SAVol8June2010Indian.. - Saptarishis Astrology

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To Dr Raman With Love
Preface
In our experiences of travel, interaction with astrologers and critical observation of internet forums,
we found something dampening, something that made us realise our own grave mistake of the last
few years. We found that not even 5 % of the astrologers remember Raman Saheb in their monthly
and yearly interactions with fellow astrologers while some of the senior astrologers leveled various
kinds of accusations towards Raman Saheb. Some of the seniors accused Raman Saheb of amassing
huge amount of wealth via astrology not realizing that if they were in Dr. Raman’s position, would
they themselves, in fact, have relinquished that Throne that Dr. Raman enjoyed or avoided making
money Some accused of some malpractices which we cannot comment upon since we are not Dr.
Raman – let us be clear that every human has a mission and, in this Kaliyuga, he or she is sometimes
forced to do what he has to do for the sake of the higher mission of establishing astrology as a
science. Whether Dr. Raman did something wrong is immaterial – what is pertinent is the question:
could you or me, in Dr. Raman’s position, remain even 10 % as pure as he was He who never wrote
a major editorial or several articles condemning his detractors… No he did not – very rarely would
you find one in his vision called the ‘Astrological Magazine’. It is so easy to hurl stones at a man
who gave so much of his life towards Astrology but so difficult to uphold the dignity with which he
treated his editorials, with utmost professionalism that none have been able to surpass.
His greatest contribution was not just making Astrology acceptable in scientific circles but
something far bigger that has gone unnoticed so far and the truth of which none dare speak. Raman
Saheb freed us from the slavery of Parampara which only allows knowledge to be given to a chosen
few. Today, anyone belonging to any caste or any economic background can easily access
astrological material only due to the works of Raman Saheb who not only inspired the English
speaking community, but even the vernacular lot to publish books for all. Some of the accusations
were that he allowed advertisements for stock markets predictors and talisman sellers to be
published in the magazine. As mentioned earlier, each publisher has to sacrifice his ideals when it
comes to the monetary aspects of the publishing world. In those days, very few ‘richy’ rich were into
astrology – today there are many more but still, you would find no takers to finance a good
astrological magazine, become an Editor Publisher – and you would know what Dr. Raman had to go
through. Become an Editor Publisher and you will know that you, like Dr. Raman, will need to
sacrifice your own children’s lives for the sake of the higher cause of astrology; you would not get
time to even spend with your children or loved ones when you are busy editing or writing an article.
This pain, only an Editor Publisher knows – one can say 20 people maximum in India, so far, can
know this pain and not the 100,000 odd readers. An editor is spoilt when he has to face the egos of his
writers. Sometimes we think how much Dr. Raman would have had to face these ego problems in
the course of his illustrious career – but he did he not get tired due to this or commit suicide as some
editors’ feel when they face the huge unwarranted egos of his writers
So far in Saptarishi, we have not spoken much about Dr. Raman due to our dislike towards him
as we felt that he could have achieved so much, given us so many classics in English when he knew
Sanskrit so well and, most importantly, he never got the Dhruva Nadi published in spite of having it
in his possession from 1953. It was a personal grudge on someone whom, we felt, was expected to
have done more in his illustrious career of 61 publishing years & also having one’s own publishing
company. Coming back to Dhruva Nadi, it contains the highest of all knowledge – why did he not
publish it was an oft complain of ours… But each editor knows how a book or an article not yet
published sits in his office till the time is right. Some even went on to say that the old issues of The
Astrological Magazine are no longer preserved since that knowledge was never supposed to be
preserved, God did not want it. Alas these accusers forget the word Technology.