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Naadi reader the number and grouping of the "crowns", etc., it decreed it was "not the time" to do so. enable him to reduce the total number down to 108 basic types or The actual checking is done by the reader, who asks for "categories" covering the whole of humanity. So the next step is confirmation on matters covered in the Sanskrit or other writings to find which "category", if any, your print falls within, for the on the leaf; that is, he/the leaf will say, "You are a Brahmin" or Naadis offer no guarantees. "You have two sisters, both alive" or "You have moved house, Very politely again, the reader will inform you that a significant eight or nine months ago" or whatever, to which you answer percentage of the world's population cannot be found this way. "Yes" or "No" as appropriate, and nothing more. This can go on For while the Naadi reader does not care and will not ask you for quite a while, and with each "No" the leaf is discarded and the which country, faith, religion, creed or colour you are, he remains _ reader moves on to the next, whereas a "Yes" means he stays with certain of one thing: whoever is destined to come and meet their _ that one until he gets a "No"—or if all your answers continue to leaf will come, for "whoever wishes to look into the leaves will go be "Yes", after several more he'll smile delightedly and agree it is to them of their own accord". your leaf. Even when your "category" is found, locating your leaf within it can take hours, days, weeks or even months, for finding yours amongst a number equating to a large proportion However incredible it sounds, of the world's population can take some time—hence the "categories". it's the "leaf" that decided Leaves with similar basic parameters all those centuries ago are bunched together in bundles, each numbering up to 100 leaves, that the precise date and time it largely correspond to the features on will meet up with you... your thumbprint. Armed with four or five such bundles, the reader will then call you in, hoping to reunite you with your of palm leaf covered in minuscule leaf. This means checking the validity scribbles on the table in front of you, of each leaf until yours is "found" or no bundles remain (in which — knowing that without any doubt everything written on that leaf, case they may send out for more from their archives, with the however many years ago, is about you, and only you... It's your process repeated at a later date). You will also need a translator, DNA sitting there and no one else's, and even more amazingly for the Naadi readers are not necessarily fluent in English any you had absolutely nothing to do with it or even knew it existed more than you are in their Urdu, Telugu or Sanskrit. until that moment. And believe it or not (I still have trouble with this), it's not Yet by then (in my case), the leaf via the reader had very actually up to you at all, or even the Naadi readers, whether you _— precisely told me my parents’ Christian names, my family get to meet your "leaf" or not. However incredible it sounds, it's | background, my childhood story, ambitions, education, degree, the "leaf" that decided all those centuries ago the precise date and _ profession, career moves, homes, health, possessions, abilities, time it will meet up with you, and even though you're sitting spouses, children, birthday, illnesses, accidents and so on—and there, hoping to meet it, it may still not appear. Many seekers every detail correct and written down on that leaf. The sheer leave the Naadis having found their category but not their leaf, as | depth and range of the secret, intimate details that the leaf reveals, about which only you could possibly know, are far too personal for even the most brilliant guesswork by any trained reader or clever eavesdropper. And very worrying, for not even Angela knew some of the things revealed in my reading, and certainly no one could ever have found them out unless all was exactly as the Naadis said it was—already written on that leaf. Now, I'm probably like you: I don't fall in that easily with every scam that goes around the block. So when something of this magnitude happens in less than an hour, it's a real shock to the system. Put simply, it goes against everything you've learnt and grown up with, yet it's all just happened in front of your eyes and you've agreed with every word of it. And it doesn't stop there. Just when you think you can escape to your hotel for a stiff drink and a smoke, the reader tells you he needs about 40 minutes to prepare your Naadi palm-leaf writings unwrapped. "predictions" and "remedies". For now that And take it from me, by then it means a very great deal. For by now you'll have transcended a vast range of wholly unexpected and conflicting emotions—suspicion, distrust, disbelief, arrogance, surprise, disappointment, laughter, shame, guilt, fascination, delight, shock, horror, sadness, grief, grudging recognition and utter amazement—all in about 40 minutes or so (in my case). And by the end of it you'll be sitting there sweating, having trouble breathing, and staring hard at a strip it decreed it was "not the time" to do so. The actual checking is done by the reader, who asks for confirmation on matters covered in the Sanskrit or other writings on the leaf; that is, he/the leaf will say, "You are a Brahmin" or "You have two sisters, both alive" or "You have moved house, eight or nine months ago" or whatever, to which you answer "Yes" or "No" as appropriate, and nothing more. This can go on for quite a while, and with each "No" the leaf is discarded and the reader moves on to the next, whereas a "Yes" means he stays with that one until he gets a "No"—or if all your answers continue to be "Yes", after several more he'll smile delightedly and agree it is your leaf. And tala it feam mai he th it all those centuries ago the precise date and time it will meet up with you... 44 = NEXUS APRIL — MAY 2008 However incredible it sounds, it's the "leaf" that decided Naadi palm-leaf writings unwrapped. www.nexusmagazine.com