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Presidential Predictions
The Hindustan Times, Page 2
He's on a hat trick! In the columns of this newspaper (See CityScan dated July 1) Vimal Singh had predicted that President Bill Clinton would admit to his Lewinsky links that will be the biggest crisis in the life of the American President.
Clinton's admission on Monday night has scored another victory for this modern-day Nostradamus from Lucknow, who goes on to add that while he will not be impeached, Clinton's popularity will take a nosedive in the wake of this admission.
Vimal adds that the future holds a lot of aches and pains for Bill. Moreover, he had earlier predicted that Sonia Gandhi taking the plunge into politics, which has been proved right. He further predicts that in the coming few months Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee would go abroad for treatment. He had strongly stood his ground about Vajpayee becoming PM despite political uncertainty prior to his taking over reins.
Nostradamus in modern avtar
The Hindustan Times, Lucknow
The modern-day Nostradamus, Vimal Singh, has left a blazing trail with his predictions both at national and international fora. Not surprisingly, the US Embassy has contacted this man with extra-ordinary clairvoyant powers after his predictions on President Bill Clinton.
His prediction that Mr. Clinton will not be impeached proved true. His recent forecast that First Lady Hillary Clinton will be the first woman president of the US has created renewed interest with Hillary throwing her weight for the Senate elections.
The historic Lahore bus trip by the Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, has brought to the fore the thaw in relations between the two countries. This lends credence to his prediction that India and Pakistan would form an economic confederation with a common currency early next century.
His predictions on the former Bihar Chief Minister, Laloo Prasad Yadav, losing ground on home turf has also proved true. Interestingly, he had predicted that the President would give his assent to imposition of President's rule in Bihar even though he had sent it back the first time. His predictions that the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, will survive 1998 even under adversity proved true. However, he predicts that Mr. Vajpayee will be unable to face rough weather and will resign in July this year even though the BJP Government will drag on.
He is emphatic that Ms. Sonia Gandhi will be the next Prime Minister. And her success in rejuvenating the Congress and sweeping the recent Assembly elections in the country is a pointer to the future. During his historic trip to England, when he was interviewed by the BBC, eminent industrialists Hindujas and Mittals had accorded him a warm welcome in London.
The modern-day Nostradamus will visit France early next month, which was home to the medieval Nostradamus.
Visionary Man
The Times of India, New Delhi
Meet clairvoyant Vimal Singh who has a string of predictions for India and the world. By Bonita Boruah, Back to Future.
He predicted Bill Clinton would confess to his affair with Monica Lewinsky, long before it even crossed Clinton's mind. Nearer home, he has predicted that around 2010, India and Pakistan will form confederation with a common currency - a vision which flashed before him as he watched Pakistani leaders during a televised debate.
However, before his rosy prognostication about the subcontinent can come true, things will climax: there will be a war between the two countries - initiated by Pakistan, of course. Fortunately, because of India's handling of the situation, the fire will be controlled.
In fact, such visions are not uncommon for 27-year old law student Vimal Singh, who has come a long way from his native Gorakhpur on the strength of his clairvoyant powers. He was on the BBC recently, where he predicted the US-Iraq crisis would peter out at the last minute, without even a shell being fired. He predicted this by merely looking at Saddam Hussein's photo.
He just has to see a person's face - or even a half-constructed building or an empty plot of land - for a vision of to present itself before his eyes. For instance, each time he passes a certain building in Lucknow, he foresees a lot of bloodshed there. "I have to go back and warn its owner," says Singh, who asserts that such calamities can be averted. This, he believes, is his God-given mission.
And now he says Mamta Banerjee will replace Jyoti Basu as West Bengal's chief minister; Mayawati will take over from Kalyan Singh in UP; Lallo's stars are on the decline and L.K. Advani has no chance of ever becoming Prime Minister.
These and other not-really-improbable happenings - Hillary Clinton becoming first woman US president, Sonia Gandhi becoming India's Prime Minister in 2000 AD, and adoption of a presidential system of governance in India - have clearly been foreseen by this desi Nostradamus from Lucknow's law school.
Some other predictions - the BJP will continue in power next year, but Atal Behari Vajpayee will not; Priyanka Gandhi will join her mother in politics, but not leave Robert; Saddam Hussein will not live very long, but it won't be a violent death; Europe will see another catastrophic war, but it can be averted by timely measures. (The war vision came while he was crossing a bridge over the beautiful lights of Paris); And, Prince Charles is doomed if he marries Camilla Parker Bowles. But there's better news for second son Prince Harry - he will leave his mark on the world.
However, unlike run-of-the-mill millennium doomsayers, Singh predicts a golden period - for India and the world - after 2000. India's recession will end the economy will scale new heights. Peace will finally come to West Asia - where his prophetic powers are in heavy demand; he has even been featured on Gulf News.
Singh got his first vision at 13 one bright day, he looked at his sister and clearly saw etched on her forehead a career in the police force. His prediction was dismissed outright by his family.
Eight years later, however, she did join the provincial police services and is now a circle officer, traffic, in Lucknow.
After that, his flashes of inspiration about friends and family were taken more seriously. And his powers of prediction have only enhanced since, he says.
Fortunately or unfortunately, he can't make predictions about himself, though he has seen everything coming for his family. And this clairvoyance is no help to him as he prepares to take the civil services exams a second time next year - he has no flashes of the question paper.
Modern-day Nostradamus right again
The Hindustan Times Vol. 2, City
The BJP did not know its onions well before it was drubbed at the hustings in the recent Assembly elections. However, the modern-day Nostradamus, Vimal Singh, had predicted long before the party took the electoral plunge that the BJP would bite the dust in Delhi (and?) Rajasthan unless there were changes in the party leadership. He had predicted in this newspaper that the BJP would lose unless it fought the polls under the leadership of ML Khurana. He had advocated the removal of Bhairon Singh Shekhawat to enable the BJP to win in Rajasthan.
Now a celebrity...
The Hindustan Times, Vol. 2
Clairvoyant? Astrologer? Nostradamus? Vimal Singh's predictions were initially taken with a pinch of salt, but the overwhelming response to a profile on the Indian Nostradamus by the BBC in its Asia Today section seems to have silenced his critics. Vimal Singh was on BBC on November 16. The programme has resulted in a celebrity status for this Lucknow lad.
Lucknow's 'Nostradamus' predicts Indo-Pak union
The Asian Age, Spotlight Front Page
India and Pakistan will form a confederation in the next century. Japan's Prime Minister will become a dictator after the general elections and will change the country's political system. US President Bill Clinton will not face impeachment but his personal ratings will decline.
These are not flights of fantasy but predictions made by a 27-year-old law student, Vimal Singh, who makes predictions on basis of flashes of future he sees.This young student, who is known as Lucknow's Nostradamus, has been making predictions on the basis of the flashes and surprisingly all of them have come true.
Last year, when almost everybody had given up hope of Mrs. Sonia Gandhi joining politics, Vimal predicted that she would join the politics bandwagon before the year was out. And she did. When Mrs. Sonia Gandhi seems to have virtually swept off the nation with her election campaign, this young boy predicted that Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee and not Mrs. Gandhi, would be Prime Minister.
One of the better-known predictions was a coup by Mr. Jagadambika Pal in Uttar Pradesh. "I had informed a senior BJP minister that there would be a coup in UP on February 21 and I even asked him to be cautious about the goings-on. But it seems my warning was never conveyed to the chief minister", he says.
In an exclusive interview to The Asian Age on Sunday, Vimal, who normally shies away from the media, agreed to reveal some of his recent predictions. "I can see India and Pakistan forming a confederation between the years 2010 and 2015. In the beginning the two countries will come closer on several issues and there will be a common currency. At a later stage, there is even the possibility of an India-Pakistan reunification. This process will be forced upon by the people, and not the politicians of the two nations," he says. Vimal says he got this flash recently while watching a TV programme on this issue.
Vimal has some good and some bad news for the Vajpayee government. "The government will not fall this year because Ms. Jayalalitha will not be able to withdraw support. However, the Prime Minister should not neglect the health and should go abroad for treatment as soon as possible. The negative pressure being mounted on Mr. Vajpayee by one of his senior colleagues, however, could prove hazardous for him," he says.
Vimal sees almost no chances of Union home minister L.K. Advani becoming Prime Minister. "During the next two years he should guard against accidents," he warns Mr. Advani.
According to this young astrologer, the 21st century will be dominated by women politicians in India and film star-turned-politician Shabana Azmi will make her mark in politics. "Mrs. Sonia Gandhi will take over as Prime Minister only after she contests and wins and election," he says emphatically and adds that Mr. Mulayam Singh Yadav could get a chance to become Prime Minister next year, "but his tenure will not last beyond a few months." Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh should be on his guard and watch against some people very close to him, he said.
For the BJP, in general, Vimal has bad news. "Rajasthan will be lost if BJP does not discard the leadership of Bhairon Singh Sekhawat. In UP, the party is heading for a major slump but the political graph of state BJP president, Mr. Rajnath Singh, will witness a meteoric rise after four-and-a-half years when he becomes chief minister of UP."
Vimal, however, is still unwilling to disclose his predictions regarding the future of UP politics. "Wait for some more days before I tell you something about UP," with a grin. Talking about his gift of astrological flashes, Vimal Singh said that he first saw a flash at the age of 13 when he made some predictions about his sister. "Later, I kept on making similar predictions and they seemed to come true. That is when my friends told me to utilise my talent further," he says.
Mr. Singh who is preparing to appear in the civil services examination, however, does not seem keen to make a career out of his talent. Nostradamus in modern avtar.
My dreams are for real
The Hindustan Times, CityScan
Since the very beginning dreams have attracted man's fancy. He has tried to fathom the mystery behind the unrelated collage he beholds in sleep. However, dreams may not be indicative of repressed desires as the majority feel. Symbols appearing in dreams can mean different things to different people.
A pen can be a phallic symbol to someone, while to others it may symbolize a famous writer. Research in this field shows that dreams are more often a product of the subconscious mind.
When we go to bed, the conscious mind sleeps while the subconscious remains awake. And this leads to the formation of dreams.
Though many feel that men dream more than women, it is not true. Men usually dream of external and unfamiliar settings - romancing, fighting (particularly with men with whom they have ego problems.)
However, they do not notice the environs surrounding them. Whether or not dreams predict the future is a matter of conjecture and endless debates.
But here I am going to cite my experiences with dreams over the last month. These dreams have inspired me to write on this subject.
In the third week of December, I dreamt of reading the palm of Mrs. Sonia Gandhi, wife of former Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi. I told her that she would be taking a plunge into politics. She, however, emphatically denied saying, "No, I am not joining politics." The next night, I again saw the same dream. This time though, with a slight difference. I saw myself telling her: "Some day you will be the Prime Minister of the country." She laughed it out as a foolish prediction. However, the very next morning, I heard the news bulletin stating that Sonia Gandhi had agreed to campaign for the Congress.
I predict that this election will see Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee as the next Prime Minister. However, the Samajwadi Party chief, Mr. Mulayam Singh Yadav, will play a dominant role in Opposition.
During the last week of December, I dreamt that I was dining with state Chief Minister, Mr. Kalyan Singh. I predicted that he would be hearing dissenting voices from his colleagues, whom he was trying to sideline. Again I dreamt that I was meeting the leader after a day and he was telling me: "Have you seen the legislative council results. My party has swept the polls. So why should I bend before my colleagues."
After about two weeks, the saffron brigade won the legislative council polls and Mr. Kalyan Singh held a press conference in which he told newsmen that "People have faith in my leadership. We have swept the council polls and we will have a clean sweep in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections." I interpret his statement as a pointer to his rivals in the party, who are contenders to his post, that they should toe his line.
Unsuspectingly, dreams open new vistas. Coincidental, intuitive or telepathic … One of my close friends, who is preparing for her civil services examinations dreamt on January 18 that she was meeting my teacher, a career counselor. She saw herself telling my teacher to advise her on a strategy to tackle the examinations.
Interestingly, she had never met my teacher before. That very afternoon, I was busy discussing her career prospects with my teacher. I was telling my teacher to give her tips on the ways to prepare for the examination. My teacher agreed and urged me to bring her to his office. The next moment when I telephoned her at her residence, she told me about her dream. I was astonished. What struck me was that she was able to describe my teacher in totality to the point that even the colour of the dress matched.
Face to face with the future
The Hindustan Times, City Scan
We ordinary mortals take our face at face value. But not Vimal Singh, for whom the face is a mirror, which reflects the future, says Qurratul-Ain Haider. A conversation with Vimal Singh does not move beyond face value. Endowed with Extra Sensory Perception (ESP), Vimal Singh has the rare knack of looking into the future by reading a face. Unnerving to say the least, particularly when you realise that the skeletons no longer lie within the confines of your cupboard.
However, if you imagine Vimal sitting behind a crystal ball or a screen of incense smoke, please (urged several times over) refrain from the cliched categorisation. For Vimal, who is preparing for the Civil Services exam has been born with the gift of prophecy.
As a school child Vimal was aware of his uncanny skills, although it was his rather ominous prediction to himself about the time of his grandfather's demise that confirmed his powers. While his family was kept in the dark about his talent, news spread like wild fire. Soon, he had to encounter the opposition of his loved ones who cautioned him about the repercussions of inadvertently made false predictions. Yet Vimal's sensitive and philanthropic nature and the adulation of his followers convinced his family that his prophecies were of humanitarian advantage. So, with no formal training how on earth does he manage to look into the future of a stranger? Ask Vimal that question and a smile will cross his cherubic face as he attempts to solve the unanswerable. Actually, the smile appears probably because he has seen what you will look like at the ripe old age of eighty. Looking into a face, Vimal describes the 'developments' commencing from the following day, citing the health, professional and financial conditions of the person. And if you are agog for the finer details, both admirable and notorious (don't fret for 'Que sera sera'), extend a hand or two and the palmist in Vimal will bare all.
With the popularity of this self-effacing man having grown, anxious parents even post him photographs of prospective matrimonials for his 'soothing' comments. If that wasn't enough, he can even decipher the personality and career of a person just by looking at the handwriting.
Suddenly, you realise that with the increasing rate of crime, Vimal Singh would be of immense assistance to the police force.
The idea, however, does not appeal to the gentleman who shuns any situation that could encourage the misuse of his intuitive powers. On the contrary, Vimal prefers to be of service to those who are overcome by their predicament. Thus, those suffering from terminal diseases, or struggling to make ends meet can rely on Vimal to help them come to terms with the truth or look forward to it as the case may be, and thereby ameliorate the situation in some fashion.
While his honorary deliberations have assisted many, Vimal often wishes for an unpredictable life. Be it walking through a crowd or buying shoes there is more to it than meets the eye. So much so, that he now avoids preening into the mirror or glancing at his palms. But then he can not alter that which is writ. He has come to realise that while the strain of such readings has made him feel older than his 26 years, patience and contentment have displaced his erstwhile jealous disposition. A now philosophical Vimal thus believes that Divine justice provides every mortal with his share of both dark clouds and silver linings. However, he advises the reader, that while the impending gloom cannot be done away with, direct communion with the Being can alleviate the problem.
So, the next time you feel despondent, cheer up and don't forget to smile. After all, your face is your fortune.
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