Pres. Ramkumar Sheshu &Secy Vivek Prabhu had an ‘action replay’ of Silver Jubilee Salute to ROTARY CLUB OF BANGALORE by RC B DOWNTOWNat the Jt. meeting. . The salutation reads

In grateful acknowledgement that we are here today as Rotarians and

Rotary Clubs because you lit a candle of Service above Self 80 years ago,

chartering a new path of service in this part of the world.

You have helped spread cheer and hope in innumerable needy

communities, carrying forward the Torch of Service keeping alive the

Rotary Heritage.

DOWN TOWNERR I District 3190 Chartered on June 27, 1990 Charter # 27417

October 2014 Vol1, Issue 4 Page 1

. Joint Meeting of RCB DownTown with RCB City Centre, RCB Ulsoor and RC Bangalore on September 1, 2014

In his inimitable style, PDG SunilZachariah had the Rotarians insplits, quietly making them thinkof the significance of RI themes thatchange every year like theleadership in Rotary. The personbehind the e-flash Rotary which isthe go-to portal for information on

Rotary, MD Futuristic Consulting Ltd.

RI themes, which started in the 1950s, are a variety..they make us think, act and reach out; they lead us tolend a hand and look beyond oneself; they personifythe essence of Rotary. Though RI Presidents changeevery year, their themes live on, some due to theirsimplicity, inner meaning and significance.

Light up Rotary, theme of Gary Huang, the firstTaiwanese President of RI, is greatly influenced by theChinese philosopher Confucius. Absence of love, faithand hope results in darkness. Wherever love goes,success and wealth follow; the service that we renderin Rotary, relates to love that is why Rotary hasencircled the people around the world. We should firstunderstand what helplessness is about, in turn toknow what Hope is all about; in the moments ofhopelessness one finds Rotary; it brings hopes in thelives of millions. He said, programmes like PulsePolio brought faith in the commitment of Rotarians;we Rotarians, do god’s work on earth. We can reachout and make a difference and change lives; that is ouropportunity. I light one candle, you light another andtogether we can dispel the darkness and do muchmore. In essence , Rotary is all about lighting up thelives of those unfortunate ones, it is then we can lightup Rotary. His lively rendering received a standingovation.

The meeting opened to a moving dance-drama onAtrocities Against Women by the Interactors fromMother Theresa School.

Rtn. Pres. Vivekanandan introduced Rtn. PDG SunilZachariah and Rtn. Pres. Soma Sundaram of RotaryBangalore Ulsoor proposed vote of thanks.

RI Themes & Light up Rotaryby PDG Rtn. Sunil Zachariah

DG Manjunath Shetty believes in Following His Rotary Dream, he lights Up Rotary for Youth ! Never before cultural program by Dr. Mohan Alva ‘s troupes. Despite the torrential rain. Bravo!

RI President Gary Huang‘s Message (excerpt)

In October 1914, Jonas Salk was born – a man who would change world

history by inventing the first effective vaccine against polio. Soon after the

Salk vaccine was created, Albert Sabin developed an oral version, allowing

tremendous numbers of children to be immunized quickly, safely, and

inexpensively. In 1985, Rotary's Polio Plus program was born, with a simple

goal: to immunize every child under age five against this crippling disease.

Today, we are closer to this goal than ever before, with just three

remaining endemic countries. We are on track to achieve full eradication

by 2018 – if we can keep up the momentum that has brought us this far. And this month, we will mark World Polio Day on 24 October, and celebrate

the 100th anniversary of Dr. Salk's birth. I ask you all to Light Up Rotary this month by doing whatever you can to shine a spotlight on our efforts to eradicate polio. We will have proved ourselves, as an organization, capable of great things. And we will have given our children and grandchildren a gift that will endure forever: a polio-free world.

Some pictures on page 4

October 2014 Vol .1, Issue 4 Page 2

DOWN TOWNER

Laughter Yoga by Dr. Madan Khataria

Joint meeting on September 12, 2014 of RCB Junction, Vidyapeeta, South West, Diamond Dist. and DownTown

\

Dr. Madan Khataria just gets every one to laughwithout a tickle.

One meter laugh, zip-lock laugh, silent laugh, heartylaugh, spontaneous laugh, genuine laugh, fake laugh,child-like laugh, wild laugh, Buddha laugh,. . . . .. . . .laugh any which way, laugh your heart out and behappy, be healthy.

Life is calculated in Smiles per Hour, believesDr. Madan Kataria, a medical professional with over25 years of practice and the founder of Laughter Clubs,started in India and a phenomenon the world overnow. A motivational speaker and a much respectedleadership trainer in the corporate world, Dr. Kataria isfeatured frequently on TV and Radio and inprestigious publications like Time Magazine, WallStreet Journal and National Geographic.

Spreading the importance of laugh and laughterworldwide is his lifetime mission for laughter is thebest medicine which is known and proved to releasefeel-good hormones and make people feel better, sleepbetter and perform better. He says, laughter reducestension and improves your health. Even a fake laughhas its benefits as the body cannot differentiatebetween spontaneous and fake laughs and we get thebenefits nonetheless

10 minutes of laughing is equivalent to 30 minutes ofexercise, adds Dr. Kataria, it is a fantastic exercisebecause it gives exercise to your internal organs likeheart, kidney, abdomen muscles, etc

Good News! Saying that his mission is committed toimprove the health of people through laughter, he hasplans of starting a Laughter University in Bangaloresoon.

Standing on one leg…waiting for a chocolate

Smart or sportive ? Prashanth Babu challenged ‚Go ahead slip the wafer from the forehead to the mouth. ‚ Wow ,what a hoo-haa

PP Jaisimha says count ..1-2-3-4-5-6 and ... touch your head, if you say 7, ouch.. you are out.

Blind fold transferring ice cubes is AnnetUttara, ‘uncles’ egg her on

DownTown Family Meet September 12, 2014

PP Revathi Venkatraman presents Banner of

Rotary of Calgary Haritage Park, D- 5360

Recived from PDG Raju Paul, our long

standing friend , International Partner She

visited Canada as a part of FKCCI delegation

recently.

A n evening of fun and frolic , jokes, songs, games, puzzles, chocolates and not forgetting prizes;.President’s dream Family meet. fellowship of DownTown families

DownTown Family Meet

October 2014 Vol 1, Issue 4 Page 3

DOWN TOWNER

Sometimes a short walk down memory lane is all it takes

to appreciate where you are today – Susan Gale

OCTOBER – Vocational Service Month

Vocational Service is our special forte, Rotary Bangalore DownTown has carried our variety of activitiesand projects from workshops and seminars to training and major conferences, apart from institutingPioneer Award and Women in Distinctive Vocation Awards. To mention a few…..

Money Mart, an exhibition of ‚Money’ Business in association with FKCCI at their premises ,our first fund raiser. Received over 4000 visitors generating Rs.1.2 Crores worth business!Mid Career Choice Making: a day long workshop with top professional who had made thetransition successfully sharing their travails and triumphs. Mr. Sampathraman, the currentPresident FKCCI was one of them.Skills for Success : a 3 day programme for entrepreneurs by Prof. Kavil Ramachnadran, then from IIM-B currentlyat Indian School Business, of Family Business fame.

Y’ Entrepreneurs ‘92 : Asian Conference of Young Entrepreneurs Inaugurated by then DG Ravindran K R, the youngest DG, 2-days programme

with 3 parallel sessions over 500 participants addressed by Mr. Ramesh Chauhan, Parle’s CMD,

Mr. Arunachalam, TI Cycles, PDG Rtn. Brij MohanlalMunjal, Hero Group , Ms. Sabine Mitzel of Intl.TradeCentre,Geneva and Ms. Kiran Majumdar of Biocon, to mention a rock stars. Rotarians and young entrepreneurs recall to this day and thank Y’E

proved to be in their lives. Mr. Chidanand Rajamane, present President of KASSIA, management trainer Gautham Gouti then in their under twenties were inspired & ascended to where they are today.

Entrepreneurship Training : Over 400 young men and women were trained in entrepreneurship under the PMRY scheme. One shining example of the impact is Rtn. Munikrishna of Rotary Kengeri Upanagara. After our training he set up his first textile shop, now he has grown to three large textile shops. Classification Display was initiated right in the inception, perhaps we were the only one doing at that point in time.We have continued the display and classification presentations. Couple of times it was made open to high schoolstudents as display of career options.Entrepreneurship Awareness for Women at Madurai jointly with Rotary Club MaduraiDesigning for the Disabled, unique workshop of users and creators, in association with Indian Institute ofArchitecture, Bangalore Chapter received high appreciation from the authoritiesFinancial Assistance for Marketing , Mini seminar sponsored by SIDBI ,conducted in association with KASSIA and AWAKE was extremely well received andmuch appreciated.* Rotary Centennial Essay Contest for higher primary school students ‘ My4-WAY TEST Person’ Students, through their essay, nominated one person known to them as a Rotary 4-way Test Person. On the basis of the best essaying, we honored the person featured in that essay as ROTARY 4-WAY TEST PERSON. The prize-winning essay citation was read by the student on the awards event . The teacher, who guided the student was also recognized.

Of the things we think, say or do1. 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?

DownTown Takes Pride The VocationalTraining Team: (VTT) 2014-15 (On PalliativeCare) D-3190 to RI D- 1190 UK consists of L-ROur Women in Distinctive Vocation awardeeDr. Brinda Sitaram, Founder- COPER, Dr BabitaVarkey, Medical Officer, Karunashraya, Ms. SudhaPauline, Nurse at St. John's Hospital, Ms. ArchanaGanesh, PRO Karunashraya

If Vocational Service is Bedrock of Rotary, 4 -Way is the touch stone of Rotary for ethical practice .

When I hear our motto Service Above Self, I am reminded of the words of Mahatma Gandhi, who said, 'the best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.' I feel passionately that by serving we answer the most important question -- and that is, Who do we want to be?" Amanda Wirtz, a former U.S. Navy code breaker and professional

violinist, Rotary Youth Exchange student

Edited and published by PDG Rtn. Srikanth Chatrapathy for Rotary Bangalore DownTown, Pratibha, 132, Level 4, 11th Main, 17th Cross, Malleswaram, Banglore-560055. email: srikanthchatrapathy@gmail.com

DOWN TOWNER

01 Annet Aishwarya D/o Rtn. Murali S01 Rtn. (PP) Revathi Venkataraman02 Ann Yashodha Babu Kumar GR04 Ann Tejaswini Jaisimha L04 Annet Vaibhav Urs S/o Rtn. Anil Urs04 Ann Sridevi Suresh Muniswamy08 Ann Sheila Chandramohan Pishe14 Annet Arjun S/o Rtn. Prasad BV15 Annet Aathira D/o Rtn. Ajith17 Rtn. (PP) Chandramohan Pishe18 Annet Arushi D/o Rtn. Arun Bhasin20 Ann Dipali Zaidi

October 2014

12 Rtn. (PP) Ramanand G & Ann Indira Dr12 Rtn. Narayana Reddy G & Ann Meena

10 Vocational Service – Means Much More

Pres. Prakash Belavadi (RCB Consmopitan )

& Rtn. Munikrishna (RC Kengeri Upanagara)

17 Waste Management

24 Classification Display

31 Family Fellowship Evening

UpDates - October

Family Day Out with Special Children at Shastri Memorial School of Deaf & Dumb,

September 20, 2014

DownTowners with family and Rotaractors ofCMRIMS joined the special children to paintDiyas. Over 190 diyas were painted and their playwith colours was a sight to behold. The painteddiyas will be sold at special events and theproceeds will go the school, in the true spirit ofLight Up Rotary

Painted Diyas on sale at the Rotary Habba

Treasure Hunt : First Lady Ann Sujatha & Team were the first runner s up and Annet Tanuja & Team got consolation prize.

Chief Guest Sri Sadanand Gowda , Hon’ble Minister for Railways GOI

Keynote Address :

IPDG Dr. Deepak Shikarpur,(D-3131) Sunday October 12, 2014 at Nimhans

Convention Centre

Registration : 09-10 am

Programme 10 am -1 pm

October 2014

Rotafest was certainly one of the high points of the Rotary Habba. The final day of was dedicated to Hrudayotsava ,programs designed for a healthy living and habits.