1. Issue : 10 Volume : 32 5-09-2012 Pages -4
Present sir !
Mr. M.Prakash is an ideal teacher who is inspired by
Swami Vivekananda. 20 years ago he started his
school Vivekananda Educational Institution under a
small banyan tree. Today it is a full-fledged institution
with 3000 students and provides employment to
around 150 people. He is an exception to the
statement “The young are irresponsible and leave
CD villages, looking for greener pastures in cities”. While
he could have taken up a good job and settled in
Mysore, he chose going back to his home town Bannur, to
set up an educational institution. Today, children from all
over the state seek admissions to this school. Even
children from Mysore are enrolling at this school which by
itself speaks about its reputation.
Mr. Prakash maintains simplicity and honesty in all his deeds. He says that he will
make a good citizen out of any child enrolled to this school. Children should not grow
up on a bed of roses but must realize the hardships to life. Following this idea,l all
students and teachers of this institution sleep only on straw mats and wake up at
4:30 in the morning to start their day. Mr. Prakash is a role model to all of them who
follows these rules. It is rare to see such a simple, humble, modest and honest
teacher. It is an honour to have such a teacher amongst us on this “Teachers' Day”.
We welcome you 'Sir'.
Guru Brahma- Guru Vishnu-Guru Devo Maheshwara
A ll that we achieve in life is because of our Academy”, it is a special day to encourage,
teachers. Some of them are formally motivate and honour the teachers who are the
designated as teachers in schools, colleges guiding light for the hundreds of students studying
and universities while others as here. Every year Rotary and Inner Wheel members
parents, guides and role models. jointly conduct various programmes for these
In India 5th September is teachers. This year too, we are having one such
CARDIAC CAMP celebrated as Teaches' Day as
a mark of tribute to the
memorable event at RMA.
contribution made by Ideal teachers are those who use themselves as
teachers to the society. It is bridges over which they invite their students to
the birthday of a great teacher cross, then having facilitated their crossing, joyfully
D r . S a r v a p a l l i collapse, encouraging them to create bridges of
Radhakrishnan, who was a their own. Thus begins the cycle.
staunch believer of education,
and was the well-known Most of us end up with no more than five or six
diplomat, scholar, President of people who remember us. Teachers have
India and above all a Teacher. thousands of people who remember them for the
rest of their lives.
We at Rotary never fail to recognize the best
teachers of our society. As Rotary Midtown has its HAPPY TEACHERS' DAY !!!
own educational institution “Rotary Midtown

2. President’s Message
Dear Friends,
THIRD EYE VIEW by sini
My school days are still fresh in my mind. I am very
good at miming and imitating. On Teachers’ Day I
used to imitate all my teachers and they used to be
amazed because it was like they were looking at
Lets all wish our gurus at Midtown and at themselves in the mirror. Now the skill has worn off
RMA a very ‘Happy Teacher's Day’. Its really nice to and I can’t do it to perfection unless somebody treats
know that all of you are trying out your culinary me to fellowship and make the inner devil in me wake
skills. Chairman Aiyanna is all geared up to make up. My teachers have been a great influence on me
this ‘Men’s Cook Out’ event a total family and even today I consider my friends as teachers in
entertainer. my day to day life as I am learning a lot of things from
This month being the new generation them. Still more to learn. Bye
month. We have planned a lot of activities for the
youth. Cheers!!!
Today lets welcome a great teacher who
started his school under a banyan tree which has
grown to a full fledged college with 3000 students. Test for Dementia
Lets invite the epitome of patience and
simplicity Sri. Prakash from ‘Vivekananda Below are four (4) questions and a bonus question.
Shikshana Samsthe’, Bannur. You have to answer them instantly. You can't take your
time, answer all of them immediately. OK?
Vishu Let's find out just how clever you really are.... Ready?
GO!!!
First Question: You are participating in a race. You
HAPPY
BIRTHDAY
Farooq
overtake the second person. What position are you in?
Answer: If you answered that you are first, then
E you are absolutely wrong! If you overtake the second
Azam person, you take his place, so you are second!
9 September Try not to screw up next time. Now answer the
second question, but don't take as much time as you took
for the first one, OK?
WEDDING
ANNIVERSARY
Second Question: If you overtake the last person, then
you are...?
Harish Answer: If you answered that you are second to
last, then you are wrong again. Tell me, how can you
10 September &
Amitha overtake the LAST person?
You're not very good at this, are you?
NEXT WEEK IN MIDTOWN Third Question: Very tricky arithmetic! Note: This
ROTARY AMARAVANI AWARD must be done in your head only .Do NOT use paper and
pencil or a calculator. Try it. Take 1000 and add 40 to it.
RCL Hall, JLB Road. Now add another 1000. Now add 30.Add another 1000.
Date : 12.09.2012, Time : 6.30 pm Now add 20. Now add another 1000Now add 10. What
is the total?......
Did you get 5000? The correct answer is
actually 4100. If you don’t believe it, check it with a
calculator!
1. Is it the TRUTH ?
Today is definitely not your day, is it? Maybe
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned ?
3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS ?
you'll get the last question right.......Maybe.
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned ?
Fourth Question: Mary’s father has five daughters: 1.
Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini, 4. Nono. What is the name of the
Q uiz Q.: Where is the world head quarters of
fifth daughter? ……
Did you Answer Nunu? NO! Of course it isn't.
Rotary International? Her name is Mary.
a) New York b) London c) Seoul d) Illinois Read the question again! Okay,
(Last week’s answer : 60 %)
Now the bonus round: A mute person goes into a shop
and wants to buy a toothbrush. By imitating the action
of brushing his teeth he successfully expresses himself
Today’s tea hosted by to the shopkeeper and the purchase is done. Next, a blind
man comes into the shop who wants to buy a pair of
sunglasses; how does HE indicate what he wants?
Rtn. arun shenoy
He just has to open his mouth and ask...It's
really very simple.... Like you!
Courtesy: Rtn. Dr.Prahlad

3. Papa Cooking!
Don’t worry, Mama will fix it.
T he war of words has already begun on facebook even before the actual
gang war with fire. Yes, Rotary Midtown is all set to break its own
fellowship record of 'Masthalli' with “Men's Cooking Day out”. 16th
September is the D-Day for all the men folk who are going to try their
hands at what their wives have been doing all these years. They are going to
cook to compete against each other while Anns and Annets get a chance to play
the critic for a change.
Teams have already been formed and the preliminary works have begun for the jolly day. Be there to
cheer for your favourite team.
Prestige Cookers Thonda’s Thadka Venky’s Kitchen Mysore Maharajas
Prahlad Umesh Venky Mohan
Bheemesh Balu Raghu MS Farooq
Gopinath Sundar Alagappan Gururajan
Venkatesh CP Srinivasan KN Ramesh NarendraBabu
Krishna Rajesh Darla Rajesh Nagi
Rajendra Vijay Kumar Ravindranath Naveen
Balaji Gangesh Shyamanur Rakesh
Chat Express Hydrabadi Nawabs Loot & Scoot Kafe Krooks
Harish Srinivas
Kumaranna Sulaiman Raaghu
Pavithran Chengappa Srivatsa
Dr. Raghu Azeez
Sanjay Ashok Milton
Sambasivan Wajid Nandoo
Gopal Mike
Aftab Arun Naveen
Manjunath Rangaraj Pradeep
Ganesh Narasimha
Manoharlal Narendra
Nalpack F Q: Why don't they have any toilet paper in KFC?
A: Because its finger licking good!
Bhanu O Q: Why is it called "Fast Food"?
A: It's called "fast" food because you're supposed to eat it really
Satish
Ravi Mams
O fast. Otherwise, you might actually taste it.
Srinivas MN D Q: Why did the man climb to the roof of the fast food restaurant?
Salil Das A: They told him the meal was on the house!
Amarlal
Q: Would octopus make a good fast food?
Ramki J A: You must be squidding!
Solanki
Manikam O Q: What did the hamburger say to the pickle?
A: You're dill-icious!
FIRE burnt K Q: When can a hamburger marry a hot dog?
HOT
E A: After they have a very frank relationship!
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A iyo
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Sal S Q: How do you make a hamburger smile?
A: Pickle it gently!

4. News in Brief ROTARY INFORMATION
INNER WHEEL
Soft skill trainer Ann Chandrika
Raghu was the speaker at
Rotary West Club on 4th
September evening. She
inspired and moulded the
audience with her talk on
“Meaning of Soft Skills”. Perseverance and dedication are qualities that
both Paralympic athletes and Rotarians use to
reach their goals.
CONGRATULATIONS !!! To highlight this common bond, British Rotarians
Rtn. Gangesh has been used the excitement surrounding the opening day
elected as the Secretary of the of the 2012 Paralympic Games on 30 August to
prestigious Cosmopolitan Club rally government dignitaries from the United
of Mysore. Kingdom and Pakistan to raise funds for
Paralympic athletes and Rotary’s PolioPlus
program.
GURU MAMA “We wanted to celebrate the achievements of
Rtn. M.S.Raghu will be these amazing athletes and Rotary’s hard work
s p e a k i n g o n ‘ E ff e c t i v e towards polio eradication,” says Judith A.
Teaching’ to Vice principals of Diment, PolioPlus national advocacy adviser for
all Navodaya schools across the UK and a member of the Rotary Club of
the country at RIMSE on 8th Windsor St. George, England. “Both groups have
September 2012, between persevered through great odds to be where we’re
9.15am to 11.30am and at Somani college, at today.”
Kuvempunagar between 12.00noon & Rotary International, in association with
1.30pm. UNICEF, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,
the British Pakistan Foundation, and the Global
YOUNG BALAKRISHNAN Poverty Project, sponsored the garden party in
London attended by more than 100 people,
Midtown had organised lecture cum including five Paralympic athletes, three of whom
interaction session on RTI Act and its are polio survivors.
application by Mrs. Savitha The event raised thousands of dollars for
R a n g a n a t h a n d PolioPlus and the Pakistani Paralympic
Rtn.P.S.Balakrishnan on Committee and advocated for a polio-free world.
September 1st, 2012 at Wajid Shamsul Hasan, the High Commissioner of
Somani Degree College. Pakistan to the United Kingdom, praised Rotary’s
More than 128 students efforts to eradicate polio in Pakistan and spoke
belonging to BBM and about his government’s commitment to step up
B’Com participated. A good resources to rid his country of the disease.
number of case history were Diment said advocacy efforts have become more
presented where RTI Act important than ever, as funding shortages have
has helped to dig out the forced the Global Polio Eradication Initiative
required information. Prof. Venugopal (GPEI) to cancel or scale back immunization
introduced the guest speaker. Mrs. activities in high-risk countries, leaving more
Gunavathi, lecturer of that college who children vulnerable to the disease.
suggested that a ladies forum on RTI Act The GPEI launched an emergency action plan
should be formed either at the college or earlier this year but is US$1 billion short of what
elsewhere and Rotary Mysore Midtown it needs in order to implement the plan through
should take the initiative to train these 2013. Rotarians can help, Diment says, by
womenfolk, which has been endorsed by the lobbying their governments to commit funding for
young at heart, Rtn. P.S.Balakrishnan. polio eradication and by spreading the word
about the immense benefits of finally eliminating
Brahmanda 2012 this crippling disease.
Rtn. Raghavendra is the chairman for the “We must continue to reach out and put Rotary’s
flagship event ‘Rotary Brahmanda 2012’. He effort in front of the opinion makers and
along with his co-chairman Rtn. Dr. Prahlad governments so they act in helping us achieve our
is making all arrangements to hold the goal of polio eradication worldwide,” says
programme this month. It is going to be an Diment.
event which will benefit 300 students.