Issue : 25 Vol. : 33 29-12-2013 Date : Pages : 04 Photos of Bhandavya - 2012 , Photo Courtesy : Mandeep Manoj Bhandavyotsava 2013 “Bhandavyotsava-2013” is flagship Current year event brings elaborate arrange community service event of Rotary Midtown. ments planned by Chairman Rtn.R.S.Vishwanath The regular annual event started more than a and ably supported by Rotarians, Corporate decade ago has witnessed several versions. The houses, Industrialists, NGOs & many well event has seen many changes and has evolved to wishers. The mammoth program boasts of its current format. Many Rotarians with able hosting more than 1000 people having many support of Corporate sporors, NGOs, volunteers new inclusions and comes with largest ever and well wishers have had the satisfaction of budget for a single community service project by associating with this meaningful event which Midtown. provides a platform for the differently abled to Midtown proudly presents heart touching, explore their potentials. meaningful project – “Bhandavyotsava 2013”. Chief guest : Padmashree Dr.Malathi Krishnamurthy Holla Ordinary mortals would find it difficult to imagine, let alone understand, what life can be for those who are physically challenged – their trials and tribulations, their hopes and aspirations, and their struggle to cope in a world that is neither designed for nor supportive of their needs and wants. In the world of POLIOMITICS, Arjuna Award and Padmashree award winner, Malathi Krishnamurthy Holla is a remarkable woman. She is a Champion of Champions, a born Athlete, professionally a Bank Manager and a social activitist. She is an achiever in all fronts with a limitless capacity to excel in whatever she is engaged Continued in page 2
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Bhandavyotsava 2013“Bhandavyotsava-2013” i s f lagsh ip Current year event brings elaborate arrange
community service event of Rotary Midtown. ments planned by Chairman Rtn.R.S.Vishwanath The regular annual event started more than a and ably supported by Rotarians, Corporate decade ago has witnessed several versions. The houses, Industrialists, NGOs & many well event has seen many changes and has evolved to wishers. The mammoth program boasts of its current format. Many Rotarians with able hosting more than 1000 people having many support of Corporate sporors, NGOs, volunteers new inclusions and comes with largest ever and well wishers have had the satisfaction of budget for a single community service project by associating with this meaningful event which Midtown.provides a platform for the differently abled to Midtown proudly presents heart touching, explore their potentials. meaningful project – “Bhandavyotsava 2013”.
Chief guest : Padmashree Dr.Malathi Krishnamurthy HollaOrdinary mortals would find it difficult to imagine, let alone understand, what
life can be for those who are physically challenged – their trials and tribulations, their hopes and aspirations, and their struggle to cope in a world that is neither designed for nor supportive of their needs and wants.
In the world of POLIOMITICS, Arjuna Award and Padmashree award winner,
Malathi Krishnamurthy Holla is a remarkable woman. She is a Champion of
Champions, a born Athlete, professionally a Bank Manager and a social activitist. She
is an achiever in all fronts with a limitless capacity to excel in whatever she is engaged
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in. With over 380 Gold, Silver and Bronze
State/Nat ional/ Internat ional medals at
A s i a n / W o r l d m a s t e r s / O p e n A t h l e t i c
Championships in different parts of the world, she
has an amazing “Never say die” and an
overwhelming spirit that defies the limits of
human endeavor.Incapacitated by Polio at age of one and
confined to the wheelchair after undergoing 32
surgeries, Malathi was driven by courage and a will
to achieve and a diehard persevering philosophy
that moved her to phenomenal personal and
professional success that would have made most
achievers proud! A postgraduate in psychology,
Manager at the Syndicate Bank, Winner of
Padmashree, Arjuna, Ekalavya, KK Birla Foundation
Awards, she has had laurels heaped on her for her
accomplishments and the many significant
milestones of her life.However, despite her own personal physical
trials and challenges, Malathi has a laudable vision
of reaching out to her fellow paraplegics and
setting an example that life is surmountable no
matter what, and that given courage, discipline,
perseverance and an indomitable spirit, one can
reach the most formidable of goals and that
nothing is impossible.With the moral support of her friends, she has
opened a Foundation called “Mathru Foundation”
where she is providing free shelter, school and
medical facilities to the poor and needy physically
disabled children boys aged between 5-18. She is
concentrating mainly on affected polio victims in
rural area where their parents cannot afford to
send the child to the school or provide medical
treatment due to their poor economical
background. The Foundation's main project and
motto is to provide education and required medical
assistance like corrective surgeries and provide
calipers, crutches, walkers etc. and rehabilitate
them to develop positive attitude and instill self
confidence in them to live in this beautiful world.
(Continued from page 1 )Dr.Malathi's achievements
Conferred with honorary Doctorate by Bijapur University for her achievement in the field of disabled sports.
List of awards won:Padmashree AwardArjuna AwardK K Birla Foundation AwardDasara AwardEkalavya AwardAryabhatta AwardWomen of the year – USAWomen of the year – UKPrathibharathna AwardBest Citizen AwardSir M.Vishweshwaraiah award
World no.3 in Shotput in Wheelchair Classs 55. World IWAS games recently held in Bangalore
Silicon controls won the prestigious “Rashtriya Udyog Award”. The dynamic founders of Silicon Controls Rtn.Raghavendra & Rtn.Naveen accepted the award at a glittering function held in New Delhi recently. We are proud of you guys!!. Midtown congratulates “Team-Silicon” for the recognition.
“Powerful” performance by Silicon!!!!
A panel discussion on “Family values” was thconducted on 11 December 2013. The
panel ists inc luded Ann.Anupama Ravindranath, Ms.Sindhu Suresh and Mr.S.Prasad.
Panel Discussion on “Family values”
Rotary Namana award to “Samatento”This report about Namana
Awards starts from where it was left last year. Namana Awards along with Rotary Mysore Midtown has just
ndstepped into its 2 decade. This year the award was given to 'SAMATENTO' – an amateur theatre group consisting of theatre personalities of different genre. This is one among the 12 such amateur groups in Mysore. As always Rtn.Nandakumar, the director for the evening had planned the programme
very well by assigning roles to Rtns & Anns including the 'time' frame. He candidly spoke in praise of each & every person who went up on stage. The stage proceedings started with the dignitaries being called on to the dais. President Bhanu called the meeting to order. Smt.Ramya, erstwhile GSE team member invoked the gods by singing 'Sharanembevani poreve kalyani' in a melodious voice. Later Rtn. Bhanu welcomed the gathering in his impeccable kannada. Dr.Gayathri Gubbi, in her maiden appearance on stage for Midtown introduced Namana Kala Vedike and did a good job. Rtn.Dr.Prahlad introduced the chief guest Rtn.Guru by not actually introducing!?!(Don't know how many o f y o u w i l l u n d e r s t a n d ! ? ! ) Mr.Janardhan alias Janni – Director of Rangayana (who walked into the auditorium at the nth moment) was introduced by yours truly which was followed by honouring him by Rtn.Guru & Asst. Governor Rtn.Bheemesh. Ann.Anuradha Nandakumar gave a brief introduction of “Samatento”. This was followed by the presentation of Rotary Namana Award to Sri.Na.Ratna on behalf of Samatento.
In his acceptance speech, Sri Ratna expressed his gratitude to the Nandoos for the award and in a lighter vein agreed to share the shawl given to him with all his teammates on a rotation basis. He recollected the contributions of his theatre group who are stalwarts themselves, were present in large numbers among the audience and seeing them together in itself was a privilege to all those present there. Guest of Honour Janni too expressed happiness for the honour, recalling his long association with the Nandkumar couple. On public demand, he sang a rangageethe 'Bidiru Nannyararigalladavalu” which was a treat to the ears. Chief guest Rtn.Guru, a good orator that he is, spoke about his association with Na.Ratna and also about Rotary's part towards society in recognizing eminent people from various fields & encouraging them. He
equated Samatento's like mindedness with Rotary's ideals. The well planned programme came to an end with Rtn.Nandoo proposing the vote of thanks. Later, the audience was treated to a play named 'Kalaha Kutoohala' by Samatento group which filled the audience with laughter showers. It was a wonderful evening spent and those of you who missed it just missed it says Anuradha Nandakumar.
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Marion Bunch-A tireless negotiator and strategic consensus builder with a never-surrender approach to projects she's passionate about, the 70-something AIDS and HIV prevention advocate is the force behind Rotary Family Health Days. This effort, supported by Rotary International, brought crucial health services to hundreds of thousands of people over three days in May at 368 sites in three African countries, half a world away from Marion's Atlanta-area home.
In all, 275,000 Africans were tested, treated, touched by Marion's mission to stop the spread of AIDS in the areas of the world that are most vulnerable to the disease........
That sense of mission was borne out of Marion’s grief at losing her son, Jerry, to AIDS in 1994. “He was just a good kid,” she says. “He was a friend to so many different people. He had insecurities because he was gay, but he was just a regular kid.”
The Bunch family was faced with AIDS early on in the American epidemic, when misconceptions, stigma and outright bias were layered atop grueling treatments and bleak prognoses. “That was before the anti-retroviral drugs were discovered, so we knew all along when he was ill that it was ultimately going to be a death sentence,” Marion says. “I felt quite lonely not being able to discuss Jerry’s illness with anyone outside my family. I, like a lot of people, lost friends over the disease.”
After Jerry’s death, Marion retreated into her grief. “You never expect to lose a child, and then when you do, you want to just go into a hole,” she says.
