Panchatantra

The author, Dr. V. K. Sharma, has spent more than 25 years studying and exploring astrological systems and their prognostications. His probings and significant contribution to astrology have been acknowledged in the form of several honorary titles being bestowed on him. A regular contributor to magazines such as The Astrological Magazine, Occult India, Jyotishmati and Jyotisha Tantra Rahasya, Dr Sharma has delivered numerous lectures on astrology, occultism and mysticism. A telling example of the accuracy of his predictions was an article published in Occult India in August, 1988, in which he foretold of danger to Rajiv Gandhi's life through 'fire and explosions'. Sugama Phalita Jyotisha is a widely read book on astrology written by him in Hindi. By profession, a professor of Botany at the M. L. Sukhadia University at Udaipur, Dr Sharma also heads the Srividya Astro-Research Centre at Udaipur.