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Cooperation between different TS Branches in S. India

Feb 09, 2005 07:21 PM
by MKR


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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