We meet every Friday at 6.30 p.m. at Hotel Rajdhani Regency, Dispur Last Gate, Guwahati-781006

R.I. PresidentRtn Gary C.K.Huang

Dist. GovernorRtn. Swapan K. Choudhury

PresidentRtn. Paramesh Dev Choudhury

SecretaryRtn. R. M. Hazarika

VOL. XXXXIII NO. 1 Date : 18th JULY, 2014

UDAYANFORTNIGHTLY BULLETIN OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF GAUHATI SOUTH

Rotary International District-3240, India

Light up Rotary

Editor�s ColumnFriends !

Warm Greetings to youall at a moment when we

have set in motion the process of usheringin another period with promises we havesworn to strive for. Rotarians collectively canand have proved to be a potent critical masstime and again.We must keep that criticalmass energised at any cost.Our hopes,aspirations and self belief fuel the drive weharbour within. A seemingly insignificantspark can instantly ignite that mass leadingto a game changing chain of events. All weneed is to nurture that spark to cause ignitionat the critical moment . Rotary is not just abody of well meaning individuals joining amission to change the status quo. It is a'Force ' of inconceivable potency to reckonwith. An idea can change lives. Can weimagine an image of our world impacted by1.2 million tricles of ideas engaged in makingeven a miniscule difference individually?Tome that is what RI President GaryC.K.Huang is perhaps trying to articulatethrough his theme 'Light Up Rotary' .Huang's vision stemming from the teachingsof the great Chinese philosopher Confuciousbares his idea about Rotary and its potentialas he sees it. Let us join this leader of ourtimes in lighting that 'candle ' and light upthis monumental movement called Rotary.

Tarun Ch. Bordoloi

I find many traditional Chinese values reflected in Rotary:values of service and responsibility, of respect for family and forothers. Sometimes I call Confucius the world’s first Rotarian,because even though he died 2,500 years before Rotary wasfounded, his ideas are very much Rotary ideas. And one of thethings he said was: “It is better to light a single candle than tosit and curse the darkness.”

I think that one line sums up the way we in Rotary approachthe problems of the world. There is so much difficulty. There areso many people who need help. Many people look at this andsay, “There is nothing I can do.” So they do nothing — andnothing changes.

But this is not the Rotary way. The Rotary way is to light acandle. I light one candle, you light one candle — and so do 1.2million other Rotarians. Together, we can do so much more thanwe could ever do alone. Together, we can light up the world.

In 2014-15, I am asking each of you to light your own Rotarycandle – and Light Up Rotary together.

There are so many ways to Light Up Rotary. I hope many ofyou will choose to host a Rotary Day, to show your communitywhat Rotary is and what we do. I hope you will involve yourRotaract and Interact clubs in your service, to bring the newgeneration of the Rotary family closer to Rotary membership.And I hope you will keep Rotary strong by inviting new membersinto Rotary – including your own spouse and family.

Perhaps the most important thing we can do to Light UpRotary is to finish the job we’ve been working on for more than aquarter of a century: the eradication of polio. We are so close toour goal. But we will get there only if we keep up the fight, keepup the momentum, and close the funding gap for the polioendgame plan.

Light Up Rotary is our theme for this year, but it is more thanjust a theme. It is how we in Rotary see the world and our role init. We believe that no one should sit alone in the darkness.Instead, we can come together, all 1.2 million of us, to Light UpRotary. This is our goal — and my challenge to you. r

PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE

GARY C.K. HUANGRI President 2014 15

July 2014

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37TH INSTALLATION MEETING OF ROTARY CLUB OF GAUHATI SOUTHA REPORT

As customary of the Rotary International,the office bearers of the 30000 Rotary Club'sworldwide takes charge in the 1st week of Julyevery year. Rotary Club of Gauhati South hadits installation on 4th July 2014 at the India Clubpremises. Rotar ians Paramesh DevChoudhury and Ram Mohan Hazarika wereinstalled as the 37th President & Secretaryrespect ively alongwith their team of 5Directors. The meet ing began with aninvocation song by Anne Mahmuda Ahmed. RtnDr Anil Kumar Mahanta welcomed the ChiefGuest, distinguished guests and all otherspresent. Rtn Giti Bujorbarua introduced theChief Guest. Mr. Satyamrit Kagkti, a well-known personality graced the occasion as theChief Guest. In his speech which touched bothspiritual & scientific facets of human life, the

Chief Guest explained the mult i faceteddimensions of service correlating with the 4-Way Test of Rotary.

Earlier outgoing President Rtn. Dr R NMazumder announced the awards received bythe club & appreciated & thanked all concerned.Secretary Rtn Mrinmoyee presented herexcellent secretarial report. After the change ofguards the new President Paramesh DevChoudhury introduced the new Board ofMembers to the house & fixed the Lapel pins.In his structured short speech, he stressed onthe need to "Light the Rotary" in all corners ofsociety so that poverty could be alleviated. Themeeting was adjourned after a formal vote ofthanks by Rtn Minoti Borthakur.

Rtn Paramesh Dev Choudhury

CHARTER PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF ROTARY CLUB OF NALBARI,

CLUB NO-85392, RI-3240, ON 5TH JULY 2014

- A REPORTThe Charter presentation ceremony of newly formed

Rotary Club of Nalbari, was held on 5th July at the UnitedHospital premises. IPDG Rtn Arijit Endow handed overthe Charter Certificate which is signed by IPRIP Ron DBurton on 13th June 2014 to Charter President Rtn. DrBipin Chanrda Talukdar in presence of Charter membersof the Club, President Rtn Paramesh Dev Choudhury,GSR Rtn Prashanta Goswami , many Rotarians, Annesfrom the sponsoring RC of Gauhati South & Guests.

Rtn Paramesh Dev Choudhury

Charter presentation by IPDG RI-3240 Rtn ArijitEndow to the Charter President Rtn. Dr Bipin Ch Talukdar,RC of Nalbari, Assam on 5th July 2014.

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MINUTES OF THE 37TH INSTALLATION MEETING (1808TH MEETING),

HELD ON 4TH JULY 2014, AT INDIA CLUB,The hall was tastefully decorated for the occasion. MOC Rtn Giti

Bujarbarua requested the member, annes, guests, ladies & gentlemento take their seats prior to start of the meeting. President & Secretarywere invited to the dais. President Rtn Dr Mazumder called the meetingto order at 0705PM followed by the National Anthem. Anne Mahmudapresented a very befitting Invocation song. Later Rtn. Sweta Peguescorted the Chief Guest, Mr. Satyamrit Kagti & Incoming PresidentRtn. Paramesh Dev Choudhury ( Incoming secretary could not bepresent due to the demise of his mother in law).

There after the Chief Guest Mr Satyamrit Kagti, PDG Rtn. Dr. N.N. Dutta, IPDG Rtn. Arijit Endow, AG Rtn. Jayabrata Banerjee, Mrs.Sima Kagti, Anne Meenaxmi Endow, Special invitee Sri Sachin KumarMazumder, non-rotarian PHF, who donated Rs. 50000 to TRF, werefelicitated by Annes.

Welcome address was delivered by Rtn Dr Anil Kumar Mahanta.Rtn Giti Bujarbaruah introduced the Chief Guest.

One minute of silence was observed in order to pay homage tothe departed soul of the father of Rtn. M. K. Choudhury who diedthe night before. The invitation letter to the Adya shraddhyaceremony of the father of Rtn. Bibeka Nanda Saikia which falls onthe 8th July 2014 was read. Wedding Anniversary of Rtn. S. C.Goswami and Anne Rina was announced and they were felicitatedwith a greetings card by the president.

Secretary Rtn Mrinmoyee gave her excellent Secretarial reportin a Power point presentation covering the whole year's activities.President then called upon 9 members who became fellows ofrotary 3240 foundation by virtue of their contribution. They are -Rtn. R. K. Bhuyan, Rtn Renu Goswami, Rtn.Giti Bujarbaruah , Rtn .Bhupen Borkotoky , Rtn . Dr. A. K. Mahanta, Rtn.Minoti Borthakur ,Rtn. Prashanta Goswami, Rtn. M. G. Sarma and Rtn. R. N. Majumdar.

Late Chitra Prasad Bezbaruah Memorial annual award for highestmark in Chemistry in HSSLC was given to Shri. Jaydev Das fromRamanuj H.S. School, Silchar.

The 2nd prize of Rs. 2500.00 ( no 1st prize) for Late KaushikDas essay competition was given to Miss Pritismita Kumar ofPragjyotish college. The cash prize for this Rs. 2500.00 wassponsored by Rtn . Rajkamal Bhuyan. 2 appreciations letters werealso given.

The final results of the year long weekly quiz were announced.

The final winner being Rtn. Mahim Chandra Deka, the runner uphaving gone to the incoming President Rtn.Paramesh Dev Choudhury.The swift award went to Rtn.Sweta Pegu.

President later on appreciated all concerned during hispresidential address. As a token of gratitude towards all the 57

members, Rtn. R. N. Majumdar donated $2.00 ( 2* 57 member * 59per USD= Rs. 6726) on behalf of each member from his side towardsTRF. This amount would earn brownie points for use of the memberswilling to become a PHF.

After the change of Guard the new President Paramesh DevChoudhury conducted the rest of the proceedings of the meeting.The new Board Members ( Rotarians Dilip Sarkar, Sweta Pegu,Rajkamal Bhuyan, Gayatri Bhattacharyya, Dhiraj Kakati, VikashBajaj) were introduced to the house & President fixed the Lapelpins. In his structured short speech President stressed upon theneed of "Light the Rotary" in all corners of society so that povertycould be alleviated.

"Silver Jubilee Year Souvenir - Udayan" was released by theChief Guest assisted by President Paramesh Dev Choudhury & RtnRenu Goswami, member of the Souvenir committee.

Chief Guest in his speech explained multifaceted dimensions ofservice touching upon 4-Way Test of Rotary. He delivered his talkbased on both spiritual & scientific facets of human life.

Incoming AG Joyabroto Banerjee gave a brief speech welcomingthe new office bearers and conveying the welcome andcongratulatory message of the new DG Rtn.Swapan KumarChoudhury. Later on the AG insisted President to light up a Candle tomark this year's theme "Light Up-Rotary".

At the end President announced Secretary Rtn Ram MohanHazarika & Rtn Paramesh Dev Choudhury's contribution of Rs.10000.00 to TRF towards PHF & Rs15000.00 towards MPHFrespectively.

At the end vote of thanks was offered by Rtn Minoti Borthakur.

President adjourned the meeting at 9.15pm.

MOC invited all for the dinner.

In the absence of Secretary Rtn. R. M. Hazarika. IPS RtnMrinmoyee read out the report for the evening-

Rotarians : 30

Annes : 13

Visiting Rotarians : 15

Rotarylets : 4

Guests : 13

TRF : Rs. 520.00 + Rs. 25000.00 +Rs. 6726.00 = Rs. 32246.00

Rtn Paramesh Dev ChoudhuryPresident

ACHIEVMENT !

Rtn Ranjan Kumar Borah, a young member of ourclub has been selected by JAPAN INTERNATIONALCOOPERATION AGENCY (JICA), GOVT. OF JAPAN,for the Region & group focused training programme onDisaster Risk Management scheduuled to be held at JICA-KANSAI, Japan w.e.f. 30th June to 10th August,2014.

Govt. of India ( Deptt of Personnel & training) hasforwarded seven (7) nos. of nominations to JICA, Japan andonly 2 (two) nominations has been accpted by JICA, Japan.

Rtn Ranjan Kumar Borah, only candidates from NorthEastern Region to participate in the said training course andother person is from the Govt. of Himachal Pradesh.

Hearty congratulations & best wishes from all themembers, Rtn Ranjan!

IPP Rtn Dr.R.N.Mazumder

HELPING HAND TO BRILLIANT PERFORMERSOvercoming financial constraint & hardship, two students from families of daily wage earners

scored brilliant results in the recent HSLC Examination.Sri Saidul Alam & Tultul Ahmed from Billeswar village of Belsor under Nalbari District from

Belsor H S School scored Distinction ( Letter marks in 6 out of 6 subjects) and Star marks ( Lettermarks in 5 out of 6 subjects) respectively. While Sri Saidul got himself admitted to Ist Yr (Arts) ofEden Valley Academy, a private junior college at Chamata somehow arranging admission fee, SriTultul got admitted to Ist Yr (Science) Chamata H S School. Both of them, introduced by Rtn ArmanAhmed (also from Belsor), had applied to our club for financial assistance , to pursue their study. Ourclub proposed to help Sri Saidul with Rs. 8,500.00 ( Tution fee for 12 months plus examination &Practical Examination fee) and RC Nalbari, charterd only on 13th June, 2014 willingly cameforward at the request of IPP Dr. R N Mazumder to help Sri Tultul with a sum of Rs 5,000.00 to meethis books and other stationery expenses, since other fees not required as his school being a Govt.one. Either the head of the institutions or any responsible teachers will be requested to monitor theirprogress of study and if everything goes well, on the basis of their annual examination results, suchhelp may be considered in due course for next year also. In the Ist RWM of RY 2014-15 on 11th July,Dr. Mazumder apprised the members about the proposal and some members already came forwardwith their purse to help the needy and brilliant performers! IPP Rtn Dr. R.N.Mazumder

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"Rotary Annapoorna Day" celebration by Rotary Club ofGauhati South on 1st July 2014.

A reportAs announced by respected DG Rtn Swapan Kumar Choudhury, RID-

3240, in the Lataguri PETs held on 28 February 2014, requesting allclubs under RID-3240 to take-up the "Rotary Annapoorna Day" programon the 1st day of RY-2014-2015, RC of Gauhati South also providedlunch to all the 20 Children of Orphanage "Noonmati Sishu MangalKendra", Guwahati in presence Rtn. Jayabrata Banerjee, AG Zone-VII ,Rtn Paramesh Dev Choudhury , President & Rtn Minoti Borthakur, Rtn

Dr Renu Goswami,members of the RC GauhatiSouth on 1st July 2014. ThisKendra is doing yeomen'sservice since 1976. The Kendra is also running a Vocational Centre. In2014-2015, RC Gauhati South will carry out some projects with theKendra. Mention may be made here that many of the inmates of thisKendra after passing our schools, have perused their higher studies &have been placed in good jobs. Photographs are attached pl.

Rtn Paramesh Dev Choudhury

An Image from the weekly meeting of the 11th July 2014

Laugh to a healthy life !A man goes to the doctor and says, "Doctor, wherever I touch, it hurts."The doctor asks, "What do you mean ?"The man says, "When I touch my shoulder, it really hurts.When I touch myknee - OUCH! When I touch my forehead, it really, really hurts."The doctor says, "I know what's wrong with you. You've broken your finger !"