Auto mechanic would be able to see again

Continuing with the Gift of Sight project of Rotary Club of Chandigarh in association with Rotary Club of Coral Gables, USA, under the Rotary Foundation's matching grant, the sight of an auto mechanic has been restored.
Subhash, a 50 year old auto mechanic from Kartarpur in Punjab, was operated on 26th September 2008 by Dr. Vaishali Gupta at the Advance Eye Centre, PGI, Chandigarh.
Subhash had been diagnosed with lens disorder, internal bleeding and retinal detachment in his left eye. This was a result of an industrial injury that he had suffered due to blunt trauma with a steel spring.
Subhash is the only earning hand in his family of six including four children. He will be able to gain functional vision in his left eye after the surgery.
This is the sixth surgery under the project.

Mahatma Gandhi and Rotary

As we remember Mahatma Gandhi on his birthday, I remember the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, who wrote: "Gandhi was inevitable. If humanity is to progress, Gandhi is inescapable. He lived, thought and acted, inspired by the vision of humanity evolving toward a world of peace and harmony. We may ignore Gandhi at our own risk."

Indeed, 'we may ignore Gandhi at our own risk'. His message of non-violence, ethics, peace, and service are well known and these are some of the issues that are so close to our heart in Rotary.

Gandhi knew Rotary, and had met many Rotarians and also spoken at some of the Rotary programs. Gandhi wrote an article, "My 7 points for a new world order", which appeared in the February 1942 issue of The Rotarian magazine. That article was included in The Rotarian Reader, published in 1986, which contains the most precious articles published in Rotarian magazines during the first 75 years of its publication (1911-1986). Gandhi's picture appeared on the Cover Page of the book.

And there is a remarkable similarity in the ways that Rotary's 4 Way Test and Gandhi's Satyagraha were conceived and applied; as well as between Rotary's Motto of Service Above Self and Gandhi's Mission in life of Helping the Helpless.

Let's continue to 'Make Dreams Real' for the humanity at large, for the world we live in, and for our children...in true Gandhian way...in true Rotary way.

Turning Tears into Smiles

Past Rotary International President Rajendra K. Saboo has written a moving recount of his visit to the flood affected areas in Bihar, which has been published on page 11 of The Tribune. The extent of damage that it has caused to over 3 million people who have been rendered homeless and without any means of subsistence cannot be imagined. Yet the real work starts now.
You can read this article on The Tribune's online edition too. Just click here.