Talk:Shanti Devi

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Did you know... that in the 1930s the Indian girl Shanti Devi related details of an alleged former life, and a commission set up by Gandhi deemed her claims to be accurate?

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Coincedence?

Should mention be made of the apparent coincedence that this woman shared a surname with her alleged previous incarnation?The2crowrox (talk) 09:31, 14 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Devi is not a last name in India. It is a honorific that is often added after the first name of a woman to address them in certain parts of North and Central India. It is somewhat similar to how the word "Lady" is used in English aristocratic circles before a lady's name, e.g. Lady Jane Grey.- Indian visitor to the page

Very precocious child

<<Shanti Devi was born in Delhi, India (on 11th December 1926). As a young girl in 1926 (!!!), she began to claim that she remembered details of a past life.>>

So, she learned and started to speak in 20 days???