About Us-inhouse bulletin of Rotary Mysore midtown

1. ISSUE : 42 VOLUME : 31 16-05-2012 PAGES - 4
Srivatsa and his 'Ek Din ki Saltanat'
Rtn. Srivatsa could to take us through some very informative and thought provoking
not have asked for a issues of Adolescence and the Challenges, Trails and Tribulations
better Presidential for both the adolescent and their parents. We have had many
debut. The meeting had speakers over the years sharing their experiences with us. But not
a decent gathering, many could have matched Ann. Anupama. Not only has she the
despite majority of the command over the subject; she has the language, the body
'regular' Rotarians out in language and the skill to keep the audience interested. If ever there
Bangkok for the Rotary is a lady with more Charm, Grace, Humility, Modesty and
Convention, thanks to knowledge it must be our very own Ann. Anupama Ravindranath.
the presence of some Thank you Madam for enlightening us with your knowledge and
Inner wheel Sisters. While Rtn. Srivatsa had a very expertise. The topic was so well received that there was very active
suave secretary Rtn. Dr. Raghu with his trade mark participation from everyone in general and parents of Adolescents
smile (a great advertisement for his Dental Clinic) like Ann. Lavanya, Rtn. Raju Baliga, yours truly and many others.
on the one side, he had the charming Inner wheel Our veteran Rtn. Balu shared his 'Dinner Diplomacy' with us and
President Ann. Shama Milton on the other side. added a lot of value with his experience.
While the very pretty Ann. Lavanya Srinivas added At the end, it was the turn of Ann. Lavanya to do the vote of
glitz anchoring the program, the cherry on the cake thanks and while doing so with her usual charm and grace, she also
was of course Ann. Anupama Ravindranath informed us about the great time that her Husband is having in
enthralling the gathering with her power packed Cambodia with Raghavavarma, Venkatavarma, Vishwavarma,
presentation on “Managing Adolescence”. Srivatsa Sundaravarma, Gopalavarma and others in the land of Rajavarma.
surely must have felt on cloud 9 and must be Those of us who could not make it to Bangkok and Cambodia will be
wondering how he can keep Raghavendra out of banging our heads for having missed the bus. But let me tell you,
the chair for a few more weeks to enjoy the those who were not there in this meeting missed an opportunity to
Presidency. see how lucky Rtn. Srivatsa was with his “Ek din ki Saltanat”.
The meeting started with the usual National
Anthem in chorus and the Rotary President inviting
the Inner Wheel President to the dais to conduct the
joint meeting. The meeting started with the usual
pleasantries and amongst it was the 60th birthday of
PP Rtn. K. N. Srinivasan, and a cake was cut to
celebrate the same. His wife and daughter made his
day special with their presence. PP Rtn. Srinivasan
thanked all for the nice gesture and shared his
emotions and experiences with all.
The passing away of Mrs. Haseebunissa,
mother of Inner Wheel PP Niloufer Khuraishi, was
condoled with a few moments of silence. May her
soul rest in peace! KN’s 60th Happay Birthday
Ann. Shama introduced Ann. Anupama with
aplomb and then it was the turn of Madam Anupama - Rtn. Farooq

2. 16-5-2012
President's Message
My Dear Rotarians,
ELast week we missed Ann.Anupama Ravindranath's talk which I believe was one of the
best talks in midtown meetings. I heard that the speech, the meeting, the fellowship & the
attendance was excellent. I hope you all enjoyed it. On this occasion I would like to thank
Rtn.Srivatsa for presiding and Rtn. Dr.Raghu for acting as Secretary & Rtn. Sulaiman Sait, the
Guest Editor for the bulletin for making the meeting a success.
Dear Friends, 20 of us attended 103rd Rotary International Convention at Bangkok. It was a
great experience. We all enjoyed it. Princess of Thailand Inaugurated the Convention and in
her address she thanked & praised the Rotarians for their Service above self to mankind. And
our own Indian International President Rtn. Kalyan Banerjee in his Presidential address, briefed about the
immediate need of the society which should be addressed by the Rotarians as a priority. It is my pleasure to
thank on to convention Chairman Rtn. Sundar Raja Rao & Co-Chairman Rtn. D .Srinivasan for making excellent
arrangements for the trip to Bangkok.
Today let us hear our own Rotarian friends about the RI convention. Today’s Tea is Hosted by Rtn. Umesh.
Thanks Umesh !
Bye till next week….
Rtn. Raghavendra
Thank You
MIDTOWNERS AT 103RD RI CONVENTION-BANGKOK
After her majesty had left, RI president Kalyan Banerjee
delivered his speech in immaculate English followed by
flags of 200 countries plus latest entrant countries were
brought in style and displayed on the stage. Host
country Thailand and RI President's country INDIA flags
were the last to be displayed. National anthem of
Thailand and India were sung by artistes on the stage.
When our national anthem was played we had the
wonderful feeling of achieving something greater than
we could achieve. Tears were rolling down from the
eyes of Sundar and Kumaraswamy, the feeling of
achieving salvation was there. After the ceremony we all
went to the house of fellowship followed by lunch at the
venue. We left the venue at 3.00pm to our hotel and next
Mysore v Bangalore ñ Bangkok v Pattaya,
day morning we departed to Cambodia.
two days of relaxing and fun in the beach city. Pattaya
We came – We saw – We Conquered.
v Bangkok on 5th may retiring to the comforts of the
hotel. On 6th morning everybody was in elated spirits - Rtn. Srinivasan
and was on time to the bus and off we went to RI
Convention center. The IMPACT Center, venue of the THE EXPEDITION-COMBODIA
Convention was a massive structure, you have to see
it to believe. Papers for the registration was all ready After attending the Rotary convention at Bangkok, a
and registration was over quickly and then the fun group of thirteen midtown Rotarians started their
started when Midtowner's had the name tag around journey to the land of khmer civilization (Cambodia).
their necks. They were with euphoric feelings and they We all boarded the bus at 8.30 A.M on Monday , the 7th
were wearing their best smiles. Click-click of the May and proceed to Siem Reap at Cambodia. We had
cameras, sounds of laughter was at its peak. a stop at the Cambodian border to get our Visa for the
Midtowners had the privilege of watching the 1st country and we were given warm welcome by the Asian
session as we had registered early for the Convention. Trial guide Mr. Sham and all of us proceeded to Siem
The hall was a colossal structure with a seating Reap in a bus. After tasting the Cambodian lunch en
capacity of 25,000 people, well lit, good audio and route, we reached Siem reap in the evening 6 P.M. After
huge sized TV screen. Princess Chulabhorn Walailak a sumptuous dinner at the hotel all of us explored the
marked open the Convention with a speech in Thai and night market of the town which had so many things to
RI President greeted her Royal Highness with flowers. offer and we all bought various gift items.

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16-5-2012
Next day after falls.
breakfast, we were Day 3 in the morning we went to see the fisherman village and
taken to the to understand their lifestyle. We had opportunity to see floating
archaeological houses and also a floating school. After having a good Asian lunch
importance place, the we proceeded to phnom penh the capital of Cambodia and
ANGKOR. It was reached the place in the evening.
indeed a wonderful Next dayin Phnom Penh we visited the Royal palace and also
experience for us to National museum. In the afternoon we went to Tuol Slendg
witness that Hindu Genocide Museum. The museum was an old prison was created by
culture had spread its the orders of Pol Pot designed for detention, interrogation, inhuman
wings to a far of place torture, and killing after confession. The sight of prison rooms was
like Cambodia and really horrifying and we also had the opportunity to see two
marked its presence. survivors. In the evening we went to the Russian market to do our
The architecture, purchasing.
sculpture, construction We left Phnom Penh on 12th night by 7.30 P.M and reached
and art form -all of them Bangalore via Bangkok . The entire trip to Cambodia was very
breathtaking. We interesting and informative.
Alagappan with Angkor wat Shiva walked through the - Rtn. Sundarraja rao
places like Ta pram, Bayon and Ta Sam. We had wonderful
experience of seeing one of the ancient world's most powerful Malaysia-truly Asia
civilizations. After finishing our lunch at a local Indian restaurant,
we proceed to see the Angkor Wat. The temple has three levels
and built almost 900 years ago. The carvings showing Asuras and
Devas churning the sea of milk to obtain the Nectar, is carved on
the stones and looks grand. The temple is the biggest one in Asia
and had three levels. It took almost two hours to see all the three
levels of the temple. Later we went to see the National Museum,
which was built in the year 2008, to reveal the legend of ANGKOR.
The visit was worth and we had a good understanding of ancient
Khmer civilizations. The museum had 8 galleries in chronicle
order.
After a brief rest in the hotel we proceeded to see the show
”SMILE OF ANGKOR”, a grand epic show to revive the great
Angkor kingdom and Legends. The show had state of the art laser
technology and sound systems and dances, from the churning of
the Ocean of milk to the Shiva and candle wish dances and Apsara
dances. The show lasted for 90 minutes and was quite The Charminars at KL
entertaining. Four of us –myself, Bhanu, Pavitran and Bheemesh spent one
Next day after more day in Bangkok after the convention and took the flight to
breakfast in the Malaysia as none of had seen this country and this tour was
morning, we comparatively shorter. After reaching Kuala Lumpur we spent half-
proceeded to Kulen a-day seeing the city – the magnificent Twin towers, the war
Mountain where we memorial, the Jamek mosque, the Royal palace, the national
saw the river of monument etc. The in the evening we had an elaborate shopping at
thousand lingams. Central market which was estd in 1888 and in China town in Petaling
The river bed had the street. In KL we had the luxury of having south Indian food three
carvings of Lord times a day. Next day we checked out of the hotel to Genting
Vishnu and thousand highland, en route we visited Batu caves and the Murugan temple.
small lingams. We Genting Highland is truly out of the world experience for all of us. The
also visited a infrastructure, the outer and indoor theme parks, the casinos, the
reclining Buddha 24/7 entertainment activities all just amazing. We really enjoyed our
temple and we had stay there and the 10 day tour was really getting us tired and
lunch near a homesick and we were eager get back. And on 11th we boarded our
waterfalls and also flights back home and reached Mysore by 10 pm.
had fun bathing at the - Rtn.Prahlad
All smiles at Angkor wat

4. Happy
Birthday
Speakers urge Rotarians
Rtn. Pavithran .C.P. to fight global poverty
20-05-2012
Poverty and
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hunger were the
targets of the second
plenary session of the
Wedding Anniversary 2012 RI Convention,
as a variety of award-
Rtn. PHF. PP. winning speakers
M.S. Nanda Kumar
encouraged
&
N. K. Anuradha Rotarians to use their
20-5-2012 ingenuity to solve
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challenges.
Microcredit Muhammad Yunus
pioneer Muhammad commends Rotarians
Yunus, a Nobel Peace for their work in
Prize laureate, developing microcredit
c o m m e n d e d loans for the poor
Rotarians for their during the second
Rtn. PHF. Srivatsa .M.R & Sheela Srivatsa
work in developing plenary session 7 May.
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microcredit loans for the poor. The founder of Grameen
Bank also encouraged Rotarians to pursue social
business enterprises that would work with microcredit-
funded businesses not just to produce revenue but also
to return profits to the communities where they operate.
As an example, Yunus highlighted a joint venture
Rtn. Milton & E. Shama Milton between Grameen Bank and Danone, a European food
22-5-2012 Cell : 9448369247 company, to produce high-nutrition yogurt for children in
Bangladesh. The goal is to reduce malnutrition while
Gift of life project (MG74139) creating manufacturing and distribution jobs.
“In today's world, we use money to make money, not
solve problems,” said Yunus. “If we use money
creatively in a business framework, we can solve any
problem.”
Recently, Grameen Bank also joined forces with
Adidas to produce shoes that cost less than US$1 per
pair. The affordable shoes help prevent infection by foot
parasites in poor communities.
Ms. Madhumitha, aged about 8 years “My dream is to one day take poverty out of our
underwent surgery for Congenital Heart Disease society and put it in a museum that our grandchildren
on 1-05-12 at Apollo BGS Hospitals. This surgery can visit to see what it was like,” Yunus said.
was sponsored by Rotary Mysore Midtown under Antipoverty crusader Hugh Evans, cofounder and
matching grant project Gift of Life. This is the CEO of the Global Poverty Project, said Rotary can use
fourth surgery under this project. its considerable influence to fight poverty.
“Like Rotary, we believe that mass mobilization of
Next Week in Midtown individuals can effect real change in the world,” Evans
Dr. SUPRIYA DAS from Kolkata said. “When we focus on the needs of others, our own
will speak on burdens become lighter. Our perspective sharpens.”
PROFILE OF HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE “This idea, the same one that drives you as
Rotarians, guides our work at the Global Poverty
Date: 23-05-2012 at 6.30pm Project,” he said.
Venue : RCL Hall, JLB Road