Managing Committee for theYear 2014-2015President Mr. D.V.S.S. SOMAYAJULU 9849128028

Vice President Mr. A. SATYANARAYANA 9866445565

Hony.Secretary Mr. G. SESHAGIRI RAO 9849491111

Hony.Treasurer Mr. V. RAVINDRA 9393111818

Editor:

Vice PresidentA. Satyanarayana

Committee Members

Sports : Mr. A. AVNASHChambers & Banquets : Mr. B. LAKSHMAN PATROGeneral Services : Mr. NIKHIL OZA

Bar : Mr. K. PRAVEEN SANKAREntertainment : Dr. CH. RAGHU NANDAN PRASADLibrary & Auditorium : Mr. S. SRINIVAS MURTY (VASU)Ladies Chairperson : Mrs. VANI GANNAMANI

From the President’s Desk

MEMBER HONOUR

1. Mr.D.Varada Reddy (V-061) our senior Memberhas been asked to represent the Rotary Interna-tional President Gary Huang at the Conferenceof District 9220 to be held at Mauritius, where500-600 Rotarians from 9 Countries are going to participate.The Conference will be held for 4 days commencing on 29thApril and concluding on 2nd May, 2015.

2. Mrs.M.Kanakavalli W/o.Mr.M.Ramgopal (R-51)has been nominated as "Member of TelephoneAdvisory Committee for VisakhapatnamTelecom/Telephone District", by the Ministry ofCommunications on IT, Govt. of India.

When a fun filled and activity filled month has ended, We "March"ed on in style and the efforts were rewardedwith your appreciation and some brickbats too,but then it was a fulfilling month. The talk by Sri Amit DasGupta, the former diplomat and author on TRANSFORMATIVE THINKING was well attended and the

presence of the senior members was so heart warming.The Committee was also of the opinion that the expenditureis better spent on the members and so as the huge Mega Tambola on the day, prior to Ugadi. The response wasoverwhelming and we were frantically getting the chairs,tables and pads organized. Thank you Club members forsuch a lovely response.If there is any shortcoming, forgive us and we will do better next time around.

The next day, in the true telugu tradition, we welcomed the new year with Ugadi Pacchadi and Panchanga Sravanam,followed by breakfast.

That weekend was fun filled but tiring. The musical program by Dr Sharathchandra was to say the least-Melodious. It was glorious trip down memorylane, for all those who watched telugu movies of the 50s to the 70s and heard the legendary Ghantasala. The setting was perfect at Jubilee deck.,a gentle breeze, friends , a little spirit and the mood was set .We are in fact lucky to have such an environment and it is my earnest desire that theClub members should participate in such programmes in greater numbers. The setting is awesome (as the younger generation would call it) and weare blessed to be members of a Club with such a green environment.

This also reminds me that the tree plantation is almost complete and the results will be visible in a few months time and total greenery would be infull bloom in a few years. The hard work put in by the Hon Secretary is admirable and of course special thanks to the man with the greenest thumbthat I know - Mr. Raja Babu of SUNRAY. He is a walking encyclopedia who of course works free for the Club.

The culmination of the month was the Mela /Fun Carnival by the ladies committee, which again saw a record crowd in attendance and stalls with avariety of items in stock. Mrs.Vani Murali and her team also deserve a huge round of applause for the stupendous effort.

This is what happens when the month is so fun filled and busy-you end up with long reports

Yours in Service,

Programmes for April – 201503.04.2015 Friday Movie 7.00 PM05.04.2015 Sunday Staff Day 10.00 AM10.04.2015 Friday Movie 7.00 PM12.04.2015 Saturday Senior Citizens Day 11.00 AM17.04.2015 Friday Movie 7.00 PM19.04.2015 Saturday Beer n Biryani 12.00 noon25.04.2015 Saturday Speech by Hon’ble 11.00 am

Justice JastiChelameshwar

25.04.2015 Saturday Tambola 7.30 PM

ANNOUNCEMENTS1. This is to inform all the Members that Food Court

Stall No.1 is allotted to SFC Shop from 11.03.2015for sale of their branded Veg & Non Veg Snacks.Members are requested to utilize the same.

2. Summer Coaching Classes for Swimming willcommence from 1st April, 2015 onwards. InterestedMembers Children may register their names at Clubreception counter by 28th March, 2015.

3. This is to inform all the Members that the Club Staffday will be celebrated on 5th April, 2015.Therefore,all the services to members will be provided by theoutsourcing staff from 7.00 am to 5.00 pm on 5th

April, 2015. Inconvenience regretted.

4. Senior Citizens Day will be conducted on 12th April,2015 from 11.00 am onwards at Pearl I & II, followedby Entertainment, Games and Tambola. Lunch &Snacks will be served on KOT.

5. Talk on 25th April by Honourable Justice,JastiChelameshwar, Judge, Supreme Court of India.

FUN CARNIVALHELD ON 29TH MARCH 2015

The FUN CARNIVAL activities started sometime in themid-afternoon, with the excited and anxious stall ownersand exhibitors, locating their allotted stalls and displayingtheir goods and some took time to decorate their stallstoo. As the time neared for the carnival to be opened toour members and guests, the weather too decided tobecome pleasant and cooler. Once the place was readyin line with our ladies committee's vision, it was theperfect carnival setting. The jubilee ground was adornedwith close to 100 stalls showcasing their goods rangingfrom clothes, jewellery, handicrafts, magic plants,different play rides for children, displays, our funny menon stilts, DJ playing his music, Candy floss, Pop corn,Mouth-watering food stalls, Game stalls by children,Parrot fortune teller .... The list is endless and it wasPERFECT!

The crowd walked into this fun ambience and thoroughlyenjoyed by themselves, adults and children equally. Thisjoy expressed by them made the ladies committeemembers even happier and our hard work and effortshad paid off. This tempo and fun activities continuedlate into the evening and ended with sumptuous dinnerhosted by the Club.

Vani GannamaniChairperson Ladies Committee.

We regret to announce the saddemise of our Regular MemberMr.K.V.Ramprasad (R-116) on 17thMarch, 2015. May his soul rest inpeace.

OBITUARY

TALK BY AMIT DAS GUPTA - As a part of the ongoingprogramme to bring eminent people to talk in the club, weinvited the noted author and diplomat Sri Amit Das Gupta,former Ambassador and Consul General to Australia as ourguest speaker. He chose the topic-"Why we do what we do-The need for transformative thinking" which was closely

related to his latestpublication. In aninteresting speechof over 45 minutes,Sri Amit traced themanner in which weare conditioned tothink and of theneed to adopttransformative ornew thoughts.

UGADI EVESUPER BUMPER TAMBOLA

The advent of theManmadha NamaSamvastram wascelebrated in a differentstyle this year with a hugeBumper Tambola. Insteadof spending money onmusical programmes,dances, etc, it wasdecided to give better and

greater prizes of about Rs 4 lakhs to the Club membersonly. The entire focus was on the members. Sponsorshipswere obtained from VAIBHAV JEWELLERS and every prizewas given in gold only. The second prize was a VESPAScooter sponsored by ORA MOTORS.

The record crowdstretched the facilities tothe limit, but then wemanaged to finish theTambola in style,without too manyhiccups.

The Super Bumperprize of 50 Grams Goldwas won by Mrs.Indubala Gupta, W/o.Ashok Kumar Gupta(A-78), while the scooter was won by Mr.Ch. Indraneel(I-15 )

On behalf of the Club Committee, we thank all the memberswhose participation made the event a memorable one.

UGADI: In traditional style the club members decided towelcome the Telugu New Year with a Panchanga Sravanamby Sri Ghandikota Venkata Brahma Srinivasa Sarma, whichwas well attended by the members. The predictions andforecasts were eagerly awaited and on the whole the yearseems to be good for everyone.

On behalf of the Managing Committee, our greetings toeveryone and hope you have a year full of happiness.

After the resounding success of Lamhe, the eveningof Hindi melodies, it was decided to have an eveningof Telugu songs of the GANA GANDHARVA ofTELUGU -Sri GHANTASALA VENKATESWARARAO. After a long search, we narrowed down onDr.Sharathchandra Tamada, who is a renownedsinger of this genre of songs. The setting was perfectat the Jubilee Deck with a good breeze flowing andtrue to his belief, Dr.Sharathchandra Tamada tookeveryone down memory lane with his wonderfulrenditions of the classics sung by the maestro himself.For those who missed the evening, it was somethingto rue about and for those who attended the evening,it was a sure trip down memory lane.

MUSICAL NITE

Sri Rama Taraka Yagnam was held at Auditorium onthe appearance Day of Sri Rama Navami on 28thMarch, 2015 and Kirtan, Nama-Ramayana Bhajanwas performed. Prasadam and Lunch was served toour Club devotees. Total 50 couples have attendedthe Yagnam, which was well conducted by AkshayaPatra Foundation, Visakhapatnam.

Waltair Club Cricket Team-WALTAIR RAIDERS-played a T20 Cricket match at ACA VDCA CricketStadium on 22.03.2015 Waltair Club Cricket Teamnamed WALTAIR RAIDERS (WR) and led byMr.Vikrant, played a T20 cricket match under floodlights and beat the DNShaw University teamconclusively. It was an 13 overs per side match andWaltair Club team batted first and won by 26 runs.SCORE: WC:91/5 in 13 overs beat DNS:65/6 in 13overs.

New members admitted for the months of February & March, 2015.Member Name M.No. Category D.O.J.Mr.P.Sahil Varma S-1057 Associate 05.02.2015Mr.G.Ajit Kumar A-363 Regular mc 11.02.2015Mrs.Kavya Sagi K-276 Regular mc 16.02.2015Miss.D.Anantha Madhulika A-365 Regular mc 16.02.2015Mr.S.Sujan Kumar S-1059 Associate 19.02.2015Mr.Ch.Akhil A-364 Associate 20.02.2015Mr.Hiren Mirpuri H-147 Regular mc 20.02.2015Mr.P.Venkata Rayudu V-366 Regular mc 21.02.2015Mr.Ram Sishir Kancharla R-566 Regular mc 23.02.2015Mr.L.Sudeep Chowdary S-742 Regular mc 24.02.2015Dr.G.Gayatri G-127 Regular mc 24.02.2015Mr.A.Pranav P-255 Regular mc 26.02.2015Mr.T.V.S.R.Sagar S-1060 Associate 03.03.2015Dr.R.Shanti Priya S-1055 Regular mc 05.03.2015Miss.V.Varsha V-367 Regular mc 18.03.2015Mr.T.Aditya Gupta A-366 Associate 25.03.2015Mr.P.Kamal Shantanu K-277 Associate 25.03.2015Mr.A.Sarat Chandra S-1061 Associate 26.03.2015Miss.P.Amulya A-367 Regular mc 26.03.2015Dr.S.Bharath Kumar B-151 Regular mc 27.03.2015Miss.Juhi Ashok Mirpuri J-109 Regular mc 30.03.2015Mr.B.Naren Chandra N-224 Associate 30.03.2015Mr.K.Akshay A-362 Associate 31.03.2015

HOLI CELEBRATIONSHoli was celebrated on 06.03.2015 at ClubGrounds.Members and their families haveenjoyed maximum by playing Holi with Colours& Rain dance performance.

Beer Competition was held at Wills Pub on Sunday 22nd February,2015 at 12.30 noon. Two competitions were held and the Winners are:1st COMPETITION - First & Second Prizes were won byMr.Ch.Prakash (S-887) & Mr.V.Durga Rao (D-19).2nd COMPETITION - First, Second & Third Prizes were won byMr.K.V.Satyanarayana (S-790), Mr.V.Durga Rao (D-19) & Mr.P.Raghu (R-395).

BEER COMPETITION