Theos-Talk Archives (February 2005 Message tt00235)

During the many decades I spent in Southern India, there was rarely any 
interaction between members belonging to different theosophical 
organizations. While the branches of ULT are but a few in India, there was 
one in Bangalore where I used to live. While the branches belonging to 
TS(Adyar) and ULT were in the same area and were within a mile of each 
other, rarely I saw any interaction whatsoever between the members. To what 
extent this was due to subtle influence from the organizational leaders, I 
do not know, but cannot be ruled out. I had the opportunity of visiting the 
ULT a couple of times, I did not take the initiative in meeting active 
individuals in the ULT branch. I visited it out of curiosity to see the 
kind of program they had, nor did at that time I had any historical 
background of ULT. I was also unaware of the role played by Wadia while he 
was in TS(Adyar) and later in the ULT. By the way, Wadia died in Bangalore 
and I think city named a street after him. I am not aware of any efforts in 
other parts of India of any interaction between various theosophical 
organizations. At that time I did not give much thought to it. Only after 
being a subscriber to theosophical maillists, did I learnt some of the 
historical background as to how different groups got spawned. But I am glad 
that now with Internet those belonging to one or other organization or none 
is able to participate in our daily discussions on theosophical matters. 
With the growth in the Internet connectivity around the world - especially 
in the third world countries - we can expect much wider growth of interest 
on theosophical matters in the days to come.

mkr



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