India, the land of the great astrologers. Will we pass our exams? The stars and moon can tell us. Will we get that new car we want? Rahu and Ketu have the answers. From fortune-tellers to palmistry and chiromancy, to crystal ball gazing and tarot cards, our present is in the future and we always want to know what lies are ahead.
Astrology is a recession proof industry because future stocks are always high even if the past shows diminishing returns.
No wonder the business of political forecasting is to us as exciting as fortune-telling. Come election time and out come the palmists of polls, that endangered species known as the psephologists. TV studios are suddenly dominated by these jyotishis of the Read More