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Issue: 5 Volume: 34 Date: 06.08.2014 Pages: 4 Thimmanna trapped in the borewell… All familiar head lines in the media. “Thimmanna Hatti, a 6 year old boy falls into an abandoned borewell” in Bagalkot . In all probability he is buried alive, even though officially the news is yet to come. The bore well was dug by his own father in his sugarcane field and had abandoned it when no water was found even after reaching 300ft. Just imagine the nasty feeling the father must be experiencing after his own son fell into the death trap. Why are we so negligent? Why are human lives so cheap in India? Why don't we learn lessons from our mistakes? Just one-and-a-half months ago, a tragic accident occurred in which a four-year old girl died after falling into an open borewell in Nagathan village of Bijapur district. How can our administrators be so insensitive? Time and again we have seen the knee jerk response of Bureaucracy of enforcing strict laws and punishments but the tragedies keep happening . Everytime unfortunately innocent lives are lost bringing unforgettable sorrow to the family. I write this editorial with eyes swollen up in tears, only pray to god helplessly – let this not happen once more please!!!!! IÄvÀÄZÀPÀæ wgÀÄUÀĪÀÅzÀÄ, PÁ®£ÉzÉ ªÀÄgÀÄUÀĪÀÅzÀÄ | ªÀÄÈvÀ£À ªÀÄtÂÚAzÀ ºÉƸÀ ºÀÄ®Äè ªÉƼÉAiÀÄĪÀÅzÀÄ || Qëw UÀ¨sÀðzsÀj¸ÀĪÀ¼ÀÄ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ¢¸ÀĪÀÅzÀÄ fêÀ | ¸ÀvÀvÀ PÀȶAiÉÆà ¥ÀæPÀÈw - ªÀÄAPÀÄwªÀÄä || "Nothing stops when we perish. The seasons continue to change. Time may grieve for some time. From the soil in which we are buried, rises the sprout of grass. Earth is pregnant again with new life. Nature is in a constant state of cultivation..." Friends are forever-Friendship day celebrated at IW Friends are our lifeline. They are needed in all walks of our life. Friendship is a golden thread that ties all the hearts together. Inner wheel club of Mysore Midtown celebrated Friendship day on the nd 2 August 2014 at Namana along with the other Inner Wheel Clubs of Mysore as they do every year. As the members arrived slowly, friendship bands were tied on their hands to mark the friendship day. Invocation was rendered by our new member Nandini Murthy, where we recognised that she was a new talent to watch out for in our club. After the formal welcoming of the guests and the members of the other clubs by our President Premilla Jain, there was an exchange of the club flags by the ISOs of all the clubs. Then the actual programme, JUST MAATH MAATHALLI started. This time our President, Premilla Jain wanted the programme to be different other than playing just games as always, so it was just MAATU MAATU and MAATU. Each participant was given 3mins time and they had to talk continuously for 3mins nonstop without a pause and not to use negative words. Though the numbers of participants were very less, it was talk, talk, talk and talking all the way. Whether it was related or irrelevant, it did not matter, the participants just kept on talking. Everyone had a good laugh but no one understood what they were talking. The annettes, Pranav, Pratham and Kushal were stunned looking at the participants talk. Our District Chairman Vinitha Satish and District Secretary Sarika Prasad also took part in the show. The judges for the evening Geethakka and Anuradha finally announced the 3 winners of the evening. Chaitra Mohan thanked everyone. To put a stop to the nonstop talking, Uma and Savitha quietened everyone by a game of Tambola. Later after having vada pav, everyone left with some good memories and making some more new friends as they say FRIENDSHIP is not a word, not merely a relationship. It's a silent promise saying 'I was ', 'I am ' & 'I will ' be with you forever. Savitha & Vimala. Editorial...?

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Page 1: About Us, Issue 5, Vol 34, 06-08-2014

Issue: 5Volume: 34 Date: 06.08.2014 Pages: 4

Thimmanna trapped in the borewell…All familiar head lines in the media. “Thimmanna Hatti, a 6 year

old boy falls into an abandoned borewell” in Bagalkot . In all probability he is buried alive, even though officially the news is yet to come. The bore well was dug by his own father in his sugarcane field and had abandoned it when no water was found even after reaching 300ft. Just imagine the nasty feeling the father must be experiencing after his own son fell into the death trap. Why are we so negligent? Why are human lives so cheap in India? Why don't we learn lessons

from our mistakes? Just one-and-a-half months ago, a tragic accident occurred in which a four-year old girl died after falling into an open borewell in Nagathan village of Bijapur district. How

can our administrators be so insensitive? Time and again we have seen the knee jerk response of Bureaucracy of enforcing strict laws and punishments but the tragedies keep happening . Everytime unfortunately innocent lives are lost bringing unforgettable sorrow to the family. I write this editorial with eyes swollen up in tears, only pray to god helplessly – let this not happen once more please!!!!!

IÄvÀÄZÀPÀæ wgÀÄUÀĪÀÅzÀÄ, PÁ®£ÉzÉ ªÀÄgÀÄUÀĪÀÅzÀÄ |ªÀÄÈvÀ£À ªÀÄtÂÚAzÀ ºÉƸÀ ºÀÄ®Äè ªÉƼÉAiÀÄĪÀÅzÀÄ ||Qëw UÀ¨sÀðzsÀj¸ÀĪÀ¼ÀÄ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ¢¸ÀĪÀÅzÀÄ fêÀ |

¸ÀvÀvÀ PÀȶAiÉÆà ¥ÀæPÀÈw - ªÀÄAPÀÄwªÀÄä ||

"Nothing stops when we perish. The seasons continue to change. Time may grieve for some time. From the soil in which we are buried, rises the sprout of grass. Earth is pregnant again with new life. Nature is in a constant state of cultivation..."

Friends are forever-FriendshipdaycelebratedatIWFriends are our lifeline. They are needed in all walks of our life.Friendship is a golden thread that ties all the hearts together.Inner wheel club of Mysore Midtown celebrated Friendship day on the

nd2 August 2014 at Namana along with the other Inner Wheel Clubs of Mysore as they do every year.

As the members arrived slowly, friendship bands were tied on their hands to mark the friendship day. Invocation was rendered by our new member Nandini Murthy, where we recognised that she was a new talent to watch out for in our club. After the formal welcoming of the guests and the members of the other clubs by our President Premilla Jain, there was an exchange of the club flags by the ISOs of all the clubs.

Then the actual programme, JUST MAATH MAATHALLI started. This time our President, Premilla Jain wanted the programme to be different other than playing just games as always, so it was just MAATU MAATU and MAATU. Each participant was given 3mins time and they had to talk continuously for 3mins nonstop without a pause and not to use negative words.

Though the numbers of participants were very less, it was talk, talk, talk and talking all the way. Whether it was related or irrelevant, it did not

matter, the participants j u s t ke p t o n ta l k i n g . Everyone had a good laugh but no one understood what they were talking. The annettes, Pranav, Pratham and Kushal were stunned looking at the part ic ipants talk. Our District Chairman Vinitha Satish and District Secretary Sarika Prasad also took part in the show. The judges for the evening Geethakka and Anuradha finally announced the 3 winners of the evening.

Chaitra Mohan thanked everyone.To put a stop to the nonstop talking, Uma and Savitha quietened

everyone by a game of Tambola. Later after having vada pav, everyone left with some good memories and making some more new friends as they say FRIENDSHIP is not a word, not merely a relationship. It's a silent promise saying 'I was ', 'I am ' & 'I will ' be with you forever.

Savitha & Vimala.

Editorial...?

Page 2: About Us, Issue 5, Vol 34, 06-08-2014

Health checkup camp at Devagalli

rdOn 3 Aug 2014, Innerwheel organized a health

checkup camp at Devagalli village in association with

Ramakrishna Nursing Home, JeevanDharan Trust and

Mother Theresa Nursing School. A team of 6 doctors

and 10 nurses along with other volunteers held the

camp from 10am to 4pm. Sri Siddegowda, head of

Gram Panchayat, encouraged the people of all nearby

villages to benefit from the camp wherein around 200

people registered for the camp. Dr Sathyanarayana, Dr.

Jayaram, D. rNagendra Gupta, Dr. Prahlad, Dr. Anusooya

led by Dr. Lakshmidevi diagnosed the patients for

various ailments. The patients were tested for diabetes

and high blood pressure along with a general checkup

and free medicines were given to all patients.

On account of Breast Feeding Awareness week,

Innerwheel conducted a session on breast feeding

awareness to all the ladies who attended thecamp.

DrLakshmidevistressed on the importance of mother's

milk to the children up to 2 years and the nutrients

received by the children for the development of

immunity. Biscuits and glucose packets were given to all

those who attended the camp.

Lavanya

More Inner Wheel News...

"Inner wheel donated groceries to Little Sisters of the poor at Coonoor."

"On account of Auditors' Day IW honoured auditors Mr Gautham and Mr Sunil."

InnerWheelPresident&MembersHeartilyThankthefollowingDonorswhohave

contributedtotheIWCommunityServiceProjectsRMAfoundation - 20,000Srinivasan - 10,000Vijaya - 5,000LavanyaAlagappan - 5,000RotaryMidtown - 5,000Venkatesh - 5,000Raghavendra - 5,000Vishwa - 5,000Dr.Ravindranath - 5,000Dr.Prahlad - 3,000Mahesh - 2,500Milton - 2,000Mohan - 2,000Gangesh - 2,000Umesh - 1,000NarendraBabu - 1,000Gopal - 1,000RavindraBabu - 1,000Bhaskar - 1,000Total - 76,500

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RotractSharadaVilasndCollegeInstalled(Aug2 )

Starting from left,Akshata - president elect, Chinmayi B C - vice president, Ranjana K M – Secretary, Sushmitha P Roa - joint secretary, Prashant - Sargent at arms, Rajendra - board member, Sumukh - board member, Kiran P – treasurer, Akshay - board member, Vanishree - board member, Divya - board member, Beside principal , Sujay Shekar - president.

stRotaract and Interact De Paul installed (July 31 )De Paul College, Mysore Educationists with own

pioneering universities abroad and the only college in Mysore city with Degree courses (B.Com, BBM & BA) integrated with civil service & CA coaching added rotaract club to its credit to inculcate social responsibility among students.

Rotary Midtown conducted installation of the office bearers of Interact DePaul International residential school and Rotaract De Paul College on July 31, 2014 at 3p.m in De Paul Auditorium. The Dignitaries on to the Dias were:

· Rtn.PP. Jayaprakash MS, Assistant Governor. · Rtn. Venkatesh, President, Rotary Midtown.· Rtn.Mohan Kumar, Honorary secretary.· Rtn.Pavithran, Rotaract and Interact chairman.· Rtn. Elizar Milton, Youth service director.· Rev. Dr. Baiju Antony, Principal, De Paul College.· Rev.Fr. Biju Scaria, Principal, DePaul International

residential school.The event was inaugurated by lighting the lamp by

the dignitaries on to the Dias followed by the invocation song. Inaugural address was proposed by the President, Rtn. Venkatesh, Rotary Midtown. Introduction of the Chief Guest, Rtn.PP. Jayaprakash MS, Assistant Governor was givien by Rula (II ISC). The Chief Guest of the event addressed the gathering on the relevance of both the interact & the rotaract Club. Mr. Rtn.PP. Jayaprakash MS, installed the new office bearers of the Interact club of De Paul International residential school and Rotaract club of De Paul College.

Ms. Saloni Olivera (I ISC), the new President of the Interact Club delivered acceptance Speech. Rev.Fr.Biju Scaria, Principal of DePaul International residential school, addressed the gathering on the importance of service.

On behalf of the Rotaract club, the acceptance Speech was proposed by the new President, Rajan Mohan (II B.Com). Rev. Dr.Baiju Antony, Principal, De Paul Degree College addressed the gathering and Malvika Vinod (I BA) proposed the vote of thanks.

Rotaract De Paul Interact De Paul

by Zl Rtn. Raghavendra Installing Officer

Karnataka CM, Siddaramaiah's

"Anna Bhagya" scheme is a huge successThis is how it works, step by step.

1. Invest 30 Rs and get 30 kg of rice @ 1 rs/kg.....that is the scheme...

2. Keep this 30 kg rice with the arrack shop owner.

3. He will give one bottle of arrack per day for 30 days.

4. Enjoy entire month, by drinking the arrack, one bottle per day.

5. Now give these 30 empty bottles to the "old paper wallah" and get 30 Rs.

6. Give the 30 Rs and get another 30 kg of rice... go to step no. 1 above.

Just for Laughs...

Page 4: About Us, Issue 5, Vol 34, 06-08-2014

Printed at Tech Prints, Mysore-570005Ph: 2330380, 4289380Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Aboutus In-house Magazine Published byRtn. Mohan Kumar T.N, Hon. Secretary

Rotary Mysore Midtown, JLB Road, Mysore - 570024

Editorial Board: Rtn. Dr. K.A Prahlad,Rtn. Bheemesh, Rtn. Ramakrishna, Rtn BhanuchandranRtn. Pramod Gubbi, Rtn. Sundar, Rtn. R.S. Vishwanath

C.S. Gururajan11th August

Rotary information

13th Wednesday meeting is postponed to 15th Friday for Independence Day celebrations at

RMA School, Hootagally at 9am.

Ÿ Full of Life. "About Us" is a bulletin with a difference even as Midtown is a club with a difference. Keep the Midtown Madness going.

Rtn. Arun Belawadi,Secretary, RC Mysore complimenting “About Us”

Ÿ “Past Presidents –preferably should not be in the board to give opportunity to the youngsters”

Rtn. K. J. Ramesh suggesting the club president in the

General body.

Ÿ “Rtn, Balaji is regular these days to the club meetings because it's off season at Polar Bear Ice Creams.

Rtn. Raghavendra

while commenting about rare birds being seen more frequently these days.

RotariansSaidit..

Career guidance programme

stAugust 1 , 1st PUC kids-100 kids from Marimallappa PU college@RIMSE.

thAugust 4 , About 70 participants from Vivekavidyalaya @ RIMSE

thAugust 4 , About 20 participants from JCI adult

education for jain community@RIMSE

President Venkatesh’s mother breathed her last this morning at Aditya Adhikari hospital. Midtown fami ly expresses i ts deepest condolences to the bereaved family and prays to the god almighty to rest the departed soul in peace.

President Venky grieved