That's the spirit!
If you thought spirits and the afterlife are only stuff that horror shows are made of, think again! Our TV stars tell real-life ghost stories to Sapana Patil Poojary
Karishma Randeva
This happened at the time of my birth. After I was born, my mother did not come out of her anesthesia-induced stupor. The doctors had been trying to help her regain consciousness. However, when she did come to, she recounted everything that had happened since the time of my birth till the time she regained consciousness. She said that while she lay unconscious, she could see and hear everything that happened around her. She recalled that her body was floating on the ceiling and she could see the doctors trying to wake her up and take a look at her beautiful daughter. The doctors said that my mother had had a near death experience.
Rajesh Kumar
| Rajesh Kumar |
I know someone in Bihar who carries a spirit with him in his finger ring. Once I visited him and he asked me to write three questions on a paper, fold it into a small wad, and hold it tightly in my hand. He seemed to make a phone call with his ring and spoke to somebody (maybe a spirit), asking him to answer my questions. He conversed with the spirit for awhile and after he had finished, I opened the paper. To my horror, I saw answers written on it in red ink. On another occasion, the same spirit got me sweets from a sweet meat store in Mumbai that I had spoken about.
Simple Kaul
The house in which I lived earlier was on the 13th floor at Oshiwara… and haunted. My roommate, my maid and I experienced strange things happening around us. Somebody (or something) would mysteriously knock at the door at odd hours. Once, all of a sudden, we found that not a single one of our electronic gadgets would function. Strange things happened, for which there was no logical explanation. My astrologers and tarot card readers told me that the house was haunted by a spirit. We tried fighting it but to no avail. We were experiencing psychological pressure and we were unhappy in that house. And so we eventually left.
Reena Kapoor
Every time I returned home, I would see an old lady sitting at the gate of our building. One day she wasn't at her usual spot, and it got me curious. I later learnt that an old lady in the building had died, and I presumed it was the woman by the gate. The next day I left for Delhi. When I returned, I saw the lady sitting there, as usual. I was so scared… I thought I'd seen a ghost, and I ran to my neighbours and told them that I had seen the old lady who had recently died. Then I realised that the lady by the gate was somebody else, and this was only a case of mistaken identity.
Amit Tandon
I experienced this when I was in the US. I went for a walk with my friends and we strayed into a graveyard. It may sound clichd but I did see a lady in white sari and heard the sound of anklets ringing. We naturally fled from the place. I don't know if we had, in fact, seen a ghost, but the incident left me scared for a few days after that.
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