at the Kamati Gardens of Baroda. The team work, communication, arrangements of the host club was deeply appreciated. A standing ovation was given to the event chairman Rajan Bhatt, President Mitesh , IPP Utkarsh, Alokbhai and his team!! The District trainer recognized this event as an event, a full of enjoyment , represented in total till the end. Jai ho!! RBM!!

PROJECTS

Adarsh Kanya Niwasi Shala is a residential Government school for the girls from far flung villages which do not have the basic necessities even. Government of Gujarat has made education free for the girls. The school does not have drinking water facility at school building. They require a fresh water tank and water filter so the health of the wards is not compromised. The Five hundred girls are studying there. The water comes from underground tank and requires one pump to lift the water on fourth floor roof in over head tank by 280 Ft pipeline; from tank it is coming to 2nd floor by gravity where water purifier and cooler installed.

The District Grant project school benched providing benches at Adarsh school.

22ND December DG Dineshsinhji of RI DIstRIct 3060, COORDIALLY InvItes YOU,

Felicitation Program For riDn Dr. manoj Desai Chief Guest – PRIP Kalyan BaneRjee

guests of Honor – PRID & Past tRustee ashok Mahajan & PRID shekhaR Mehta Time – 10.00 a.m. to 12.30 pm , Venue – Kabir banquets & Conventions, vadodara

29th December Whole day inter club SportS event (Tennis, BadminTon, TaBle Tennis and Carom) at MSU Pavilion

EDITOR’S COLOUMN The Art of Giving

"Rivers do not drink their own water, nor do tree eat their own fruit, nor do rain clouds eat the grains reared by them. The wealth of the noble is used solely for the benefit of others!Even after accepting that giving is good and that one must learn to give, several questions need to be answered. The first question is: When should one give? We all know the famous incident from Mahabharat. Yudhisthir asks a beggar seeking alms to come the next day. On this, Bhim rejoices that Yudhisthir his brother, has conquered death! For, he is sure that he will be around the next day to give. Yudhisthir gets the message. One does not know really whether one will be there tomorrow to give!The time to give, therefore, is now. The next question is: 'How much to give?' One recalls the famous incident from history. Rana Pratap was reeling after defeat from the Moghals. He had lost his army, he had lost his wealth, and most important, he had lost hope, his will to fight. At that time, in his darkest hour, his erstwhile minister, Bhamasha, came seeking him and placed his entire fortune at the disposal of Rana Pratap. With this, Rana Pratap raised an army and lived to fight another day. The answer to this question how much to give is: "Give as much as one can! The next question is: 'What to give?' It is not only money that can be given away. It could be a flower or even a smile. It is not how much one gives but how one gives that really matters. When you give a smile to a stranger that may be the only good thing received by him in days and weeks! "You can give anything but you must give with all your heart!" One also needs answer to this question: Whom to give? Many times we avoid giving by finding fault with the person who is seeking. However, being judgmental and rejecting a person on the presumption that he may not be the most deserving is not justified. “Give without being judgmental!" Next we have to answer: 'How to give?' Coming to the manner of giving, one has to ensure that the receiver does not feel humiliated, nor the giver feels proud by giving. In giving, follow the advice 'Let not your left hand know what your right hand gives? Charity without publicity and fanfare is the highest form of charity.' 'Give quietly!' While giving, let not the recipient feel small or humiliated. After all, what we give never really belonged to us. We come to this world with nothing and will go with nothing. The thing gifted was only with us for a temporary period. Why then take pride in giving away something which really did not belong to us? Give with grace and with a feeling of gratitude. "What should one feel after giving?" We all know the story of Eklavya. When Dronacharya asked him for his right thumb as "Guru Dakshina, he unhesitatingly cut off the thumb and gave it to Dronacharya. There is a little known sequel to this story. Eklavya was asked whether he ever regretted the act of giving away his thumb. He replied, and the reply has to be believed to be true, as it was asked to him when he was dying. His reply was "Yes! I regretted this only once in my life. It was when Pandavas were coming in to kill Dronacharya who was broken hearted on the false news of death of his son, Ashwathama, and had stopped fighting. It was then that I regretted the loss of my thumb. If the thumb was there, no one could have dared hurt my Guru? The message to us is clear. Give and never regret giving! And the last question is: ‘how much should we provide for our heirs?' Ask yourself 'are we taking away from them the gift of work? - A source of happiness? The answer is given by Warren Buffett:"Leave your kids enough to do anything, but not enough to do nothing!" I would conclude by saying: Let us learn the Art of Giving,and quoting the Saint Kabir: "When the wealth in the house increases, when water fills a boat, throw them out (for good causes) with both hands!" This is the wise thing to do! Truth is always like oil in water. No matter how much water you add to depress it, it always floats on Top...