From past few ye ars, the science of Astrolog y has undergone a tre mendous change,

and it has also gained some reputation as well. Thanks to the new crop of news
channels with a fanc y crowd of tarot readers, coffee readers, self i mposed ps yc hics
and unknown astrolog y experts. While these fla mb o yant people can be a serious
source of a muse ment for a learned, the y are treated as serious researchers b y that
la yman out there. This is the part, which can reall y tor ment a sensitive brain. I
me an, a mere look at those tarot readers can tell yo u that the y are not even aware
of basics of astrolog y and yet the y are pla ying with ever ybod y's e motions. And
the y are not the onl y people involved; me dia has also got a piece in the cake.

If you are serious astrologer, you would reall y get baffled b y the swa y of
commercialization in the purest spirit called astrolog y. I me an just look around
you, a cell phone with a mantra ringtone, a newspaper with twelve predictions,
spread for more than 100 Million population, a Short me ssage service (SMS) alert
for Future, a TV astrologer selling ma ntras as vegetables. It see ms realization has
gone ver y cheap. As cheap as a thirt y bucks cassette with so me lone singer's ma ntra
engraved on the ma gnetic tape with all that incorrect pronunciation of Sanskrit
s yllables. Predictions are cheap as so me pocket size booklet which yo u can
purchase on an y book outlet. Nobod y even dares to talk about truth. Nobod y is a
culprit but except us, the common men. We have turned awa y the truth that
something which is exceptional like a prediction cannot be so eas y. We have turned
awa y from the truth that molding the laws of nature cannot be as da mn eas y as a,
thug's reading from that left over coffee in our cup. All this is happening because
we wanted it that wa y. Think of those desperate parents who want to do an yt hing to
get their daughter married who is losing her age, think of that yo ung lad who is not
getting a per manent job, after so man y distressed atte mp ts in nu merous co mpanies.
Our business, our laziness, our eas y go disposition, has harvested and watered the
so called crop of thugs.

Ever ybod y is running after the crisp y paper fro m the mi nt house, no matter what
one has to do, one just do it without looking for consequences. So meti mes I feel
that the laws should be stricter in our countr y. So strict, that thugs can't run their
shops. Astrologers should be charged thirt y ti mes of their fees, if the predictions go
wrong. Tantrics should be charged fift y ti mes of their fees, if results proclai med do
not ma terialize. But frankl y, it will never happen. After all this is the s ys te m.
Ever ybod y is a part of this s yste m. A newest exa mple is those (So called) saints,
who were exposed in a sting operation. The y were charging co mmissions for
turning the black mone y to legiti mate mon e y. None of those culprits were caught.
The y are still out, still spreading their pravanchans (preaching) on those mo ne y
hungr y channels.

This is the dile mma, the sa me population which considered the m culprits after the
sting, now consider the m saints. Our me mories have weakened, ma y be because it
is outside our fa mil y. It does not matter to us, because none of us got involved
directl y in it. So, no need to stop the m. But one da y, this virus will definitel y enter
our lives and then it will be too late. Turn me off, but on that da y, there will be no
panacea.
Alok Jagawat