I was watching Indian Idol on Sony TV today. Nana Patekar had been invited as a guest. Since the beginning of this series of Indian Idol, a participant claimed that she was a Numerologist. She was asked by Nana Patekar to tell what was his age? Nana Patekar obviously showed that he doesn't believe in such things as fortune telling and numerology. She was in a fix and out of confusion blurted out 43. Nana smiled and in his own style said, "You are right, but just add 31 to it. That makes it 74". This was indirectly a dig on her numerology.
I recalled a similar incident that had happened with me in 1971. I was working as Branch Manager, Kashmir Govt Arts Emporium, Sector 17, Chandigarh. A bearded astrologer came into the showroom and entered my cabin. He claimed that he is a fortune teller and can tell me about my future. Of course he expected to be paid for the job. I asked him to sit in the chair in front of me and comforted him.
At the very outset, I asked him a question, "Can you tell me what is my age?"
He got flabbergasted.
He looked at my face intently. My look told him that I may be around 20-25 years old but the atmosphere of the Emporium and the chair I was occupying told him that it cannot be less than 30-35. He got totally confused and out of despair blurted out that your age is around 32.
I laughed and told him that you cannot tell my age though I am sitting in your front, how can you tell my future which is very distant and not yet born. So I requested him to leave without wasting my time. However, while leaving I told him that I was born in 1950 and therefore am 21 years old. He left my cabin hurriedly and didn't look back even once.
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