Chamundi #35, dt 6Mar2014, Rotary Mysore, weekly bulletin

1. Walter D. Head, Rotary Club of Montclair, New Jersey, USA
29th President of Rotary International, 1939-40
Issue: 35, 6th March, 2014
"In a world where precious little love is being lost between nations, [the] movement to save the
children is revealing man's best and perhaps truest side. Just how great or small Rotary's part
in this movement will be, nobody can yet say. [But] Rotary will open its great heart and do as it
has always done when facing emergency - rise with magnificent courage, grateful for another
opportunity to exemplify its one fundamental principle, the service of one's fellowman."
Thanksgiving
Rotary Mysore along with the Event Chairman PP B.S.Ravikumar thanks all Rotarians, Inner Wheel members,
Rotaractors, Interactors, Anns, Annetts, SOFTEN Infoscions, Rotary Secretariat staff, photographers for their
contribution and service over the last few weeks towards the success of our flagship event TAARE' ZAMEEN PAR. If we
have collectively brought a smile on the face of the 800 kids who starred on Sunday, each and every single Rotarian can
feel the great sense of satisfaction of a job well done!
TAARE' ZAMEEN PAR
National Pride
- when the stars shone brightly
Rotary Mysore successfully
conducted its flagship event, Taare'
Zameen Par, for the seventh time.
TZP is a cultural festival for special
children, and was held on Sunday, 2nd
March. Nearly 800 kids from 18
institutions participated in the event
at Jagan Mohan Palace Mysore. The
cultural event featured drawing,
article making, dance, fancy dress,
singing, skits etc and the best
performers were awarded with all
the participating children getting
mementoes and gifts.
The program was inaugurated in the
morning by SVYM founder Dr. R.
Balasubramaniam. PDG R. Guru
and K.S. Sundar, Associate VicePresident, Infosys Ltd., Mysore were
the guests of honour. Dr. Balu said
that these children retain their
Godliness throughout their lives. He
had a special word for the parents
who had dedicated their entire lives
for the betterment of their children.
Rotary Mysore President M.C.S.
Manohara, Secretary M.R. Rajaram,
Event Chairman B.S. Ravikumar,
Inner Wheel Club
President Uma
Shivaprasad,
Secretary Padma
Sridhar were present
among a host of
Rotarians and parents
and well-wishers.
This was a special day
for the special children who
had an opportunity to
showcase their hidden
talents to the outside world.
Whether it was the kids
displaying their national
pride with the national flag,
or playing historic
characters like Akbar or
Shivaji, or playing the role of
a doctor or an army man,
the kids performed with
enormous zeal and
enthusiasm. The kids
danced to the latest film
songs and music and those
at the backstage also joined
them. There was even a
robot! Some of them
espoused social causes
Jampacked

2. CHAMUNDI
enacting the fate of an old couple abandoned by their children, and also on how to take care of our environment. There
was hardly anyone in the audience who didn't have a lump in the throat or was not wiping a tear in the eye.
Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji of Suttur was the chief guest for the valedictory and blessed the children. Rotary
District Governor Rtn. S. Gururaj was the guest of honour. Soften (a social initiative of Infosys-Mysore Employees),
Inner Wheel Mysore, Rotaract Clubs of Mysore, NIE, GIMDS all put in their best efforts to make this event a grand
success.
Getting
Ready
All Set
Fancy Dress
Quee
ns at
The
Tribal
Huli
Vesha
I
38
2
6
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
3
4
1
2
1
1
70
II
38
1
6
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
3
3
1
2
1
1
68
The overall institution-level prizes are as follows:
I. Aashiana 2. AWMD
3. JMJ Doornahalli
Kings of Yore
(More pictures of TZP in the next issue…)
Group II – Ages 11 and above
PRIZE DETAILS
Group I – Ages 1 to 10
Institution
AIISH
Swasahaya Samuchhaya
Sneha Kiran
Aashiana
Karunamayi Foundation
Mathru Mandali
Nireekshe
Arunodaya
Govt School TK Layout
Mythri Charitable
M J Soofi Memorial
Beautiful Gate
JSS
AWMD
JMJ
Manasshanthi
Govt School Kudremala
Chinnara Chiguru
Drawing
Art & Craft
TOTAL
heart
III
18
1
6
2
1
2
1
1
2
3
3
1
2
1
44
Cons
126
26
13
2
3
1
0
1
19
8
2
3
204
Total
220
4
44
19
7
4
9
4
3
7
28
18
5
6
6
2
1
386
I
3
2
3
2
4
3
3
15
2
3
11
2
2
1
1
57
II
3
2
3
2
4
3
3
15
2
3
1
2
2
1
1
47
III
2
1
1
3
3
3
15
2
3
1
1
2
1
3
39
Cons
14
5
2
10
10
58
2
22
4
15
24
15
11
3
6
198
Total
20
11
9
15
21
58
9
2
31
49
15
30
24
13
16
6
6
341
GRAND TOTAL OF PRIZES: 727

3. Rotary Information
Rotasia Mysooru – South East Asian Rotaractor's Conference, was
hosted by RID 3180, for the First time, in Mysore, at Silent Shores. The
event was inaugurated on 31.01.14 and the valedictory was held on
02.02.14.
Around 1200 delegates from Singapore, Malaysia, Australia,
Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Afghanistan and across India,
participated in the event. The four days' event included DRR's
Recognition, District Presentations, Discussion on Various Leadership
and Life skills, Talk on Legacy of Mysore Dynasty - Shri. Shrikantadatta
Narasimharaja Wodeyar, Youth - Law – Parliament Dialogue, Visit to
Palace, Musical Performance by Shivamani and Stephen Devassy,
ROTARY AWARENESS QUIZ
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
23rd Feb 2014
New Delhi
Light Up Rotary
Rotarians on the Internet
Rtn. Anne L. Mathews
Answers:
1. The second National Immunization Day
this year was held on __________.
2. The Rotary South Asia Literacy Summit
was recently held in __________.
3. The RI theme for the year 2014-15 is
_________.
4. Expand ROTI ______________.
5. The first female Vice-President of RI is
___________.
RI President's March Message
Growing up in Duncan, Okla., USA, I took it for granted that
everyone could read. In my own elementary school, not only were
we expected to be reading by the age of seven or eight, we were
expected to read upside down. We each took turns reading books to
the entire class, and of course, if you want to read out loud to a group while you
show them the pictures, you can't do it the right way up. All the way through
elementary school, we did that every week, until it didn't really matter to us which
way we were holding the book.
I never thought too much about that skill at the time. But a few months ago, on a visit
to a Rotary project in Decatur, Ala., I walked into a first-grade classroom and was
asked if I would read a book to a class of six-year-olds. Naturally, I was happy to
oblige. I sat down, opened the book they had chosen, and started reading to about
30 little kids – upside down, just the way I did it back in second grade.
In a sense, I was doing exactly what I'd learned to do more than half a century
earlier. But as an adult, and especially as a Rotarian, I saw that experience in a
different way. I was reading to a group of children who were well on their way to
literacy themselves. We were sitting in their classroom, in a school where Rotarians
came every week to read one-on-one with children who needed a little extra help.
There wasn't any question that every child in that room would grow up to be a
literate adult. And all of them took that completely for granted – as they took it for
granted that adults would care enough to read them a book while showing them the
pictures, even if that meant reading upside down.
We all know that millions of children all over the world aren't that lucky. That's why
we make basic education and literacy a priority in our Rotary service. As we mark
Literacy Month in Rotary, we remind ourselves what a gift we are giving when we
help a child to read – whether it's a child on the other side of the world or right in our
own hometown.
Ron Burton , President, Rotary International
Dance, Singing and Rock band Performances. Along with Rotaract
Quiz, Lucky Rotaractors, Mr and Miss Rotasia were also conducted.
The conference provided a platform for Rotaractors from 28 districts
to present and exhibit their cause, cultural, social and regional
talents. The participants learned loads of Historical and Tourist
information about Mysore and its surroundings.
DRR Rtr. Rajeev presided at the conference and the Chairman of the
event was PDRR Rtn. Abhinandan Shetty.
Rotary Mysore supported the event and all its youth wings –
especially Rotaract Mysore,
Rotaract GIMDS, and
Rotaract NIE participated in
huge numbers and
organized the event's most
challenging endeavor. PP
R t r. M a n u ra j wa s t h e
Tr a n s p o r t C o m m i t t e e
Chairman.
The Global Polio Eradication
Initiative has achieved
another milestone in its
mission with India becoming
Polio-free. Rotary
International's India National
PolioPlus Society have
organized a POLIO FREE
CONCLAVE – organized by
Rotary in India on the 29-30
Mar 2014, at Vigyan Bhavan,
New Delhi.
Polio-free Conclave 2014 is
being held to help strengthen
the leadership and funding
commitment by the GPEI
Partners to ending Polio
globally. The remaining 3
endemic countries
Afghanistan, Pakistan and
Nigeria are participating
along with other South East
Asian Region countries.
Objectives of the Conclave:
1 . To e n c o u r a g e t h e
participation of Rotarians
and their commitment to
ending Polio globally with
their support and
contribution.
2. The conclave will build
synergies to ensure that the
present focus and energy in
the polio eradication
program is maintained till
polio is certified to have been
eradicated from the world.
INDIA POLIO FREE
CONCLAVE
2014
3. To ensure a renewed commitment
from all stakeholders and partners for
continued advocacy with all Political,
Administrative, Technical, Religious,
Corporate and Social leaders and
organizations in all polio infected
countries for ending Polio.
4. To share the lessons learned in India
with other polio infected countries and to
encourage application of these lessons to
stop the spread of the wild poliovirus in
the entire Indian Sub-continent.
5. To encourage governments and
leadership in the country to strengthen
Routine Immunization in the country and
spearhead to end other equally
challenging public health scourges.
Contact poliofreeconclave@gmail.com
for details.
Bill Gates,Co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation;
“Rotarians, government leaders and
health professionals have made a
phenomenal commitment so polio
afflicts only a small number of the world's
children. However, complete elimination
of the polio virus is difficult and will
continue to be difficult for a number of
years. Rotary in particular has inspired
my own personal commitment to get
deeply involved in achieving eradication.”

4. CHAMUNDI
Corner
Guess these phrases
with
lateral thinking:
1.
man
-----------board
2.
stand
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3.
4.
r
road
a
d
5. cycle
cycle
cycle
6. 0
-----------M.D.
Ph.D.
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in a lighter
vein!
1. In my many years I have come to a onclusion that
one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and
three or more is a melee.
- John Adams
2. If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed,
if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.
- Mark Twain
3. I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into
prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and
trying to lift himself up by the handle.
- Winston Churchill
4. A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can
always depend on the support of Paul.
- George Bernard Shaw
5. Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money
from poor people in rich countries to rich people in
poor countries.
- Douglas Case,
6. Giving money and power to government is like giving
whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
- P.J. O'Rourke,Civil Libertarian
7. Government's view of the economy could be
summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it.
If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving,
subsidize it.
- Ronald Reagan(1986)
8. The government is like a baby's alimentary canal,
with a happy appetite at one end and no
responsibility at the other.
- Ronald Reagan
9. The only difference between a tax man and a
taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.
- Mark Twain
10. We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great
ones to public office
- Aesop
7. knee
-----------light
8. ground
--------------feet feet feet feet feet feet
9. ecnalg
10. death ..... life
s
Health Bite
Answers:
1. Man Overboard
2. I understand
3. reading between the lines
4. cross roads
5. tricycle
6. two degrees below zero
7. Neon light
8. Six feet underground
9. Backward glance
10. Life after death
Annets'
Congrats!
Our Vice-President Rtn. H.S. Venkatesh
has every reason to be proud. His son, Vikas
is a full-fledged doctor now, having
completed his MBBS degree in flying colors.
Kudos to the doctor son and the proud
father!
Introspection
To realize the value of a sister/brother
Ask someone who doesn't have one.
To realize the value of ten years:
Ask a newly divorced couple.
To realize the value of four years:
Ask a graduate.
To realize the value of one year:
Ask a student who has failed a final exam.
Q
H
uote
anger
Valour
The mean of true valour lies between the
extremes of cowardice and rashness.
- Cervantes
Be valiant but not too venturous.
– John Lyly
Even God lends a hand to honest
boldness.
– Menander
When valour preys on reason, it eats the
sword it fights with.
- Shakespeare
rich or poor - a perspective
To realize the value of nine months:
Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
To realize the value of one month:
Ask a mother who has given birth to a
premature baby.
To realize the value of one week:
Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize the value of one minute:
Ask a person who has missed the train, bus
or plane.
To realize the value of one second:
Ask a person who has survived an accident.
To realize the value of a friend or family
member:
REMEMBER SOMEONE YOU LOST.
Time waits for no one.
Treasure every moment you have.
The Four-Way Test
“Of the things we think, say or do:
1. Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOODWILL
and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?”