CHAPTER No FIVE NEW LEASE OF LIFE & VIDHYA KIRAN The darkest cloud has silver lining. The peripetia (sudden change of fortune in drama or in in one’s life) in Ragav life melted into prosperity. He started his career as an astrologer with a shallow knowledge in Mahendrapuram but gained practical knowledge by practising it and gradually he became a great astrologer and the knowledge in his previous birth, the latent knowledge helped him to augment his knowledge in astrology and above all, he chanted Gayathri whenever possible and had as association with Sivasankara Baba, a theurgist and obtained His blessings from Him so that he became popular within a short time. Whatever he predicted came true and Sivasankar used him for his political life and he assayed in his political life. As long a

