Bejan Jehanjir Daruwalla (11 July 1931 – 29 May 2020) was an Indian English professor and

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columnist. Daruwalla was a Ganesha devotee and practiced various divination systems.

Biography

A former English professor of

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heritage, Daruwalla was an ardent follower of

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. Bejan Daruwalla died on 29 May 2020 in Ahmedabad, India. After the news of his death emerged, several media reports suggested that he had died due to

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. His astrologer-son, Nastur, told

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that his father had

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and lung infection, and the oxygen level in his body had dipped.

Work

Daruwalla's divination practices included

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and

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. Daruwalla summed up his general approach and technique of making predictions like this, "First of all, if the person is there I look at him and get vibrations. Secondly, the time the person comes is important. Thirdly, what type of day is it? Good, bad or indifferent? Fourth, lines on the palm. Fifth, the Indian horoscope and lastly, the western horoscope. So all this goes into a computer called the brain. And after that I look at Ganesha and make a prediction."

Awards

* Lifetime Achievement Award by

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Parsi Panchayat * Eminence awards 2019 by

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* Best Astrologer by the

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References

External links

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on

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