The Professor

He was not a university type professor but he was master of Ulum-e-Nujoom wa Qiyafah. He knew my chief and many other chiefs he knew as he had "tiched" them and had a testimonial from all big shots of Pakistan some professors, some High court Judges or Lawyers and such well-known officials and politicians (Pakistan and India- I am talking about 1958 experience).
He suffered from chronic cough and was admitted in our ward mainly for symptomatic treatment. He had his own way of pronouncing and calling names like, he would call all nurses as, "miss bawa" and called my friend and colleague "Anarkali Doctor" because some association with Anarkali. He called me Dr. Behaaj.
One day he proceeded to demonstrate his "powers". He gave us a slate on which we wrote something after we had gone into other room and came back to him and to our surprise he was able to write it down exactly what we had written.
So what is this "tiching". He would catch hold of a finger , mostly little finger just for a moment and then will tell you about what will happen to the person. This process was called by him as, "tich kerna".
I was tiched also (no charge) and most of what he said turned out to be true such as when I would go out (of country) hwereas at that time I had not thought of leaving Pakistan.
I dont know what happened to him after he was discharged, how long he lived etc. but I and my friend (Anarkali wala doctor) still remember him.
This is the truth, the whole truth and I have no clue as to how his "qiyafa" worked, was it just a talent he had?