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'In
the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. But in the keen-eyed world
of cricket, a fellow with just one good eye-and-a-bit has to settle for
something less than the perfection he once sought. Lucky me, despite this, to have
been able to play the game all over the world in the company of giants.' Pataudi about himself.
I was taken straight to what was like an ashram with a temple. There in a room slightly spacious with carpets spread all over the floor in the middle sat Yogiji on an asana with his disciples, I presume , around and also some visitors. I was introduced to him and he called me straight to him and made to sit near him for many hours. He was talking in Gujarati, not Hindi, but easy for me to understand. His face, radiant, his smile so broad and never leaving him, his protruding teeth, slightly shriveled body, upper part of the body totally uncovered is what I vaguely recollect now, after four decades.
Dishonest politicians of India are known for their duplicity and saying in press statements and interviews that do not believe in astrology and that they never got right predictions from astrologers. As I have said earlier, these politicians are mostly interested in hearing about the destruction of their enemies in their own parties.
Do actors also say that and particularly Amitabh Bachchan ? My information and experience is totally different.
Here is one reaction to my piece (part one of BACHCHAN BLASTS 1). This is from a distinguished woman journalist who is very well informed.
Date: 24 Jun 2007 09:58:08 -0000
From: "a " <@rediffmail.com>
To: knrao@l.com
CC: knrao
Dear Mr Rao I read your article on Amitabh Bachchan denying reports of astrological remedies, etc. The man is a liar. If you look at his hands, his wife's hands and son's hands, they're studded with rings. Amitabh himself wears a huge blue saphire. Not for show, certainly. I've heard from a source that he goes to a tantrik in Benares. Where his bahu is concerned, her community, the Bunts, worship Bhootnath - Shiva as lord of the netherworld - and do all that goes with such worship.
.....Amitabh's father's autobiography for Penguin Books (English translation). It states that Harvanshrai's grandfather was so poor that he went to a saint of the Ramanand sect in Allahabad for blessings. The saint gave him three vessels and said that so long as his descendents had these, they would never lack. The turn in fortune began after that. I assume this branch of the family still has one of the vessels. Incidentally, I have it from someone who knows the Gandhis well that the split with the Bachchans was because ......
Sincere Regards
A
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