In This Edition:

Ÿ Message from The President

Ÿ Message from The Secretary

October 2016: Club Services

Ÿ Digitizing Braille Literacy for the Blind

Ÿ The Signiﬁcance of Diwali

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VOL. 02 | OCTOBER, 2016THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF ROTARY MIDTOWN, BANGALORE

Published by Rotary Bangalore Midtown. For private circulation only.

Unit No. 09, 1st Floor, Prestige Towers

No 99 , Residency Road, Bangalore-560025

Meets Every Fridays at Oakwood, UB City at 7.00 pm

Vittal Mallya Road, Bangalore – 560001. Tel: 080 – 40915509

Ÿ World Polio Day: Rotary Meet

Ÿ GST: A Critical Analysis

Ÿ Beneﬁts of Flax seeds

Ÿ Birthdays and Anniversaries

MESSAGE FROM

THE SECRETARY:

Dear Members,

It's been a very exciting and festive month. We had

speakers on topics ranging from Braile Technology to

Signiﬁcance of Diwali and Navratri. A celebration on 24th

October was held to highlight the signiﬁcant role payed by

rotary in polio eradication, brought back memories when

my mother as Inner wheel district chairman had

spearheaded some of these efforts. On 25th October a

District Event was held to share the nitty gritties of GST, a

hot topic these days, by eminent speakers from the

Department of Commercial Taxes Govt of Karnataka, and

eventful with lots of learnings. We are looking forward to

more exciting events in November and request you all to

attend in good numbers and keep the excitement going !

Regards

Narendra Pasuparthy

Secretary Ry 2016-17

MESSAGE FROM

THE PRESIDENT:

Dearest Friends,

October has been a fun month with festivities and good

work initiatives. 100 Wheel Chairs Project launch done at

Metro station amidst lot of excitement and talks of

further productive works with Metro, First lot of Muthi

Bhar Anaj donated and several projects in pipeline at club

and district level .Our Club participated in “World Polio

Day - Rotary meet on 24th Oct." and conducted a Joint

Club Programme with eminent speakers talking about GST

on Tuesday 25th October 2016. Have lot of project ideas

and fun events planned for November and December and

its great to see many plans turning into reality with

combined efforts. All going well except that we need to

see many more of you at every event!!! Miss not seeing

many of you.. Hope you plan your business and personal

lives calendar a little better and spend lot more time

with your Midtown family!

Take care and keep having fun!!

Warmest wishes

Nishu Jouhari

President RY 2016-17.

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Project Mudra is a Braille ed-tech startup from BITS

Pilani, India. Project Mudra develop new age Braille

teachers in the form of handy devices and

interactive content. Technology creates the

opportunity for great social impact by leveraging

the untapped market potential of 90% visually

impaired people without access to Braille education.

Birthday greeting were announced. President

announcement by IPP Rtn Sathish Manandi and

Secretary announcement by Rtn Kshama Bhatia and

was well attended by the Members of Rotary

Midtown. The Meeting winded up with high tea.

CLUB SERVICES:

Digitizing Braille Literacy

for the Blind

Friday, 07th October, 2016

We have Mr. Dilip Ramesh - CTO, Project Mudra (c/o)

Thinkerbell Labs Pvt. Ltd., spoke on “Digitizing

Braille literacy for the Blind" IPP.Rtn Sathish

Manandi called for 10th speaker meeting with silent

invocation and welcomed our speaker Guest.

Introduction by Rtn Kshama Bhatia . Mr.Dilip Ramesh

is a fresh graduate from BITS Pilani Goa campus with

a major in Computer Science In Project Mudra, he

looks after products and is involved in coming up

with different solutions to the problems that the

visually impaired face in terms of literacy and

employment.

POSITION HOLDERS

Designation RY 2016 - 17

President: Rtn Nishu Jouhari

Immediate Past President: Rtn Sathish Manandi

President Elect: Rtn Uday Masturlal

Vice President: Rtn Kshama Bhatia

Hon. Secretary: Rtn Narendra Pasuparthy

Hon. Joint Secretary: Rtn Kunal Patel

Hon. Treasurer: Rtn Akhilesh Babu

Sgt-At-Arms: Rtn Masood Kareem

Directors

Community Service: Rtn Srikanth Bhagavat

Rotary Foundation: Rtn Gunashekar Vuppalapati

Vocational Service: Rtn Aditya Shroff

T E A C H: Rtn Shrikant Pandit

New Generation: Rtn Seema Sibbal

Co-Opted Directors: PP Rtn M G Pramod

PP Rtn A V S Murthy

Chairman - Maanasi: Rtn Ramesh Bulchandani

Chairman - Dispensary: Rtn Masood Kareem

Chairman - School: Rtn Kamal Bhandari

The Significance of Diwali

Friday 14th October 2016

We had Sri. S. Ranganath, Professor and Head of the

Department of Sanskrit N M K R V College for

Women and Director of R V Institute of Sanskrit

Studies speaking on the Signiﬁcance of Diwali.

President Rtn. Nishu Jouhari called for 10th speaker

meeting with silent invocation and welcomed our

speaker Sri S Ranganath. Guest introduction was by

Rtn Namrata.

The Speaker, Sri. S Ranganath, has a masters in

Sanskrit from Bangalore University. He has won

many awards and is the receipient of Hiriyanna Gold

Medal, Hebbar Srivaishnava Sabha Gold Medal, the

title Paripalan Sabha. The title VEDASHRI was

conferred on him from World association of Vedic

St ud ie s, Bangalor e Br an ch . T he Americ an

Biographical Institute USA conferred him with THE

MAN OF THE YEAR 1996 , Vidwan Degree, Vacaspati

Misra, He is also the first Jnanpeeth Awaardee in

Sanskrit, has a D.Litt., from Himachal , and Ahaytma

Vidyalankara etc.

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Sri.S.Ranganath, spoke on DIWALI and its signiﬁcance

of celebrating for three days. As read in Upanishads,

it is the festival of lights, enhance knowledge and

lead us from darkness to light. Prominence of each

day was explained, First day celebrated as Naraka

Chaturdashi to respond to the day, 14 varieties of

dishes are offered to GOD. Second day as Mahalaya

Amavasya offer our worship to Lakshmi confers

peace, prosperity and real place which we desire in

our life, the third day as Balipadyami on which Bali

Chakravarthi (who had become a menace with his

resolve to become eligible for the post of Indra) and

Vishnu assured that he himself will come to rescue

Indra and was hooked down by Vamana (an

incarnation of Vishnu ). Signiﬁcance of Tulsi –

Offering pooja to Tulsi every day, she forgives

everything, whatever mistakes we do right from

morning till the night. We have to offer our

profound thanks for Tulsi and to be kept in front of

house.

Concluded with President Announcement by Rtn

Nishu Jouhari and Secretary Announcement by Rtn

Narendra Pasuparthy and it was well acknowledged

by the Members of Rotary Midtown. The Meeting

winded up with Dinner. Midtown.

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became the worst outbreak in the nation's history. Of

nearly 58,000 cases reported that year 3,145 died

and 21,269 were left with mild to disabling paralysis.

Three years later, Dr. Jonas Salk became a national

hero when he developed the ﬁrst safe and effective

polio vaccine in 1955 with the support of the March

of Dimes. In the two years before the vaccine was

widely available, the average number of polio cases

in the U.S. was more than 45,000. By 1962, that

number had dropped to 910. The polio epidemics

changed not only the lives of those who survived

them, but also affected profound cultural changes;

spurring grassroots fund-raising campaigns that

would revolutionize medical philanthropy, and giving

rise to the modern ﬁeld of rehabilitation therapy. As

one of the largest disabled groups in the world, polio

survivors also helped to advance the modern

disability rights movement through campaigns for the

social and civil rights of the disabled. The World

Health Organization estimates that there are 10 to

20 million polio survivors worldwide. Once the virus

that causes polio has infected a person, there is no

treatment that will cure polio. Early diagnosis and

supportive treatments such as bed rest, pain control,

good nutrition, and physical therapy to prevent

deformities from occurring over time can help

reduce the long-term symptoms due to muscle loss.

The joint meeting and ended with thanks from ZG.

World Polio Day: Rotary Meet

Monday 24th October 2016

Monday 24th October 2016, World Polio Day by Zone

D Rotary CLUBS to their joint meeting to celebrate

WORLD POLIO DAY at Rotary House of Friendship

Lavelle Road Bangalore. Assembled at Mahatma

Gandhi Statue M.G. Road, Started Candle light walk

with Rotarians and Rotractors to Rotary House of

Friendship, High Tea at Rotary of Friendship. Video

of ﬂash mob show cased at ORION MALL with speech

given by District President Rtn H R Ananth. Guest of

Honours were Smt. Shalini Rajneesh Principal

Secretary Government of Karnataka, Department of

health & Family Welfare and Rtn PRID M.K

Panduranga Setty and Rtn Prasad Sundaram Advisor

District TF centennial Polio Plus Committee . POLIO

PPT Presentation brief given by Rtn Vinod Bhatia

from Brigade. Sharing Video link:

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(The American Polio Epidemic- a complete overview)

Brief about Polio:

The English physician Michael Underwood provided

the ﬁrst clinical description of the disease in 1789,

when he referred to polio as “a debility of the lower

extremities.” The work of physicians Jakob Heine in

1840 and Karl Oskar in 1890 led to it being known as

Heine-Medin disease. The disease was later called

infantile paralysis, based on its propensity to affect

children. Small localized paralytic polio epidemics

began to appear in Europe and the United States

around 1900. Outbreaks reached pandemic

proportions in Europe, North America, Australia, and

New Zealand during the ﬁrst half of the 20th century.

In the United States, the 1952 polio epidemic

Thanks to the global initiative to

eradicate polio, it is estimated that more

than 10 Mn. cases have been averted.

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Goods & Services Tax (GST):

A Critical Analysis

Tuesday 25th October 2016

Rotary Club of RI DISTRICT 3190 & Department of

Commercial Taxes Govt of Karnataka, Welcomed all

to a talk on “GOODS & SERVCIES TAX '' – A critical

analysis & Discussion on implications on 25th October

2016 at 7 pm at Wadeyar Hall Century Club, with key

note speakers Mr B V Ravi – Adtl commissioner, Dr M P

Ravi Prasad – joint Commissioner, Mr DP Prakash Dy

Commissioner, Mr B N Biradar Asst Commissioner e

governance.

Along with Rtn Nishu Jouhari, Rtn Kiran Boal , Rtn

Kunal Patel, Rtn Uday Masturlal, Rtn Gunashekar

Vuppalpati , Rtn Prasad, Rtn Sadhwani attended the

meeting . Programme started with HIGH TEA at 6.50

pm and ended at 8.30 pm with Q&A session.

Felicitation to speakers club announcements, well

attended by Rotarians, It was a joint meeting and

with Vote of thanks.

EVENT HOSTS

Rotary BLR South Parade

Rotary BLR Midtown

Rotary BLR Brigades

Rotary BLR South West

Rotary BLR North West

Rotary BLR Peenya

Rotary BLR Cantonment

Rotary BLR Vijayanagar

Rotary BLR Orchards

Rotary BLR Jeevanbhimanagar

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The Benefits of Flaxseeds

Flax seeds have been consumed as food for

around 6,000 years and may have very well

been the worlds ﬁrst cultivated superfood!

Flax seed beneﬁts could help you improve

digestion, give you clear skin, lower

cholesterol, reduce sugar cravings, balance

hormones, ﬁght cancer and promote weight

loss… an d that's just the b egin ning!

Flaxseeds, sometimes called linseeds, are

small, brown, tan or golden-colored seeds

that are the richest sources of a plant-based

omega-3 fatty acids, called alpha-linolenic

acid (ALA) in the world! Another unique fact

about ﬂaxseeds is that they rank #1 source of

lignans in human diets. Flaxseeds contain

about 7 times as many lignans as the closest

runner-up, sesame seeds. When you look at

the nutritional beneﬁts of ﬂax seeds, there

are many things that will catch your

attention. One ounce (3 tbsp) serving of

ﬂaxseeds contains:

Ÿ Omega-3 (ALA) 6,338mg

Ÿ Fiber 8g

Ÿ Protein 6g

Ÿ Vitamin B1 31% RDA

Ÿ Manganese 35% RDA

Ÿ Magnesium 30% RDA

Ÿ Phosphorus 19% RDA

Ÿ Selenium 10% RDA

Also, ﬂaxseeds contain a good amount of

vitamin B6, Iron, potassium, copper and zinc.

This ﬂax seed nutrition proﬁle makes it easy

to see why it's one of the most nutrient dense

foods on the planet.

10 Flax Seed Beneﬁts

1. High in Fiber, but Low in Carbs

2. Healthy Skin and Hair

3. Weight Loss

4. Lower Cholesterol

5. Flaxseeds are Gluten-Free

6. Flaxseeds are high in Antioxidants

(Lignans)

7. Digestive Health

8. Flax Seeds for Cancer

9. High in Omega-3 Fatty Acids

10. Alleviates Menopausal Symptoms

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Birthdays...

Date Person

01 Oct Rtn Anil Lala

02 Oct Rtn S. N. Mishra

Ann Mishq (Rtn Zahir Laliwala)

04 Oct Ann Jaya (Rtn Pawan Poddar)

Ann Mokshada (Rtn Rakesh Batra)

05 Oct Ann Manju Batra

Rtn Nishu Jouhari

06 Oct Ann Surbhi (Rtn Aru Chamaria)

Ann Anouska (Rtn Gagan Bihari)

07 Oct Ann Manisha Pattenshetti

Ann Raunak (Rtn Ajit Singh Bindra)

08 Oct Ann Aarti Sud

09 Oct Ann Parikshit Pradeep

11 Oct Rtn K. K. Shah

Ann Sneh (Rtn Sanjay Sanghani)

12 Oct Ann Shoba Tallam

13 Oct Ann Nikita M Pande

14 Oct Ann Faraz Adil

Ann Shoba (Rtn Brahmavar R B)

Ann Bela Singhvi

17 Oct Ann B Vijaya Chander (Rtn

Brahmavar)

18Oct Ann Darshana Shah

20 Oct Rtn Ravi Nedungadi

Ann Praveen Chandran

Ann Vidush (Rtn Navkesh Batra)

Ann Taarini Jouahari

22 Oct Ann Chancha Bhandari

23 Oct Ann Ritika Sadhwani

25 Oct Ann Sunita Bulchandani

Ann Sonia Singh

26 Oct Ann Sejal Uday

27 Oct Rtn Pawan Poddar

Ann Zehn (Rtn Zahir Laliwala)

Rtn Prem Kumar

30 Oct Rtn Irfan Razack

31 Oct Rtn Nirupa Shankar

Ann Samyuktha (Rtn Sathish)

Ann L Shilpa (Rtn Trinadh)

... & Wedding Anniversaries

26 Oct Rtn A. V. S. Murthy & Shoba

29 Oct Rtn Surendra M. Gupta & Madhu

31 Oct Rtn Deepak Pinto & Anaheeta

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