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Post by billmcelligott on Nov 13, 2011 22:05:39 GMT
articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-07/faith-and-ritual/30368948_1_freemasonry-dress-code-ritualsBreaking the barrier Indrani Rajkhowa Banerjee Homemaker, boutique owner and the first woman Freemason in India, Sadhana Rao talks to Indrani Rajkhowa Banerjee about her attempt to break the glass ceiling. What kick-started your interest in Freemasonry? My journey into Freemasonry is very interesting. My husband G D Rao, a businessman became a Freemason in 2002. Till then I did not know that such an organisation even existed! When he was initiated into Masonry, I was inquisitive to know why Freemasonry in India had no place for women. Wives of members sat in the ladies room and socialised when men had their meetings and joined them only on the festive board and dinner. When my husband became the Master of a Lodge in Delhi, I started taking more interest. Along with a couple of other women, I took the lead in organising charitable projects every year. More depth of article from the link.
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Post by billmcelligott on Nov 13, 2011 22:06:45 GMT
I am not certain they have this right 'The First Woman Freemason in India'
Maybe others may know more ?
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Post by Hubert (N. Z.) on Dec 9, 2011 1:05:07 GMT
Presumably this is suggesting a "first woman in Male Craft"? India has had CoMasonry for just over 100 years I think. Formerly LDH, now the Eastern Order of International Co-Freemasonry.
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Post by boreades on Oct 29, 2012 22:50:33 GMT
I'm glad to read of progress with masonic lodges in India. It is highly appropriate, since the origins of the "Seven Liberal Arts" we are promised to study have origins that can be traced back to the Seven Levels of Consciousness and Yoga
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