A power beyond logic helped me survive
By Shankar Sharma
( From "God and I" column, Deccan Chronicle, June 19, 2008)
Till 2001, I was an agnostic. I never really knew of or accepted the existence of God. Then out of the blue, a tornado came and blew everything away. There were times when I used to sit and think if at all I would survive. Throughout this process I noticed one thing: whenever I was on the brink of collapse, something would happen and I would come on top.
The NDA government accused us of of trying to bring down the government through the Tehelka expose and unleashed a vicious vendetta against us by setting all its agencies against us. The authorities froze our bank account. It was like cutting off our oxygen supply. Then one branch of a bank, after we had approached 20 banks, came to our rescue and agreed to open an account for us. It was a lifeline that kept us alive. When they arrested me I wondered if I would come out alive. I had heard such horror stories about life in jail, about people being beaten and killed etc. I found my time in jail — 74 days — quite therapeutic. Prisoners were very polite and there were some very interesting people. It is a whole different world. I had heard that 99 per cent of the people who go inside bear scars on their psyche, but nothing of that sort happened to me. It was like I was being protected. It was almost like going into a minefield and the mine exploding after I had crossed it. I realised that there has to be a larger force saving me when everyone was trying to pull me down. I went to hell and survived.
Finally, I won the case filed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India and regained my business. That is why I feel there is a force, a power, something beyond logic. That was God’s way of making me get in touch with him.
Recently, I went to see tarot reader Veenu Sandal. What she showed me felt like a movie version of my life in the past 7-8 years. On one of the cards there was an image of a guy lying down wounded and bleeding. There was also a shadowy figure (a soldier) standing behind him. Ms Sandal said that this was my guardian angel looking after me. I feel that if God wanted me dead then I would have been dead. The fact that I did not die means that there was another purpose for me: businesswise and evolutionwise. A lot of good things started to happen at about the same time.
Shankar Sharma is the managing director of
First Global Stock Broking in Mumbai
7 comments:
Hello Jayasree, I just came across your blog when searching for Veenu Sandal. I am very keen to meet her, can you tell me any way that I can get in touch with her. I would be vey grateful...Thanks...Anooradha
hello again. I am from Hyderabad. Anooradha C, in search of Veenu Sandal. Please let me know her email/contact details, anyway I can get in touch with her. Thanks.
I don't know Veenu Sandal's contact details. Perhaps a Google search will get you his details. He writes in some magazines.
HI Shankar.
I want to meet Veenu Sandal personally. Please give me her email id or any other contact information so that I can get in touch with her. I will be really grateful to you if I get her contact information.
Thanks a ton
Sorry to be bothering you on the same question, would be grateful if you could pass on the details of Veenu Sandal as couldn't find anyhing on google!
I don't know his ID. He runs a column in Deccan chronicle. Browse Deccan chronicle e paper. Or you may write to Deccan chronicle mail ID at info@deccanmail.com and make enquiries.
hello i am yashika
i want to personally meet ms.veenu dandal or if i can have her email id or contact no.... plss help me its for my life
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