Chamundi #38 Rotary Mysore weekly bulletin 27Mar2014

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Issue: 38, 27 March, 2014
Fernando Carbajal, Rotary Club of Lima, Peru
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32 President of Rotary International, 1942-43
"The prevailing Rotary attitude in rendering service is practicality. Its aim in
performing a useful action is to be helpful and serviceable, not sentimental. As
practical idealists, we temper the fanciful flights of the dreamer with the
limitations of common sense."
This week @ Rotary Mysore
LIFE PERCEPTION SERIES: TALK by PHF PP Rtn. K.S.CHANDRASHEKHAR,
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Thursday 27 March 2014, 6:30 pm, Rotary Center.
Rotary Mysore is privileged to hear
one of its stalwarts, PHF PP Rtn.
K.S.Chandrashekhar, on his Life
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Perception, in continuation of the series of talks started last year. Born on 11 Mar
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1937, Chandrashekar has been a Rotarian since 7 Aug 1964, and is celebrating his
Golden Jubilee at Rotary this year. Married to Ann Kusuma, he has two children, Dr.
ShishirandMs.Oormila.
PP Chandrashekhar was Rotary Mysore President during the year 1976-77 with the
theme “I Believe in Rotary”. And he has truly believed in Rotary and all it stands for
over the last 50 years. It is not often that a Rotarian completes 50 years at Rotary.
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Rotary Mysore with great pride honoured Rtn. PP K.S. CHANDRASHEKHAR on 22
August 2013 for his contribution and commitment to Rotary and for his record
100% attendance over 50 years. PDG R. Vasudevamurthy did the honours on that
date.
Hats off to PHF PP Rtn. K.S.Chandrashekhar on this singular achievement! We
RotariansaresuretolearnalotfromhisLifePerceptiontalk.
Creating
Magic,
one Game
at a Time

2. CHAMUNDICHAMUNDI
Ms. Kusum Mohapatra had her education at Ravenshaw University Cuttack Odisha. With
an established track record in setting up and managing organizations, she is currently
managing State Operations for Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu Programs for
Magic Bus India Foundation that includes Project Cycle Management, setting up
systems and processes, Monitoring and Evaluation, Creating partnerships, Quality
Assurance. Mr. Venkatesh N.T., District Manager was also present. He is working with
18000Childrenand800YouthsinandaroundMysore.Last week’s Speaker
Rotary Mysore wishes
Happy Married Life
Rtn.
Prashanth
K.N. tied
the knot on
the 8th of
March to
Ojaswini(Ruchi).
She is a Senior Manager
at Fortis Hospitals B'lore and
hails from Chandigarh.
The newly married couple has plans to
invite us for a get-together at their new
B'lore home on Bannerghatta Road.
Rotary Mysore wishes Prashanth and
Ruchi a great and happy married life
MARCH IS LITERACY MONTH
– Engage Literacy
It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have
to give them something worth reading. Something that
will stretch their imaginations-- something that will help
them make sense of their own lives and encourage them
to reach out toward people whose lives are quite different from their own. - Katherine
Patterson
Rotary International has stressed the importance of Literacy to Rotarians by establishing
Literacy as a special emphasis on Rotary's ongoing commitment to promoting literacy and
numeracy by designating March as the Rotary Club Literacy month. Literacy is about people's
ability to read, write, speak, listen……and understand. Total Literacy will be possible only
whenitbecomesapeople'srevolution.
CombatingilliteracyhasbeenafocusofRotaryInternationalsince1986-andforgoodreason.
UNESCO estimates there are 862 million illiterate adults in the world and about two thirds of
them are women. Millions more are functionally illiterate, without the reading and writing
skills necessary for everyday life. Functional literacy is about people having adequate skills to
function well in a literate society. The United Nations has identified illiteracy as a major
obstacletoeconomic,political,andsocialdevelopment.
In March, Rotarians are encouraged to raise awareness of literacy issues and to organize
literacy projects at home and abroad. Highlight successful literacy projects in your
club/districtorincreaseawarenessofthearea'sliteracyneeds.
Mar2014)(Source:TheRotarian'se-digest
PDG Guru donates First Aid kits
PDG R. Guru, through Rotary Mysore,
donated Rs. 8000/= worth first aid kits
to Magic Bus. A generous gesture
indeed!
TRUSTEE CHAIR'S MESSAGE - MARCH 2014
Inspirelocally,growglobally.
Sinceitsinception,Rotaryhas
striven to do the greatest
good it can, wherever it can.
Local clubs within an
international organization
have meant that Rotary
projects have both local and
global effects. But as Rotary looks ahead, and
as The Rotary Foundation builds on the
groundwork that already has been laid, we
acknowledge the need for new, creative ways
ofaddressingproblems.
Many clubs here in America provide
dictionaries to schoolchildren, for instance,
and this is a wonderful way to encourage and
support literacy. But are dictionaries the best
use of money, in a time and place where
students are more likely to look a word up
online? What other projects could support
literacy in a way that will make a greater and
longer-lastingdifference?
Some exciting partnerships developed
between clubs and other organizations during
the pilot of the Foundation's new grant model.
One that I am fond of is a collaboration that
two Rotary districts in California and Uganda
formed with two nongovernmental
organizations in Uganda. These districts used
the new vocational training team structure to
send Rotarians and other professionals to
Nkondo, where they helped establish a clean
water system and a trained health clinic staff.
Thelocalgovernmentwassoimpressed,italso
pitchedin.
Vocational training team inspired a
partnership with a Ugandan NGO that
provides microfinance training and oversight,
and another one that works with farmers to
producecropsatahigheryield.Rotariansfrom
Kenya and Uganda traveled to District 5340 in
California to learn about sustainable
agriculture and irrigation, as well as good
businesspractices.
In this case, our Foundation was able to
provide service that not only meets the needs
of a village but empowers and inspires local
groupsinwaysthatonlyRotarycan.
Rotary always has engaged in strategic
partnerships with other organizations and
governmentsaroundtheworld.Ifitweren'tfor
our global partners, the eradication of polio
still would be just a dream. But as we
implement our new grant model, strategic
partnerships that take advantage of Rotary's
global reach at a local level will become even
morecentraltooursuccess.
Dong Kurn (D.K.) Lee
Trustee Chair 2013-14

3. Earliest known instance of women's
participationinRotary
History Might Have Been Different.
Other than Jean Harris, the earliest
k n o w n i n s t a n c e o f w o m e n
participating in Rotary activities
occurred in 1911, with the founding of
the RotaryClub of Belfast, where it was
customary for members to bring their
wives to a monthly meeting. Stuart
Morrow, who was a member of theSan
Francisco club, started the Belfast club.
Inthefirstyearof1912,theclub'sBoard
of directors discussed the advisability
of electing women to membership or
allowing them to attend weekly
luncheons.
The club records of that period indicate
the board considered it undesirable to
elect women to membership or have
them at the weekly luncheons. What is
notknowniswhetherthatdecisionwas
impacted by the possible admission
into the National Association of Rotary
Clubs. It was not for another 80 years
after the founding of Belfast, in 1992,
five years after the U.S. SupremeCourt
decision and three years after Rotary
changed its Constitution at the 1989
Council on Legislation, that the first
ladies were finally elected to
membershipintheClub.
Had the Belfast Club admitted women
in the summer of 1912, Rotary might
have changed its policy when Dublin
and Belfast were admitted, and the
U.S. Supreme Court would never have
hadtorenderadecision.
(Source:TheRotarian'se-digest)
Rotary InformationRotary Information
A debateinRotaryhasbeengoingonforover
a hundred years. Read what the Rotarian had
tosayinMarch1914.
In March 1914, Straw Hat Day was observed by the
RotaryClub of San Diego where all Rotarians marched
on the streets wearing
hugestrawhats.
RotaryClubofNashville
Tennessee in one of
their meetings at the
HermitageHotel.
A n a d f r o m R e m i n g t o n
Typewriters… Seeing is believing!–
the typewriter was a wonder
machinethen.
Tomorrow morning, try this new health soap for 5cents,
saysthisLifebuoyadof1914vintage!
RI President with the
President of India
A Hundred Years Ago
Rotary's Historic Moments
VICTORY over
POLIO

4. CHAMUNDICHAMUNDI
The Four-Way Test
“Of the things we think, say or do:
1. Is it the ?
2. Is it to all concerned?
3. Will it build
and ?
4. Will it be to all concerned?”
TRUTH
FAIR
GOODWILL
BETTER FRIENDSHIPS
BENEFICIAL
Quote Hanger
Annets'
Corner
Wisdom:
Not to know certain things is a great part
of wisdom.
– Hugo Grotius
How prone to doubt, how cautious are
the wise!
– Homer
After the event, even the fool is wise.
– Homer
One may almost doubt if the wisest man
has learnt anything of absolute value by
.living.
- Thoreau
DID YOU
KNOW
DID YOU
KNOW
• There are at least 6 people in the world who
look exactly like you. There's a 9% chance
thatyou'llmeetoneoftheminyourlifetime.
• A person's height is determined by their
father, and their weight is determined by
theirmother.
• Right-handed people tend to chew food on
theirrightside.
• Laziness and inactivity kills just as many
peopleassmoking.
• Our body gives enough heat in 30 mins to
boil1.5litresofwater!!
Just before Christmas, an honest politician, a
generous lawyer and Santa Claus were riding in
the elevator of a very posh hotel. Just before the
doors opened they all noticed a $20 bill lying on
thefloor.Whichonepickeditup?
Santaofcourse,becausetheothertwodon't
exist!
•
spermisthesmallestcell!!
• Stomach acid (conc. HCl) is strong enough
todissolverazorblades!!
• Trytomakeatleastthreepeoplesmileeach
day
• Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince
and dinner like a college kid with a maxed
outchargecard.
• Don't take yourself so seriously. No one
elsedoes.
• What other people think of you is none of
yourbusiness
• Your job won't take care of you when you
aresick.Yourfriendswill.Stayintouch.
• Each night before you go to bed, pray to
God and be thankful for what you've
accomplish,today!
The Ovum egg is the largest cell and the
At an arm's length
The horse and the mule live for 30 years,
And know nothing of wines and beers;
The goat and sheep at 20 die,
And never get a taste of Scotch and rye.
The cow drinks water by the tonne
And at 18 is mostly done
Without the aid of rum and gin
The cat in milk and water soaks,
And then in 12 short years it croaks.
The modest, sober, bone-dry hen
Lays eggs for others, then dies at 10.
All animals are strictly dry,
They sinless live and swiftly die.
But sinful, ginful, rum-soaked men
Survive for three score years and ten,
And some of them, though very few,
Stay pickled till they're 99.
(contributed by Rtn. Basu Rangaswamy)
An Ode to a Colorful Life
in a lighterin a lighter
vein!vein!
Health Bites
Health Bites
As you get older three things happen.The first
is your memory goes, and I can't remember
theother two.
- NormanWisdom
Atruefriendisonewhooverlooksyourfailures
andtoleratesyoursuccess!
- Doug Larson
A harmful truth is always better then a useful
lie!
- Eric Bolton
We spend the first twelve months of our
children's lives teaching them to walk and talk
and the next twelve telling them to sit down
andshutup.
- Phyllis Diller
Laughter is the closest distance between two
people.
-Victor Borge
Thoughts from Great Minds!
from Khushwant Singh (who died recently at 99)
(contributed by Rtn. Rajaram)