The stellar soothsayer

Died: Bejan Jehangir Daruwalla, 88, popular astrologer and columnist; on May 29, 2020 in Ahmedabad. "Jupiter is the planet of knowledge, astrology and wisdom, and Mercury is the planet of communication. Both planets are firmly entrenched in my chart…It’s my destiny to write for more papers than any other astrologer. Doesn’t that mean that fortune favors fools?” Daruwalla had lightheartedly remarked to journalist Mark Manuel three decades ago. "He looked like a ball of fun and had as much bounce… Being wheelchair bound for almost a decade never cramped his boundless energy,” summed up veteran journalist Bachi Karkaria in The Times of......



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