Mohan squarely put all the blame on the stars and planets for Dileep’s failures in business. “Because Saturn is in line with Scorpio...” he mentioned a number of planets and constellations whose relative positions in the outer space allegedly caused the downfall in Dileep’s business. Mohan, Dileep and I were classmates in the village primary school. After the primary school we parted ways. I went on to study in the city and eventually became a teacher. Mohan dropped out of college and became an insurance agent. He picked up some astrology from somewhere and used that knowledge to determine the ideal positions of buildings. Vastu , people call it. Mohan also claimed he could predict people’s future using astrology. Dileep didn’t study much beyond the primary school and eventually took over his father’s shop in the village. It was during one of my rare holidays in the village that Mohan and I visited Dileep in his shop. There were many indications that Dileep wasn’t
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