Programme for February 2017

BLAVATSKY LODGE: 7 French Bridge, Mumbai 400007.

DAY	TIME	DETAILS
Fri      3	6.00 pm	Theosophical Readings followed by Discussion
Sun     5	10.00 a.m  10.30 am	Bharat Samaj Pooja BTF Council Meeting
Fri    10	6.00 pm      6.15 pm	Members’ Meeting – Study of AB & CWL’s Book “MAN.. Whence, How and Whither” conducted by Sis Aban Patel Talk by Dr. Darius H. Umrigar (In Lobby)
Sun   12	10.30 am  11.00 am	To gather for Ritual preparations Mystic Star Ritual
Fri    17	6.15 pm	Adyar Day Meeting jointly with BTF
Fri    24	4.30 pm      6.00 pm	Blavatsky Lodge Managing Committee Meeting Members’ Meeting - Study of AB & CWL’s Book “MAN.. Whence, How and Whither” conducted by Sis Aban Patel
Sun   26	10.45 am	Maitreya Round Table
Tues 7, 14,21,28	5.45 pm	Reading and discussion on Lives of Alcyone by AB and CWL presented by Sis Navaz Dhalla

THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF

 THE BOMBAY THEOSOPHICAL FEDERATION

Volume 86

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No.5

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February 2017

There is cooperation in the true sense of the word only when both you and I feel together about something at the same level, at the same time and with the same intensity. If there is love and perception on both sides then we will naturally cooperate without having to be enticed, persuaded, or coerced.

Olcott and HPB had this shared perception that their work would serve to uplift humanity, that it was a service without thought of reward for self. They could cooperate in spite of differences in temperament and manner of work.

CONTENTS

Quote  Adyar Day Founders	Cover
News & Notes	2
Support Convention January 2017  & Impressions	2  -  6
Presidential Address at the 141st International TS Convention by President Tim Boyd	7  -  9
Root Races shared by Sis. Aban Patel	10  - 11
BTF & Lodge Programmes February 2017	11  - 12

NEWS & NOTES

CHRISTMAS CEREMONY BY MAITREYA ROUND TABLE on Christmas Day 25-12-2016 morning at Besant Hall: The beautiful ceremony conducted by Officiating Knight Rashna Jehani was to herald Good-will & Cheer with Hymns ‘Abide with Me’, ‘Away in a Manger’ & ‘O! Come all ye Faithful’. MRT Members spoke about significance of Christmas and the Christmas Ceremony. Bro. Navin Kumar on behalf of Blavatsky Lodge thanked them. All rejoiced with cutting of Christmas cake and sharing snacks.

SUPPORT CONVENTION 2016-2017

Jointly by BTF & Blavatsky Lodge

At Besant Hall, Blavatsky Lodge

Blavatsky Lodge Entrance, Lobby and Besant Hall were decked with Christmas decorations by Sis. Navaz Dhalla to welcome Brethren & Friends. Support Convention 2016-2017 was held to be in tune with the 141st International Convention at Adyar from 31st December 2016 to 5th January 2017. Tea & snacks were served to Brethren who gathered for three meetings.

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Editor – Bro. Rustom R. Dalal     Cover Page By: Sis. Kashmira Khambatta

Editorial Committee – Sis. Mahazaver Dalal (in charge of Mailing List), Sis.  Kashmira Khambatta,  Sis. Aban Patel and Ex-Officio: President Bro. Vinayak Pandya.  Note: News, Notes and Programmes to be printed in the Bulletin, be forwarded by e-mail to: rrpdalal@hotmail.com or kashmirakhambatta@yahoo.com latest by 16th each month.

Opening on Sunday 1st January 2017

The Convention was opened in the morning with the Prayers of All Religions and the Universal Prayer. To attune all to the Convention Theme ‘Beyond Illusion: A Call to Unity’ the Mystic Star Ritual was performed. This beautiful ceremony with its Spiritual Teachings leads to a feeling of Oneness,

At a pause during the ceremony, Sis. Navaz Dhalla shared an article on the significance of the Mystic Star Ritual. Blavatsky Lodge President Sis. Kashmira Khambatta read out the Presidential Address of International President Tim Boyd delivered at the Convention Opening on 31st December 2016 (The President’s Message & Address are printed in this Bulletin). She also shared information about the activities during the Convention at Adyar like Social Welfare Centre, Vocational Training Centre, Olcott Memorial Higher Secondary School, Adyar Library & Research centre, Beauty Without Cruelty, The International Order of the Round Table and The Bharat Samaj Temple.

The Ritual ended with the Invocation to the Master and the closing ceremony. This was followed by fellowship at the pooled lunch with the tasty spread shared by Brethren.

Cultural Evening on Tuesday 3rd January 2017

The participant Brethren,Members & Friends interested in Music gathered in the evening in Besant Hall. Master of Ceremonies Sis. Aban Patel on behalf of the Bombay Theosophical Federation and Blavatsky Lodge TS welcomed all and wished them a Happy New Year. The Universal Prayer led by Blavatsky Lodge President Sis. Kashmira Khambatta was recited. Before starting the programme she appealed for Medical help for surgery of Ganpat, Blavatsky Lodge Attendant (over 50 years), which later in the evening was well responded.

MC Sis. Aban Patel explaining the purpose of the evening said: The Theme of the 141st International Convention held at Adyar

is ‘Beyond Illusion: A Call to Unity’. What is that unites us all? Today in this hall there are people from all walks of life. They follow different religions, speak different languages,  dress up in different styles, Then what is the factor that is uniting us all? It is none other than Music & Singing. Music has no language. The music that comes from heart, whether Indian, Western, Classical or Folk, binds us together, unites us all in One. It soothes our nerves, it inspires us. even unborn babies in their mothers’ womb respond to good music. Music encompasses all the Creations of the Creator in Unity. Hence today, we all unite with music and enjoy.

• Sis. Shernaz Vatcha recited Gayetri Mantra, explained the meaning of the Sanskrit Mantra and spoke about different adaptations of three parts of AUM.
• The Round Table Group sang their opening processional hymn - Mirabai’s Bhajan ‘Mane Chakar Rakhoji’. The Group, with Sis. Freny Paghdiwala on piano, had its eldest member Sis. Amy Antia and youngest member little Arish Engineer.
• Sis. Navaz Dhalla’s song ‘Tomorrow Belongs to Me’ with Sis. Freny Paghdiwala on piano gave hope and inspiration to all.
• Bro. Dhanajay Singh shared his experiences of attending a ‘Self Transformation’ workshop with Sufi & Zen Meditations at Osho’s Centre in Dharamshala, North India. Dhananjay added that Osho valued Theosophical books, but said do not just intellectualize like J. Krishnamurty, but live the Teachings.
• All were spell bound, when Mrs. Silloo Shroff, at a ripe old age of 82, in her melodious ever young theme waavoice sang Pankaj Mallik’s ‘Tere Mandirka Hun Deepak Jal Raha Hai’ and Jyuthika Roy’s ‘Jogi Mat Ja, Mat Ja’, the song for which she had received an Award.
• Bro. Taral Munshi recited his Hindi poem making Brethren conscious about their role as TS members. The theme’s wordings were: Theosophy ka matlab hai itna sada, Insan kare insane se Insaniyat ka Vada’.
• Bro. Khusrav Pavri with song ‘Bada Nam Karega, Aisa kam karega’ depicted high hopes of all Fathers.
• Blavatsky Lodge Vice-President Bro. Navin Kumar surprised everyone with his Magic tricks.
• Bro. Rustom Dalal gave the message of peace & love with Kishore Kumar’s song:

‘Aa, chalke tuzeh mein lake chalu, Eak aise Gagan ke tale

Jahan gum bhi na ho, aansoo bhi na ho,

Bus pyar hi pyar pale’

• An original French song written in 1945 in the aftermath of World War 2 – ‘La vie en Roze’ meaning ‘Life in Pink’ was beautifully sung by Sis. Zeena Rastomji.
• Sis. Kashmira Khambatta with PP presented ‘Quotes of Leaders’. There were inspiring & guiding quotes of J. Krishnamurty, H. P. Blavatsky, Annie Besant, C. Jinarajadasa, John Coats and G.S. Arundale.
• Sis. Ratamai Peer, a Teacher of Zoroastrian Religion  rendered a song ‘Namun chhun tane Pak Paravardegar’
• Bro. Navin Kumr on Mouth Organ lilted everyone with a nostalgic old time favourite ‘Yeh apna dil to aawara’
• Sis. Navaz Dhalla, with Sis. Freny Paghdiwala on piano, invoked blessings for Blavatsky Lodge & its Building with the song ‘Bless This House’.
• Bro. Navin Kumar with his wife Lataji gave a surprise item dancing the  ‘Last Waltz’.
• Mrs. Dowlat Dhalla on piano regaled all with medley of Favourite Christmas and other songs.
• Former Director General of Police Mr. Chowdhry and Mrs. Chowdhry with classical fervour sang a duet ‘Jab Deep jale aana, Jab Sham dhale aana’.

§  MC Sis. Aban Patel touched the hearts of all with the story of a little boy singing ‘You are My Sunshine’ for his unborn sister When sister was born sick and doctors had given up hope of reviving her, he sang it again and brought her to life with the song. The song was rendered by Sis. Jasmine Cawasji and beautifully woven into the story by MC.

§  High Light of the evening was ‘the Line Dance’ choreographed by Sis. Zeena Rastomji with dancers Sis. Ruby Khan, Bro. Navin Kumar, Sis. Jasmine Cawasji, Bro. Arni Narendra and Sis. Navaz Dhalla.

§  The Finale was an  impromptu dance on the tune of Spanish song ‘Feliz Navidad’ i.e. ‘I wish you a Merry Christmas from the bottom of my Heart’ by Sis. Jasmine Cawasji & the Dance Group.

Closing on 5th January 2017

Thanks to Sis. Kashmira Khambatta’s  son & our member Firdaus, the members at the evening meeting were able to see the Opening Ceremony and listen to Sis. Linda Oliveira’s Short Talk titled ‘Living from the Still Centre’.

The Support Convention was closed with words of appreciations by Bro. Navin Kumar.

IMPRESSIONS OF THE 141ST INTERNATIONAL T.S. CONVENTION at Blavatsky Lodge on Sunday 8th January 2017 morning: BTF President Bro. Vinayak Pandya, who with Dr. Ajay Hora & Sis. Urvi Hora had attended the Convention, said that it is always an experience to attend International Convention at Adyar, the Masters’ abode. In spite of havoc by a Cyclone, the Amphitheater was prepared and other arrangements made to receive the Convention Delegates.

He briefed Brethren about Indian Section TS Council Meetings. Dr. Ajay Hora was asked to chair the First Meeting of Indian Section Council.

Newly elected IS General Secretary Mr. Pradeep Gohil   has accepted the BTF invitation to be Chief Guest for the BTF 86th Annual Session to be held on 1st, 2nd & 3rd October 2017. Bro. Pandya urged that more members from Mumbai should attend International Conventions.BTF can also think of organizing an event at Bhowali Himalyan Centre, of IS.

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

(On 141st International TS Convention)

As humans we are complex beings. Every moment there are multiple inner and outer voices calling for our attention, and the powerful habits we have cultivated over time continually propel us from one sensation to another, one thought to the next, and from judgment to judgment. Duality and the oscillation between its poles is the predominant feature of our reality. Whether we name it maya, samsara or illusion, it has become our conditioned response for seeing the world.

Great teachers have come among us to exemplify another possibility. Our own occasional experiences of unselfishness and a transcendent peace confirm for us the truth of their perennial teachings. There is another way to see and experience the world, another vision that exceeds our habitual view. Seeing the habits of our minds breaks our bondage to them. “To form a nucleus of the Universal Brotherhood” is our invitation to see anew. It is a call to unity.

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS

 At the 141st Annual Convention of the Theosophical Society,

Adyar, 31 December 2016

On this opening day of the 141st Convention of the Theosophical Society (TS), I would like to warmly welcome you all at Adyar after another year of challenging and important work around the Theosophical world. On this occasion, let us remember the many members all over the world who are with us while watching via web casting, and those in spirit though not in body, who like the rest of us seek wisdom for the sake of others. Let us also open our hearts to the Holy Ones who show the way to all those who seek selflessly, and guide every person who is prepared to learn. Please rise.

            May those who are the embodiment of Love Immortal bless with their help and guidance this Society, founded to be a channel for their work. May They inspire it with Their Wisdom, strengthen it with Their Power, and energize it with activity. 

I am very glad to open this 141st Annual Convention of the TS. The eighteenth century poet, William Wordsworth, captured sense of the human dilemma when he wrote,” the world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending we lay waste our powers.” In his time the invasive pressures of “the world” were being powerfully expressed in the Industrial Revolution that was changing the face of long accepted social, economic and political structures in Britain. Gandhi expressed the same idea very differently when he said “to a hungry man, a piece of bread is the face of God”. Whether it is the preoccupation with “getting and spending”, providing nourishment for our bodies, or checking and responding to an endless stream of email and text messages, we find our attention absorbed by an outer world whose reality is continually confirmed by our needy involvement with it. Everywhere we look we see the conflict, limitation and unhappiness that are the necessary result of our conviction that we are separate from each other and from the natural world. HPB described our condition as “heresy of separateness”. What we experience as normal and real, is viewed in the Ageless Wisdom tradition as fundamentally unreal. It is the maya, the illusion that binds us to an unrelenting cycle of suffering and need.

There is something which lies beyond illusion. Though our experience of it is weak, our remembrance dim, still it lives on the periphery of our awareness, always waiting for those moments when the grip of our illusory attachment weakens. At those moments it makes its presence known in a brightened perception of the present moment. So different are these momentary experience from the dreary norm that they become the touchstones for our life’s direction. In the words of Albert Camus: “In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer”. Illusion and reality are part of one fabric. 

The prevailing quality of our forays into reality is a sense of expansion and connection. The more profound the experience, the deeper the awareness of an all pervading, undivided consciousness - the sky encompasses both clouds and earth; though space seems to divide, in reality it connects, defines, and pervades all things. We live, move and have our being within that consciousness which not only unites, but is Unity itself.

Although the voices of religion, philosophy and contemporary science are calling out for us to deepen our awareness of the power of unity, the only call which we can truly hear and respond to is that muffled voice of our own Higher Self. In its still, small tone it continually calls out through the intervening layers of our busyness and worldly involvement to look beyond illusion.

The Theosophical Society’s emphasis on the primacy of the Universal Brotherhood of Humanity is in a sense the means and goal of our practice. At whatever level we are able to see, and then engage with the separative tendencies of our goal we lift a little of the heavy karma of this world.

In At the Feet of the Master the statement is made that “though a thousand men agree upon a subject, if they know nothing about that subject their opinion is of no value.” Both value and power flow into the world as our study and practice verge onto genuine inner experience.  

  

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You will find as you look back up on your life

that the moments when you have truly lived

are the moments when you have done things

in the spirit of love.  - Henry Drummond

 (From a Book given by Sis. Tehmina Pomeroy of UK)

ROOT RACES

An Article shared by Sis. Aban Patel

Root Races are stages in human evolution in the esoteric cosmology of HPB as described in The Secret Doctrine. These races existed mainly on now lost continents.

First Root Race was Ethereal, i.e. composed of Etheric matter and reproduced by dividing like an amoeba.

Second Root Race was Hyperborean, i.e. colored golden yellow and reproduced by budding.

Third Root Race was Lemuria. They were black, huge and big built and lived in Lemuria thirty four and half million years ago, during Jurassic time, with dinosaurs. The first three sub-root races were produced by laying eggs. But the fourth sub-race beginning sixteen and half million years ago began reproducing like modern humans. Last remnants are on the Australian continent, New Guinea and Madagaskar.

Fourth Root Race was Atlantean. Their habitat was Atlantis.  They arose in Africa three hundred and half million years ago. They were Toltecs who were much advanced. They colonized North and South Americas. Their downfall came due to wide spread practice of black magic. Master Morya incarnated as the Emperor of Atlantis in 220,000BC and continued till final sinking of Atlantis in 9564 BC. 

Fifth Root Race is Aryans. They are believed to have emerged 100,000 years ago. The Vaivasvata Manu - Master of Ancient Wisdom- was the progenitor of the Aryan race. They are a white root race known as “Moon Colored”. They proceeded to Gobi Desert and established the “City of the Bridge”- constructed directly below the etheric city called Shamballa, where the Deity of Earth - the Sanat Kumara dwells. The ongoing evolution of the Aryan Root Race has been guided by “The Lord of the World”. All the different colored – black, brown, yellow, white races of Aryan Root Race spring from one single progenitor called Manu. The sub races of Aryan Fifth Root Race are  (1) Hindus in India - 60,000 BC   (2) Arabs in Arabia - 40,000 BC (3) Persians in Persia - 30,000 BC (4) Keltics in Western Europe - 20,000 BC (5) Teutonic in Germany - 20,000 BC.

The emergence of the 6th Sub Race of the Aryans Root Race will be in the early 21st century. It will be known as Australia-American Sub race of the Aryan Root race arising from the Teutonic Sub-race of the Aryan Root race. This Root race will possess psychic powers and for this, the pituitary body will be developed, thus giving additional sense of cognizing astral emotions in the ordinary waking consciousness. It will be somewhere in 28th century and the Master Morya will physically incarnate to be the Manu - the progenitor of this new root race.     

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BTF & LODGE PROGRAMMES FEBRUARY 2017

ADYAR DAY MEETING jointly by BTF & Blavatsky Lodge on Friday 17th February 2017 at 6.15 p.m. at Besant Hall

1. ANANDA LODGE: Theosophical Colony, Juhu, Mumbai 400049.   Contact Ananda Lodge Secretary Sis. Zenobia Khodaiji (M): 9820308163 / Ananda Lodge Representative to BTF Sis. Anjoo Narain (M): 9820132473 for February 2017 Meeting   

2. BLAVATSKY LODGE: 7 French Bridge, Mumbai 400007.

DAY	TIME	DETAILS
Fri      3	6.00 pm	Theosophical Readings followed by Discussion
Sun     5	10.00 a.m  10.30 am	Bharat Samaj Pooja BTF Council Meeting
Fri    10	6.00 pm      6.15 pm	Members’ Meeting – Study of AB & CWL’s Book “MAN.. Whence, How and Whither” conducted by Sis Aban Patel Talk by Dr. Darius H. Umrigar (In Lobby)
Sun   12	10.30 am  11.00 am	To gather for Ritual preparations Mystic Star Ritual
Fri    17	6.15 pm	Adyar Day Meeting jointly with BTF
Fri    24	4.30 pm      6.00 pm	Blavatsky Lodge Managing Committee Meeting Members’ Meeting - Study of AB & CWL’s Book “MAN.. Whence, How and Whither” conducted by Sis Aban Patel
Sun   26	10.45 am	Maitreya Round Table
Tues 7, 14,21,28	5.45 pm	Reading and discussion on Lives of Alcyone by AB and CWL presented by Sis Navaz Dhalla

3. CENTENARY LODGE: 

 Please contact Sis. Najma Dewan (M): 9987204038

4. JYOTI LODGE: C/o Bro. Taral Munshi, C/101, Building No.19, New Mhada, Garden Hill C.H.S., New Mhada Colony, Behind N.P.A., Goregaon (East), Mumbai 400065

5. SHANTI LODGE: C/o Bro. Rustom Dalal, Vijay Niwas, 2nd Floor, Plot    5, Sleater Road, Mumbai 400007    

Thursdays at 6.15 p.m.

2	Study of CWL’s Book ‘Invisible Helpers’
9	Study of CWL’s Book ‘Invisible Helpers’
16	Talk by Dr. Darius H. Umrigar (at Blavatsky Lodge)
23	Annual General Meeting followed by Refreshments from the Lodge

6. UNITY YOUTH LODGE: C/o Blavatsky Lodge

Wed  15

5.30 pm

Theosophical readings guided by Sis. Soonoo Vesuna at her residence Vijay Niwas, 4th Floor, Sleater Road

7 & 8 VASANTA LODGE & GANESH LODGE: Please note NEW ADDRESS: C/O Dr. Ajay Hora, Kamla Sadan 1st Floor, Pherozsha Mehta Rd., Santa Cruz West, Mumbai 400054.

Wednesday 1, 8, 15 & 22 Meetings at 6.30 pm.

9. VIMADALAL BILIA LODGE: Family House, Parsi Colony, Dadar, Mumbai 400014.     

Thurs    2	6.00	Lodge Meeting by Sis. Armaity Tirandaz
Thurs    9	6.00	Lodge Meeting by Sis. Armaity Tirandaz
Thurs  16	6.00	Talk by Bro. Rustom Chothia
Thurs  23	6.00	Talk by Sis. Meher Contractor on ‘Khorshed & Meher Nyash”

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Edited & Published by Editor Shri. Rustom R. Dalal, The Bombay Theosophical Federation, c/o Blavatsky Lodge, 7 – French Bridge, Chowpatty, Mumbai – 400 007. (Tel: 23685026) and Printed at Vijay Copy Centre, 48/A, Saidunnisa Building, Sleater Road, Opposite Grant Road Station (West), Mumbai - 400 007 (Tel:23865137)

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Blavatsky Lodge
THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY
7, French Bridge, Rangnekar Road, Chowpatty, Mumbai-400 007
Minutes of the Managing Committee meeting held at 5.00 pm on Friday, the 24th of February, 2017 at Blavatsky Lodge, Mumbai.

The meeting chaired by the President Sis. Kashmira Khambatta began with the Universal Prayer.

Members Present: Bro. Navin Kumar, Bro. Arni Narendran, Sis Jasmine Cawasji, Bro. Rustom     Dalal, Sis. Nawaz Dhalla, Rustom Cooper, Sis Aban Patel. Sis. Ruby Khan, Bro. Noor Baig and Bro. Roy Mathews, Sis.Freny Pagdiwalla.

Leave of Absence:   

The deliberations of the Meeting were as under:

1. Confirmation of Minutes:

Minutes of the MC meeting held on 27th January 2017, which were distributed to members in advance to facilitate careful reading beforehand, were considered and confirmed.

2. Matters Arising From The Minutes:

Brother Dalal pointed out that his request during the last meeting  that handles may be installed in all the toilets to help the elderly users in the Prarthana Sabhas, may be attended to.

Bro Dalal also pointed out that Ganpat Jadhav’s services earned for him the trust of Lodge Members as well as the members of Masonic Order and the ES.

3. Hon. Treasurer’s Report:

   The Treasurer’s Report for the month of January 2017 was read and taken note.

4. Budget for 2017-18

Brother Arni Narendran presented the Budget to the committee. The same was discussed and the following resolution propsed by him, seconded by Bro Navin Kumar was carried unanimously:

“The budget in the prescribed form for ensuing year 1st April 2017 to 31st March 2018 was considered in the Managing Committee and the same is approved. It is resolved to send a copy of the same to the Charity Commissioner.”

5. Donations for Ex Gratia Payment for Ganpat

The Managing Committee expressed its appreciation for the BTF for making an appeal to its affiliated lodges and its members to make donations for providing ex gratia help to Ganpat for his post retirement period. These donations will be shown in a separate account head in the Lodge Accounts.

6. Employment of a Security Guard at the Lodge

It was brought to the notice of the MC that a security Guard named Vikas Worlikar has been appointed to do the work that was done by Ganpat earlier.The Guard has been provided by Sai Secutiry Services, Worli koliwada, Mumbai at Rs 9000/- per month. Usual allowances for extra work, long hours etc which were given to Ganpat and other staff of the Lodge amounting to about Rs 2000/- will also be paid.

7. Request of Tushana Dallas for extra hours use of hall at Rs 1200/- per hour on Wednesday and Thursday for examination preparation

Approved.

The meeting ended with thanks to the chair then the universal prayer in Sanskrit.

Secretary                                                                                             President

(Jasmine Cawasji)                                                                                (Kashmira Khambatta)

Blavatsky Lodge

THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

7, French Bridge, Rangnekar Road, Chowpatty, Mumbai-400 007

Minutes of the Managing Committee meeting held at 4:30 pm on Friday, the 30th of Dec, 2016 at Blavatsky Lodge, Mumbai.
The meeting chaired by the President Sis. Kashmira Khambatta began with the Universal Prayer.
Members Present: Bro. Navin Kumar, Bro. Arni Narendran, Sis Jasmine Cawasji, Bro. Rustom     Dalal, Sis. Nawaz Dhalla, Rustom Cooper, Sis Aban Patel.
Leave of Absence: Sis.Freny Pagdiwalla,  Sis. Ruby Khan and Bro. Noor Baig and Bro. Roy    Mathews.
The deliberations of the Meeting were as under:
1. Confirmation of Minutes:
Minutes of the MC meeting held on 30th Dec.2016, which were distributed to members in advance to facilitate careful reading beforehand, were considered and confirmed.
2. Matters Arising From The Minutes:
a) The committee which had decided to reimburse @ Rs50/- per shelf for cleaning of book shelves was paid to the Lodge peons viz. Ganpat and Kishore for 29 shelves.
3. Hon. Treasurer’s Report:
   The Treasurer’s Report for the month of October and November 2016 was read and confirmed.
4. Miscellaneous : 
a) Two Fire Extinguishers have been ordered @ Rs.6,400/- (for two) to be placed in ground floor and first floor. (Approved by Committee).
b) We thank Bro. Dalal profusely for his generous donation towards the corpus fund. 
Encouraged by the donation we have purchased a Sony projector for our Lodge.
c) Submission of accounts to the Collector RDC for Relief in property tax for the Lodge.
d) It has been decided to write a letter for the Kandivali property to increase the rent by 4% from April 2017.
e) It has been decided to buy a good set of speakers for the Green Room. 
There being no other business, the Meeting terminated with a vote of thanks to the chair.


Hon. Secretary                                                                                                            President