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Vol. 59 Issue: 05 Date: 1 August, 2014
Today’s Program 1 August: RWM No 2680 & Club Assembly
Online Weekly Club Bulletin Published by Rotary Club of Calcutta South West
Upcoming Program RCCSW
8 August: RWM
15 August: No Meeting Holiday
22 August: RWM & Guest Speaker Mr B J Mozumdar Topic:
Investment scenario after Union budget 2014-15.
31 August (Sunday): RWM & HILSA FESTIVAL fellowship
Lunch
UPCOMING PROGRAMS RID 3291
9 August: Saturday ICM on “Light up Rotary” at Haldiram banquets
24 August: Sunday 10 AM Dist. Polio Orientation & Planning Meet at Rotary Sadan
30 August: Saturday President & Secretary Meet
RCCSW CLUB ASSEMBLY NOTICE Notice is hereby being given that the RCCSW Club
Assembly will be held on Friday 1 August, 2014 to discuss
the following Agenda:
Presentation by Club President on Theme 2014-
15 and the Dist. focus areas
Announcement of the Committees
Plans and Programs of the Committee
Club & Trust Budget presentation & approval
Address by Assistant Governor
Any other matter
Members are requested to make it convenient to attend
the Club Assembly and participate in the discussion.
Sd/-
Hony. Club Secretary, RCCSW
TODAY’S PROGRAM RCCSW Assembly 2014-15
AUGUST: MEMBERSHIP & EXTENTION MONTH
CELEBRATIONS BIRTHDAYS
2 Aug: PP Rtn Joyanta Kr Mitra
3 Aug: Mrs Srirupa De (w/o PP Rtn Debasis De)
8 Aug: Mrs Rakhee Sen ( w/o Rtn Dilip Sen)
ANNIVERSARY
8 Aug: Mrs Kajol & PP Rtn Subhasis Bandopadhyay
Wishing you all “Many Happy Returns of THE DAY”
Rotary South West Hilsa Festival
Sunday 31 August, 2014
@ Lunch with Hilsa
COMMUNE : 12.30 PM onwards
RSVP: PP Rtn Subhro Banerjee
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Online Weekly Club Bulletin Published by Rotary Club of Calcutta South West
WORLD POLIO UPDATE as on 23July 2014
The Status of Polio cases across the world
World Total: 128
Pakistan: 99 Camaroon: 3
Afganistan: 8 Iraq: 2
Nigeria: 5 Syria: 1
Equatorial Guinea: 5 Ethiopia: 1
Somalia: 4
Data source WHO for 2014
Pencil and Eraser's story my all time inspiration !
A conversation between a Pencil and an Eraser is very
inspirational.
Pencil- ‘ I’m sorry…’
Eraser- ‘ For what? You didn’t do anything wrong.’
Pencil- ‘I’m sorry because you get hurt because of me.
Whenever I made a mistake, you’re always there to erase
it. But as you make my mistakes vanish, you lose a part of
yourself. You get smaller and smaller each time.’
Eraser- ‘ That’s true. But I don’t really mind. You see, I was
made to do this. I was made to help you whenever you do
something wrong. Even though one day, I know I’ll be gone
and you will replace me with a new one. I’m actually happy
with my job. So please stop worrying, I hate seeing you sad.’
The Conversation above is very inspirational and reminds
me of the parents who take great pains to raise their
children. Parents are like the eraser whereas their children
are the pencil. They’re always there for their children,
cleaning up their mistakes. Sometimes along the way they
get hurt, and become smaller (older and eventually pass
on). Though their children will eventually find someone new
(spouse), but parents are still happy with what they do for
their children, and will always hate seeing their precious
ones worrying or sad. This for all Parents out there……. And
for children to realize their parents' worth.
- Contributed by PP Rtn. Srikanta Basu Mallik Zonal Secretary- Zone 35 (District-3291)
Club Editor of Rotary Club of Calcutta North East.
UPCOMING CLUB PROJECT
Independence Day Celebration
15 August, 2014 : RCC Hussain Shah Road Bustee Welfare
Society at 10 AM. Program: Hoisting of National Flag and
Distribution of Food packet amongst the children of the
locality.
Members are requested to make it convenient to
attend this project.
CLUB OFFICERS TRAINING PROGRAM (COTS)
OF ZONE 25 CLUBS RID 3291 Saturday 2 August, 2014 : The Commune
PP Rtn Deb Kumar Mitra, Assistant Governor of Zone 25 Clubs
is organizing a COTS for the Zone 25 Clubs on Saturday 2
August, 2014 at The Commune at 7 PM.
All the office bearers of RCCSW RY 2014-15 are requested to
make it convenient to attend the same.
GUEST COLUMN
ZONE 25, RID 3291 EVENT
Dist. Polio Orientation & Planning Meet
24 August, 2014 at Rotary Sadan, 10 AM RI Polio Plus Comm.
Member & Past RID Ashok Mahajan will be the Chief Guest.
Club Presidents, Polio Plus Chair, Club Routine Immunization
Coordinator must attend this important meeting.
RID 3291 Event
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EDITORIAL In this month of August as we approach towards the 15th day,
I suddenly see the TV & radio channels, magazines and
newspapers start offloading information on Independence
day, freedom struggle and patriotism to reinforce the fact that
we should take pride in the fact that we are a free country.
I just wonder, how short is the public memory!!! It fades away
just after the Independence Day celebration and thereafter
every second day there is a case of honour killing, caste
discrimination, female foeticide or gender discrimination.
What freedom are then really we talking about!
India will celebrate the 68th year of indpendence this year on
15th August.
It has perhaps the greatest potential to become the most
developed nation.
While our Constitution provides for and officially facilitates
the most humane and people-friendly development
programmes, unfortunately all our development works,
governance, science, agriculture, art and almost all day-to-day
habits are mimicries of the Western world systems.
Birthday celebrations of dear ones are conducted in an alien
practice of 'cutting the cake' and singing 'Happy Birthday…'
Our Pre-schoolers are still taught … “London Bridge is falling
down” …
Builders and Real Estate people showcase their Apartments
using names such as “Maple” … “Oak Ridge” … “Magnolia
Boulevard”!
Anchoring in TV programs have Men in high-class Western
style Suits with Ties, and the women in scantily clad styles.
Musical and dance programmes look like some sort of
acrobatic drills with all sorts of weird gesticulations that have
no relevance to our INDIAN concepts and culture.
Our entire education system including higher education is
tuned to support Western development, having hardly any
relevance to local systems and needs.
Even our Banking systems and money transactions depend on
the Western world.
Could we, therefore, proclaim that we are Independent?
Definitely NOT!
India’s population at this moment is close to 1,236 million.
If each one of us put in a little effort towards making India a
better place for living I still believe India does not require
outsiders to support us for our development. Let us develop
ourselves. Let us not allow those 'armchair economists' and
other 'glass housed theoreticians' to hijack our development
processes.
Yes, we too can!
Rtn Ananya Banerjee, Club Editor
Kolkata Tram Service
Kolkata is the only city in India that still has trams. The city’s tram service will soon be celebrating its 150th Anniversary.
The first tramway service in Kolkata was run between Sealdah and Armenian Ghat Street on 24 February 1873. The service was discontinued on 20 Nov. Again Metre-gauge horse-drawn tram tracks were laid from Sealdah to Armenian Ghat. The route was inaugurated by the Viceroy, Lord Ripon, on 1 November 1880. By the end of the nineteenth century the company owned 166 tram cars, 1000 horses, seven steam locomotives and 19 miles of tram tracks.
Electrification of the tramway was done in 1900. Calcutta Tram is the oldest operating electric tram in Asia. By 1943, it had a total track length of 42 miles. Soon, tram became the lifeline of Kolkata.
Currently there are seven tram depots and nine terminals and one workshop. Today, the fleet has a more than 300 trams, but rolls out around 125 trams a day because of low passenger traffic & lack of funds for maintenance. The trams in the city carries around 16,000 passengers a day, but the traffic continues to fall. However, over the last two decades, lack of investment, inadequate maintenance & a sharp fall in passengers led to a decline in their status. Due the fast lifestyle the motor vehicle gradually became an obvious choice for the passengers over tram.
But, now the importance of this environment friendly communication system has been realized. A major facelift has really made the Kolkata trams very attractive. Further in a bid to rescue and revive its old glory, the CTC has recently rolled out air conditioned trams.
It has to be seen if this struggle for survival yields any result.
Contributed by PP Subhro Banerjee
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