Now I come to some interesting parts of my presentation – the spice that makes the Indian Curry distinctively different from the soup or the stew. Just as the spices used to make the Indian curry have a wide and varied flavour and taste, so does the multiplicity of the cultures, languages and religions go to make up Freemasonry in India. Here in our Lodges, one can find Hindus, Muslims, Parsis, Sikhs, Christians, Jews, Jains, Buddhists – you name it, all sitting side by side. All our rituals are conducted in English, with the exception of one Lodge in Hyderabad, under the Grand Lodge of India, which is the only Lodge in the world that conducts it’s rituals in Urdu. Urdu is one of the over 100 recognized Indian languages, and is also the National language of Pakistan. And come to the festive board, and one will find conversations in many languages, depending on who is talking and who is not listening.