New York, N.Y. I first met the accomplished South African native Nan Melville about a decade ago through the Indo-American Arts Council where I was on the Board. Nan is a photographer and filmmaker extraordinaire, having won first prize in the Nikon Nissan International Travel Photography, among other photographic awards. Nan at National Ballet Pressrom 2016 Festival. Ever […]
Itzhak Perlman to Perform at Lincoln Center to Help Rotary Eradicate Polio

New York, N.Y. “Polio is only a plane ride away.” So began my sobering interview with Carol Pandak, Manager of PolioPlus for Rotary International about polio, a crippling and potentially fatal disease that still threatens children in Africa and Asia (video). People in 125 countries had polio in 1985 – today only four. Good news, no? But the four […]