The Offbeat

Reincarnation: Shanti Devi  One of the mysteries puzzling human mind since the origin of mankind is the concept of “ reincarnation. ” We Hindus believe in reincarnation. It is believed that every soul will pass through 7 lives. Till those seven lives, living beings will reincarnate over and over again, after which that soul will attain liberation (moksha), but do we really believe it? Does it really happen? Is there any proof for it? So here today we have a case that could be evidence to the concept or it might not let’s find out by going through the story first. Born in Delhi in the 1926, Shanti Devi spoke very little during the first four years of her life, until one day she declared to her family that “This is not my real home! I have a husband a son in Mathura! I must return to them!” Now because of her young age, her parents didn’t take her seriously, but Shanti persisted. Discouraged by her parents, she ran away from home at the age of six, trying to reach Mathura. For 5 yea...

Twins... Every time I hear this word I always think about how confused I get when identifying them and the special bond they share. It’s a very fascinating phenomenon, something very difficult to comprehend. It’s speculated that they have a sixth sense when it comes to their twin. What really is this bond? And how deep can this go? A BOND between twins is a special one - but the one between June and Jennifer Gibbons must surely be one like few others, to the outside world they were mute and mysterious. For most of their lives together, they refused to speak to anyone but each other—a refusal that led to their emotional exile, their institutionalization, and, eventually, to the misguided appropriation of their story. The vow of silence: June and Jennifer Gibbons This extraordinary story begins when Jennifer and June were born on April 11, 1963 to Gloria and Aubrey Gibbons. Their parents had immigrated to the United Kingdom from Barbados three years earlier, and their father became a te...