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Donations to our Welfare Trust are exempted u/s 80 G of IT Act For Restricted Circulation Only Volume XXXXI No. 48 Dated: May 30, 2017 PROGRAMME Club Assembly Proposed agenda circulated by the Secretary to all members through email Kashmir Our regular meeting on May 26, 2017 was presided over by Vice President Rtn. Salil Bali who welcomed the chief guest, Maj. Gen. Raj Mehta. He was introduced by PP Rtn. Dr. Balram K. Gupta. Maj. Gen. Raj Mehta is an ex Army officer who retired in June 2006 Maj. Gen. Raj Mehta after about 39 years of service. A Cavalry officer, he has taken part in the 1971 Indo-Pak War and was deployed in the Kashmir Valley during the Kargil War of 1999. He has commanded a tank Regiment and Brigade as also a Rashtriya Rifles Sector in South Kashmir. He later commanded 19 Infantry Division in North Kashmir deployed on the LC against Pakistan. The officer has spent a total of seven tenures in J & K of which three were in Kashmir Valley. He suffered serious gun-shot wounds as a Brigade Commander in an encounter in South Kashmir in 1997 but was allowed at his request to remain in command. He writes books on nuclear and terrorism issues as well as topical articles essentially on military matters but sometimes on life and living, brave-hearts across gender. He is a strong votary of women's rights and considers them "Equal but different to men in almost every which way and in certain ways, well ahead of men." He is currently helping to set up Punjab's War Memorial and Museum, an 8 acre facility that has come up at Amritsar and covers India's heroes and heroism over 3000 years. When with time, he motivates young children to be excellent in all they do. Maj. Gen. Raj Mehta very candidly spoke about the Kashmir issue, and strongly advocated that the solution lies in giving the youth suitable jobs. In his email addressed to the editor, Gen. Mehta made some interesting observations, as reproduced below; “A chance interaction with Director Judicial Academy, Chandigarh, the much respected Dr Balram Gupta on fb and on cell led to I being invited to talk to the Rotarians of Rotary Chandigarh Midtown. The military is used to tight timings and I found myself delighted with the invitation and its discipline. I arrived on time, was warmly received by Dr Sahib and some very courteous Rotarians who were appointment holders, past and present. I found the members, both gentlemen and ladies highly qualified with quite a few in the 'been there, done that’ VP Rtn. Salil Bali shows a video on organ donation PP Rtn. R.T.P.S. Tulsi presents a memento to Maj. Gen. Raj Mehta. Looking on is Vice President Salil Bali category of top achievers. Doctors - legal, prosthetic, academic, military were there in fair number as were other achievers. The ladies were clearly no less and were confident.” “Started proceedings with the National Anthem. We all stood up and I was amazed, deeply moved, felt proud to see the doctor’s lady (R’ann Indu Luthra) do her best to get her wheel chair bound husband (Rtn. Dr. Jawahar Luthra) to stand up. That brave heart tried his best to do just that. He is around 80 plus, so that effort was noted by all 60 odd of us and deeply appreciated. When I began my 20 minutes, I saluted the lady, her hubby, strong women and then quoted Guru Nanak Dev Ji on women and their value to society. It was the least I could do to tell all that behind great men are often greater women.” "The slices of Kashmir began thereafter right from Sharada/King Pravarsena/Shalimar Gardens/Jehangir/Nur Jahan/Paradise to what has happened in the last 2200 years...1947/1962/Siachen/Bana/Kargil was covered too and Burhan/Lt Fayaz/Gogoi and Md Dar alluded to.” “It was audience time thereafter and a stream of wise and well-thought- thorough questions were asked and honestly answered. It wasn't 10 minutes of course; it was an animated hour and counting but all good things must end and it did too; this QA. Everyone or the majority agreed above all that the Republic (TV channel) had been mired by needless and often senseless hype.” Date: June 02, 2017 (Friday) Time: 7.00 p.m. Venue: Hotel President Sector 26, Chandigarh Thank you….. says the President In his message through the Editor, President Rtn. Amarjit Singh has conveyed his sincere thanks to all the Rotarians and the Past Presidents of our club for the grand success of the Official Visit of District Governor Rtn. Raman Aneja, and the 40 th anniversary celebrations of our club on May 18, 2017. The President also appreciated the great efforts behind this well applauded program by Counselor PDG Shaju Peter, Event Chair PP Ajit S. Gulati and all members of their team for making this event highly impressive and memorable.
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Donations to our Welfare Trust are exempted u/s 80 G of IT Act For Restricted Circulation Only
Volume XXXXI No. 48 Dated: May 30, 2017
PROGRAMME
Club Assembly Proposed agenda circulated by the Secretary
to all members through email
Kashmir
Our regular meeting on May 26, 2017 was presided over by Vice President Rtn. Salil Bali who welcomed the chief guest, Maj. Gen. Raj Mehta. He was introduced by PP Rtn. Dr. Balram K. Gupta. Maj. Gen. Raj Mehta is an ex Army officer who retired in June 2006
Maj. Gen. Raj Mehta
after about 39 years of service. A Cavalry officer, he has taken part in the 1971 Indo-Pak War and was deployed in the Kashmir Valley during the Kargil War of 1999. He has commanded a tank Regiment and Brigade as also a Rashtriya Rifles Sector in South Kashmir. He later commanded 19 Infantry Division in North Kashmir deployed on the LC against Pakistan. The officer has spent a total of seven tenures in J & K of which three
were in Kashmir Valley. He suffered serious gun-shot wounds as a Brigade Commander in an encounter in South Kashmir in 1997 but was allowed at his request to remain in command. He writes books on nuclear and terrorism issues as well as topical articles essentially on military matters but sometimes on life and living, brave-hearts across gender. He is a strong votary of women's rights and considers them "Equal but different to men in almost every which way and in certain ways, well ahead of men." He is currently helping to set up Punjab's War Memorial and Museum, an 8 acre facility that has come up at Amritsar and covers India's heroes and heroism over 3000 years. When with time, he motivates young children to be excellent in all they do.
Maj. Gen. Raj Mehta very candidly spoke about the Kashmir issue, and strongly advocated that the solution lies in giving the youth suitable jobs. In his email addressed to the editor, Gen. Mehta made some interesting observations, as reproduced below;
“A chance interaction with Director Judicial Academy, Chandigarh, the much respected Dr Balram Gupta on fb and on cell led to I being invited to talk to the Rotarians of Rotary Chandigarh Midtown. The military is used to tight timings and I found myself delighted with the invitation and its discipline. I arrived on time, was warmly received by Dr Sahib and some very courteous Rotarians who were appointment holders, past and present. I found the members, both gentlemen and ladies highly
qualified with quite a few in the 'been there, done that’
VP Rtn. Salil Bali shows a video on organ donation
PP Rtn. R.T.P.S. Tulsi presents a memento to Maj. Gen. Raj Mehta. Looking
on is Vice President Salil Bali
category of top achievers. Doctors - legal, prosthetic, academic, military were there in fair number as were other achievers. The ladies were clearly no less and were confident.”
“Started proceedings with the National Anthem. We all stood up and I was amazed, deeply moved, felt proud to see the doctor’s lady (R’ann Indu Luthra) do her best to get her wheel chair bound husband (Rtn. Dr. Jawahar Luthra) to stand up. That brave heart tried his best to do just that. He is around 80 plus, so that effort was noted by all 60 odd of us and deeply appreciated. When I began my 20 minutes, I saluted the lady, her hubby, strong women and then quoted Guru Nanak Dev Ji on women and their value to society. It was the least I could do to tell all that behind great men are often greater women.”
"The slices of Kashmir began thereafter right from Sharada/King Pravarsena/Shalimar Gardens/Jehangir/Nur Jahan/Paradise to what has happened in the last 2200 years...1947/1962/Siachen/Bana/Kargil was covered too and Burhan/Lt Fayaz/Gogoi and Md Dar alluded to.”
“It was audience time thereafter and a stream of wise and well-thought-thorough questions were asked and honestly answered. It wasn't 10 minutes of course; it was an animated hour and counting but all good things must end and it did too; this QA. Everyone or the majority agreed above all that the Republic (TV channel) had been mired by needless and often senseless hype.”
Date: June 02, 2017 (Friday) Time: 7.00 p.m.
Venue: Hotel President Sector 26, Chandigarh
Thank you….. says the President
In his message through the Editor, President Rtn. Amarjit Singh has conveyed his sincere thanks to all the Rotarians and the Past Presidents of our club for the grand success of the Official Visit of District Governor Rtn. Raman Aneja, and the 40th anniversary celebrations of our club on May 18, 2017. The President also appreciated the great efforts behind this well applauded program by Counselor PDG Shaju Peter, Event Chair PP Ajit S. Gulati and all members of their team for making this event highly impressive and memorable.
PP Dr. Balram Gupta introducing
the chief guest
Announcements: Secretary Sundeep
Singh Sawhney
Vote of thanks by PP R.T.P.S.
Tulsi
Maj. Gen. Raj Mehta presents punctuality award
to PP Rtn. R.K. Goyal
Welcome our new Rotarians
Rtn. Renu Chopra (PHF)
TRF ID No. Clf. : Admn. – Education Schools
Address (O): 1664, Sector 21, Panchkula -134113 (R): 1664, Sector 21, Panchkula-134113
Phone (O): 6571664 (R): 6542664 Mobile. : 98156 53821 Email. : [email protected] D.o.B. : 17.08.1956 Wedding: October 10 Member from: May 2017 Position held : Member Spouse : Rtn. Salil Chopra Vocation : Business Mobile : 98780 53821 D.o.B. : January 12 Children : Bulbul (D) Chunmun (D) Himanshu (S) Ishrat (GD) Parakh (GD) Khwaish (GD)
Rtn. Shuchi Thakur
TRF ID No. Clf. IT Professional Address (O): Veridic Technology P. Ltd. Plot No. 1, Sector 22 Panckula – 134109 (R): 306, Chinar Appartments Zirakpur - 140603 Phone (O): 95010 60066 (R): 01762-460490 Mobile. : 95010 60066 Email. : [email protected] D.o.B. : 05.12.1978 Wedding: April 30 Member from: May 2017 Position held : Member Spouse : Ankur Thakur Vocation : Business Mobile : 97790 60960 D.o.B. : May 26
Maj. Gen. Raj Mehta presents wedding anniversary gift to R’ann Indu and Rtn. Dr. Jawahar Luthra. Looking on are VP Salil Bali, PDG Shaju Peter, PP Dr. Balram Gupta and Sundeep S. Sawhney
Get well soon
Mrs. Surinder Kaur, mother of President Amarjit Singh is undergoing treatment at IVY Hospital, Mohali. We wish her a very speedy recovery and sound health.
“ I was moved during QA to hear the brave lady speak kind words as did the ex President (PP R.T.P.S. Tulsi) and very learned Sikh Rotarian who summed up and spoke far better than I did about why Kashmir was important; on respect to women and Guru Nanak's thoughts on respecting womanhood in Nirbhaya land.”
“A delightful two hours thanks to Dr Gupta, Dr V.J.S. Vohra who sent the pics, everyone of Rotary Midtown really. The last t ime I spoke to Rotary was in Dharamsala in 2006 (On AIDS and young peop le) and I remembered that after I had half driven home.”
Maj. Gen. Raj Mehta summed up his interaction with Rotarians, “ was special, very special. The pics of the Rotarians show that clearly. ”
Crossing the targets, and still moving ahead…!
Rtn. Salil Chopra reports that he has crossed the target of 70 projects assigned to him by President Amarjit Singh. The break up is: Swachhta cum water saving campaign – 37, Child development under RILM – 32 and Beti Bachao, Beti Padao - 02. Grand Total – 71, and still moving ahead…! During last week Interactors were involved to carry out 2 campaigns, 1st one at railway station and 2nd one at ISBT, Sector 17. The passengers in the train and in the bus, and at the platform were given the message of keeping their places clean, saving water and disposing the garbage in the bins, for which there was good public response. The canteen and kiosk owners were requested to advice their customers not to litter but dispose the garbage in the bin only, as this would protect us from many diseases.
Four courses were held for classes 10th, 9th, 8th and 7th on personal hygiene, goal settings, moral values and Swachhta at Govt. Model High School, Sector 30, Chandigarh. Rtn. R.K. Jain also assisted Rtn. Salil Chopra in conducting the program. Another program was at Govt. Model High School in Manimajra for students of classes 8th and 9th on goal settings. Rtn. Renu Chopra did very well to give a useful talk to students as a motivational speaker.
District training seminar for incoming leaders at
Hotel Mountview, Chandigarh on 28 May 2017
Our President Elect Rtn. Dr. Rita Kalra and Secretary Elect Rtn. Jeeten Bhambri
with District Governor Raman Aneja, PDG Shaju Peter, PDG Manpreet Singh Gandhoke and District Chief Sergeant-at-arms PP Bipin Bogra
10 -14 June 2017 at Atlanta, USA
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