Parsi spiritualists provide solace to many
Berjis Desai
Sholapurwala lovingly looked at the tiny planchette (a heart shaped wooden arrow mounted on tinier casters) sitting motionless on his glass table top in the Nariman Point office of India’s premier vaccine maker. A large chart, containing letters of the alphabet and numerals from one to nine (an Ouija board in medium parlance), is spread eagled. Sholapurwala, a genial man in his seventies, is a scientist by training. He lightly touches the planchette, which literally comes alive before our bewildered eyes, and starts furiously zigzagging over the chart. "Who are you?” asks the old Parsi. "R-U-S-I,” goes the planchette. "Oh!......