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Oct - Dec’2019 The Ashlar ; Vol. XV Issue III

Dear Brethren, Facta Non Verba - From Regional Grand Master 2
Wishing you all a very happy and
prosperous new year.
This issue will take you through the The Idea of Freemasonry 3-7
memory lane of the journey of The Ashlar
since 2009, When I took over as the editor In Memoriam 7
of the magazine. We can see many of our
major charity work on the cover pages. It
will also remind some of our great The Origin of Freemasonry 9-15
masonic heroes who have completed
60/50/40/25 years in masonry being Masonic Behaviour or Etiquette in the Lodge17-23
handed over the LTS Jewels. The noblest
was the Kidney donation by a brother to Am I A Builder - Poem 23
another brother. You will also find some
old masonic buildings of our region too
where part of the cover pages. Social Service/Activity Report of RGLWI 25-30
We have started a series from famous
book on Freemasonry "The Pocket
History of Freemasonry" by Fred L Pick Initiation during Oct-Dec'2019 31-32
and G. Norman Knight. The first of its
chapter is covered here in this issue. The
articles written by our own brethren have Glimpses of Journey of
been printed. The Ashlar Since 2009 -
The social service projects during the Page 33 onwards
quarter has been pretty low as compared
to the rest of the year. Reason beyond my
comprehension. I hope with the start of
the new year, the many new projects will Editor : V.W.Bro.Tarun Shrivastava
be reported. Smt. Urmila S. Shrivastava Marg, 'Laughter House',

H.No. 214, New Colony, Nagpur-440001
By the time this issue reaches you, I am Email : tarunssa@gmail.com
sure you would have returned from the Correspondent
Mumbai : V.W.Bro. Mehernosh M Patel
RGLWI - AIM meeting of Aurgangbad with Pune : R.W.Bro.Vijay Awadhani
reunions with old freemasons and Indore & Bhopal : V.W.Bro.Girish Wagh
Gujarat : R.W.Bro. Rajiv Sethi
companions. We welcome the new team Advisory : R.W.Bro.M.S.Federal, RGM
of officers 2020 and expect them to take R.W.Bro.Ardeshir S Vakil, OSM,PRGM
forward the legacy of this Region to new R.W.Bro.Zawareh H Wadia, OSM, PRGM &
heights. Hope to cover more in the next M.W.Bro. Rajeev R Khandelwal, OSM
Printing & Layout : Mr. Motilal Abhiman Ukare
issue of the magazine. Once again wish
you and your family a very happy and Published by V.W.Bro. Mehernosh M Patel RGS, RGLWI and Printed at
prosperous New Year 2020. Namita Art, Near Datta Mandir,Shubhash Road, Ganeshpeth Nagpur-18
Published material does not necessarily reflect the views of the editor or of the institutional leadership,
Till then, keep smiling. nor the editor takes responsibility for errors of fact that may be made by the writers. Reprint are
permitted, provided they are in context, mentioned the source and a published copy sent to the editor.
Regional Grand Lodge of Western India
Freemason's Hall, Damodardas Sukhadwala Marg, Fort, Mumbai-400 001.
V.W.Bro.Tarun Shrivastava, Dip.M.Ed. Telephone: 022-22071120/Fax: 022-22074875
Email:rglowi@gmail.com, rglowi@hotmail.com Website : www.masonindiawest.org

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