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Monday, March 14, 2011

DRR Visit

                On the 3rd of March 2011, the Rotaract Club of Loyola College had its official DRR Visit Ceremony at the Lawrence Sundaram Auditorium, Loyola College. This was the first DRR Visit for the year 2010 – 2011 in the R. I. Dist. 3230. The Guest of Honour for the day was our beloved principal, Rev. Dr. B. Jeyaraj S.J, who felicitated the club on its achievements. A short 20 minute video was also screened to the audience as a quick recap of all our projects over the past 9 months.
                Also present on this joyous occasion were our parent club president, Rtn. Gunasekhar S., our New Generations Chairman, Rtn. Prasanna Shenoy and other members from our parent club like Rtn. Christopher and Rtn. IPP. George B. Cherian. Rotaractors from the various other clubs in the district were also present. The DRR, Rtr. PP. Suresh Manoharan stressed on the need for other clubs to take the cue from us and organise more projects aimed at a wider audience base. The rotaractors from Loyola College, who had been vital in the club’s success over the past 9 months, were honoured at the event. The event ended with the rendering of the National Anthem.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Lustre '11

The Rotaract Club of Loyola College organised a professional service project christened “LUSTRE” replicating the District Award Winning project ‘MELIORA’ on 24 January 2011 at Sri Sankara Vidyashram School in Thiruvanmyur. It was attended by more than 100 Interactors from different schools. The function started at 10 am and the chief guest our DRR Rtr. Suresh Manoharan who gave his views on why one should be a part of a voluntary movement like Rotaract. The orientation session was then handled by two students from Loyola College, Rtr. Samuel Augustine and Rtr. Abdul Ahad.
After the presentation, Rtr. Tarun Murugesh came and demonstrated some simple life saving techniques. A sudden blossom to the event was the presence of Rtr. Britto Manohar, immediate past Secretary, Rotaract Club of Loyola College, who came and shared his experience in Rotaract. Then Rtn.  Mohsin Bijapuri came and added a great flavour to the event. He had a good interaction with the Interactors and they had questionnaire section with him.
In the valedictory, the chief guest DRR Rtr. Suresh and Rtn. Mohsin Bijapuri and the school management were honoured. And with spirits sky high, the event got over at about 1.15pm.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

A talk show with Kings & Queens of their fields

Rtr. M.A.M.Yasin Bijapuri, Rtr. V.Vivek Kumar Dadhich and Rtr.Sachin Bardia represented the Rotaract Club of Loyola College for a talk show organized by NDTV 24x7.  Chess Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand, Karthik Chidambaram(member of AICC and son of Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram ), Khusboo Sundar(Actress and  member of DMK ) were the panelists for the show which was aimed to discuss on the “Indian of the Year” in the field of sports and politics.

The venue of the talk show was in M.C.C.Hr.Sec.School. Students from Loyola College, M.C.C. , Stella Maris College, IIPM and a decent number of others formed the elite audience. Being true loyolites, we reached the venue by 7:10 pm only to find that the show will start in a ‘while’. After passing a considerable amount of time chatting, we were invited for refreshments. While nibbling my sandwich, I noticed a fair man who looked strikingly familiar. Then did I realize that the man was Vishy Anand himself ! Sitting beside him was actress Khusboo. I tried to be placid but couldn’t. I told Rtr. Sachin and some of my friends about this.

By 8:30 pm we sat over the benches. The show co-coordinator was quite adroit in making the audience look like a mixed ratio and he did the same with us. The show started by 8:45 pm and we were already in rapt attention.

Sensible questions were thrown open to the panel. There was one question on who should get an award of “Politician of the Year” and the expected happened. Karthik Chidambaram named Rahul Gandhi whereas Khusboo named . The best part was that they both validated their nominations too! In his talk, both Vishwanathan Anand and Karthik Chidambaram emphasized on the obsession of Cricket. Karthik even commented, “There is a lot more to sports beyond Cricket.”

A few questions on politics and corruption were asked by the viewers. One question was targeted to Vishy Anand’s plans to enter politics! He said, ‘Well.. um.. I’m focusing more on my game right now.. As for now.. There are no such plans.”

The show ended on a happy note immediately after which the viewers thronged for autographs and Kodak moments with the panelists. Karthik Chidambaram left soon while Vishy and Khusboo stayed for a while. We tried getting snaps with them. I managed to get an autograph from Vishy and Khusboo.

Overall, the show was quite enthralling and I can’t wait to see myself on T.V.!



-Rtr. Vivek Kumar Dadhich

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Visit - Rtr. Jeremy Charles







Rtr. Jeremy at the Rotaract Club of Loyola College's office during his recent Chennai trip.