Exhibit A: In Nehru’s Letters to His Sister, edited by Krishna Hutheesing, check letter numbered 74, written on 29.8.1944. Here Nehru says that he had written to his daughter Indira to make a “proper horoscope” of his grandson (Rajiv) by “a competent person”! This letter is omitted in the compilation of letters published by the Publications Division, Government of India! Exhibit B: in a communication by the private secretary to the Prime Minister, the editor of Astrological Magazine, Bangalore, it was stated: “The Prime Minister has asked me to write to you that, so far as he knows, the time of his birth was 11.30 p.m. on November, 1889 Exhibit C: Some time before the Indo-China war in 1962, Nehru allowed himself to be persuaded by Gulzari Lal Nanda, the Planning Minister, to show his horoscope to an astrologer. But he flew into a rage (scientific temper?) when the astrologer told him that he would have to face an attack from China that very year. (Durga Das, freedom fighter, writing in his book India From Curzon to Nehru, with a foreword by former President Zakir Hussain) Exhibit D: PV Narsimha Raos astrologer NK Sharma is the astrologer none other than former HRD minister Kapil Sibal used to consult. For forging alliances with Muslim groups (dont ask...) Exhibit E: Chandraswamis ashram land was gifted by Indira Gandhi. Nuff said. ~~~ Now an anecdote about the Jan Sangh: In 1967, during the General Elections, some senior Jan Sangh leaders wanted to consult astrologers. Jagadish Prasad Dwivedi, a senior Jan Sangh leader, recollects in the 1972 memorial compilation on Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya : “It was necessary to cast the horoscope of the Jan Sangh for the purpose and I was asked to collect information as to the exact timing of the founding of our party. I contacted Bhopal Jan Sangh office. Kailash Sarang there expressed his ignorance but said Deendayalji himself was to visit the place in a couple of days…When I told Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya the purpose for which I wanted the information he said, “We are men who believe in work and our own efforts. It is harmful to put one’s trust in astrology.” And yet, when Smriti Irani meets an astrologer in a personal capacity, India loses its moral compass, the secular fabric begins to fray, and it is a blow to the scientific temper of students. (sources: Swarajya Mag article written by Aravindan Neelakandan, Wikipedia, and Google) ~ Suneil
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