Under scanner: Karnataka plans to monitor astrologers

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Soon, astrologers in Karnataka may have to register with the government. In an effort to check black magic, voodoo and witchcraft, the muzrai department is mulling over a policy in this regard. There is no law now to govern astrology, which is a huge business in the state.


"A committee comprising well-known astrologers, bureaucrats and experts will be constituted to find out ways to eliminate black magic. The committee will submit a report whether astrologers need to register with the government. The final decision will be subject to the committee's recommendations," muzrai minister Kota Srinivas Poojary told TOI.


The minister said they need to monitor those who exploit people in the name of astrology, witchcraft and rituals. "We have been hearing of reports that the services of black magic practitioners and sorcerers are enlisted even to cure fever. There are also reports of human sacrifice for treasure. All these should end," he said.

The_Times_Of_India: Anil Kumar.

It is high time it is recognized and regulated as a profession. May be there should be license and board certification too. It would also be good to have them liability insurance, and courts should recognize malpractice suits against them.

 

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It is difficult to get the culprits to be booked in this field. It is necessary to educate people especially in rural areas about the harms of these people. Media people can expose these culprits. But my sadness is I have seen even educated people resort to black magic and so on. one notorius
thing in Karnataka is politicans support this group of people to defeat their opponents. Now they themselves understand this. But it is late.

 

[prasad1]

In future,properly trained astrologers, reviving the traditions of raj jyotishis, and with the fear of punishment for unethical practices looming beforethem always, may become a reality.
It is why the UGC steps to introduce astrology courses in the universities have to appreciated.
But the UGC has no mechanism of knowing the standardofteachers of astrology and the type of students attracted to astrology courses. As it is, in Delhi, there are astrological classes conducted by many attracting students from different strata of our society.
It is not known to many that astrology is the most difficult subject, moredifficult than any subject taught in unversities, with its elaborate methodologies, skill of interpretation in the ever changing social context of modern times. How many teachers are equipped to interpret old astrological maxims in new light and how many students have the mental equipment to avoid the beaten track ofjargons, cliches and the dead weight of dogmatic interpretation given in badly translated books from Sanskrit to Hindi, English or other regionallanguages?
The complain made by some teachers teaching astrology is generally that most of the students attracted to astrology courses are those who havefailed in making careers and want to learn a trick or two to make money through astrology since in India thousands keep consulting astrologers.
It is a tragic trap into which the astrology course can fall.