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1. ISSUE : 35 VOLUME : 31 28-3-2012 PAGES - 4
Innerwheel Midtown observes
International Women's Day-
Felicitates 2 women achievers
DR. ULFATH FATHIMA DR. H. V. RAMA
W/o Dr. K. Nagendra Prasad
W/o Dr. Naseer Ahmed Delvi Qualification:
§ M.B.B.S
Qualification: § PGDMCH (Postgraduate Diploma in Maternal & Child Health)
§ B Sc from St. Philomina's College, § D.F.M (Diploma in Family Welfare)
Mysore(1968) § F.C.G.P (Fellow of College of General Practitioners)
§ M.B.B.S from Bangalore Medical § Working as Lady Medical Officer, JSS Urban
College(1973) Health Centre from past 9 years
§ DGO from BMC, 1990 § Earlier worked as LMO at Family Planning
Association of India, Mysore branch for 18 years
Joined Service: As a Resource Faculty:
§ 1976 in Metur later on in Gundlupet, § Attended Video Conferences related to health
Doddabalapur, Bangalore organized by SIRD (State Institute for Rural Development)
§ Voluntary retirement in the year 1992 § Awareness programmes on Women's health with
§ She is the founder of Bibi Ayesha Mili Bharath Hospital in KHSDP project in 8 taluks of
Mysore
Hospital
§ As Resource faculty for NGOs like JSS Shikshan
Sanathan, Rotary & Inner Wheel Clubs, etc
Services to the community: § Actively involved in Pulse Polio & other National
§ President of Almamoor Programmes.
§ Ladies association for 2 years which Books:
helps women in various ways. Written books on Health: Bicchu matu, Rutusrava,
§ Has adopted a slum area called Onde Arivinedege etc.
Mataram & Works for the upliftment of Air Talks:
economic condition, education, religious Given more than 200 radio talks on issues related to
gathering & marriages. health & social problems
§ Member, RGA (Rehbar Graduates Memberships:
Association) has a school at § Member, Indian Medical Association
Ghousianagar with 750 students( LKG to § Member, Mysore District Family Physicians
9th std) Association.
§ Member of PNDT(Preconception & Post § Member, Mysore Obestetrics and Gynaecological
natal Diagnostic Association) Society
§ Member, IMA College of General Practitioners
Has two sons, both are Engineering Association
graduates & settled abroad. § Member, National Association of Reproductive
and Child Health
Special Interests: Women's Health & Adolescent Health issues
Hobbies: Reading, Writing & Music.
Hearty Congratulations to
both the Women

2. 28-3-2012
President's Message
My Dear Rotarians,
Last week under visit to Community service centre programme we visited Mother Theresa
Home for Mentally Ill women Rehabilitation Centre. It was heart touching to see a child born to
mentally retarded mother living like an orphan at the home. The real sad part is one of the
inmate is an intelligent lady and a classmate of one of our Rotarian many years ago.
Sisters of the Home requested us to give a Rice Cooker & Mixie and along with that
Rs.5,000/- also has been contributed by the Club. Evening dinner for all the 75 inmates was
served. I thank all the Rotarians for their generous contribution towards the same.
Today let us discuss about Club Business.
Bye till next week….. Rtn. Raghavendra
Thank You
21-03-2012. Visit to Community Service Centre:
Mother Theresa Home for the Destitute
This is Mr.Lingesh to whom we donated a three
wheeler 7 years ago. He is residing & working at
T.Narasipur. He has two daughters and leading a
happy life. This project was done during the period
A Rice Cooker, a Mixie, a cheque for Rs. 5000 from of Rtn. Alagappan when he was the President and
the sunshine box collection, and dinner for the all the Rtn. Vishwanath was the Secretary.
inmates of the Home was served.
How Would You Like
To Be Remembered ?
About a hundred years ago, a man looked at the morning
newspaper and to his surprise and horror, read his name in the
obituary column. The news papers had reported the death of the
wrong person by mistake. His first response was shock. Am I here
or there? When he regained his composure, his second thought
was to find out what people had said about him.
The obituary read, "Dynamite King Dies." And also "He was the
merchant of death." This man was the inventor of dynamite and
when he read the words "merchant of death," he asked himself a
question, "Is this how I am going to be remembered?”
He got in touch with his feelings and decided that this was not
the way he wanted to be remembered. From that day on, he started
working toward peace. His name was Alfred Nobel and he is
remembered today by the great Nobel Prize.
Just as Alfred Nobel got in touch with his feelings and redefined
his values, we should step back and do the same.
26.03.2012 Board meeting hosted by Rtn. PP. Sundar What is your legacy? How would you like to be remembered?
Raja Rao at Sports Club. All the Club members were Will you be spoken well of? Will you be remembered with love and
invited for Dinner. Sundar, we had a great time ! Thanks respect? Will you be missed?

3. 3
28-3-2012
Rahul Dravid – the true legend
How many of you will those games. You captained both the Test and one-day
agree with me if I tell you teams. Sure, things didn't go according to plan but you
that Rahul Dravid was a were a superb on-field captain. More importantly you
Greater Batsman than were India's finest vice-captain, an aspect that is often
either Sunil Gavaskar or conveniently forgotten. Jeez, you even took some
Sachin Tendulkar? I know wickets
it is still considered Eight out of Dravid's ten highest impact batting
blasphemous to put Rahul performances of his career are from this period. Two
Dravid over Sachin are after this period, interestingly none before it. This
Te n d u l k a r o r S u n i l tells a very clear story – how Indian cricket changed
Gavaskar, but the obvious between 1996 and 2011, and the hugely significant
fact - backed by statistics - contributions Dravid made towards that change.
is that Dravid has been He spent more time in the nets than the others, he
India's greatest match worked on his fitness, he worked on the little things that
winner for a long time now.
It is now unanimously agreed that the Golden Age of
Indian cricket (which is now officially over) commenced
in March 2001 when India beat Australia after following-
on in the second Test at Kolkata. From then till June
2006 when India won a series in West Indies for the first
time in 35 years on the back of another series-defining
performance from Dravid, he was indisputably the
leading man of Indian Test cricket. But not many had
noticed because of the ridiculous accent on individual-
oriented aggregate statistics. For those statistical
minded, Sachin getting his 100th 100 is more important
than India winning or losing a match. But for the
followers of pure cricket, this man was a marvel
because he was, like the Australian great Steve Dravid’s 180 against Australian in
Waugh, a warrior. The Indian team uniform was his 2001 along with Laxman
battle fatigues. The bat was both his sword and his came easily to the others, and he worked on keeping
shield, more often the latter. He was not a his head above water… why he even worked on his
creator/destroyer in the Tendulkar-Richards mould. He wicket-keeping to stay in the ODI team. But hard work
could never be that. Dravid did not have their has a sort of mortal, doable quality to it. We can all work
outrageous genius. He was more Boycott than hard – if we have the motivation and the belief… that's
Bradman but without the selfishness of the English all it takes. But to do it over 17 years requires the kind of
opener. Dravid will be remembered as the man in the genius that not everyone is born with; the genius of
middle of India's great triumvirate. VVS Laxman and hard work.
Sachin Tendulkar may have performed feats more Like everything else Dravid, nothing was left to
easy on the eye, but Dravid was the ultimate team man. chance even in the final farewell ... That Dravid was
If it meant dropping anchor, down it went and there it nearer the end than ever before was not in doubt, but
stayed. If his team wanted him to don the big gloves to the fact that several people were asking why — rather
make the team combination better he did the job most than why not — showed that he got the timing of his
effectively. If the team needed an opener He is the most retirement just right.
steadfast player in the modern game. Equally if a To talk of Dravid's ability tells only half the story. He
different tempo was required, Dravid did his utmost to exhibited greatness at its most humble, and is one of
deliver. the most impressive men to play the game: dignified,
I find it hard to think of a more versatile cricketer. You fair-minded, eloquent (he never used a ghost-writer),
were one of our finest short leg fielders. You were, for gentle, yet tougher than we will ever realise. A Gary
the most part, a remarkable slip catcher. You have Cooper for the new millennium; the kind of man you'd
opened the innings, batted at No.3, batted at No.6 want your son to grow into.
(from where you conjured up that 180 in Kolkata). I'm Come on Midtowners! Let us Doff our hat to the
sure you have batted everywhere else. You have kept greatest and the Most Selfless TEAM MAN – Rahul
wicket, offering an added dimension to the one-day Dravid
side in two World Cups. You even scored 145 in one of Rtn. Farooq-e-Azam

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Next Week in Midtown ] Rotary's partnership with the International
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Date : 04.04.2012 ] Oikocredit International
Time : 6.30pm ] Rotary Community Corps program
] Rotarian Action Group for Microcredit
Venue : RCL Hall, J.L.B. Road, Mysore.