Singers : Purushottam Das Jalota , father of Anoop Jalota conducted classical music soirees in a small flat owned by Acharya Rajneesh.
He tried to persuade Jalotas to be his disciples and move to upcoming spiritual retreat in Pune.
Musician :Kalyan ji Virji Shah (Kalyan ji-Anand ji) was a disciple of Rajneesh.
He and his brother often performed in Pune ashram .
Politician : Mathura Prasad Mishra , a three time Indian Parliamentarian got impressed by Rajneesh.
He renounced his political career and became Swami Anand Maitreya.
Prime minister : Chandrasekhar was quite friendly with Rajneesh.
As a young politician , he often interacted with him.
He often defended him in his political speeches.
Actress :Parveen Babi became a disciple of Osho , when she was living in with Mahesh Bhatt.
She became Ma Yoga Karuna. She later left Osho and became a disciple of U G Krishnamurthy.
Preeti Ganguli , actress and daughter of Ashok Kumar, also became disciples of Rajneesh.
She was known as Ma Nirmala..
Film writer : Kamlesh Pandey of Tezaab, Khalnayak, Rang de Basanti fame was also a disciple.
He was known as Swami Anand Kamlesh.
Publisher : Indu Jain , chairperson of Times Group (Times of India) was a disciple of Rajneesh.
She often hosted him despite opposition from Jain community.
Journalist : Russi Karanjia , a popular editor of Blitz was friendly with Osho.
He had direct access to Osho. They were on a first name basis.
But : It is unfair to claim that Rajneesh was ever friendly with Mrs. Indira Gandhi.
He never met Morarji Desai to lecture him against urine therapy.
He was never friends with the sons of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. S Radhakrishnan.
He was never offered a blank cheque (multi millions) by JK Birla to propagate cow protection.
Perhaps : "The worst lies are the ones that are almost true." : Joe Abercrombie
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