Good heavens, UGC trusts Astrology!
Given the present-day life fraught with uncertainties, all-round pulls and pushes, and human limitations to see the tomorrow, it is only natural that people nurse a desire to know what lies ahead for them. And this is true of one and all, without any exception, with only a difference of intensity to unravel the future. Although the ‘science’ of astrology, or the art of looking beyond the astrological data have been severely abused at the hands of ill-informed soothsayers, the authenticity of astro-predictions has been proven time and again. In this backdrop, the UGC approving the certificate diploma, undergraduate, postgraduate and Ph.D study programmes in Jyotish Vigyan is a welcome move. Once part of academia, this Vedic knowledge will get the right platform to prove the veracity of its claims and assertions. Let’s not forget that Ayurveda – the Vedic science of medicine – was also subjected to similar scepticism by vested quarters. But with the passage of time, t...