Chamundi #34 Weekly Bulletin of Rotary Mysore dt 2Mar2014

1. George C. Hager, Rotary Club of Chicago, Illinois, USA
28th President of Rotary International, 1938-39
"Rotary believes that the citizen who best serves his country is the one who
wishes to know the truth about his neighbors, and who desires to replace
hatred between nations with friendship."
Issue: 34, 2nd March, 2014
TAARE' ZAMEEN PAR
special show of special children
As every year over the last 7 years,
Rotary Mysore will be hosting its
flagship event “Taare Zameen Par”
for the special children of Mysore
district on Sunday, 2nd March, at
Jaganmohan Palace auditorium
here from 8 am and 6 pm. About
850 children from 18 Schools will
participate in this event. This is a
special day for the special children
who have an opportunity to
showcase their hidden talents to
the outside “normal” world. The
talent show is open to all special
children of the special schools in
the city. The contests will be in the
following categories: Fancy dress, solo &
group dance, singing, mono-acting, drawing
and article-making. Prizes in each category
will be awarded and mementos to every
participant will be given. Three prizes will be
given to Schools with overall best
performance. All this is possible thanks to
generous contributions from a number of
our Rotarians every year and this year.
Dr. R. Balasubramaniam, Founder, Swami
Vivekananda Youth Movement, will be the
chief guest. PDG Rtn. R.Guru and Sundar,
Associate Vice-President, Global Education
Centre, Infosys, Mysore, will be the guests of
honour. Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji
will be the chief guest for the valedictory.
Visitors from RID 5440
Last Thursday, 20th Feb, it was a
rare occasion when senior
Rotarians from RID 5440 in the
US visited us. Led by 2012-13 DG
RID 5440 Mike Forney, the team
had Rtn. Dr. Krishna C. Murthy &
others from US addressing us on
“Rotary in US” at the Rotary
Center.
Introduced by PP S.K.Sanjay, PDG
Mike Forney who is a trainer at
the Rotary Leadership Institute
and a pilot, is most comfortable as
a Proud Rotarian. He recounted
that where others alighting at the
Bangalore airport needed to be
received with placards carrying
Rotary District Governor Rtn. S.
Gururaj will be the guest of honour.
Soften (a social initiative of InfosysMysore Employees), Inner Wheel
Mysore, Rotaract Clubs of Mysore,
NIE, GIMDS are associated with the
event.
It is a touching experience to watch
the children perform with enormous
zeal and enthusiasm. The selfsatisfaction that one derives from
TZP is enormous. Encourage them,
as always… Rotarians, Anns,
Annettes please, at 8am this Sunday
2nd March.

2. CHAMUNDI
names and designations, the Rotary symbol was enough to
identify him. As one who has visited Kenya, Thailand, Laos,
Burma, Moscow, Portugal as a GSE Leader and as a leader of
vocational training teams, he is proud to represent 1.2 m
Rotarians. Today people trust Rotarians. He was touched to visit a
Bangalore Eye hospital performing 5000 operations / month.
PDG Forney represents RC Steam Boat Springs Colorado, which
has 11,000 people, is 7,000 ft above sea level, and under 5 ft snow
in winter. Its winter sports club has 1500 athletes, and had 17
Olympians representing US in the Winter Olympics recently
concluded. The Brazilian Rotary has come forward to work with
his club on the recent devastating Colorado flooding. The RID has
53 clubs and 3300 Rotarians. The district is huge and covers
420,000 sq. miles and has 54 mountains that are over 14000 ft in
altitude. They are doing a joint project with RID 3180. PDG Forney
shared memorabilia of his club and district with us.
Dr. Lee Jeffrey, of Colorado Springs which has 150 members,
joined Rotary in Jan 2008. He is a gynecologist and is visiting us
with Ann Carla.
Dr. Krishna C. Murthy, of RC Port Collins, is a product of MMC
Mysore. He is on a respiratory project to Mission Hospital and has
participated in about 60 matching grant projects along with RID
3180. He has closely worked with Dr. Narayana of PolioPlus India.
Fellowship at the Blue Lagoon
Nearly a hundred of us - Rotarians
with Anns and Annettes descended
on the KRS backwaters, popularly
known as Blue Lagoon and celebrated
World Rotary Day there along with a
grand Fellowship. The initial assembly
was at the Rotary Center at around 11
am and the next pickup point was on
the KRS road. On the way, Rotaractors
helped us by providing directions and
boards at strategic locations. Rtn.
Raghavan had even provided a stepby-step photographic route map to
the pristine location.
The venue was beckoning and
soothing to the eye... a pandal
erected near the river bank gave relief
from the scorching sun. Some of us
went directly into the water along
with the children. And then we were
onto some fun and games. The Tug of
War was aborted half-way but an
equally enjoyable variation of Musical
Chairs had all the participants on their
feet and alternating between up-andrunning and down-and-out. Inner
Wheel members had organized
interesting games to suit the
occasion. Yummy food of all varieities
was made available followed by (kiwi
fruit) dessert and cool rabdi. Cocktails
were arranged thanks to our
Sooper(B) boys of Rotary Mysore and
the food was sponsored by Rtn.
Raghavan.
Even the small mishap luckily ended
with “All's well that ends well”. All in
all the members had a real blast and
found the experience soo… relaxing
and were rejuvenated to face the
week ahead!

3. Rotary Information
Was Paul Harris the first president of a Rotary
club? No.
Was Paul Harris the first president of Rotary
International? Yes.
There is an easy explanation to this apparent
contradiction. Although Paul Harris was the
founder and organizer of the first Rotary club
in Chicago in 1905, the man selected to be
the first president was one of the other
founding members, Silvester Schiele.
It is 109 years since Rotary came into being. Some good to know facts on the occasion.
Paul Harris - First but Not First
By the year 1910 there were 16 Rotary clubs,
which linked up as an organization called the
National Association of Rotary Clubs. Two
years later the name was changed to the
International Association of Rotary Clubs, as
Rotary was organized in Winnipeg, Canada,
and then in England, Ireland and Scotland. In
1922 the name was shortened to Rotary
International.
Congrats
Harish Shenoy
President of Round Table
India, our own Rtn. Harish
Shenoy is making things
happen. He is seen here
with Ms. Gauri Khan, Brand
Ambassador, Round Table
India.
Rotary International
President-Elect Gary
Huang hopes to warm
up to China's president
Xi Jinping as easily as he
warmed up the crowd of
fellow Rotarians at a club meeting in
Muscatine on Monday.
One of Huang's big goals as the
upcoming president of Rotary
International is to expand Rotary into
China. Huang hopes to take advantage
of the relationship some local
Rotarians built with Xi when he visited
Muscatine in 1985 and 2012.
"It truly is a special, special day,"
Rotary District Governor Jacque
Andrew said as she introduced Huang.
Gearing up Rotary
for entry in China
She described the district's excitement
at having Huang visit, smiling as she
said, "We didn't think it was ever going
to happen."
Huang's friends in China have already
arranged a meeting with Xi, during
which they will pass along photos and
stories from Huang's visit. Huang said
he believes this will prompt Xi to meet
with him.
Huang expresses hope that he, and
Rotary, will be well received by Xi,
saying "I think [Xi] has a heart, he has a
feeling, like a Rotarian."
When the first organization of Rotary clubs
was created in 1910, Paul Harris was selected
as the first president. He served in this
position for two years, from 1910 until 1912.
Thus, the founder of the Rotary idea, who
declined to be president of the first club,
became the first president of the worldwide
organization.
Rotary International.
INDIA
POLIO
FREE
Michel Jazzar, Rotary International
Representative to the United Nations – “I
participated in the second round of the
polio vaccination campaign that took
place in Lebanon between 6 and 10
December 2013, organized by the
Ministry of Health, UNICEF and WHO with
the support of almost 200 volunteers
from Rotary and Rotaract Clubs. The
expansive awareness campaign was
approved by the International Polio
Committee and funded by the Rotary
Foundation....”
March Literacy Month
Objective: Highlight successful
literacy projects or increase
awareness of the area's literacy
needs.

4. CHAMUNDI
Annets'
Corner
Generation Z
IronMan
With advances in technology, more and more
brands are competing with one another to
come out with Electronic Wearables.. Wear
these in-things on your body, you may start
looking like IronMan!
Torso – OMSignal's spandex shirt – tracks
and transmits breathing patterns, heart rate,
and location data via Bluetooth.
time to
celebrate
Waist – Lumo BodyTech's Bluetooth
LumoBack belt – makes sure you sit straight
when your shoulder droops and also how
long you sit, stand or sleep. ($150)
Birthdays
Ravi N.
Harish Shenoy
Rajaram M.R.
Feet – Sensoria's anklet, paired with socks –
tracks info on distance covered and at what
speed ($149)
Rotary Anniversary
Ananth Raj Urs K.G.
24th Feb
25th Feb
27th Feb
1st Mar 1989
Ear: Smart Earbuds – tracks heart rate with
sensors placed in the buds.
Eye: Google Glass – wearable computer with
optical head-mounted display; displays info
and communicate with internet in natural
language voice commands.
Have A Good Day
Chest – Quardiocore heart monitor – sends
ECG to a smartphone, which can then be
forwarded to a doctor (($450)
Quote Hanger
Hand - Liquid Image EgoLS – streams videos
live. Helps athletes who want to share their
trail and records. ($200)
Wrist – LG's life band – combines a fitness
tracker and a smart watch ($50)
GRAPES FOR GOOD HEALTH
Grapes are sources of vitamin A, C, B6 and folate. They also have other important
minerals, such as potassium, calcium, iron, phosphorus, magnesium and selenium.
Grapes are very beneficial to our overall health and immune system.
They help in dealing with the following ailments:
*. Asthma
*. Heart diseases
*. Migraine
*. Constipation
*. Fatigue
*. Indigestion
*. Kidney disorders
*. Breast cancer.
*. Alzheimer 's disease
*. Macular degeneration
*. Cataract
*. Blood cholesterol
*. Antibacterial activity
*. Anticancer properties
*. Anti-aging
*. Arthritis
Useless
Sensible people regard nothing as
useless.
– La Fontaine
Where none admire, 'tis useless to
excel.
– Lord Lyttleton
Nothing is so useless as a general
maxim.
– Macaulay
Absolute and entire ugliness is rare.
– John Ruskin
It is better, of course, to know useless
things than to know nothing.
– Seneca
Better an ugly face than an ugly mind.
– James Ellis
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
Bites
Health
and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?”