Steve2
I have a memory that the Watchtower branch office in India was closed a few years ago to save money
sorry chap, your memory is faulty.... I personally called the India branch last summer and spoke to a brother in the Service Department there... (loooong story for another day after my fade is complete). They only have 20,000 Witneses in that country. (or maybe my call was forwarded to Crooklyn where someone with a bad accent pretended to be in India and they really did close it???...laughing now..paranoid conspiracy anyone??.)
Interestingly, this brother admitted to me (because of what we were discussing) that they have a lot of problems in the local congos with dubs and elders following the rules.... lots of bribery to keep people from being D/F'd....elders bribed with alcohol and money to write letters of good standing for brothers who are barely dubs so they can marry a good dub sister (arranged marriages are alive and well even in the IndiaBorg)...the list is endless of the games there...
SnakesInTheTower (of the "not saying why I called WT/India" Sheep Class)